Value of: Arber Xhekaj value in a trade

[Jack Spider]

According to reports, The Habs sent him down to AHL for him to learn how to play defence. Has he learned anything yet?

Also according to reports, he lost his physical edge while down there, has he regained that yet?

Acquiring teams would like to know.

He was not sent down for poor performance. He got injured and Struble was called up. Struble is playing well and X was sent to Laval when he recovered from his injury. I believe X was asked to work on his defensive game and work on not taking as many penalties. I don’t watch Laval games, but 2 points in 3 games with 0 pim I like that.

 

[Ducer]

If he's ducking fights in the AHL can barely play defense I think every team in the league has a player of his caliber already on the farm.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Saying you'd be interested at a price that isnt remotely reasonable is akin to saying you're not really interested.

How do you cvompare his value to say Zadorov?

 

[Qwijibo]

How do you cvompare his value to say Zadorov?

Read the thread

 

[Theodore450]

Please share the comparables to come up with this valuation or pass whatever you're smoking...one or the other

Dude he’s a 6d plug? Wtf do you think your gonna get ?

 

[Ciao]

How do you cvompare his value to say Zadorov?

Read the thread

I have been following this thread, and what I'm reading is that the OP and some others think Xhekaj is worth quite a bit more than Zadorov.

I don't know why @Qwijibo couldn't just say that for himself.

Maybe he's embarrassed to say it out loud?

 

[TBF1972]

Domi [UFA year] for a [top 10] 1st + A prospect when he had that one good year is still one of my faves.

Or Huberdeau when at peak value for Lehkonen [RFA year] + Armia [UFA year] + 3rd

devils got offered

drouin, armia and chiarot
for
holtz and mercer

half a year after they got drafted.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

Read the thread

Pretty sure I have no interest in devoting 17 pages of my life to something way less than earth shattering.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

devils got offered

drouin, armia and chiarot
for
holtz and mercer

half a year after they got drafted.

 

[Rants Mulliniks]

I have been following this thread, and what I'm reading is that the OP and some others think Xhekaj is worth quite a bit more than Zadorov.

I don't know why @Qwijibo couldn't just say that for himself.

Maybe he's embarrassed to say it out loud?

Could be? Most fans are delusional. Only reason I even asked about Zadorov is that I always fall back to actual NHL trades as point of reference. That is but one yet a recent one.

 

[Lockin17]

His value is around a 4th rounder

How many 4th rd is making the NHL ???
Not much and Arber is NHL material ,, think twice

 

[pth2]

Could be? Most fans are delusional. Only reason I even asked about Zadorov is that I always fall back to actual NHL trades as point of reference. That is but one yet a recent one.

That's fair, but between a cheap 22 year old with potential for many seasons of quality play, and a highly paid rental with a higher immediate level of play, but who might be gone in 50 games, and has asked for a trade, the market is going to be very different.

 

[Ciao]

Could be? Most fans are delusional. Only reason I even asked about Zadorov is that I always fall back to actual NHL trades as point of reference. That is but one yet a recent one.

That's fair, but between a cheap 22 year old with potential for many seasons of quality play, and a highly paid rental with a higher immediate level of play, but who might be gone in 50 games, and has asked for a trade, the market is going to be very different.

Once again, a suggestion that Xhekaj has a higher trade value than Zadorov without actually coming out and saying that directly.

If their opinion is that Xhekaj is worth more now than Zadorov, why not just say that Xhekaj is worth more than Zadorov?

I know it sounds laughable, but that seems to be the opinion. All that unique potential blah blah blah.

 

[pth2]

Once again, a suggestion that Xhekaj has a higher trade value than Zadorov without actually coming out and saying that directly.

If their opinion is that Xhekaj is worth more now than Zadorov, why not just say that Xhekaj is worth more than Zadorov?

I know it sounds laughable, but that seems to be the opinion. All that unique potential blah blah blah.

Well, I'm not saying it directly because I'm not saying it indirectly. Heck, rentals are often hugely expensive, asset-wise, so that could be seen as boosting Zadorov's return.

I know reading is hard, but try and focus on what I actually wrote (and not put words in my mind like "unique". Stop lying.)

My actual point was apples vs oranges. Zadorov is not a useful comparison for trade value for all the reasons I gave.

 

[Qwijibo]

Pretty sure I have no interest in devoting 17 pages of my life to something way less than earth shattering.

Cool. I'm not going to type out the same explanation over and over. Have a great day

 

[Theodore450]

How many 4th rd is making the NHL ???
Not much and Arber is NHL material ,, think twice

Wtf does the success rate of a draft pick have to do with his value?

His value across the league is a 4th round pick. He’s a 6D.

Wtf do you think your gonna get lmao

 

[Golden_Jet]

How many 4th rd is making the NHL ???
Not much and Arber is NHL material ,, think twice

More than an undrafted player

 

[Ciao]

Pretty sure I have no interest in devoting 17 pages of my life to something way less than earth shattering.

Cool. I'm not going to type out the same explanation over and over. Have a great day

@Rants Mulliniks : I think this is what you're looking for:

Explain to me why Montreal would consider accepting that? He's a bona-fide NHL player who brings a skillset that's incredibly rare in today's NHL. He's young, cheap, abd improving. They dont need cap space. The only reason they would move him is to upgrade an area of weakness. A 3rd round pick isn't likely to even make it to the show. Let alone be impactful. That's like the old Simpson episode where Homer trades in a boat for a mystery box because box could have anything in it, even a boat. It's nonsensical

I find it amusing.

 

[ole ole]

Fights are 5 minutes.... Those PIMs aren't all minors...

Neither are Wifi's

 

[HuGo Sham]

If he's ducking fights in the AHL can barely play defense I think every team in the league has a player of his caliber already on the farm.

You obviously have a clueless take here. I get it, there’s a correction that always take place on the main boards as the hab haters respond to the Habs trade exaggerators. It’s part of the “charm” of the board.
But it’s obvious you don’t know much about the player. His sample size is too small to call him a plug. He skates great for a big guy and the stat watchers who see the word “undrafted” are quick with hot takes. Btw he would’ve been drafted if he didn’t have the unluckiness of being a late bloomer during a Covid draft year. No one saw him play.

Including you, his last game. He played 20+ minutes in Laval in all situations and it seems, has strict instruction not to fight as imama and rempe invited him, but he refused. Why? Because he has nothing to prove. He’s already an nhl heavyweight. He doesn’t need to give an AHL plug a name.

Time will tell if he is able to develop his game decisively and offensively. But few possess his size and strength. Not to mention his terrific shot, meanness and skating for a 22 year old kid who’s 6’4, 240. I don’t think Hughes will trade him. He still has a lot of potential if he can learn to discipline his game

 

[DavidpauseReinbacher]

So a player who can't get into your own team demands a hefty payment. Yeah no.

 

[JRichard]

You obviously have a clueless take here. I get it, there’s a correction that always take place on the main boards as the hab haters respond to the Habs trade exaggerators. It’s part of the “charm” of the board.
But it’s obvious you don’t know much about the player. His sample size is too small to call him a plug. He skates great for a big guy and the stat watchers who see the word “undrafted” are quick with hot takes. Btw he would’ve been drafted if he didn’t have the unluckiness of being a late bloomer during a Covid draft year. No one saw him play.

Including you, his last game. He played 20+ minutes in Laval in all situations and it seems, has strict instruction not to fight as imama and rempe invited him, but he refused. Why? Because he has nothing to prove. He’s already an nhl heavyweight. He doesn’t need to give an AHL plug a name.

Time will tell if he is able to develop his game decisively and offensively. But few possess his size and strength. Not to mention his terrific shot, meanness and skating for a 22 year old kid who’s 6’4, 240. I don’t think Hughes will trade him. He still has a lot of potential if he can learn to discipline his game

Again the luck argument… Unlucky no one saw him play? He played 2 full seasons in Kitchener before covid.
Anderson is also unlucky.
Unlucky with injuries.

 

[Ducer]

okay he has 6 goals and Laval is in last in the AHL division is he the second coming of a Larry Robinson or a 4th liner.

 

[ole ole]

You obviously have a clueless take here. I get it, there’s a correction that always take place on the main boards as the hab haters respond to the Habs trade exaggerators. It’s part of the “charm” of the board.
But it’s obvious you don’t know much about the player. His sample size is too small to call him a plug. He skates great for a big guy and the stat watchers who see the word “undrafted” are quick with hot takes. Btw he would’ve been drafted if he didn’t have the unluckiness of being a late bloomer during a Covid draft year. No one saw him play.

Including you, his last game. He played 20+ minutes in Laval in all situations and it seems, has strict instruction not to fight as imama and rempe invited him, but he refused. Why? Because he has nothing to prove. He’s already an nhl heavyweight. He doesn’t need to give an AHL plug a name.

Time will tell if he is able to develop his game decisively and offensively. But few possess his size and strength. Not to mention his terrific shot, meanness and skating for a 22 year old kid who’s 6’4, 240. I don’t think Hughes will trade him. He still has a lot of potential if he can learn to discipline his game

No use trying to talk sense with a troll, it works out better when you put them on ignore.

 

[Ducer]

I just want to know what you think a defenceman with shoulder issues with 68 games under his belt that can fight, but sent down to the AHL is worth in a trade.