As we all know, Kent Hughes likes to use the space he has under the salary cap. The GM will be looking for prospects in return for accepting a contract. This happened with the trade of Sean Monahan and Tanner Pearson. Kent Hughes has the chance to do it again, this time with the Senators. <q>As Ottawa looks to free up space on their payroll, they continued to explore options to trade Mathieu Joseph and the 3 years (2.95 million AAV) remaining on his contract. According to several league sources, they'll need a first-round pick or equivalent prospect to do so. </q> So Hughes would be lucky to get a Quebecer and a first-round pick, if he's willing to work again with the Senators' GM. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/HabsFanTV_/status/1705663439232737715?t=Pc8BhlRd1VO1mh1tEJWnJw&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div>