Minimum price to trade Mike Matheson near the deadline

[DAChampion]

Mike Matheson has two years left after this one payng 4.875 million/year. He is a 6'2, 29 year-old Montreal native, he had 34 points in 48 games last year, and has 6 points in 8 games this year.

I vote for "Don't trade Matheson, he's good and young and worth keeping as a top-4 D, at least for now," but I'm curious what others think.

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[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

If he's getting a 1st and a decent prospect, or young player you do it.

Habs won't trade him. They're doing the middle ground

 

[jaffy27]

You don’t trade this guy….do this and you’ve set yourself back years.

Guhle is a STUD…..if he stays healthy, he’s gonna be Pietrangelo good!!

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

If he's getting a 1st and a decent prospect, or young player you do it.

Habs won't trade him. They're doing the middle ground

A 1st in the 2025 draft or a 2024 1st with potential to be in the top 20.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Fine with keeping him for now. He’s a valuable asset. If some team wants to pay through the nose to get him though - take it.

 

[SpeedyPotato]

There are other players to trade for value beside him, I’d hold on, he will still be very good once we’re ready to compete and dmen like him are hard to find.

 

[WeThreeKings]

If he's getting a 1st and a decent prospect, or young player you do it.

Habs won't trade him. They're doing the middle ground

They're not doing the middle ground. They are trying to build for Suzuki/Caufield window. They aren't starting completely over, nor should you when you have young lynchpins like that.

 

[Jaynki]

Dont trade Matheson.

We can barely find 20 best D than him right now.

38 points in 56 games since joining us, plays 25++min a night, is physical, moves the puck extremely well. He is a 1D.

He still has 5-7 years of high quality hockey to give. He is part of the core going forward. Remember that Suzuki and Caufield 8 years contract are running.

 

[MasterD]

I wouldn't be LOOKING to trade him, but if a contender offers a 20-22 years young future first liner, you have to do it. We're good at D.

Or a Devon Levi caliber goalie.

 

[BergevinBurner]

It'd take a heavy overpayment for me to consider moving him. He's only 29 so I'd expect he'll still be quite a serviceable defenseman by the time we're a playoff team.

 

[Naslundforever]

Mike Matheson has two years left after this one payng 4.875 million/year. He is a 6'2, 29 year-old Montreal native, he had 34 points in 48 games last year, and has 6 points in 8 games this year.

I vote for "Don't trade Matheson, he's good and young and worth keeping as a top-4 D, at least for now," but I'm curious what others think.

Same. Unless of course his injury last night is career ending, then it’s the Antichambre panel.

 

[Garnet76]

You need to have a couple vets on defense. I'm assuming Savard goes before Matheson. Matheson is a hometown player who is a bit older but is coming into his own. No rush or need to trade him at the moment.

 

[MXD]

The price starts at two firsts. And not two Las Vegas firsts, if you get my drift.

 

[Jack Skellington]

Trade him for another what, Mesar? Mathesons value to us is far higher than it is on the trade market. Unless some team decides to offer a young potential top liner or starting goalie, which I highly doubt.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I wouldn't be LOOKING to trade him, but if a contender offers a 20-22 year young future first liner, you have do it. We're good at D.

Or a Devon Levi caliber goalie.

Exactly. Trading from a position of strength is fine.

 

[Mrb1p]

I would trade him, but aim for a prospect thats already developped instead. We cant wait 5+ years for a 1st rounder to develop again.

 

[yianik]

Yeah no to the trade. We need to develop offensively talented blueliners who can also play some D, like Matheson. No question players learn from their teammates and better yet guys they are on the ice with, and as Matheson is our best vet in that regard, he stays another year anyway.

 

[Mrb1p]

Trade him for another what, Mesar? Mathesons value to us is far higher than it is on the trade market. Unless some team decides to offer a young potential top liner or starting goalie, which I highly doubt.

Matheson could also be an Alzner. Maybe he gets injured and hes worth nothing next year.

Thats a dumb way to think.

 

[26Mats]

Mike Matheson has two years left after this one payng 4.875 million/year. He is a 6'2, 29 year-old Montreal native, he had 34 points in 48 games last year, and has 6 points in 8 games this year.

I vote for "Don't trade Matheson, he's good and young and worth keeping as a top-4 D, at least for now," but I'm curious what others think.

So far we have Guhle as a top pair dman and Xhekaj and Harris as good bottom pair dmen on the left side.

We might want to find out what we have in Hutson, Engstrom, and Trudeau before we move Matheson.

But at some point many of these D have to get moved. There are only 3 spots on each of the left and right sides. Plus, I expect us to lose 1 or 2 in the expansion drafts and perhaps others to the salary cap as well.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

I'd trade him only if the deal is really generous. Anything less than generous is not that worth it. I'd rather Habs package him and their 1st this year for another Kirby Dach type trade. Basically a former top 5 pick/elite prospect that a team can afford to give up. My three proposals would be:

Matheson+ for Nemec

Matheson for Askarov and a 1st

Matheson for Wallstedt and a 1st

 

[Gustave]

I wouldn't be LOOKING to trade him, but if a contender offers a 20-22 years young future first liner, you have to do it. We're good at D.

Or a Devon Levi caliber goalie.

Get me a cornerstone G. I need it like I need oxygen.

 

[malcb33]

You need to have a couple vets on defense. I'm assuming Savard goes before Matheson. Matheson is a hometown player who is a bit older but is coming into his own. No rush or need to trade him at the moment.

I can understand your points here, but the issue is Montreal's depth of talent is on LHD which is the position Matherson plays.

Although they have some excellent RHD prospects, the depth is much thinner, so there are little to no in-house replacement options if Reinbacher/ Mailloux aren't up to the task.

 

[Walrus26]

Only for a hefty overpay.

Or for something like Askarov +, as per @HuGo Burner Acc

 

[malcb33]

I'd trade him only if the deal is really generous. Anything less than generous is not that worth it. I'd rather Habs package him and their 1st this year for another Kirby Dach type trade. Basically a former top 5 pick/elite prospect that a team can afford to give up. My three proposals would be:

Matheson+ for Nemec

Matheson for Askarov and a 1st

Matheson for Wallstedt and a 1st

It's fine to ask for the moon if you don't want to trade him, but those deals are not realistic at all.

 

[Miller Time]

Mike Matheson has two years left after this one payng 4.875 million/year. He is a 6'2, 29 year-old Montreal native, he had 34 points in 48 games last year, and has 6 points in 8 games this year.

I vote for "Don't trade Matheson, he's good and young and worth keeping as a top-4 D, at least for now," but I'm curious what others think.

I'd say it's a clear "No", both for the team needs & because it's highly unlikely Hughes would entertain anything short of a massive overpayment to trade him.

He's perhaps the best cap bargain top pairing caliber dman (excluding ELC/RFA) in the league... Seems to be a great teammate... Fully bought in to what they are trying to build... Performs at a high level.

With the cap going up & the inevitable big paydays that will follow this summer, the bargain of his cap hit will only increase. If he were to be traded for futures, makes more sense to wait till the summer of his final year to get max value & give more time to our young D prospects to mature into top pairing/top 4 regulars