Montreal, QC (CP) -- Over the course of the past 24-hours, the Montreal Canadiens have been involved in serious trade discussions, according to sources.
The Habs are believed to be involved in several trades, with teams in both the Eastern and Western conferences.
"They're up to something," said a league official. "It's going to be interesting to see what's up their sleeves."
Reports out of Tampa Bay suggest the Lightning are on the verge of completing a "blockbuster" trade with Montreal. According to Canadiens' management member, "You'll have to wait for your dessert."
We have absolutely no idea what that means...
However, another source close to the Lightning organization told us, "We're discussing a big deal, and Montreal could or could not be involved."
Again, that information really does not help this reporter, so I'm going to speculate that the two teams are in fact talking trade. Such names as Vincent Lecavalier, Mike Ribeiro and Cory Stillman have been apparently mentioned.
Canadiens General Manager Dave Pagnotta was unable for comment, as he was out "beer-golfing" with Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Blake, Carolina Hurricanes GM Norm Donovan and Nashville GM Chad Blouin.
In my attempts to reach them at the golf-course, Donovan threw a golf ball at my head and I am debating whether or not to sue his punk as... sorry, getting off topic.
Meanwhile, the Canadiens are believed to have agreed in principal to a Western Conference team, believe to be the Los Angeles Kings or Mighty Ducks of Anaheim.
According to another GM, who wishes to remain nameless (*cough* Mathias Vaigur *cough*), the Canadiens have taken winger Pierre Dagenais and defenseman Tom Poti off the market.
The Habs had been shopping the two, and making them unavailable to other teams could signify a potential trade involving them.
In other news... a few weeks ago we reported that center Yanic Perreault was about to be traded. That has obviously not occured and we apologize to both him and the Canadiens organization. We would print the letter Perreault had sent to us, but children read out newspaper and that would be bad.