When the Montreal Canadiens brought in Patrik Laine, he was supposed to come in and provide them some much-needed scoring help. His regular-season debut came later than anticipated, but when he did join the team, he was scoring tons for them. Now, the Canadiens are without him for the start of the season again, and nearly to the end of February, but he is expected to be healthy after the Olympic break.
Leafs GM Brad Treliving has been sizing up the market on defence. Looking at his options, we mentioned, for example, potential interest in Luke Schenn. I think that's still there,