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What would the ask be for Novak to go to Montreal?

Dvorak and Evans are their 3/4 centres and are both upcoming UFAs. Most Habs fans want Evans back but Dvorak to walk. Novak could slip into that third line centre roll. He is signed for two more years and can be a placeholder until any of Beck, Hage or Kapanen are ready.

Why are his numbers down on the year? I see he shot 18% last year and only 4% this year. I also see that his face off percentage is in the low 40’s the past three years; does he play a lot of centre or wing? He is also averaging two minutes less a game this season compared to last.
 
What would the ask be for Novak to go to Montreal?

Dvorak and Evans are their 3/4 centres and are both upcoming UFAs. Most Habs fans want Evans back but Dvorak to walk. Novak could slip into that third line centre roll. He is signed for two more years and can be a placeholder until any of Beck, Hage or Kapanen are ready.

Why are his numbers down on the year? I see he shot 18% last year and only 4% this year. I also see that his face off percentage is in the low 40’s the past three years; does he play a lot of centre or wing? He is also averaging two minutes less a game this season compared to last.
Pretty much anyone under the age of 30 is averaging less minutes than last season thanks to our wonderful coach. TBH he's played better lately after being moved to wing, which is where most of us thought he should have been in the first place. He's always stunk at faceoff's, he's just never going to be good at those.

Frankly I'm not even sure what I would want for Novak. Part of me says at least a 2nd, but then tbh I'm not sure he is really worth that, but if he isn't then we might as well keep him.
 
Our biggest issue as far as a sale goes is that just about anyone with any real value has a NMC, so unless they just want to go somewhere specific there isn't much you can do. 2nd part is Trotz has to be willing to move them, which is why ROR isn't a slam dunk trade. Trotz is basically treating him like he has a NMC as well.
 
Josi, Forsberg, Stamkos, Marchessault, O'Reilly, Saros, Skjei are simply unavailable. They all either have NMCs, an unwritten NMC (O'Reilly), or a forthcoming NMC that Trotz will feel is effectively already in place. So don't even waste your time asking about them.

There are other players who SHOULD be available like Lauzon, Sissons, Schenn, and Cole Smith who might have at least a little bit of market value for playoff teams. But who management will probably want to keep because of their "intangibles" or physicality, as important depth on next year's miracle turn-around team, since they have term. :eyeroll:

Then there are others who basically have no value but in the off chance we could get anything for them we SHOULD move them... McCarron, Jankowski, Blankenburg. Also with another year of term, so management wouldn't see the point in moving them for a 7th round pick or whatever. :eyeroll:

That leaves... Gustav Nyquist. He's the ONE guy who MIGHT be available. Although we're waiting to see if Trotz extends him instead. :eyeroll:

We don't have a fire sale. We have a dumpster fire.

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