Proposal: Mtl-TB

[tjs*]

But you get a 1st line winger for 3 years... don't you know there are two sides in a trade??

We'd be losing a first line winger with five years of team control versus three. Patches is damn good but so is Drouin and Drouin's career trajectory is only trending upward whereas Pacioretty's will likely start declining soon (and if it doesn't we won't be able to afford to resign him anyway.) Plus Drouin is a better fit both positionally (excelling at both wings while we're jam packed on the left side at the moment) and in terms of skill set (he singlehandedly sparked our power play and is probably our only hope of Stamkos even coming close to living up to his new contract.)

Nothing against Patches but he just isn't as good a fit for us.

 

[tjs*]

TB should take this and run..

Patches value has never been lower to Habs fans. With Therrien calling him the worst captain, Torts calling him out and his unwillingness to play good hockey come playoff time.. It seems most of us want to see a change.

Naming Weber C and getting rid of Therrien would have a bigger positive impact then this trade.

If he can't play good hockey come playoff time then why the hell should TB take this and run? If you don't want him why should we? Especially when the cost is a younger player who has shown that he can be a big producer in the playoffs?