Earlier today, we learned of Denis Gurianov's departure for Nashville. We're really happy for him. He'll have another chance to shine with a young team. Kent Hughes let him go, but not without trying to keep him. The Habs GM's plan was to keep him, but the CH's forward situation decided otherwise. CH decided otherwise. <q>The Canadiens had a real and sincere interest in bringing him (Gurianov) back, but first they had to alleviate the surplus of forwards. Obviously, they haven't done that yet. - Arpon Basu</q> It's not easy to get rid of contracts like those of Mike Hoffman, Brendan Gsllgher or Joel Armia. These deals take the wind out of Kent Hughes' sails. Players like Gurianov simply can't do themselves justice. <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=en dir=ltr>Canadiens had genuine interest in bringing him back, but needed to alleviate the logjam at forward first. Obviously haven't done that yet. <a href=https://t.co/Y4YXZPFzFF>https://t.co/Y4YXZPFzFF</a>- Arpon Basu (@ArponBasu) <a href=https://twitter.com/ArponBasu/status/1678843827501645828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>July 11, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8>