They said that it couldn’t be done, but Kent Hughes has managed to find a buyer for Evgenii Dadonov. Not only that, the Montreal Canadiens’ general manager has managed to secure a better return than the expected best-case scenario of a fourth- or fifth-round draft pick. Denis Gurianov may be arriving in Montreal as a reclamation project, a player with limited hype or expectation from the Canadiens faithful, but the 12th overall selection of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft is far from a lost cause.
Patience was a big factor in Gurianov’s rise to prominence, as the player took five years to progress from draft selection to NHL regular.