Confirmed with Link: [MTL/DET] Habs acquire Steve Ott from Detroit for 6th in 2018

[Tuggy]

He's good at faceoffs and better than what we currently have on the 4th line. I don't love or hate the trade. Meh.

 

[PaulD]

Don't care about the 6th.

But I just hate this pukeface. Can't stand this rat.

Ditto.

 

[Agalloch]

Ditto.

King of the turtle.

So we will love him them and other teams will hate him.

Good veteran for playoffs. I want Bellemare too!

 

[expy]

Thought Bergevin learned how to GM by trading DD away, but nope, he goes and gets Ott.

 

[Agalloch]

Thought Bergevin learned how to GM by trading DD away, but nope, he goes and gets Ott.

Sure that 6th round pick will haunt us for years to come.

 

[Bryson]

John Scott 2.0

 

[BLONG7]

John Scott 2.0

No way, not even close...the guy serves a need, and by all accounts, one of those guys you hate to play against.

 

[Agalloch]

Another thing, Kirk Muller knows Ott because of St. Louis.

 

[Milhouse40]

What a nothing move.....bad bad bad

LEt's hope we get something else today, Ott is like bad joke of an acquisition

 

[Agalloch]

john scott 2.0

 

[vokiel]

Trash bin move.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Exactly the price I expected it to cost.

Not a big deal. Experience/leadership/grit for the bottom six, classic deadline day move. Won't preclude us from making a bigger trade. Hope tomorrow brings a bigger fish for sure though.

Agreed. It's a depth move and he's good at face offs. Cost to acquire vs potential pay back is actually pretty good!

 

[BLONG7]

Another thing, Kirk Muller knows Ott because of St. Louis.

Good point, Muller and CJ both wold have wants, and ideas to help this team...we are soft as butter in July, most nights...

 

[hockeyfan2k11]

Ott is a decent player for the playoffs. Still a typical Bergy move. Guy stockpiles 7/8 dmen and 11,12 forwards like no other.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

if it's the same people who think Ott is garbage thought that Benn was garbage then sign me up!

 

[hockeyfan2k11]

Good point, Muller and CJ both wold have wants, and ideas to help this team...we are soft as butter in July, most nights...

You're right, but getting Ott doesn't really change that. It does help...a bit. The team overall needs to get bigger and nastier.

 

[hockeyfan2k11]

if it's the same people who think Ott is garbage thought that Benn was garbage then sign me up!

1 game is all it takes apparently. Benn isn't garbage but he's not good either.

 

[le_sean]

The team has trouble winning faceoffs and the 4th line is soft. This is a decent deal.

 

[jaffy27]

Thought Bergevin learned how to GM by trading DD away, but nope, he goes and gets Ott.

Who is unrestricted at the end of the year. Nice thing for the habs is they don't need your approval to aquire players they feel will help them.

 

[badbrains]

You know the expression "throw enough poop at the wall and some of it will stick?"

Well this sure is one big piece of poop.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Ott played in St. Louis while Muller was there. Surely Kirk was consulted and gave a good report on Ott.

 

[Lshap]

If he wins one extra faceoff we come out ahead.

Such frikkin drama over a player who costs almost nothing.

 

[KirkMuller93]

Chances are we plat the Rangers or Jackets in the first round. Ott is an insurance policy against the likes of Hartnell or Kreider messing with Carey Price... We also play Ottawa 3 times in March so keeps Neil and Burrows in check as well.

Decent depth move

 

[Uber Coca]

4th liner with grit and good at faceoff... I don't mind Ott.

Also, with Therrien and Desharnais gone one would think this board would get less whiny. Who am I kidding?

 

[Habs Halifax]

Trash bin move.

Trash bin post if you ask me. It's a depth move for a 6th round pick. Let me guess, you want a team of all stars and expect MB to pry elite level players from other teams with a cro bar right?