Patrik Laine trade: Kent Hughes asked Nick Suzuki’s opinion before concluding the trade

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Crédit: MONTREAL, CANADA - JANUARY 11: Patrik Laine #92 of the Montreal Canadiens celebrates his goal during the second period against the Dallas Stars at the Bell Centre on January 11, 2025 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images)

The second season of the series Rebuilding: Inside the Montreal Canadiens will be available Thursday on Crave. It’ll be a behind-the-scenes look at the Habs’ last season, and so far we’ve been given a sneak peek at one of the episodes. The most striking part of the clip is when we learn that, on the eve of the deal, Kent Hughes called Nick Suzuki to see if he thought it was a good idea.

Now we understand that Hughes had his captain’s approval.

The Canadiens’ GM explains in the clip that he sounded out Suzuki to make sure he was going to get a player who would be able to integrate the team by being accepted in the dressing room. For Hughes, his captain’s opinion seems to be very important.

The best example was at the last trade deadline, when Suzuki asked him not to sell to improve the Habs’ chances of making the playoffs, which he did. It’s hard to say whether most general managers trust their captains this much, but it’s still a big deal for the Canadiens. Kent Hughes is a former player agent. He knows how players feel about transactions, and his approach often seems to be aimed at making his players happy and confident [content-ads] One also wonders whether this is a polite gesture to his captain, or whether Kent Hughes has ever cancelled a transaction after Suzuki’s refusal. It’s understandable that Kent Hughes would ask Suzuki for his opinion on the player’s integration into the team, but the captain probably also has something to say about the new player’s talent. A guy on the ice may not be the best judge of talent against a general manager, but the good news is that Suzuki seems to be using his influence in a good way at the moment. We’re talking about a rallying captain who helps keep a positive attitude on the ice. And let’s just say he’s also setting a solid example on the ice. spacer title=’Overtime’] – Details of the deal reported by Maxime Truman.

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