Proposal: Lafreniere for 1st pick Habs 2022

[AvroArrow]

Why would montreal want a prospect that another team severely screwed up his development?

Bruh. He's in his 2nd season in the NHL, a bit premature ?

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

Why would montreal want a prospect that another team severely screwed up his development?

Because we are the best candidate to CONTINUE screwing it up haha

 

[MTL Dirty Birdy]

No way would the Canadiens give up a potential franchise center for a struggling winger prospect who had a lower ceiling in the first place.
Maybe for 2nd overall pick if the Habs aren't sold on Savoie.
But once you get to the third overall pick, I no longer think the Rangers have any incentive to make the trade.

We need high caliber centres . Period. I’d draft the best center available assuming we stay where we are

 

[Savant]

Only for Wright.

 

[Shad]

A trade is possible here but it’s so hard to pass up a center for a winger therefore I’d expect a Rangers overpayment

 

[Legend123]

NO!

 

[Tempo]

Why trade a new lottery ticket for another that has the first box scratched and it’s not a winner.

 

[jackjohnson]

Well the whole world thinks because Laf isnt lighting it up yet after 80 NHL that he is a bust, so obviously everyone is going to say Rangers will need to add in Fox and 3 1sts as well.

I would not trade Wright for a badly developing Laf.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

Honestly, if Lafreniere is indeed struggling (haven't watched a single game of his so I don't know) then Montreal would be an absolute catastrophe for him. The expectations for him would be absolutely unrealistic, astronomical and frankly unfair. There's no way that would be a good development environment for him in the slightest. The pressure would be...out of this world.

 

[Notsince67]

In this day and age, if in doubt, go with the Ontario developed player. Better more competitive league with a fantastic track record

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Every year I hear how next years 1st overall is supposed to be way better than the previous ones.

Shane Wright isn't supposed to be that good... a top 15-20 center with a strong 2 way game is his ceiling, Nolan Patrick is his floor

 

[1909]

Habs are far from being guaranteed to draft 1st overall. They might draft 2nd 3rd or 4th.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

No chance in hell the habs trade the 1st overall pick for Lafreniere.

 

[member 334057]

No one has traded a 1st overall pick since the 2003 season, and even then the Panthers who traded it only moved down to the 3rd overall pick. The current NHL seems to value those picks a lot more than they did in the 90's and early 2000's. Can't see Montreal moving that pick for anything other than a player who is already showing they can be someone you can build around (Seider, Raymond) and those are players who aren't getting traded.

 

[PettersonHughes]

Fan never change or learn . Puljujarvi was a bust now we have had 2 threads in a month . One to offer sheet Puljujarvi and one can the Oilers afford to keep him . For a so called bust seems like a lot of teams would like to have him or at least their fan would .

What fans should of leant ! Laf is from from a bust , He was in the NHL as an 18 year old when most of the fans are still living with their mommy and daddy . Ask yourself were you the best version of yourself at 18-20 at work or did you have room to learn and grow ? I know when I was young I thought I knew everything . Now I am older I realize I know shit so fans need to stop talking in absolutes because they know very little and know nothing about the future .

True. On the note about Puljujarvi, I'll say that I sympathize for any GM responsible for deciding whether or not to keep them, since ultimately the draft is a crapshoot (people are ready to forget that even top-10 picks have yielded Virtanen/ Yakupov/ Patrick/ Juolevi/ Dal Colle/ Cody Glass/ [insert "bust" prospect here]). Though I would side with those saying keep the 1st round pick in OP, I don't think it's so immediately obvious that the pick from this year would yield a better player than Lafreniere, or vice versa.

 

[Gaud]

Always take the Center.

LOL that really helped with KK over Katchuk

 

[ole ole]

Habs only want Laf because he was 1st overall and French Canadian. That's reason enough for me to never trade him to them.

We don't want him. We want the pick.

 

[GAGLine]

We don't want him. We want the pick.

Some of you.

 

[Scintillating10]

If the Habs gets the 1st ov. draft, do you offer or accept this proposal.

Alexis Lafrenière for Shane Wright

Whos adding?

I would pass if I am MOntreal. Not just 2 more years on ELC, but AL chance he wilts in Montreal's pressure

 

[TFHockey]

Neutral fan here.

I don't see Lafreniere holding that kind of value at this time. He is still developing and while Montreal loves it's french players, the opportunity to draft Wright is much more valuable to the franchise. Their positions are also important factors. How does a team with Suzuki and Wright down the middle for years to come look to Habs fans? Better than adding a winger I'd say.

Just my opinion.

 

[ole ole]

Habs keep the pick
Rangers keep Lafreniere

Well if the Habs keep the pick Rangers have to keep Laf.

 

[ole ole]

Some of you.

You must mean one because everyone else would easily take the pick including Ranger fans..

 

[GAGLine]

Which ones want Laf?

Um, the person who created this thread, for one. And here's another:

Proposal: - Habs & Rangers

There were a lot more Habs fans who wanted him last year. Many of them may not want him now, but most of those threads wouldn't exist if Laf wasn't French Canadian.

 

[ole ole]

Um, the person who created this thread, for one. And here's another:

Proposal: - Habs & Rangers

There were a lot more Habs fans who wanted him last year. Many of them may not want him now, but most of those threads wouldn't exist if Laf wasn't French Canadian.

Where's that 1st rd pick ?
Like i said only 1 Hab fan is willing to give up the 1st OA this season for Laf. Everyone else takes the pick including Ranger fans.

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

I think it’s more likely if Montreal picks 2-5

Yeah, agreed. The 2 yr age gap and the fact that Laf is at least 2yrs closer to a non-ELC/UFA are significant factors given that Wright is arguably a Lafreniere-level prospect in his own right. Given that Laf hasn't found his stride at the NHL level yet, there's not a ton of incentive for the Habs assuming they end up with 1OV.