**GM Hughes Segment:**
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes says he doesn’t have a timeframe for Sean Monahan to return – he’s not 100% if he can return this season.](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631755860086071296?t=8pudWqwt0k_c-DM22pQVZQ&s=19)
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes says the injury that is keeping Sean Monahan out of the line-up is something new he sustained while rehabbing his foot injury.](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631756589391659009?t=M-TntQxMqFCk1ZBrogehhw&s=19)
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes says with Justin Barron getting injured yesterday, the team couldn’t paper him to be eligible to return to Laval.](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631758550086057984?t=FufkkhqpusubHsGccIHOzA&s=19)
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes says today was relatively quiet but pointed out Canadiens trades made for players like Kirby Dach and Mike Matheson were all non trade deadline deals](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631759202791178242?t=XD4eXU_sNxp2ypMv-Me8Dw&s=19)
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes doesn’t want to disclose how many teams inquired about Joel Edmundson but did say Edmundson’s injury situation affected how other teams viewed him.](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631760450055557120?t=w8pvPQnTOUjvLiragxfjnQ&s=19)
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes gives a similar answer about if Jonathan Drouin; in Jo’s case, the salary cap created issues for other teams who may have been interested in him.](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631760962909773831?t=fSMTDHso1aoPCKNjwU296A&s=19)
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes says at the moment, it’s premature to say which pending UFA’s the Canadiens may be interested in trying to re-sign](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631761230095327234?t=xNqQ5QyjP8pYy0zwZzRMoA&s=19)
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes says the NHL Draft will now be a big point of focus for management while they continue to evaluate the current team during Montreal’s final 20 games this season.](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631762315996536832?t=ecTnTnDpgSwk9cZYLEfn4A&s=19)
[Friolet] [Kent Hughes sur le marché des transactions : « C’est sûr qu’on aurait aimé avoir la chance de faire un échange ou deux de plus. »](https://twitter.com/PFrioletRDS/status/1631763481845288960?t=Dd2TbDaFQsGD3GrZwZw_NQ&s=19)
Translation:
Kent Hughes on the deal market: “We sure would have liked the chance to make a trade or two more. »
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes on how this trade deadline played out: “listen, Geoff [Molson] tells me to settle down or he’s going to tie me to the desk so I can’t make a trade every week. I like to be involved in deals but at the end of the day it has to be moving us forward…”](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631765794999742466?t=eXDlXy_H4nQvEmV4eyx6JQ&s=19)
[Friolet] [Hughes souligne qu’il souhaite conclure des transactions qui aideraient l’équipe à avancer vers son objectif de gagner de façon plus constante. Et que l’occasion ne s’est pas présentée en ce sens…](https://twitter.com/PFrioletRDS/status/1631763708379648003?t=u0yVAqv2efq_RjP5jOf3HQ&s=19)
Translation:
Hughes points out that he wants to complete trades that would help the team move towards its goal of winning more consistently. And that the opportunity did not arise in this sense…
[Emrith] [Kent Hughes: “if a trade doesn’t advance our cause, we’re not going to make a trade.”](https://twitter.com/HabsInHighHeels/status/1631766097820016645?t=rnIRxkJJRa6xkyJBSWjzpw&s=19)
[Engels] [Kent Hughes basically rules out sending Juraj Slafkovsky to World Championships once he’s healthy. Said they’ll be risk averse with decisions like this and putting Guhle in AHL playoffs because of all the injuries this season.](https://twitter.com/EricEngels/status/1631759176925077506?t=sr7_OLm0HKqcnVW1UdDeLA&s=19)
[Friolet] [À propos de Denis Gurianov, Kent Hughes souligne qu’on a fait la transaction dans le but de le garder la saison prochaine. Le CH a fait ses recherches sur lui comme joueur et comme personne, pour comprendre les facteurs qui ont affecté son rendement à Dallas.](https://twitter.com/PFrioletRDS/status/1631765394351435777?t=SIOWp0EiRcL1LLEShqNYhw&s=19)
Translation:
About Denis Gurianov, Kent Hughes points out that we made the transaction in order to keep him next season. The CH did their research on him as a player and as a person, to understand the factors that affected his performance in Dallas.
**Full Presser (Video Links):**
[Kent Hughes Segment](https://twitter.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1631755136019099648?t=qW-95-bz8Ba5-l0PMIUpmg&s=19)
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the thing to me he said that was the most important is he wanted to keep 1 salary retention heading into the draft.
Then later on mentions the trades he did at the draft.
A bit of a disappointing day but the players didn’t really help there value at all and wasn’t much to be done here’s hoping for a good draft and maybe good trades then.
I really like what Hughes said in regards to Gurianov.
I think it shows that they’re making decisions seriously and not just making trades just because they can or because other teams are making big trades this year. They looked into Gurianov and felt that they could put him in a position better than Dallas did. Love it. If we keep improving our player development, maybe one day, news will get around the league enough to the point where more and more players want to come play here.
Stellar work as usual, Pengu. It doesn’t get said often enough 🤗
It’s a weird spot.
The only real disappointment is not moving Monahan. But we also already got paid for Monahan.
If he likes it here, maybe he comes back for a year and maybe we run it back next deadline.
Edmundson can be moved next year or he plays out the next 20 games and is moved at the draft.
Honestly I feel like sending Slaf for the WC might not be a bad idea. He missed a lot of hockey.
Guess the risk of re-injury would be high for the same reason though.