Canadiens predicted to trade $3.15 million goalie out of logjam originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Montreal Canadiens have a bit of a logjam. At the moment, they simply have too many goalies. That could lead to a trade before the NHL's deadline.

Also in this week's notebook, a look at Juraj Slafkovský's and Ivan Demidov's ascendence, and Slafkovský's hot tub lineup ritual.

The Bruins are not all that far behind, but they are also fighting to simply stay in a playoff spot. With wins in eight of the team’s previous 10 games, Boston is fifth in the division, holding onto the second Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference.

Aspirot gives away four inches and nine pounds to the Montreal forward, so he grabbed him by the back of the neck to negate Dach’s reach advantage. It was more stand-up wrestling than punch trading. Neither landed anything more than inside jabs. Aspirot pulled Dach down, but ended up on the bottom.

Bolduc's long-term development will help the Canadiens become a contending team, and his development took a big step in a big loss.

Charlie McAvoy pushed the puck over to Geekie by the left point, where he ripped it home for the final 4-3 scoreline at 14:07, and his 28th tally of the year, which is a team-high. It also marked Geekie’s 100th career goal and gave him the lead for most PPG on the Bruins with 10.

The idea of Artemi Panarin in Montreal with the Canadiens might make some fans’ heads spin. The skill, the highlights, the instant respect he commands are all tempting.

A little friendly competition never hurts. As it pertains to the pressures of tending goal for the Boston Bruins, the increased usage of Joonas Korpisalo has only given Jeremy Swayman and his $66 million more to prove,

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 32 saves, Jason Zucker, Beck Malenstyn and Zach Benson gave Buffalo an early lead and the Sabres beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Thursday night for their 17th victory in 21 games.

The Montreal Canadiens need to think about the way forward when it comes to their goaltending and they need to do it while facing the facts.