The other part of the Philly-Xhekaj rumours is that Montreal has already turned down the Flyers' offer

I guess rumours and common sense dont go together. Why wpuld the habs who are trying to weed out their ld situation trade one for another one whos not materially better and lacks arbers intangibles

As my fellow Habs fans above are alluding to, Habs pass

If the Habs traded Xhekaj... It wouldn't be for a LHD... That's nuts!

Xhekaj for Foerster (since Foerster and Broberg have similar value on trade market - give or take a 2nd round pick on either side)

Pass
Xhekaj has value to us with Hutson coming up in a month or so.
Xhekaj-Mailloux Twin Terrors duo is just the right amount of Grit going forward.

We'll be moving out many Defenseman for a profit
But Xhekaj isnt one of them in my opinion Hughes will fire Martin St Louis before he'll trade Xhekaj.
He already moved him away from MSL to get him minutes in Laval expressing concern over his lack of use.
MSL system is based on overplaying Veterans so with Monahan gone the wounds are going to be exposed during this rebuild as others join him.

Without Matheson jumping from 18 to 25 minute career average under MSL
Im not sure MSL survives this long given he's only able to focus on 3-4/23 players at a time and it shows with each passing year.