37. And this idea he nets a 1st and an A prospect at any of those ages is crazy.
Proposal: Habs in the off Season
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Great shot on power play, I like his game. Needs a set u centre to be more effective.
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FerrisRox
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The New York Islanders inquired about Hoffman not long after Toffoli was dealt.
Obviously nothing came together, but they like him and that team is desperate for goals and will likely look at some cheap options to add goal scoring this off-season.
Not to most teams. But there may be a few that think they are contenders but have mediocre goaltending - Toronto, Edmonton, possibly Colorado, Carolina. Of course he will need to play a decent period of games next season and stay healthy for that to be a possibility.
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It all depend on his age the summer after his 38th birthday, 4 years from now. Who knows how old he'll be by then.
Let's ask McJedi, maybe he knows.
Price has value, only the people that don't watch the games will say that he's bad. The team goes from Playoffs/SCF to 31th without this dude, it's that simple. They literally have 3 defenseman with Price in net, he has more completed passes than most dman by the end of a game.
But of course, MTL has to retain money, a lot for that matter, which makes a trade near impossible. No contender is sitting on like 8-9M of cap space. So you have to bring him down to 5-6M which isn't appealing for MTL unless you commit to 3-4years of mediocrity.
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Habs give sway Petry and sign a free agent. Rest are moved at trade deadline. To stack next two drafts.
I heard if you take a majority of the season off it reduces your playing age by about 2 no matter what your life age is. Price is just getting closer to his prime this season
They will trade Petry. They won't give him away. Might move Weber's contract. Agree that any other dumps will likely happen during the season.
Sakic has never shown any interest in expensive goalies or ones with term. He spends his cap space in his top 3 D and top six forwards. Take Colorado off the list until his contract has less than two years left.
Toronto is the only logical fit To me. He’s not waiving for the Oil. They won’t have the cap space either. Maybe Carolina is an outside chance of wanting Price.
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Wouldn't it make sense to not sell so low on Petry with 3 years left on his deal? Habs would be better off playing him next season in hopes he re-establishes himself.
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Calm down, I thought he was younger. Regardless, I am still allowed to be wishful even if it's far fetched weither you like it or not, it's HF not real life.
50% retainment and a "bad" contract back could do wonders. Anyways, he either stays with us and plays or goes on LTIR. No biggie.
Technically yes, but I think it's best to trade him in the off season regardless. He asked for a trade, the least the Habs can do is try to accomodate him.
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Hoffman - There's no market for him. He can score goals in the right situation, but that's it. There's a reason a 1-dimensional player like him was available for so long as a Free Agent for MTL to sign in the first place.
Byron - Maybe an opportunity arises to ditch him at the deadline with max retention. Nobody really wants or can afford a tiny 4th line "energy forward" hustle guy at $3.4M. It's iffy at half that price, for a small chunk of the season. But someone could bite for depth. In-season sort of deal though.
Armia - He'd be a great deadline sell-off candidate, if not for all those extra years on his contract. I don't see a market for him with those years remaining, and realistically...he's probably a guy that's worth keeping for the Habs. Can't just ice a lineup of entirely kids.
Drouin - Every time it looks like he might be starting to edge toward redemption to the point someone might take a flyer on him as some sort of cap-swap deal, he ends up injured. Between that and the general "stigma" surrounding him + his attitude, the Habs are stuck with him. Someone will take a very low dollar flyer on him as a UFA next summer as an island of misfit toys spare parts project, but that's about it.
Allen - Would definitely have value if the Habs were to shop him. He's a capable #1b and there are plenty of teams (even playoff teams) who could use that. On a very reasonable contract too. But then...i don't really see the Habs moving him, as nobody is going to throw them crazy value that's impossible to turn down...he's not that kind of goaltender. And frankly, the Price situation is far from completely settled and reliable...so unless the Habs have some other sort of insurance in place, probably better to just hang onto him. Even in a rebuild, nothing is more demoralizing that incompetent goaltending. Don't want to go there.
Petry - Seems likely to be moved. Probably going to be a limited return though, between his contract years remaining, faltering a bit without Weber around to be "the guy" bearing the brunt of things...and from the sounds of it, some potential choosiness when it comes to destinations that will limit the plausible market for him. That always hurts value.
Savard or Edmundson - Edmundson could probably be moved. Not for much though, and probably better for the Habs to just hang onto him as a reliable veteran partner for someone. Savard on the other hand, his market has absolutely dried up. Habs are stuck with him too. Not even sure he's a candidate for a "change of scenery" cap swap at this point.
Byron - Maybe an opportunity arises to ditch him at the deadline with max retention. Nobody really wants or can afford a tiny 4th line "energy forward" hustle guy at $3.4M. It's iffy at half that price, for a small chunk of the season. But someone could bite for depth. In-season sort of deal though.
Armia - He'd be a great deadline sell-off candidate, if not for all those extra years on his contract. I don't see a market for him with those years remaining, and realistically...he's probably a guy that's worth keeping for the Habs. Can't just ice a lineup of entirely kids.
Drouin - Every time it looks like he might be starting to edge toward redemption to the point someone might take a flyer on him as some sort of cap-swap deal, he ends up injured. Between that and the general "stigma" surrounding him + his attitude, the Habs are stuck with him. Someone will take a very low dollar flyer on him as a UFA next summer as an island of misfit toys spare parts project, but that's about it.
Allen - Would definitely have value if the Habs were to shop him. He's a capable #1b and there are plenty of teams (even playoff teams) who could use that. On a very reasonable contract too. But then...i don't really see the Habs moving him, as nobody is going to throw them crazy value that's impossible to turn down...he's not that kind of goaltender. And frankly, the Price situation is far from completely settled and reliable...so unless the Habs have some other sort of insurance in place, probably better to just hang onto him. Even in a rebuild, nothing is more demoralizing that incompetent goaltending. Don't want to go there.
Petry - Seems likely to be moved. Probably going to be a limited return though, between his contract years remaining, faltering a bit without Weber around to be "the guy" bearing the brunt of things...and from the sounds of it, some potential choosiness when it comes to destinations that will limit the plausible market for him. That always hurts value.
Savard or Edmundson - Edmundson could probably be moved. Not for much though, and probably better for the Habs to just hang onto him as a reliable veteran partner for someone. Savard on the other hand, his market has absolutely dried up. Habs are stuck with him too. Not even sure he's a candidate for a "change of scenery" cap swap at this point.
They would, but
1- He hurts us not finishing dead last for Connor B, and let's be honest that's who Habs should aim at
2- He's not happy here, and his fam wants him to come home, Kinda hard to play at your peak when you have other stuff in mind
Habs should 200% tank next year. Leave Price on LTIR, play as many rookies as you can, draft Bedard and build from there.
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Okay, I wasn't aware that he asked for a trade. Seems odd so soon after signing a 4 year deal. Did it have anything to do with Ducharme?
Beendair Donedat
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Yes. He hated Ducharme.
It also had to do with the fact that his wife is pregnant and went back to the USA because of their less strict COVID rules, so he couldn't be with his family for most of the year.
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