Confirmed with Link: Alexander Romanov & Pick #98 Traded to NY Islanders for Pick #13 & Flip It + Pick #66 to Chicago for Kirby Dach

[Adam Michaels]

The first few pages of this thread are f***ing golden.

Worst is going to the Blackhawks thread and some posters are still analyzing Dach from his time with Chicago instead of seeing the strides he's taken this year with Montreal.

Someone posted that they'll regret Hagel the most.

I'm sure they regret Hagel. But I don't think they regret him more than Dach and DeBrincat.

 

[DAChampion]

Worst is going to the Blackhawks thread and some posters are still analyzing Dach from his time with Chicago instead of seeing the strides he's taken this year with Montreal.

Someone posted that they'll regret Hagel the most.

I'm sure they regret Hagel. But I don't think they regret him more than Dach and DeBrincat.

And Terevainen and Danault. Chicago has made some awful trades.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Note to myself. I still really like the trade lol. Cause I really liked the risk. Giving up on a 6ft 4, 3rd oa at 21 yo is just a no sense. . I wouldnt trade dach for romanov. One on one

Chicago is clearly taking the scorched earth approach.

Because imagine you're going for a rebuild and you trade 23-year old Hagel, who scored 21 goals and 37 pts in 55 games for you (prorated to 31 goals and 55 pts in 82 games). Then you trade 24-year old DeBrincat, who had two 40+ goal seasons and another at 30+ for you. And then you turn and trade 20-year old Dach.

You would think those would be 3 of your building blocks for the rebuild.

But we can't complain since Dach is working great for Habs.

 

[Hins77]

Chicago is clearly taking the scorched earth approach.

Because imagine you're going for a rebuild and you trade 23-year old Hagel, who scored 21 goals and 37 pts in 55 games for you (prorated to 31 goals and 55 pts in 82 games). Then you trade 24-year old DeBrincat, who had two 40+ goal seasons and another at 30+ for you. And then you turn and trade 20-year old Dach.

You would think those would be 3 of your building blocks for the rebuild.

But we can't complain since Dach is working great for Habs.

Chicago Management are just tanking big time to Connor Bedard I suppose. Bettman don’t believe on this strategy, but me I do believe.

 

[BLONG7]

Worst is going to the Blackhawks thread and some posters are still analyzing Dach from his time with Chicago instead of seeing the strides he's taken this year with Montreal.

Someone posted that they'll regret Hagel the most.

I'm sure they regret Hagel. But I don't think they regret him more than Dach and DeBrincat.

Their fanbase does not watch the habs at all.............we can tell, by their comments about Dach.
This is going to be a great deal for us, for years to come.

 

[Ezpz]

Chicago will only regret it if they don't get Bedard. They orchestrated the most obvious tank since Buffalo in 2014-15 last summer. Them losing both lottery picks would be fantastic and picking 3 or 4 would be great. Or if they went on a run and finished fifth to worst.

 

[An0n]

No lol

 

[ArtPeur]

Worst is going to the Blackhawks thread and some posters are still analyzing Dach from his time with Chicago instead of seeing the strides he's taken this year with Montreal.

Someone posted that they'll regret Hagel the most.

I'm sure they regret Hagel. But I don't think they regret him more than Dach and DeBrincat.

To be honest, I was unimpressed with Dach in his first 20-30 games. When injuries started to pile on, he went a gear up. He's definitely more involved in all areas of the game since (roughly) mid-December

 

[Nicko999]

Hughes got played like a tool on this one.

Rule #1: You do not help your direct competitors.

In this case, Hawks are a direct competition for Connor Bedard.

If this trade is what costs us Bedard, then it would be the worst trade in Habs history.

 

[Guy Larose]

Hughes got played like a tool on this one.

Rule #1: You do not help your direct competitors.

In this case, Hawks are a direct competition for Connor Bedard.

If this trade is what costs us Bedard, then it would be the worst trade in Habs history.

LMAO

 

[Redux91]

The first few pages of this thread are f***ing golden.

God I love revisiting after certain times lmao
It's nomnomnomnom material
You get to recalibrate who's posts are worth reading in the future, and who's to continue skipping over lol
It's a nice refresher everytime

 

[SlafySZN]

LMAO

The mental gymnastics some will do to find something to complain about

 

[Nicko999]

LMAO

It's the Hawks that will be laughing when they win the Cup with Bedard while the Habs are still looking for their #1C.

Thankfully for Hughes, he won't be judged until after the season so there is still a chance we finish below the Hawks (10 pts back but they have 3 games in hand).

 

[WeThreeKings]

It's the Hawks that will be laughing when they win the Cup with Bedard while the Habs are still looking for their #1C.

Thankfully for Hughes, he won't be judged until after the season so there is still a chance we finish below the Hawks (10 pts back but they have 3 games in hand).

When does McDavid get his cup if that's all it takes?

 

[Stoneburg]

Hughes got played like a tool on this one.

Rule #1: You do not help your direct competitors.

In this case, Hawks are a direct competition for Connor Bedard.

If this trade is what costs us Bedard, then it would be the worst trade in Habs history.

You are saying that we are 10 points up on Chi-town because of Dach? (The three games in hand are largely irrelevant given their winning percentage)

 

[MarkovsKnee]

This is really irrelevant but NYI fans are not overly impressed with Romanov this year. I really don't care if he does well or not but worth noting.

Because he's more of what they already have. He's OK defensively and makes big hits, but doesn't contribute much of anything on offense.

They don't think he was worth what they could have gotten with the 13th OA pick, which was a pretty high upside offensive player considering Nazar, McGroarty, Kemell, & Snuggerud were all still on the board.

 

[Nicko999]

When does McDavid get his cup if that's all it takes?

Edmonton is a bad example because this is a lottery team that happens to have the world's best player. Crosby has 3 cups.

You are saying that we are 10 points up on Chi-town because of Dach? (The three games in hand are largely irrelevant given their winning percentage)

We would be closer to Chicago, that's for sure.

 

[the valiant effort]

The first few pages of this thread are f***ing golden.

Some all-time bad takes, which is a high bar for this board.

 

[SOLR]

Chicago is clearly taking the scorched earth approach.

Because imagine you're going for a rebuild and you trade 23-year old Hagel, who scored 21 goals and 37 pts in 55 games for you (prorated to 31 goals and 55 pts in 82 games). Then you trade 24-year old DeBrincat, who had two 40+ goal seasons and another at 30+ for you. And then you turn and trade 20-year old Dach.

You would think those would be 3 of your building blocks for the rebuild.

But we can't complain since Dach is working great for Habs.

The theory probably was.

1) We are not sure we can build a winning team with these young ones.
2) These young ones will make us win too much to be in the Bedard Lottery.
3) Sell everything fast, who, cares, might as well risk it.

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

With this post, I thought it was some humoristic sarcasm.

Hughes got played like a tool on this one.

Rule #1: You do not help your direct competitors.

In this case, Hawks are a direct competition for Connor Bedard.

If this trade is what costs us Bedard, then it would be the worst trade in Habs history.

But with this post i realized... Holy shit you're actually serious.

It's the Hawks that will be laughing when they win the Cup with Bedard while the Habs are still looking for their #1C.

Thankfully for Hughes, he won't be judged until after the season so there is still a chance we finish below the
Hawks (10 pts back but they have 3 games in hand).

You know, even if Hughes doesn't make that trade. Chicago probably just trades away Dach to another team and still outsuck the Habs.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

You know, even if Hughes doesn't make that trade. Chicago probably just trades away Dach to another team and still outsuck the Habs.

Bingo, Dach had plenty of interest, if it was not the Habs it would be another team. Maybe even a direct competitor.

As for the habs ranking. Let's be serious. As much as you can like Dach, it's not like he has transformed greatly the team overall performance. They still suck as much as last year.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Because he's more of what they already have. He's OK defensively and makes big hits, but doesn't contribute much of anything on offense.

They don't think he was worth what they could have gotten with the 13th OA pick, which was a pretty high upside offensive player considering Nazar, McGroarty, Kemell, & Snuggerud were all still on the board.

I am not sure any of them have high upside with the exception of Snuggerud.

 

[Kojo]

I don't put much weight into this statistic but Dach has a 2.6 point share this season and Romanov has 3.1 point share. Advantage for Romanov, which is good for us on the Bedard front. The Hawks 14th pick has 0 and we don't even know if that player will ever play in the NHL.

Hughes saw an opportunity and he took it.

 

[Frank Drebin]

The theory probably was.

1) We are not sure we can build a winning team with these young ones.
2) These young ones will make us win too much to be in the Bedard Lottery.
3) Sell everything fast, who, cares, might as well risk it.

Or

 

[Mrb1p]

Chicago is clearly taking the scorched earth approach.

Because imagine you're going for a rebuild and you trade 23-year old Hagel, who scored 21 goals and 37 pts in 55 games for you (prorated to 31 goals and 55 pts in 82 games). Then you trade 24-year old DeBrincat, who had two 40+ goal seasons and another at 30+ for you. And then you turn and trade 20-year old Dach.

You would think those would be 3 of your building blocks for the rebuild.

But we can't complain since Dach is working great for Habs.

But theyre not wrong. These guys arent building blocks. Theyre extended core at best, you need at least 2 or 3 players better than them on the roster.