We don’t know if a 1st was available. I’m sure teams would’ve gave up a first for Matheson/Savard but Hughes views them as more valuable to the team right now.
For a moment I was naive, I was thinking Armia was going to be moved yesterday but it didn't happened. Maybe/surely for good reasons, he shows up one game out of 5. No serious team would bet on him and being stucked with his contract. He will be gone same time next year if he could have a decent year (and I'm still naive writing that).
I don’t think it’s easy to compare one of the youngest and sometimes worst D in the league to New Jerseys. They’re terrible too but still a much better team
I think Armia still has a role on this team unlike Dvorak. I wouldn't be desperate to get rid of Armia that badly. Depending on how Free Agency goes. I'd trade Dvorak for future considerations or even explore buying him out.
I think we could trade all of Armia, Dvo, and even Anderson at 50% at some point. It may be too early now. I also think gallagher never, except maybe with retention for a player like Jack Campbell. But anyways, our 3 retention spots were up with the Allen deal.
I think Evans is suited as a 4C, his problem is he never plays that role due to injuries. I dislike Dvorak so much I'd trade him anywhere and take on Faksa a cap dump with a pick going MTL's way (wouldn't buyout Dvo in this case). IMO at this point there is hardly a difference in quality of player and Faksa is still cheaper.
I don't see why people are desperate to move Armia... I understand that he isn't a exciting player but he is still effective and when to the AHL and we never heard much in the media, I mean he is and was better player than Ylonen, Pezz, Gallagher, Pearson, might even argue Anderson and Evans... He is one of 3 players that are + playing over 14min. and 3 of those are on the PK. he isn't taking any ice time away from develloping player if anything he isulating them... We can wait at the TDL or even just ride out is contract.
Correct. But not to us. To a contender.
Sure, but if it's a difference maker I'd do it. I'd love to get something around Wallstedt+ before he breaks out in the NHL for example, but Minnesota is still strapped with Parise and Suter buyouts. Matheson at 2.4 vs 4.8 could be the difference in a deal being able to be completed or not, and again I don't mind retaining in the next couple of years while we wait for the dead weight to clear.
Teams will spend to the cap regardless. All it means is some bad contracts will be handed out July 1, but we'll be right back in this position at next year's TDL where we'll still be stuck with Allen and Petry each eating up a slot, and teams needing retention to make a deal happen. Among others, if Anderson has a hot start next year, I want the ability to ship him off at 50% for something relevant.
It's going to be extremely difficult to move any of those guys either because of their term or caphit, in some cases both. Armia and Dvorak are gone after next year. Their value is low and the Habs will have only one retention spot open. I really don't see how HuGo can pull anything off with those 2, unless the Yotes are open to trade back Weber. I don't think the Habs want 2 guys on LTIR but maybe they will do it for 2 years.
Yeah, you could retain on one of them and then exchange the other for an equally bad contract. The advantage of trading for a worse player with just as bad of a cap hit and the same term is maybe it comes with a pick attached. But the big win in my books would be having them off the roster and thus opening up a spot for a young guy. But the key to that would be burying the bad contract you get in return in Laval.
My guess is that the Habs were not big on Primeau, but didn't want to lose him on waivers. They probably also thought Allen was going to get swooped on waivers. The Habs wanted something in return on either Allen or Primeau. Allen was deceiving and HuGo tried to get rid of him without retention throughout the year. As we saw yesterday, the plan failed and the Habs got a pick for 50% of Allen's salary. Is it a win? Not sure. Monty and Primeau are not the answer. They need to draft more goalies.
No point buying him out. There's one more yr left and the Habs have caproom with no hopes of making the playoffs for years. Just ride it out and hope for a pick à la Allen by next year's TDL.
