At the trade deadline this year, Kent Hughes will only have made three transactions in the end.
- He first sent the veteran Evgenii Dadonov to the Dallas Stars in return for the striker Denis Gurianov Few days ago.
- He then acquired the Quebec defender Frederic Allard of the Los Angeles Kings in return for the striker Nate Schnarr.
- Then he participated in a three-team trade with the Sharks and Penguins, sending the defenseman to San Jose Arvid Henriksson and withholding part of the veteran’s salary Nick Bonino back from the defender Tony Sund and a 5th round pick in 2024.
But there could have been a fourth transaction.
According to what the journalist reports and insider Elliotte Friedman during a recent podcast 32 Thoughts on the waves of Sportsnetthe Tampa Bay Lightning did try to get their hands on the defender Joel Edmundson of the Canadian.
“Julien BriseBois wanted to add a defender to his defensive squad in view of the playoffs and tried to acquire Joel Edmundson from the Canadiens but in the end he lacked the elements to give to conclude a transaction with Montreal.”
– Elliotte Friedman
We therefore understand that the DG Julien BriseBoiswho raised many eyebrows when he traded hope Cal Foote plus five draft picks to Nashville Predators for power forward Tanner Jeannot a few days earlier, simply ran out of interesting elements to give when he was discussing the transaction with his counterpart Kent Hughes of the Canadian.
Even though BriseBois had defended himself in the media, saying it was an easy decision to give everything he had offered to the Preds for Jeannot because these choices had little value in his eyes, everything indicates that decision quickly came to haunt him soon after when he wanted to improve his defensive squad in preparation for the playoffs.
- 29 years old, Joel Edmundson compiles a record of 1 goal and 6 assists for a total of 7 points in 42 games so far this season. He has another contract year to go at an average salary of $3.5 million before becoming an unrestricted free agent.
