Western Conference team emerging as a suitor for Jeff Petry

Over the last several days, rumours have circulated about Jeff Petry wanting out of Montreal. General manager Kent Hughes said he met with Petry and gave him the option to move on from the Canadiens if he wanted and if they could work something out with another team.

During Tuesday's edition of Insider Trading on TSN, Pierre LeBrun said that a league source told him that the Dallas Stars may emerge as a suitor for the 34-year-old. If Montreal does end up trading him, they have indicated to teams that it won't be at a discount.

"Teams around the league are finding out that Jeff Petry is available as other people have talked about. Kent Hughes, the new general manager, spoke with a number of his veteran players over the past little while in one-to-one meetings to gauge where they are with the future of this team. And the sense is Jeff Petry would welcome a trade. Now, it's not easy to move him. He's got three more years on his deal at $6.25 million USD," LeBrun said.

He added, "One league source suggested a scenario to me today that the Dallas Stars could emerge as the team with interest. With the idea being that if the Stars move John Klingberg, who, as we know, has asked for a trade. They can turn around and replace him with Petry, who is signed with term and John Klingberg being a pending unrestricted free agent. Now, the one thing that the Habs are telling teams? They don't have to move Petry and they're not moving him at a discount just because he's struggling this season. Teams have to step up."

Petry, a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan, is struggling this season after four consecutive seasons of 40 or more points. In 37 games, he's only recorded six points (one goal, five assists) along with eighteen penalty minutes and is a minus-seven.

With just over six weeks until the NHL's trade deadline, it will be interesting to see what Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes does. Players garnering interest in Montreal include Ben Chiarot, Artturi Lehkonen, among others. But there's a chance he could get calls on players such as Josh Anderson (as LeBrun mentioned yesterday), Brett Kulak and possibly even Brendan Gallagher.

Source: Insider Trading - TSN

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