EDMONTON – As Jake Evans and his wife, Emily Flat, prepared for the NHL trade deadline on Friday, they decided to pack. Not for a vacation, but for good. Evans and Flat did this at the end of ...

– Jake Evans won’t have a no-trade clause in his new contract. The real master of the art of the deal isn’t Donald Trump, it’s Kent Hughes. – After consistently filling the net, ...

The Montreal Canadiens are off to a slow start and could be sellers at the trade deadline, and one player who could be moved is Jake Evans.. Evans is in the final year of his three-year $5.1 ...

The Canadian can either keep Jake Evans or trade him by March 7 – or by Friday, if you prefer. If they trade him, it’s likely only if the price is right on the market.

The Montreal Canadiens took one of their most valuable trade targets off the market by signing centre Jake Evans to a four-year contract worth $2.85 million per season, the team announced Tuesday.

At 6-foot-1, 186 pounds, Evans has the frame of an NHL player. He is physically mature – he turns 23 in June – but he did lose his share of one-on-one battles.

The three-year contract Jake Evans signed with the Canadiens at $1.7 million per year is a rarity in the NHL. Across the league, at all positions, there are only 28 players (18 forwards) who have ...

On the opposite side of that spectrum is Jake Evans, a rookie who turns 25 on Wednesday and who was drafted 207th in 2014, the only player selected by the Canadiens that year playing in the NHL today.

Speaking to Evans' last three coaches in the NHL, AHL and NCAA paints a picture of constant progression and a drive to improve.

Fortunately, Jake recovered quickly and the young centreman has learned a lesson from the incident. “You just have to know you’re playing against men now,” said Evans.