Confirmed with Link: Patrik Laine and 2026 2nd round pick acquired from the Blue Jackets in exchange for Jordan Harris

[sheed36]

Not a fan of Laine at all but getting him for a 2nd + Harris is just ridiculous. Another Hughes masterclass

Actually it's Laine and a 2026 2nd for Harris. What ya think of that.

 

[GHJimmy]

It's somewhat a good gamble to have Laine here

 

[KevSkillz4]

Not a fan of Laine at all but getting him for a 2nd + Harris is just ridiculous. Another Hughes masterclass

We got the 2nd actually

 

[Andy]

Hughes added Dach, Laine, Newhook in three seasons. Christ. They legit built out the top 6. Add the gamble on Slaf's potential.

What a homerun.

 

[JoelWarlord]

Aw man but we could have traded a 2nd for Tanner Jeannot or signed Jason Zucker instead of doing this trade

 

[Hannibal]

Im tired of f***ing reclamation project in MTL.

Would have prefer to use our depth on D to get something more « sure fire »

 

[BehindTheTimes]

It’s amazing to have a GM that values skill as an asset. The past regime thought you needed a bunch of lunch pail players that would outwork the opposition. Skill was frowned upon, you can’t have a subban on your team who actually gives a f*** and takes chances to try and win games with his enormous skill. Those days are f***ing gone.


I couldn’t be happier even if Laine were to crash and burn. This is right risk to take.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Laine - Dach is going to be an insane duo

 

[beowulf]

This is going to blow up in managements face. Would not have done it.

 

[Andy]

What is f***ed up is that the habs still have assets to potentially trade for a top 3 d-man. So messed up.

 

[MXD]

I didn't want him, but there's clearly something to do with him.

 

[MarkJ]

We got our best players locked for years, we got a 2nd pick. Cap gonna go up. No lose here.

 

[Hannibal]

Reclamation project of Montreal.

 

[HomaridII]

From being told that trades are hard to make to now making some major ones every summer, it's been such a great change.

THAT still feels unreal.

Third summer in a row.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Steep price for Laine.

Only If your Harris’s father.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Im tired of f***ing reclamation project in MTL.

Would have prefer to use our depth on D to get something more « sure fire »

He could be Monahan 2.0. Let’s hope so.

As much as I want Roy in the top six this takes some pressure of him and gives us depth. I’m glad it’s a dump, anything other than this and I’d have been pretty pissed.

 

[CanadienShark]

OMG. Wow. I'm so damn happy. I initially misread it as Harris + 2nd for Laine and I was ecstatic. The fact we get a 2nd with Laine... Wow. Masterful job, Hughes.

 

[River Meadow]

Im tired of f***ing reclamation project in MTL.

Would have prefer to use our depth on D to get something more « sure fire »

Sure fire is VERY expensive.

This is akin to acquiring Dach.

You buy low, sell high, always.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

I just f***ing ed my pants

 

[417]

Lemme find someone shitting on this trade…

Masterclass by HuGo

 

[the]

This is a win whatever you believe in Laine or not. I'm over the moon excited by this acquisition. It just made so much sense.

 

[WeThreeKings]

As I was saying in the Laine thread - there were risk factors, so the return would have be low.. and we got paid to take him, so I'm excited to see how this experiment goes.

By getting paid to take him, it minimizes the downside of the deal, and clearing Harris creates less burden on the log jam on left defense. So add scoring, add an additional high pick in a future draft, and alleviate a defensive log jam.

Upside is he finds his game and we either extend him in line with our salary structure, or retain half and trade him for a huge return at the deadline in 2 years OR use him as an 'own rental'.

Downside is he doesn't and we let him walk or re-negotiate a much more reasonable deal ahead of UFA.

Kent Hughes is a GM. He is making this whole thing look EASY.

 

[Redux91]

It's somewhat a good gamble to have Laine here

My REAL problem the whole time was what it would cost.

This is... beyond expectations, and in a unbelievably good way.

(Our cap space helps us again on this one bigtime)

Hats off Kent, let's see how this goes

 

[beowulf]

Laine - Dach is going to be an insane duo

If they can actually stay healthy...maybe.

 

[MarkJ]

Pascal Vincent had him in Winnipeg and Columbus...