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

[pth2]

Is Harris considered any good? I watched him a bit as a college player but never kept super close eyes on him. I imagine he was probably a bit redundant with Montreal being deep on PMD prospects with guys like Hutson, Mailloux, Reinbacher

He's ok. Likely never a strong top 4, but could be in the top 4 in a complementary role.

 

[mfilipo3]

That Calgary pick could end up being 1st overall wow

Is it protected??

 

[frederixx]

That Calgary pick could end up being 1st overall wow

Only if both Calgary and Florida end up in bottom 10

 

[Craig Ludwig]

MTL most likely was the only team in the league willing to take Laine. Not a fleecing

Agreed, and Hughes is the king of taking on another team's salary woes/problem child for a high pick..And then flipping that asset at trade deadline for another high pick. It's a no-brainer for Habs, nothing at all to lose.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

can’t wait for the Hockeyprofessor to weigh in on this one

 

[HuGo Sham]

That Calgary pick could end up being 1st overall wow

Unfortunately it's top 10 protected

 

[jfhabs]

Two of Gallagher, Anderson or Armia going on the waiver wire next month.

Unless a Dvorak trade can be worked out.

They can do that or place Price on LTIR

 

[Mike C]

Last chance in the NHL is rather dramatic ya?

I mean he's a season removed from a PPG and his biggest issues were the unlucky injuries.

His biggest issue is his mental and emotional instability

 

[Maurice of Orange]

They can do that or place Price on LTIR

It is my understanding that price is already on offseason LTIR. I could be wrong.

According to pedia.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

If i proposed Laine AND 2nd for Harris, i would have been banned for trolling.

Either Harris was worth a 1st or Laine had uber negative value.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

Seems like a nice trade to me
Habs open up a d spot
Get a guy that can put the puck in the net.

Hope it works out for Laine

 

[frederixx]

Unfortunately it's top 10 protected

No it's not. If both Florida and Calgary finish bottom 10, Montreal could get the 2nd ov. If only Calgary finishes bottom 10, they'd get Florida's pick. If Florida finishes 11th+, Montreal would get that pick

 

[jfhabs]

It is my understanding that price is already on offseason LTIR. I could be wrong.

Don't think he is. Last year they waited for the season to start to place him there because it gives you more cap relief. They had no reason to put him there before acquiring M Laine

 

[montreal]

It is my understanding that price is already on offseason LTIR. I could be wrong.

According to pedia.

he's not, he wasn't last summer and they won't have to do it this summer either.

 

[VainGretzky]

Unfortunately it's top 10 protected

what happens if Flames pick top 10 picks

 

[McClelland]

So Habs got their savior? Great to have someone who the young guys can look up to, and learn how to break out from teams.

Dont understand this move, didnt understand the Tavares move either where Leafs was at the time., and Tavares was a productive C back then

Laine is a project right know and that cap even för 2 years is really a bad signal för the group. Doesnt move the needle either..

 

[bringbacktheskate604]

A year from now:

Slafkovsky-Suzuki-Caufield
Laine-Dach-Demidov
Anderson-Newhook-Roy

Sexy top 9.

I mean Slaf is.a complete unknown at this point, Suzuki is not a 1c on a playoff team and Dach and Newhook are reclamation projects at this point Laine is a stud and I think Demidov will be as well but let's be real look at top teams and their top sizes. Teams like the oilers, nucks, bolts Avs have multiple 100 point players.

Love the trade but him next to Dach this year doesn't look great, at least play your best winger and player with the top centre option.
Why would Caufield get that spot?

 

[Maurice of Orange]

what happens if Flames pick top 10 picks

Then a bunch of convoluted shit happens.

 

[Gustave]

what happens if Flames pick top 10 picks

MTL gets Florida’s first rounder, providing they also pick outside the top ten.

There’s more to it (!), but that’s for a joint NASA \ MIT team to unpack.

 

[double5son10]

Just remember. Uncle Double Dion told you about that Drouin trade you all loved too. This is not as bad, but still not good. The Habs should have stuck with their building program. The last thing they needed was a guy whose only use is firing one timers on the PP.

How does this move take away from the Habs rebuilding? This isn't some long-term boat anchor for an over 30 yr. old a la Huberdeau. If Laine proves to not be worth it then he's gone after two seasons, about the time Demidov will be ready for prime-time and Price's contract comes off the books. They're also likely to clear over 16.5 million off the books by season's end by moving on from UFAs Dvorak, Armia, Savard and the clearing of their retention spots, so PLENTY of cap space to resign Laine if he does work out. And the Habs add an asset in what will likely be a pick in the 30s. Three 1sts, four 2nds, four 3rds, four 4ths in the next two drafts, plus what they may get from moving those UFAs at the deadline, will help continue the rebuild just fine. You're just talkin' corn.

 

[TheGroceryStick]

Only thing im surprised about is CBJ actually pulled the trigger in a “dump” level trade.
(I realize Laine value to teams was negative)

If I’m CBJ, I don’t bend. I’d tell Laine to get to camp or they’ll send a grievance to the league to void contract.

 

[Kimota]

Harris is underrated. He's not physical and not an offensive juggernaut but he's a smart player and has yet to reach his potential. I think in a few years, he's gonna surprise a lot of people. But the Habs just had too many Ds.

 

[Viqsi]

I'm agree that they're not worlds apart. However, the difference imo is that a lot of the Habs young core was acquired before these difficult seasons following the finals appearance. Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Romanov which turned into Dach who's the same age as Suzuki, Newhook is that age too. Mailloux is a promising defenseman drafted by the previous management.

Werenski, Voronkov, Marchenko, Chinakhov, Tarasov. Picked up Christiansen and Greaves as overage UFA signings around the same age group although it was after the rebuild started.

We've added Slafkovsky, Demidov, Reinbacher, Hutson and Jacob Fowler to this foundation since then, which means the Habs rebuild and turnaround are going to be quicker, since their U25 pool is quite deeper.

Yeah; we've since added Fantilli (as acknowledged), Lindstrom, KJ, Jiricek, Mateychuk, Sillinger, Brindley, and Svozil. And a few others that could also turn out of the like that I'm pretty sure Montreal has too. We're very side-by-side; it's entirely a question of whose key guys break out first and it could all very well happen around the same time.

 

[Sam de Mtl]

Doesn't change the fact that Habs fans loved it at the time. This one isn't as bad because you aren't giving up a top prospect. It's a waste of cap space on a player who helps you lose instead of win. Take a look at Laine's goals against per 60 at ES and then tell me how good a trade this is.

It's got nothing to do with it for that exact reason. Also the Drouin trade was made in a different scenario when we were tight to the cap and signing Drouin made it unlikely to re-sign Radulov and Markov. The team would have been better not making that trade if they could just sign their guys, even if Sergachev stayed in juniors that year.

It seems like you are just trying to troll fans, so if for any reason, you come back with nonsense after this, I will leave it be this time around.

 

[Viqsi]

We'll see. Demidov could be better than both.

Either, maybe, but I'm not so sure about both together.