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The Montreal Canadiens are a storied franchise looking for their first Stanley Cup in decades.
Connor McDavid is the best hockey player on the planet but has yet to win a Cup.
Sure sounds like a match, doesn't it?
The Edmonton Oilers aren't yet shopping McDavid, but they're heading toward the window of time when they might at least consider it. He has two seasons left on his contract, so if the Oilers want to maximize value, a deal would happen this summer or before next season's trade deadline.
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There's plenty of reason to believe the Canadiens could be interested, although they'll first be trying to continue their ongoing postseason run.
The Oilers were knocked out Thursday night by the Ducks, raising all sorts of ideas about what might be next for McDavid.
Bleacher Report's Lyle Fitzsimmons broke a lot of the options down in a new article on Friday, and one of the possibilities brought up is the Canadiens.
"For sheer entertainment value, here's your winner," Fitzsimmons writes. "The Canadiens are the New York Yankees of the NHL when it comes to tradition, and, though they haven't won a Cup since 1993, it's not hard to envision that drought ending in the near, rather than long-term, future."
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And from a hockey perspective? It'd be a blast for Montreal fans.
"Just imagining McDavid slotting in alongside Cole Caufield on his right side or Juraj Slafkovský on his left might drive a fan of Les Habitants into a frothing mess, and there's presumably enough young talent in the cupboard to make it worth Bowman's while when considering a possible return," Fitzsimmons writes. "No real rooting interest here, but if we're picking based on the non-Edmonton possibility we'd most like to watch, it's that player in that building wearing that uniform and working with coach Martin St. Louis."
If McDavid goes on the block, pretty much every team in the NHL would pick up the phone and call.
Montreal, as far as potential destinations go, would be a pretty compelling one.
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