The Habs are experiencing a lot of failures at the start of the season, particularly defensively. The hybrid system used by Martin St-Louis is not going anywhere and the opponents are having fun to their hearts’ content in CH territory.
Frank Sevaralli reported that Kent Hughes was looking for a right-handed defenseman to solve some problems.
Since then, there has been no movement, but today we learned that CH is not the only team interested in trading for a defender.
According to information reported by the site The Fourth Period, the Islanders would like to add a defenseman to their lineup.
Adam Pelech is out with a long-term injury, Mike Reilly and Alexander Romanov are also on the sidelines, which isn’t helpful.
What should be noted is that the Islanders are going to have to be creative with payroll. They are not in an advantageous situation in this regard.
So there is competition for Kent Hughes if he wants to get his hands on a defender. Already acquiring a player at this stage of the season is complicated, it won’t be simpler.
In this context, the CH defenders will have to raise their level of play. Jayden Struble does not deliver the goods after a good training camp, Mike Matheson makes too many errors in the defensive zone and Arber Xhekaj and Justin Barron do not are not constant enough.
Acquiring a solid right-handed defender would be ideal, but the solution may lie in the locker room. It’s up to the CH players to roll up their sleeves and work harder.
In burst
– Unbelievable to say that.
– Wow!
– What a fight!
– Pretty crazy to think he was playing three years ago.
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