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Here's what the Chicago Blackhawks will receive for acquiring Carey Price from the Habs if a trade facilitates
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According to recent reports, the Chicago Blackhawks and Kyle Davidson could be richly rewarded for acquiring Carey Price from the Montreal Canadiens.
The Chicago Blackhawks have a wealth of prospects in the NHL and a wealth of salary cap space.
Currently, they have $18 million in salary cap space and could find ways to utilize it effectively. They could do so by trading for the Montreal Canadiens' own Carey Price.
What Could The Chicago Blackhawks Get For Carey Price's Contract?
Price is in the final year of his 8-year, $10.5 million AAV deal with the Canadiens, and Tab Bamford of Bleacher Nation has constructed a trade that would reward both the Blackhawks for salary retainage and the Canadiens.
Blackhawks receive:
Carey Price's contract ($10.5M cap hit)
Montreal's 2026 first-round pick
Montreal's 2027 first-round pick
Canadiens receive:
Laurent Brossoit, G
Lukas Reichel, F
Chicago's 2026 second-round pick
Toronto's 2026 second-round pick
Vancouver's 2027 second-round pick
Carey Price's contract ($10.5M cap hit)
Montreal's 2026 first-round pick
Montreal's 2027 first-round pick
Canadiens receive:
Laurent Brossoit, G
Lukas Reichel, F
Chicago's 2026 second-round pick
Toronto's 2026 second-round pick
Vancouver's 2027 second-round pick
The Blackhawks would receive two first-round picks for subsuming the whole of Carey Price's final year in his contract.
The Montreal Canadiens could be a fresh start for both Lukas Reichel and Laurent Brossoit.
While the Habs would receive three second-round picks, they would send the Blackhawks more picks that could help usher in the final stages of the rebuild if they hit on another draft pick.
A pick that could turn out to be Gavin McKenna, if we're lucky.
While the Habs would bolster their goalie group with Stanley Cup winner, Laurent Brossiot, who missed the entire NHL season due to an injury, he'd be an upgrade from Kaapo Kahkonen and could stabilize the crease.
While Reiche could get a fresh start to grow in Montreal, as he's been unable to find success in the Windy City. He scored 22 points (8-14) in 2024-25.
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