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Ask an NHL team executive how trade talks work, and they’ll tell you that every GM is asking every other GM about every one of their players – especially if there’s even the slight whiff of discontent between that player and his team.  Also, if you ask an NHL executive about a certain player whose name may or may not be in play, you occasionally end up speaking with some crap-stirrer looking to turn up the burner on a rival team feeling the heat. All that established: Louis Jean of TVA reports that the Montreal Canadiens are “gauging the market” on star defenseman P.K. Subban. From Jean: Did the rounds to find out if Subban is on the market. One team executive said "his name has come up". @TVASports — Louis Jean (@LouisJean_TVA) February 19, 2016 Not suggesting #Canadiens will trade Subban. Just saying one team confirmed #Habs are "gauging the market". — Louis Jean (@LouisJean_TVA) February 19, 2016 Subban is signed through 2022 with an annual cap hit of $9 million.  Now, according to General Fanager, here’s the rub: Subban’s no-move clause doesn’t kick in until next season. So while a Subban trade would be idiotic, inexplicable and undoubtedly something that would further alienate Canadiens fans from the current direction of the team … if they were going to do it, it would have to be now. Elliotte Friedman calls the scenario "extremely unlikely" but reminds us that a Subban trade once wasn't so outlandish. Via Chris Nichols:  “I will tell you this. Nobody has ever confirmed it, but before that contract got done – or around the time the contract got done… – I think the Canadiens thought about it. I’ve always believed the team was Philadelphia that had the biggest offer. I don’t know what that offer was. “But at the end of the day, the Montreal Canadiens thought having P.K. Subban was better than whatever Philadelphia’s offer was. But I heard Philly’s was the best.” Again, this is just as likely to be a team executive making life more miserable for GM Marc Bergevin and company as it is the Canadiens actually kicking tires on a Subban move. But if Montreal needed their season-long migraine to intensify, a report like this is like someone hitting them square in the temple with a sledgehammer.   Oh man ... could you IMAGINE if the Canadiens traded Subban and brought Michel Therrien back for 2016-17?  -- Greg Wyshynski  is a writer for Yahoo Sports. Contact him at  puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com  or  find him on Twitter.  His book,  TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE PUCK , is  available on Amazon  and wherever books are sold. MORE FROM YAHOO HOCKEY Continue to Article

February 19, 2016 10:31:am EST

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February 18, 2016 4:43:am EST

St. John’s IceCaps forward John Scott scored his first goal of his 2015-16 professional hockey season. The big enforcer pushed a power play goal past Syracuse Crunch goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis in a 3-2 St. John’s win Wednesday. The game was the 33-year-old Scott’s seventh of the year in the AHL, and his third since winning the NHL All-Star Game MVP in Nashville. Above is a video of Scott’s goal. Scott was selected to the Pacific Division All-Star team through a viral internet fan vote. After he was voted into the All-Star Game, he was traded from the Arizona Coyotes to the Montreal Canadiens. He hasn’t played in the NHL since.  The big enforcer had one assist in 11 games with the Coyotes this season. He had three goals in 38 games with the San Jose Sharks last season and his last professional goal came on April 1, 2015 in a game against the Colorado Avalanche. Scott has been on quite a run since he scored two goals at the Jan. 31 All-Star Game in Nashville. There has been talk about a movie on Scott, and his wife recently gave birth to twin girls.  When he returned to the AHL after the game, he was showered with 'MVP' chants.  MORE FROM YAHOO HOCKEY   Continue to Article

February 18, 2016 1:43:am EST

Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban lost his footing in the offensive zone late in a tie-game at the Colorado Avalanche. Avs forward Mikhail Grigorenko pounced on the turnover, rushed up ice in an odd-man situation, a play that was finished with a goal by Colorado forward Jarome Iginla with 2:03 left in the third period to put the game at 3-2. The score ended up being the game-winner and Subban didn't see the ice again for the rest of the game. Afterwards, Montreal coach Michel Therrien didn’t mince words on Subban’s play. “A selfish play that cost us the game tonight," Therrien said . Added Therrien , "P.K. did not play the odds on that play at the end ... We need to play as a team." Subban took responsibility for the mistake, saying he lost an edge.   “I think I put myself in positions a lot where I have control in one hand and use my body to shield (the puck) and that position he didn’t push me, he didn’t push me, eh didn’t really do anything, I just crossed over and lost an edge and the puck was there for him," Subban said. "I don’t know, maybe my next play would have been to rim it deep, but I didn’t anticipate losing an edge in that situation.” The Canadiens remained six points behind the final Eastern Conference Wild Card spot with 58 total.  Montreal lost their third game in a row. Their record currently stands at 27-27-4 after starting the year 9-0-0.  MORE FROM YAHOO HOCKEY   - - - - - - - Josh Cooper is an editor for Puck Daddy on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @joshuacooper Continue to Article

February 17, 2016 11:34:pm EST

A Jarome Iginla goal was disallowed Wednesday night in a game between the Colorado Avalanche and Montreal Canadiens for goaltender interference. But did Iginla actually interfere with Canadiens netminder Ben Scrivens? At the 13:51 mark of the second period Iginla corralled a rebound off a shot by Erik Johnson and pushed it past a sprawled Scrivens. The goal was called off immediately by official Steve Kozari who gave Iginla a goaltender interference penalty. Iginla argued the call, but to no avail. Iginla eventually got his revenge, scoring his 605th goal of his NHL career at the 16:46 mark of the second. According to Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman , the Avalanche could have challenged the call. If the referee determined there was no contact, the penalty could have been wiped off and the goal allowed.  Colorado came into the game with 62 points – four clear of the Arizona Coyotes and Minnesota Wild for the final Wild Card spot in the Western Conference. The Canadiens came into Wednesday night with 58 points, six behind the Pittsburgh Penguins for the last Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference. The Penguins have two games in hand on Montreal.  MORE FROM YAHOO HOCKEY - - - - - - - Josh Cooper is an editor for Puck Daddy on Yahoo Sports. Have a tip? Email him at puckdaddyblog@yahoo.com or follow him on Twitter! Follow @joshuacooper Continue to Article

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