Jets earn Monahan from Canadiens for draft picks

The Winnipeg Jets dangle traded for Montreal Canadiens middle Sean Monahanfilling a well-known hole of their lineup.

Montreal obtained a 2024 first-round draft pick and a 2027 conditional third-round pick from the Jets.

Monahan, 29, is an unrestricted free agent this summer. A ragged huge name middle with the Calgary Flameshe became his profession around all the intention by his two years with the Canadiens, with 13 targets and 22 assists in 49 video games this season.

Winnipeg had been in search of a middle at the help of large name Designate Scheifelehaving traded Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Los Angeles Kings last summer. An NHL supply confirmed that the Jets were hotly pursuing Calgary’s Elias Lindholm sooner than being outbid by the Vancouver Canuckswho obtained him Wednesday.

Monahan and Lindholm were notion to be the tip two UFA facilities available earlier than March’s commerce time limit.

“We had him on our radar list early on. [Monahan] is a sizable participant and he is obtained sizable character. He works in actuality onerous and is a apt reliable,” Jets coach Rick Bowness instructed ESPN. “We’re totally overjoyed to earn him, no longer only for his skill on the ice but honest moreover-known his skill to blend into the locker room and work with our gamers. He’ll be a in point of fact appropriate Winnipeg Jet.”

Bowness stated he expects Monahan to beginning out on a line with Cole Perfetti and Nikolaj Ehlers.

The Jets (30-12-5) are third in the Central Division, two good points at the help of first-jam Colorado with two video games in hand.