Habs Halifax
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Harris would get claimed on waivers
Maybe. Hard to say but I'd give it a 75% chance Harris gets claimed. He is after all a decent 3rd pairing D man who has shown maturity very early.
Might be a reality to come in the next few years with the Habs. We are loaded with prospects and they are filtering through now. Test them hard so we know where they are when the waivers problems happens. We won't be able to trade them all for more futures.
I bet you other GM's are looking at the Habs and wondering who goes on waivers in the coming years. When Hughes calls them to try to make a 1/1 trade, we likely are offered someone who also has to clear waivers.
I wonder what their plan his to ensure they don't undersell these extra def due to team seeing us coming with our "problem". I guess the key is to identify who you want to keep long term before they become waiver eligible.
I personally think Struble/Savard/Kovacevic are gone this year. I somehow prefer Harris' game an d reliability over Struble's. Struble's physical aspect is overrated imo.
The plan should be to test them in many different situations. Ensure that we know who we want to keep and who we may want to let go.
We still have decent options to test guys like Harris, Struble, Barron this season if we don't rush guys like Reinbacher, Hutson, Mailloux. I see too many Habs fans who want to move the up faster.