Kent Hughes says the Canadiens insisted that Mike Matheson be included in the trade, that Pittsburgh did not want to include him.
— Arpon Basu (@ArponBasu) July 16, 2022
#Habs GM Kent Hughes says Jeff Petry was very thankful and appreciative that the #Canadiens were able to accommodate his trade request to a U.S.-based team
— Priyanta Emrith (@HabsInHighHeels) July 16, 2022
Hughes tried to reiterate that he had to take a contract back for Petry. Said it would be rare for a team to take on a full $6.25M cap hit, unless you're basically stealing the player bc a team has cap issues... then referenced Carolina, who got Pacioretty from Vegas for zip.
— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) July 16, 2022