For some time now, uncertainty surrounding the future of Kirby Roof As a second center of the Canadian is starting to talk, and the situation becomes worrying for the organization.
He has the talent to become the man of the situation, but he continues to chain wounds and absences in spite of himself. The team intends to give it back the chance to win in the center behind Nick Suzukibut he must admit that he has no more game left to prove himself. The team is starting to seriously need a reliable solution.
Faced with this observation, several observers believe that Kent Hughes will have to consider a temporary solution to fill the center post number two if Dach does not return quickly in health and proves that it is capable.
The journalist Cole Shelton Even suggested a transaction that would make people talk: Ryan O’Reilly in Montreal, in return from Jayden Struble, Owen Beck and a Second round choice in 2026.
According to Shelton, O’Reilly would be an ideal candidate to occupy this chair in a transitory manner. At 34, he remains a very productive player, accumulating 53 points last season and having experienced a 69-point campaign in 2023-2024 when he arrived in Nashville.
In addition to his experience and recognized leadership, his $ 4.5 million contract per season, which would soon be in mid-term, would not represent too big burden on the payroll of CH.
For Montreal, it would be an intelligent way of stabilizing the attack behind the trio of Nick Suzukiwhile waiting for Dach to fully regain health and the young Michael Hage entered the National League. The acquisition of a veteran like O’Reilly would allow the Habs to avoid precipitating the development of its young people and ensuring a certain short -term competitiveness.
In short, even if the proposal remains hypothetical, it highlights an increasingly obvious reality: CH must seriously think about a plan B in the center, the time that Kirby Roof Find its place and finally confirms the potential that had attracted management.
