As we all know, Kent Hughes likes to use the space he has under the salary cap. The GM will be looking for prospects in return for accepting a contract. This happened with the trade of Sean Monahan and Tanner Pearson. Kent Hughes has the chance to do it again, this time with the Senators. As Ottawa looks to free up space on their payroll, they continued to explore options to trade Mathieu Joseph and the 3 years (2.95 million AAV) remaining on his contract. According to several league sources, they'll need a first-round pick or equivalent prospect to do so. So Hughes would be lucky to get a Quebecer and a first-round pick, if he's willing to work again with the Senators' GM. <div align='center' class='pl20 pr20'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/HabsFanTV_/status/1705663439232737715?t=Pc8BhlRd1VO1mh1tEJWnJw&s=19'> </a></blockquote></div>