Confirmed with Link: Jeff Petry (50% retained) traded to DET for Gustav Lindström and conditional 4th-round pick in 2025 (later of Detroit or Boston's pick)

[Andy]

We lost cap space in 24-25, 2.3m. Do you really think it’s great?

You wanted to buy out Armia. If you buy him out like you want to next season, the habs regain the cap space from Petry.'s retention. AND THEY GET A SECOND TO BOOT INSTEAD OF NOTHING!

 

[bcv]

Love it... I don't care if we get a bucket of pucks for him, we need to clear veterans (and their contracts/roster spaces) so that younger players with upside can develop their games.

They didn’t clear his contract though.

 

[sampollock]

seems a little of a let down. oh well

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

That's it? At 50% retained?

Nashville retained 50% on Johansen and got nothing

2 years left and 4 mill there.

 

[David Suzuki]

2.3m cap hit to buy a 2nd round pick, build a statue why don’t you

arguing with the people you made up in your head is a great way to ensure you always win

 

[JoelWarlord]

Disappointing return, I don't really understand how there wasn't a better offer available for 2x2.4 on Petry given the crap RDs that got contracts as UFAs, but I guess that must just be the market right now. We probably have to assume that the no-trade list complicates things a lot.

Personally I would have rather they kept him and tried again at the deadline at this price, but I do also see how that might not be a realistic option with how everything went down last time around. Oh well, still have nothing to complain about in the aggregate.

How ever will the habs find 4.6m in cap space next season. PLEASE TELL ME!!

Inb4 the 2.4M in retention is made out to be a massive catastrophe from the same guy that wanted to buy Hoffman and Armia out a month ago.

 

[sampollock]

habs have 21 drafts picks over 2 years.

 

[Heffyhoof]

I was hoping we’d get something for him. Sending him home to Detroit is good for Petry but I’d have liked a better return.

That being said, it’s still great overall as we dumped players we didn’t want and cleared cap space.

The retained part is unfortunate, but the real value is in getting cap compliant without tossing Price on LTIR and this trade clears up a decent chunk. Paper waives and a goalie dump would make it easy.

 

[le_sean]

Oh boy. I would not have retained for that package. Woof

 

[sampollock]

Oh boy. I would not have retained for that package. Woof

seems like a weak return

 

[Bouboumaster]

We got f***ed on that trade

 

[Justin11]

Gone so soon.

 

[McGees]

I heard that we traded away Julie Petry?

 

[Ezpz]

Lindstrom doesn't beat out our top 6 so this is pretty awful. Detroit were very close to us in goals against and most of our guys missed half the season. He wasn't even able to crack their lineup and had the second worst +/- after Chiarot.

I assumed there was no retention but you are all mentioning it.

Petry probably couldn't agree to come back here.

 

[sampollock]

funny TSN was saying days back that Petry was sought after and a contender would love to have him.

what a crock

 

[DavePeak]

Thank you for your second stint in Montreal Jeff!

I guess we can recycle the appreciation thread

 

[le_sean]

seems like a weak return

Just shows you that the most valuable asset in the league is cap space. No one wanted Jeff who is declining. If it was one year of retention, whatever. But two? Ugh

 

[PavelBrendl]

Don’t see much value in Lindstrom or a 4th, so meh. Overall the Habs still did very well on this series of trades though.

Good for Petry though, gets to go home and be part of a team on the upswing.

 

[le_sean]

Thank you for your second stint in Montreal Jeff!

I guess we can recycle the appreciation thread

Thanks for being a whiny no-show your last season and letting us get a real talent that wants to be here in Matheson.

 

[sampollock]

Just shows you that the most valuable asset in the league is cap space. No one wanted Jeff who is declining. If it was one year of retention, whatever. But two? Ugh

yup, true enough... cap space drives the trades

 

[The Great Weal]

I was expecting no retention for this price.

 

[JHabs]

I think Petry gets flipped at the Deadline with retention. In any case he was found money, and we got an extra 4th out of it, not bad at all.

 

[McGees]

Big picture is - We got rid of Hoffman and pitlick for a couple picks and prospects. It’s a W.
Now we just gotta ditch DeSmith and we good.

 

[sampollock]

like to hear Kent's take on this

 

[Justin11]

I don't think there were many takers for Petry.