The Montreal Canadiens head into the 2025 Trade Deadline as sellers and will look to add some future assets to the organization in the coming days. Fans hope that general manager (GM) Kent Hughes can execute a major deadline deal that will help make this team a Stanley Cup contender within the next couple of years.

This happens in the NHL too, though the players often have little agency when it comes to how they'll leave that negative work environment and when. Some of the prospects we'll look at here are in that situation.