Montreal’s search for offensive help has naturally expanded into the trade market, bringing Rickard Rakell into the conversation after Elliotte Friedman’s latest report. The veteran winger remains productive and carries a team-friendly contract, making him an appealing option on paper. However, his age, Pittsburgh’s expected asking price, Montreal’s long-term roster strategy, and Rakell’s limited trade protection all complicate negotiations. At this stage, the connection appears to reflect routine due diligence rather than an indication that a deal is imminent, with other win-now contenders arguably better positioned to complete a trade.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Montreal’s search for offensive help has naturally expanded into the trade market, bringing Rickard Rakell into the conversation after Elliotte Friedman’s latest report. The veteran winger remains productive and carries a team-friendly contract, making him an appealing option on paper. However, his age, Pittsburgh’s expected asking price, Montreal’s long-term roster strategy, and Rakell’s limited trade… Read More »NHL trade rumours: Penguins’ $30 million winger linked to Canadiens<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":119746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119745"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}