Montreal Canadiens: Three Players Habs Should Be Looking To Buy at Trade Deadline

Jack Roslovic

The Columbus Blue Jackets are surely open for business as another year is going by without a playoff berth. They sold the farm a couple year ago to take a run wth Matt Duchene, Artemi Panarin, Sergei Bobrovsky and Seth Jones but all of those players are gone and the Blue Jackets are a wide margin from the playoffs.

One interesting player who is apparently on the market at the moment is Jack Roslovic. He is the forgotten piece in the trade that sent Pierre-Luc Dubois to the Winnipeg Jets and Patrik Laine to the Blue Jackets.

Roslovic is a 25 year old forward who can play centre and right wing, has good size, and a decent scoring punch. He was a first round pick of the Jets in 2015, and played a depth role on a few deep Jets squads before being traded. He piled up 12 goals and 34 points in 48 games for the Jackets last season, but has just 25 points in 54 games this season.

Like with Montreal, not many players are having career years in Columbus this season. At his worst, Roslovic could be a good third line centre with size and skill. At his best he could be an offensive top six forward that scores close to a point per game.

Roslovic is a restricted free agent at the end of the season and will be looking for a raise on his less than $2 million salary. However, if he is on the market, and the Canadiens are moving a couple of veteran forwards, it would make sense to bring in a player like Roslovic.