Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan bayyanar su a Wasannin Karshe na Gabas a kakar da ta gabata, Sanatocin sun rasa mai tsaron baya Marc Methot zuwa Tsarin Fadada NHL na 2017. A ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, 2017, Sanatocin sun gudanar da cinikin kasuwanci tare da Colorado Avalanche, suna kawo Matt Duchene daga Avalanche don musayar Kyle Turris, Shane Bowers, Andrew Hammond, wanda aka zaba a zagaye na farko a 2018 ko 2019
da kuma zagaye na uku a shekarar 2019. Bayan cinikin, duk da haka, lokacin Sanata ya fara rushewa. Dan wasan gaba Derick Brassard da mai tsaron baya Dion Phaneuf an yi mu'amala da su a ranar ƙarshe na cinikin zuwa Pittsburgh Penguins da Los Angeles Kings, bi da bi. Sanatocin sun gama shekara ta biyu zuwa na karshe a gasar tare da rikodin 28 <unk> 43 <unk> 11 da maki 67, mafi ƙarancin jimillar maki tun daga 1995 <unk> 96.