Should Hughes trade as many players as he can if they all get 1sts? What if he can get 1sts for each of Edmundson, Savard, Monahan, Dvorak with retention, and Anderson? Should he trade all five?
Lots of players seem to come here and get a boost. I think of guys like Tatar, Domi, Erik Cole, etc. I don’t know if it’s the excitement of playing in Montreal but I wouldn’t commit to Monahan long term. We can add vets once the team matures. We should keep focusing on cleaning up some of the contracts so HuGo has the cap space needed to add the pieces they need when the team is seriously competing again.
Legend has it that Toronto would have had a shorter rebuild if not for Fletcher and co. giving NTCs to Sundin, Kaberle, McCabe, Kubina, and Tucker.
A contender's first is from 25th to lower. A high first rounder come from a team like us. Why they want him ? That is the reason why we have to keep him.
Anderson is not as bad as Gally, Armia and Hoffman. He's young, he skates fast and he's something rare for a player wearing Habs jersey. But Tuch will be his replacement in 2 years if he keep on his progression.
Dvorak will be hardly tradable. MLS will try to make anything possible to make him look good if the management wants to trade him. Well, good luck for this, Dvorak might have the best wingers, it's still very hard to polish his image. A low skater is a slow skater. And I don't think MSL will go as far as giving CC to Dvorak. This board will go on flame if that happens, lol.
But it's not a big contract for a veteran who scores 20-27 goals per year.I wasn’t implying he was a problem, but he is a vet with a big contract was my point when comparing to how/why Rangers signed Kreider.
Having said that Id still trade Anderson now
My main concern about Monahan is if he stays healthy. His age is not really a problem, his salary too.
That’s not to say trade everyone over 25 so there are none left, but to take good offers on pretty much any of them. Pretty much all of them are quite available.
However, it’s the only vision that is consistently endorsed across HF. Ideally, works best if players are closer to 18 than to 25.
Show me a power forward who doesn’t start breaking down around 30. It’s rare, I’d sell before he is messed up and we won’t actually be competing for a cup on the next couple years when he can contribute
Quoting EA NHL makes my day. That explains a lot of things. Lol, I'm joking.However, it’s the only vision that is consistently endorsed across HF. Ideally, works best if players are closer to 18 than to 25.
The only special status that Monahan might have is that he can become the first prosthetic NHLer under 30 who will develop a line of fashion orthopaedic devices as he fights to stave off arthritis onset.
Of course not. We need 20 players for next season and we need experience. Should he trade one and add a first in 2023 if possible my answer is yes 100%.
He's a 26 year old 2-3C making market value for 2-3Cs and is widely considered a good defensive forward, there will absolutely be a trade market for him.
That means this year NJ Devils were almost not playable in EA NHL. They only are thanks to Tatar and Haula.
I've already seen it mentioned, but next summer is probably our last opportunity to capitalize on cap space before the cap goes up.
Friolet just says “foot” in brackets. We don’t know if it’s a new injury or the aggravation of a pre-existing one. I don’t put too much weight on the lack of a IR announcement since as you well know, they can make it retroactive.
