Lavoie Puts Hughes Trade Buzz Back on the Montreal Radar

The Canadiens are back in the rumor mill, and this one has the kind of smoke that usually means somebody in the room is talking. Renaud Lavoie is confirming there is real buzz around Kent Hughes and a possible move involving a Montreal center, which is exactly the sort of chatter that gets other GMs leaning on their phones. This is the part of the calendar when every small leak starts to look like a roadmap, and Montreal rarely gets to keep its business quiet for long.