Amy Johnson

Trade deadline is almost here.

It's hard to believe that it's March.

Trade deadline is less than a week away.

For the Canadians, though, the trade deadline this year isn't just about making a move for the

It's about maintaining or determining which direction they're moving in right now.

It's all about timing.

And it's really whether about the front office right now sees an opportunity to adjust something right now or just kind of stay patient and play the long game.

Now, there's some obvious talking points.

Hello, Patrick Lina.

That's obviously a big focus before the trade deadline.

But the bigger question is what actually overall makes sense for the Habs where they're at right now?

And with the trade landscape kind of changing day by day in, in these, in these final days, this final stretch before the deadline, um, we got to walk through it and, and do it in, in kind of a realistic way.

Uh, the time for the rumors are, is almost over.

Um,

So what we want to do today is just quickly get you ready for this week's trade deadline.

What could happen?

What should happen?

What is likely to happen?

What new information do we have?

What new clues have been dropped in the past week to kind of guide expectations for this week?