Marc Bergevin UFA signing

[All The Kings Men]

Looking back I though Weber for Subban was a bad trade for the Habs- but now that was a smart deal. Weber was an anchor and clear upgrade to Subban. Not sure about other deals but that was one Bergevin got right.

Except for one tiny little detail... Weber is under contract through 2025-26 at almost $8M.

It may not wind up mattering, it may be something they can get out of... but...

While Nashville and Montreal both have an appearance in the Final after the trade

Nashville has the far better record since the trade, is currently in 1st place in the West and has moved on from Subban WHILE getting 2 second round picks for him in the trade with New Jersey.

Not that any of those specific details necessarily relate directly to one another but uh... Nashville seems like they made the better choice on the whole to me.

 

[kingsfan28]

Ok, now some laught if you need some.
This is Bergevin arriving with the Kings and setting up a new "culture entreprise".

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Classic!

 

[Mats26]

Here are his trades, going back to 2013
History of hockey trades by general manager Marc Bergevin - NHL Trade Tracker

He didn't have much to work with since Timmins' poor drafting caused more harm that most pundits want to admit.

 

[mysterman2]

Except for one tiny little detail... Weber is under contract through 2025-26 at almost $8M.

It may not wind up mattering, it may be something they can get out of... but...

While Nashville and Montreal both have an appearance in the Final after the trade

Nashville has the far better record since the trade, is currently in 1st place in the West and has moved on from Subban WHILE getting 2 second round picks for him in the trade with New Jersey.

Not that any of those specific details necessarily relate directly to one another but uh... Nashville seems like they made the better choice on the whole to me.

all valid points and the contract issue for sure- that said Nashville has a better record without Subban. Its not like Subban contributed to Nashvilles success. Player for player and all things being semi-equal Weber is/was the better player.

 

[LaP]

Looking back I though Weber for Subban was a bad trade for the Habs- but now that was a smart deal. Weber was an anchor and clear upgrade to Subban. Not sure about other deals but that was one Bergevin got right.

Was still a bad deal. Subban was a Norris winner in his prime. There was better deal to be done than an old dman who played only 275 games for us. Our team had just collapsed after Price was injured. The writing was on the wall that we needed to retool at minimum. We should have aimed for a young player and pics.