Eric Engels of Sportsnet: Alas, market saturation of sellers stinks sometimes for a general manager like Marc Bergevin.
This is the case with Montreal as Charles Hudon and Jordie Benn currently will not fetch market value. Hudon might be worth a late-round pick at best and Benn maybe a notch higher than that. Here is why a scout said this.
“It can change as we approach the deadline, but there are so many established sellers in the market that the second-tier UFAs like him could go for less than what we’ve seen in the past,” he said.