I don’t think so. Romanov got traded for 13th overall, and he was barely an established top-4 D at the time (if he even was). Zacha is an established 2C in his prime, so ~16th overall + a decent prospect seems pretty reasonable.
Dude that is f***ing horrible for Anaheim.
Zegras is a much worse player than Zacha - he can’t win faceoffs and is ass defensively. And he doesn’t even produce like a top-six player anymore. Would’ve actually been a terrible trade for MTL. Some fans might want to pay for a couple past 60 point seasons where he had no defensive responsibilities on a shit team, but I wouldn’t.
Zacha had a career high of 36 points before he was traded to Boston, also last I checked Zegras has 15 point in the last 20 games
Last I checked, Zacha has greatly improved since then, and Zegras has steadily regressed since he put up 60 points, nevermind that he was always terrible defensively and can’t win a faceoff to save his life.
Don’t have the link but I have seen it, not to do the “trust me bro meme” more to say like the habs insiders brought it up. It was based on last years pick pre hair
Well yeah, Zacha went from from a team that finished with 63, 45, and 68 points in his last 3 seasons in Jersey to a cup contender where he has been permanently stapled to David Pastrnak. If Zegras were to get traded to a contender and stapled to someone like Nikita Kucherov or Artemi Panarin his production would skyrocket too
Well i've never heard anything of that sort before, so unless I see something legitimate I doubt it has any substance
If Zegras were to get traded to a contender, he wouldn’t be playing C, not the way he plays now. He barely plays C in ANA from what I understand.
Because he’s significantly better than every center on the Habs except Suzuki, and the Habs need a 2C? You’d think it would be pretty obvious why.
Whether you want him or not is not relevant to our conversation. I haven't once argued whether he would play center or wing. You slandered him as a player while pumping up Zacha, I disputed that.
Slandered? Get off it dude. I didn’t say anything that isn’t well known to be true. Are you arguing that he’s good defensively or good at faceoffs? They are also on very different trajectories the last couple years; that is also true, so what exactly about what I said do you have a problem with?
