Joel Armia : if Anthony Beauvillier brought a 2nd round pick to the Penguins…

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There is now a little less than 3 hours before the transaction deadline in the NHL. For now, the CH has not moved… but we know that can change.

Everything can change in one call, after all… and today, it’s more true than ever.

In the CH, in addition to a possible transaction to get a center (or a winger), we are also watching the case of Joel Armia, who is possibly the player on the team most likely to move. He is an upcoming autonomous player, and even if the Canadian does not make a fire sale, he could still sell at a good price.

And what’s interesting is to see the rest of the market. The case of Anthony Beauvillier, for example, is interesting, as the Penguins got a 2nd round pick for the Quebecer.

Last year, Beauvillier had brought back a 5th round pick. It shows well that it’s a sellers’ market.

And what we notice is that Beauvillier and Armia are two very comparable players. Beauvillier has 13 goals and 20 points this season, while Armia has 11 goals and 25 points on the counter.

It’s almost possible to argue that Armia has a greater value in the sense that he is a physical player who is a weapon in a numerical disadvantage, but overall, they look alike.

Does that mean that there’s a world in which Kent Hughes will be offered a 2nd round pick for Armia? Is that offer already on his table?

We’ll see how it all evolves, but depth players are worth a lot on the current market. We have to wonder if these offers will also be available for guys like David Savard and Christian Dvorak.

It almost makes you wonder what the CH could have gotten for Jake Evans… even if the decision to extend him was probably the right one considering the contract he signed.

In rafale

– The Stars don’t want to give more than $12M per year to Mikko Rantanen. It seems to be on the verge of collapsing on that side.

– Andrei Kuzmenko with the Kings.

– Ouch.

– Roberto Luongo jumped on the ice with the Panthers. No, he’s not going to join the team to finish the season.