Confirmed Trade: [MTL/CBJ] Patrik Laine, '26 2nd for Jordan Harris

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Truly would love to see the PLD trade tree review now

Something tells me Winnipeg is an insane winner there

To Winnipeg:
Pierre-Luc Dubois

To Columbus:
Patrik Laine
Jack Roslovic

To Los Angeles
Pierre-Luc Dubois (with 8x8 contract)

To Winnipeg:
Gabe Vilardi
Rasmus Kupari
Alex Iaffalo
2024 2nd round pick (Habs, previously acquired from Arizona for Sean Duzi, previously acquired from Montreal, along with a 1st for Christain Dvorak) Jets selected Alfons Freij

To Los Angeles:
Darcy Kuemper

To Washington:
Pierre-Luc Dubois.




To Columbus:
Jordan Harris

To Montreal:
Patrik Laine
2026 2nd round pick(I'm assuming it's Cbus')

To Columbus:
Conditional 4th round pick(not sure what it became)

To New York Rangers:
Jack Roslovic.


I think the Jets made out like bandits.

 

[VT]

I'm not going to comment on value, who is what player, etc. That's like carting firewood into the woods.

I wish Patrick the best of luck, may he show his potential.

P.S. I'd laugh if Montreal knocked off Toronto in the next PO, and the best player between the two teams would be... Laine.

 

[expy]

Holy cow

 

[Garo]

If someone posted this trade on HF, they would have been trashed for being a biased Habs fan.

I'm convinced Kent Hughes could have traded Ryder + Halak + 2nd for actual value.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Laine did not have to waive his NTC because montreal were not on his list , guy wants to be a dog , a legend in hockey mecca , can't blame him. He will probably fail but the willingness to play here says alot

 

[The Flying Octopus]

Hoping he’s mentally okay to handle Montreal.

 

[Fledgemyhedge]

I love how opportunistic the new regime is. A breath of fresh air compared to the dark years

 

[ViD]

Everybody is saying this but his mental well being was off in two ghost towns lol. If anything its a good gamble to light a fire under his ass

I don’t think he’s capable of producing with a fire under his ass. He’s mentally fragile

 

[FunkyChicken]

Nice job by Montreal weaponizing cap space.

 

[The don godfather]

Columbus getting almost 9 million off books big winner here .

 

[bert]

LFG he's been my target since before the draft ! Would look great on a line with Demidov and Dach.

Demidov playing top 6 nhl minutes coming from the equivalent of tier 2 Jr a. Ok.

 

[Captain Mountain]

Hoping he’s mentally okay to handle Montreal.

We'll see. If he was concerned, he probably would have put Montreal on his NTC list. He didn't.

 

[CraigBillington]

Well this has been an interesting August for the first time ever

Not since 2020 anyway

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

I think St-Louis is a good coach for him

 

[LOFIN]

I'm absolutely baffled that teams like San Jose, Anaheim, Utah to name a few were not willing to take on a bet like this. If you are a team that is just trying to get into the playoffs at max, this is not really a risk with a two year term.

I get it that no contender would be willing to do it for a full caphit (nor could they in most cases), but teams in the bottom tier of the NHL, why the f*** not?

 

[The don godfather]

Nice move Don . W.

 

[BLONG7]

Low Risk...........High Reward.

Hughes is doing a great job for the Habs!

 

[Viqsi]

I'm convinced Kent Hughes could have traded Ryder + Halak + 2nd for actual value.

Anybody could have; that was actually not too terrible of a package by itself. It's just that "actual value" would not have constituted PPG+ in-his-prime recent Cup champion reigning Rocket Richard holder Vincent Lecavalier.

 

[Archijerej]

It will be incredibly funny to watch the Montreal media turn on him as soon as he goes into a slump though.

That's the neat part: with Suzuki, Caufield, Slafkovsky, Dach and Newhook on board (plus Demidov possibly in a year), there is absolutely no pressure on Laine to be a top dog in Montreal.

They want to start climbing up the standings and needed to add a top 6 winger. That's it. That's the story. There is almost zero risk for Montreal here, contrary to the popular narrative.

The upside is that if Laine can get his head straight, they got a top player for basically nothing.

 

[ole ole]

good trade overall for habs, if he flames out, he only has a few years left and will be leaving that contract by the time the rebuild is almost done. If he succeeds, they got a guy with huge upside.

This is so RIGHT ON. Plus he's in the right age range to take that chance.
We got him for free .

 

[LOFIN]

Columbus getting almost 9 million off books big winner here .

For what? What are they going to use that capspace for during the next two years?

 

[innitfam]

He’ll bounce in 2 years….

The Habs don't lose much here. Harris is replaceable for them. They already have Guhle, Reinbacher and Hutson as their D core of the future.

 

[Albus Dumbledore]

I hope laine shows out for mtl. Some good leafs and mtl games this year for sure.

 

[Captain Mountain]

I'm absolutely baffled that teams like San Jose, Anaheim, Utah to name a few were not willing to take on a bet like this. If you are a team that is just trying to get into the playoffs at max, this is not really a risk with a two year term.

Montreal has the revenues to make spending that kind of REAL money on Laine worth the gamble. San Jose and Anaheim do not. Utah is a question mark, but their payroll has already grown significantly this offseason.

 

[squashmaple]

I'm not remotely upset by this as a Columbus fan. Full contract and distraction out of the room and off the books, no bad money coming in in the form of a longer cap dump (Anderson, Gallagher, Rakell from Pitt, etc), and Columbus gets back a serviceable young player at the team's major place of need (3LD)? All of that feels worth a future second to get out of 17 million real dollars and the circus of Laine.

Obviously the best thing for Columbus would've been to keep him and rebuild his value, but if that was off the table, then I don't object to this return at all nor do I see it as an absolute fleece by Montreal. Laine comes with very real risks, as has been repeatedly rehashed on these boards. I wish him the best, but I'm glad he's on another team now.