GDT: Kent Hughes Mid-Season Presser (11:30AM ET)

[CAUFIELD]

I like Kent Hughes, but dude will squirm his away from admiting to any mistakes.

The Barron signing and letting go of kova was a flop. You recognized he’s was no good and made a move. Let’s be real here.
Primeau was a mistake as well. The question being asked and he would refuse to acknowledge that he had to make a change.

And the staunch defense of Dach is clear favouritism.


He can still admit he f***ed up.

Allen wasn’t a mistake

We need a roster spot at one point to evaluate our goalies. Yes Primeau shit in the bed , but now we are discovering Dobes because of the roster spot.

Same thing with Kovacevic, we needed to evaluate Struble and Barron , even if Kovacevic would help atm

 

[Andy]

Gasp, the team traded Allen to gamble on Primeau, and Kovacevic to gamble on Barron and Struble.

Oh no, how will the team ever recover from this.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

But his facial expression and body language was clear, our PK unit will not all go UFA.

I expect an Evans signature for sure.

About more young players coming in the next 1-2 years.

He doesn't want to flood the lineup with young players but at the same time if another Lane Hutson comes along they will not hold anybody back.

They have studied the Vatrano deal and they are open to those options. Anything that benefits the player and the team they are open to.

That's interesting a deferred money deal for Evans could make sense to set him up for life

 

[Team_Spirit]

Media dude; please admit you were wrong to trade Kovacevic and Allen and throw Primeau/Barron under the bus.

Kent; please repeat ... I don't think I will.


Man some of these questions...

Nobody asked for Demidov's DNA test

 

[Kennerback]

Allen wasn’t a mistake

We need a roster spot at one point to evaluate our goalies. Yes Primeau shit in the bed , but now we are discovering Dobes because of the roster spot.

Same thing with Kovacevic, we needed to evaluate Struble and Barron , even if Kovacevic would help atm

Primeau shit in the bed. Who expected him to be this bad? Monty and Primeau didn’t look that far off each other last season. I expected they would fight it out for the #1 spot with Monty in the pole position. It never happened that way.

 

[waitin425]

My french isn't great, but I believe we're re-locating to Sudbury for next season.

Nothing like it!

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

primeau nobody wanted

They would have last year.

 

[Theodore450]

Allen wasn’t a mistake

We need a roster spot at one point to evaluate our goalies. Yes Primeau shit in the bed , but now we are discovering Dobes because of the roster spot.

Same thing with Kovacevic, we needed to evaluate Struble and Barron , even if Kovacevic would help atm

I understand the logic behind the Allen trade. But there’s no way around the Barron one.

He already wasted a key asset bringing this guy in.
Then he moves a guy that can clearly play against top end players to keep the same guy that will never do that. Plus keep in mind we have our offensive D on roster and Mailloux who is the exact same player. Why would we need Barron?
Funny enough he acknowledges this fact by stating “we traded him for something we didn’t Have” ie someone to go up against the top players.

But somehow, he needed more time to evaluate?. No you bet he wouldn’t be garbage again this season. You where wrong.
Right now it’s all about buying time from the rabid fans, so I get him not wanting to admit he’s wrong.

The other thing I didn’t like hearing which honestly makes a lot of sense now. Is he doesn’t actually scout the players .
Basically admitted to never seeing demidov before.

 

[Redux91]

He can still admit he f***ed up.

On Barron? Sure
But is it f***ing up when you trade him for Carrier and it fixes the TEAM lol
So it's tricky

With stuff like that, it's fluid, it's not 'wellp you blew it with that 1 situation.. are you sure you're the right guy for this job...?'
Like come the f*** on lol

 

[lamp9post]

I like Kent Hughes, but dude will squirm his away from admiting to any mistakes.

The Barron signing and letting go of kova was a flop. You recognized he’s was no good and made a move. Let’s be real here.
Primeau was a mistake as well. The question being asked and he would refuse to acknowledge that he had to make a change.

And the staunch defense of Dach is clear favouritism.


He can still admit he f***ed up.

That's ridiculous. We were (and still are) a rebuilding team. And what's the point of a rebuild if not to give chances to high-upside guys like Barron and Primeau when the stakes are low? Because we're too worried to give up guys Kova or Allen instead? May as well have stuck with Bergevin in that case.

BTW the picks we acquired for trading Allen and Kova are worth more than we paid to get them, so we win there. And Carrier has been a great fit too. I really don't see why it is important for some that these examples be publicly atoned for by our GM.

 

[sampollock]

They would have last year.

ah yes

 

[Theodore450]

On Barron? Sure
But is it f***ing up when you trade him for Carrier and it fixes the TEAM lol
So it's tricky

With stuff like, it's fluid, it's not 'wellp you blew it with that 1 situation.. are you sure you're the right guy for this job...?'
Like come the f*** on lol

The question was clearly on his summer offseason and his ability to pick which guys would help you win. He just needed to be honest.

 

[sampollock]

That's ridiculous. We were (and still are) a rebuilding team. And what's the point of a rebuild if not to give chances to high-upside guys like Barron and Primeau when the stakes are low? Because we're too worried to give up guys Kova or Allen instead? May as well have stuck with Bergevin in that case.

BTW the picks we acquired for trading Allen and Kova are worth more than we paid to get them, so win there too. And Carrier has been a great fit too. I really don't see how why it is important for some that these examples be publicly atoned for by our GM.

lets see what he does with those picks in a deal

 

[Theodore450]

That's ridiculous. We were (and still are) a rebuilding team. And what's the point of a rebuild if not to give chances to high-upside guys like Barron and Primeau when the stakes are low? Because we're too worried to give up guys Kova or Allen instead? May as well have stuck with Bergevin in that case.

BTW the picks we acquired for trading Allen and Kova are worth more than we paid to get them, so win there too. And Carrier has been a great fit too. I really don't see how why it is important for some that these examples be publicly atoned for by our GM.

Brother your contradicting yourself .

By that logic, there was no reason to move Barron this season.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

It was a veiled shot at Kent's capabilities as a GM and Kent knew it
It was a piece of shit sleaze ball way of saying 'so they not working out was your fault to begin with?'

He's doing a fine job,
Nobody hits at 1.000%.

How dare he be evaluated or asked questions about his job performance

Unless your post is satire

 

[Theodore450]

How dare he be evaluated or asked questions about his job performance

Unless your post is satire

Same fans would be rioting if Marc Berg answered like that.

 

[sampollock]

not all answers will be what we want. come on
he is way more open then MB

 

[Theodore450]

“You traded Serg to bring in Drouin who was not a centre, was that a mistake?”

“Well sometimes you need to try and be creative when making moves to improve. You need to give to get. I would do it again”


Obviously the stakes are not the same . But he’ll be getting that question for Dach eventually. Wonder if he gets the same energy

 

[Habs Halifax]

I like Kent Hughes, but dude will squirm his away from admiting to any mistakes.

The Barron signing and letting go of kova was a flop. You recognized he’s was no good and made a move. Let’s be real here.
Primeau was a mistake as well. The question being asked and he would refuse to acknowledge that he had to make a change.

And the staunch defense of Dach is clear favouritism.


He can still admit he f***ed up.

Give him a break. He's not walking up to a podium to throw himself under the bus to make you feel better. This is pretty typical for what you see from NHL GM's. It's no different with Hughes.

Barron had to be traded or signed this past summer and yes it was connected to Kova. Why would we not consider Barron taking one step forward? It's what you do when you have young players. In hindsight, he didn't improve and we did miss Kova and later got the opportunity to flip Barron for Carrier. Yes, there were impacts to not winning games without Kova and with Barron.

Primeau played very well last year. Why would you not count on more growth this season? Are you saying they need to have a shorter leash on the hope expectations? Maybe that is fair.

Dach should be defended. I support Hughes on that.

 

[Team_Spirit]

That's ridiculous. We were (and still are) a rebuilding team. And what's the point of a rebuild if not to give chances to high-upside guys like Barron and Primeau when the stakes are low? Because we're too worried to give up guys Kova or Allen instead? May as well have stuck with Bergevin in that case.

BTW the picks we acquired for trading Allen and Kova are worth more than we paid to get them, so win there too. And Carrier has been a great fit too. I really don't see how why it is important for some that these examples be publicly atoned for by our GM.

I really disliked that question.

I bet that reporter post here and whine about Kovacevic all the time.

 

[The Great Weal]

Good. It was silly to want to burn a year off his ELC if we didn't have to.

Do you know if he would be eligible to play in this playoffs (assuming we make it) without burning a year off his ELC?

 

[Theodore450]

Give him a break. He's not walking up to a podium to throw himself under the bus to make you feel better. This is pretty typical for what you see from NHL GM's. It's no different with Hughes.

Barron had to be traded or signed this past summer and yes it was connected to Kova. Why would we not consider Barron taking one step forward? It's what you do when you have young players. In hindsight, he didn't improve and we did miss Kova and later got the opportunity to flip Barron for Carrier. Yes, there were impacts to not winning games without Kova and with Barron.

Primeau played very well last year. Why would you not count on more growth this season? Are you saying they need to have a shorter leash on the hope expectations? Maybe that is fair.

Dach should be defended. I support Hughes on that.

I was just hoping for more honesty. It’s a small criticism that doesn’t need to magnified but we can be aware of it. We all know he made a mistake. Shit happens.
Idk why your making it personal acting like it’s about making me feel better, when it’s his job to know that fans aren’t idiots. Not cool man.


Also Dach he has to defend. But I think he’ll be gone by summer

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Brother your contradicting yourself .

By that logic, there was no reason to move Barron this season.

Of course there was. At some point you have to decide that a player is not going to be what you hoped for. They presumably decided he was never going to have the confidence or hockey sense to be worth keeping.

 

[26Mats]

Gasp, the team traded Allen to gamble on Primeau, and Kovacevic to gamble on Barron and Struble.

Oh no, how will the team ever recover from this.

And then when they decided to move on from Barrob, they got Carrier, who so far looks better than Kovacevic.

 

[Natey]

Gasp, the team traded Allen to gamble on Primeau, and Kovacevic to gamble on Barron and Struble.

Oh no, how will the team ever recover from this.

I'll never really understand this take. Mistakes are mistakes, end of story. We're used to them here in Montreal, still doesn't make them acceptable. Every mistake can be rebounded from, but every mistake significantly plays a role.

I don't think Allen was a mistake. But Kovacevic was a big mistake because Barron was already a flop. I've seen better players in VR hockey lol

Thankfully Hughes was somehow able to convince Nashville that Barron was still worth a decent piece. Carrier has replaced Kovacevic, so I'm no longer missing Kovy. The mistake was fixed as best as it could be and thankfully he moved on from Barron.

If only he'd have moved on from Matheson and Anderson when their value could have actually brought us something decent. Matheson will still get something if they decide to trade him, but Anderson is worth nothing now.