It's been a while now that we've been waiting for Kent Hughes and Cole Caufield to agree on the terms of a new contract. We're not privy to the secrets of the gods, but the fact that the forward still hasn't signed his new deal is becoming more and more worrisome. Tony Marinaro and JiC talked about it and they raised some pretty major points about the negotiations between the two parties. They drew parallels with the Clayton Keller situation and wondered if a deal involving both players could happen. <q>If negotiations don't move forward with Caufield and Pat Brisson demands a three-year contract, that means he may leave at the end of his contract and go make more than $10 million elsewhere. If we know it's just three years for Caufield, we have to make some effort to go after Keller. - Tony Marinaro</q> <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/TVASports/status/1661147678825418752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1661147678825418752%7Ctwgr%5E14e303776855249b214c7e2ff60c678a3f581446%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.habsetlnh.com%2FCanadien-de-Montreal-declaration-majeure-concernant-Cole-Caufield-et-un-echange-pour-Clayton-Keller-239308'> </a></blockquote></div> We strongly hope that there is no trade involving Caufield and that his next deal is an eight-year deal. But let's be honest, Clayton Keller is far from a bad player and the question of a potential trade between the two is legitimate. In an ideal world. number 22 will sign eight years in Montreal and Kent Hughes will make a trade to bring Keller to Montreal.