Kent Hughes Said No to a Major Deal - And That Tells You Plenty

Montreal keeps circling the trade market, but this report says Kent Hughes passed on a major offer involving a 20-year-old forward. That kind of rejection usually means the Canadiens either value the player more than the outside market does or they did not like the long-term shape of the deal. Either way, it is another reminder that Hughes is not moving pieces just to say he was busy, and that matters when the phones start ringing louder in June.