Confirmed Trade: [MTL/NSH] Alexandre Carrier for Justin Barron

[MoneyManny]

We could also use a guy like Danault , does that mean we should have kept and extended him?

Timeline and rebuilding had alot to do with flipping Lekh for assets

Yeah i realize that. I do miss both Lehks and Danault. I was always a big fan of these 2. It's not Phil's fault he was forced into the wrong chair in MTL.

 

[HuGort]

They drafted well. Took a gamble and it paid off. Good for them. Still, I would do that trade every day of the week if I'm the Oilers. Kulak has been a perfect fit and has exceeded expectations by a mile.

For the rebuilding Habs, it made sense to get a pick, a pick that very well could have been a bust too. For the contending Oilers it made sense to get a Legit NHLer with still untapped upward potential that could fit in the Cap on the cheap. I'd typify it as Win-Win trade, which is the goal of all trades.

Hutson on Oilers would be insane. He'd be a 100 point rookie d-man

 

[TheNumber4]

Hutson on Oilers would be insane. He'd be a 100 point rookie d-man

Hutson on a lot of teams would be insane. Ask them why they didn’t draft him before you guys did. The Oilers didn’t even have a pick to draft him.

 

[HuGort]

Hutson on a lot of teams would be insane. Ask them why they didn’t draft him before you guys did. The Oilers didn’t even have a pick to draft him.

Thank God

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

Barron scored his first for Nashville against Vegas. Pretty obvious Preds trade win. So happy to be rid of Carrier's excessive cap hit and weak defense

...Barron also turned the puck over with a horrid cross ice pass in his own zone after Vegas pulled their 'tender and Annunen had to make two huge saves to keep it 4-3; that's why the Habs moves off him, to stabilize their D with a good stay at home presence, which is what Carrier has afforded them since the trade...Habs have a stable of good young D prospects and needed a solid vet to stabilize things; Nashville needed some offense from the D that wasn't always Josi and got a good young offensive Dman to provide...both teams are happy...YAY for good hockey trades...

 

[biturbo19]

We could also use a guy like Danault , does that mean we should have kept and extended him?

Timeline and rebuilding had alot to do with flipping Lekh for assets

Yeah. Given where the Habs are at, and were at the time even...griping about letting go of Danault and Lehkonen feels like crying over spilt milk. It's just...part of the cycle of things, that bad teams in the midst of rebuilds end up letting go of older players and dealing guys for futures that...inherently don't always pan out. Futures are always riskier than the "known commodity". But that risk also comes with upside, which is what rebuilding teams need far more than anything else. That's how you get guys like Hutson. But sometimes, you just get a Barron and it doesn't work out. That's the way it works.