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#Habs are expected to trade Carey Price’s contract in the coming days, according to multiple sources.
The Canadiens want to move his $10.5M AAV deal to create roster and cap/LTIR flexibility and potentially set up another future trade, per Marco D’Amico of RG Media and Jean-Charles Lajoie of TVA — who both add the team has been looking to add an impact center and is willing to part with draft picks to get one, if the opportunity arises, especially 1st rounders.
Price’s contract is now in its final year and receives its last signing bonus of $5.5M on Monday. That leaves the deal with just $2M remaining in cash salary, making a trade easier for acquiring teams to stomach in terms of real dollars.
Per D’Amico, the
#SJSharks have been the team where sources have heard the most noise, who are just $5M over the cap floor and will have pieces to sell off at the deadline.
#Blackhawks have been rumored to have interest for a similar reason — cap floor insurance.
#Pens have ...