Quoting: Howisbergevinstillhere
Not gonna move lehkonen. Bergevin and Julien love him
Quoting: SevenLeg
Thats a good price for Lehkonen. I doubt he moves though, he's so important.
Quoting: Tarlam01
Yeah really he's underated. Not a scoring powerhouse but he's so usefull on his own end
Quoting: MTLGenius
Not a bad idea by itself, but I doubt that MTL lets Lehkonen go he's is very important in that team for the role he brings. We lack a bit of depth on the top 9 LW, so Lehky is crucial there as well. Byron and/or Weal are probably the players that are going to be traded.
I'm aware that Bergevin likes Lekhonen a lot, as do I. His analytics are excellent. But, Montreal are over the cap and something needs to give.
Moving Byron would obviously be the ideal solution, but the reason why you want to move him is precisely the reason why no one will want to acquire him. Older guy, injury prone, overpriced (relative to this market). So Lehkonen could be the guy on the move. And if he is then I would hope that Sakic makes a move for him.
Fwiw, Colorado were rumoured to be interested in Janmark the last couple of days and he signed for $2.25m x 1. Which suggests that we would have interest in Lekhonen if he was available, given that he has a similar profile and caphit.