In the last few minutes, we learned from the excellent reporter Aaron Portzline of Columbus that the Blue Jackets would have a major trade in place involving their defenseman Vladislav Gavrikov. Remember that they were asking for a first round pick, a third round pick and another draft pick in exchange for their strong defenseman. We are waiting for the details on this upcoming deal, but there is a caveat before the deal is officially announced: <q>Columbus reportedly has a trade in place for Vladislav Gavrikov, but that requires another deal to happen first, according to Aaron Portzline. - NHL News</q> This deal will be great news for Kent Hughes and the Montreal Canadiens. According to several tipsters, several teams that were targeting Gavrikov could now focus on Joel Edmundson of the CH, or possibly trade for David Savard. This file will be followed in the coming hours, since everything is in development at this time. A trade would therefore be in place involving Gavrikov, but we do not yet know which other team would be involved. Gavrikov, 27 years old, is a 6 feet 3 inches and 221 pounds defenseman. He has 10 points in 52 games this season. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/PuckReportNHL/status/1627356380003807234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1627356380003807234%7Ctwgr%5E5bf7cafab96c397f6fb86361bf5f92b88e2c6c1a%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.habsetlnh.com%2FAlerte-transaction-Columbus-aurait-un-echange-majeur-en-place-et-cest-une-grosse-nouvelle-pour-Kent-Hughes-et-le-Canadien-de-Montreal-210360'> </a></blockquote></div> Credit: <a href='https://www.habsetlnh.com/equipe-lnh/canadiens-de-montreal/Alerte-transaction-Columbus-aurait-un-echange-majeur-en-place-et-cest-une-grosse-nouvelle-pour-Kent-Hughes-et-le-Canadien-de-Montreal' class='link_marqueur' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>HabsetLNH.com</a>