Just because Jake Evans signed doesn’t mean the Canadiens won’t be sellers. The nuance is there: Joel Armia’s best value, one of the most likely pieces to leave, just took a hit because pairing him with Evans would have been available.

Obviously, in the coming days, the names of Jake Evans and Joel Armia will be circulating en masse. They are the two players from the Canadiens who are most likely to be traded. Will it happen? Who knows.

It’s in just over a week (next Friday, to be exact) that we’ll see the NHL trade deadline. This means that in the coming days, we’ll have more and more activity in the Bettman circuit… and that some players may change addresses.

The Jake Evans file has (finally) been concluded yesterday, as he signed a four-year contract extension with the Canadiens. He thought he was leaving, his boxes were already packed… But he found a way to agree with Kent Hughes because he wanted to stay in Montreal.

With the NHL trade deadline upcoming, could they be looking to unload a couple of players and could the Minnesota Wild be the beneficiaries? The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun said on TSN on Thursday the Canadiens are far apart on an extension with center Jake Evans,

I wonder if Jake Evans is having a good day… Hehe. No joke, it’s the news of the day in Montreal: Evans and the Canadiens have agreed on the terms of a contract extension for him to stay in Montreal.

Will Jake Evans sign a contract extension with the Canadiens? Will he be traded? Will he be traded along with Joel Armia to increase the return value? The answer from here… a week. It doesn’t seem like we’re seven days away from the deadline due to the impact the Four Nations Tournament had on the

Here, by announcing that it has agreed to a long-term deal with Jake Evans, the Canadiens have lost a trade chip ahead of the trade deadline. I say “lost” because they won’t be trading Evans, but it’s understood that in reality,

It’s done: this is the end of the Jake Evans file. Kent Hughes pulled off a big move by ensuring he would stay with the club in the long term through a contract extension. He will be signed until 2029 with the