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With four NHL-ready netminders and a potentially crowded crease on his hands, Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes revealed Monday that he's open to trading newly acquired goaltender Casey DeSmith.
Speaking with media members at the annual Canadiens Golf Tournament in support of the team's charitable foundation, the Habs GM shared that he was exploring multiple options, but that a move to send the 32-year-old out of town was among the possibilities.
“We are open to making a trade at the beginning of the season,” Hughes said in French to reporters when asked about DeSmith, noting that the club was in a position that would likely necessitate placing multiple goalies on waivers before the start of the campaign. "I think it’s something we’ve discussed, but not something we’ve made a decision on."
Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis also spoke on the matter, inferring that the process could be resolved shortly.
“I think we have good options,” St. Louis said. “It’s a decision we’ll have to make in the coming days.”
DeSmith, acquired from the Pittsburgh Penguins earlier this summer as part of the three-team Erik Karlsson blockbuster, spent a considerable portion of last season as the starter for a disappointing Penguins group as Tristan Jarry battled injuries.
In a career-high 38 games, the Rochester, N.H., native posted a .905 save percentage and a 3.17 goals-against average. Both marked career worsts for DeSmith.
While Hughes hadn't outright alluded to a trade in the past, the messaging remains largely in tune with previous sentiments he'd shared. Earlier this summer, when the Canadiens acquired DeSmith, Hughes pointed to the logjam in Pittsburgh the netminder was leaving behind, and that even though he was joining another large goaltending group, the team planned to do right by him.
"I told Casey to be patient, the goal is not to bury you in the American Hockey League," Hughes said in August. "We will continue to look at possible trades or to make some changes. But it’ll take patience with the goalie market, it’s always slow."
DeSmith is heading into the final year of a two-year pact he signed last summer.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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