Speculation: Pierre-Luc Dubois Mega thread. (LAK frontrunner, but Montreal has circled back)

[Mortimer Snerd]

Shift Perfetti to C and flip Niederreiter over to LW. Put Vilardi in 2RW slot

Conner - ??? - Ehlers
Niederreiter - Perfetti - Vilardi
Iaffallo - Lowry - Stenlund
Barron - Gus - Apples

That bottom 9 is not bad but that hole between Connor and Ehlers is like a Florida sinkhole.

 

[Mersss]

We see that happen every year, fans want to win/max and hope for the best & cheapest outcome and rarely does it ever happen. PLD is a good 2C and will sign I'm guessing about 8.25 x 8 which is basically the same deal as Suzuki got taken into consideration the extra UFA year. Both guys have virtually the same stats as each other, one played with better players and the other one was given more TOI/opportunities bc lack of depth on the team, they have basically the same value overall.

You mean same stats while one of them played with shitty ish player for most of his career while the other player with the likes of Blake Wheeler. kyle Connor, Scheiffle, Ehelers... Even if Suzuki player 25min a night... When the best player you play with is Mike Hoffman or any Habs winger you won't be PPG.

FYI, Suzuki was PPG right to until Caufield season was over. Pretty sure guu van reach 70-80 points if they can stay healthy together.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

Villardi is a big price to pay IMO.

 

[Goal Caufield50]

If LAK can sign PLD to Fiala money then they have gotten themselves a pretty good deal. If Clarke and Byfield fulfill their potential they will have a vg team. Talented Vets(Doughty, Kopi, Arvidsson, Danault), players in their prime(Fiala, Kempe, PLD), young players(Clarke, Byfield, Kaliyev, Anderson).

Goalie might be a problem, though.

It is the problem

 

[Heldig]

They would be stupid when they have a burgeoning 2C in Dach that is on a team friendly contract. Trading significant assets and then overpaying (reportedly 9M AAV longterm) for PLD is the highest level of stupidity.

My point is Montreal is a bad team. Balking at trading for a very good player because you have a guy that may be as good in the future seems like a way to continue to be bad. And make no mistake, PLD would make your team better and be one of your best players.

Reported trade is not paying significant assets.

Might be the report of $9 million was only a hometown tax.

 

[RandomTask26]

Dang, really wanted him in Montreal but the team just doesn’t have the assets Winnipeg would want (since they don’t want a full rebuild). Trading Dach+ for him just doesn’t make sense and nothing else likely is attractive to the Jets

Too bad

 

[Sugi21]

In terms of trade compensation, it’s looking slightly better than Dvorak, Kidney and Florida’s 1st rounder.

Depends what PLD signs for? if it’s for the reported $9 million per year then yikes

 

[kylbaz]

Villardi is a big price to pay IMO.

Hoping what we are hearing is close and we're not let down when it actually gets announced.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

My point is Montreal is a bad team. Balking at trading for a very good player because you have a guy that may be as good in the future seems like a way to continue to be bad. And make no mistake, PLD would make your team better and be one of your best players.

Reported trade is not paying significant assets.

Might be the report of $9 million was only a hometown tax.

We are balking at trading for a player and giving up significant assets when we might not even need him given Dach's development. Plus we may still draft a C at 5OA. Overpaying PLD on top of it is the height of stupidity.

Hughes made the right decision here. Its not his problem that PLD wants to be a Hab. He's not obligated to lose significant assets and overpay because PLD wants to play in Montreal.

People are losing sight of the fact that Montreal made its decision on the 2C position last year at the draft when they traded for Dach. Dach has only affirmed this move by Hughes. And Dach signed a team friendly contract. Habs are in player development mode and are accumulating picks / prospects. Not throwing them away.

PLD is a distraction and a potential disaster if he was in Montreal.

 

[Mersss]

My point is Montreal is a bad team. Balking at trading for a very good player because you have a guy that may be as good in the future seems like a way to continue to be bad. And make no mistake, PLD would make your team better and be one of your best players.

Reported trade is not paying significant assets.

Might be the report of $9 million was only a hometown tax.

The team is rebuilding and anking for another 2 year minimum. We don't want to get better. Being PLD here means Habs will be contending for playoff next year, likelly miss and draft around 10-20 for the next 15years again. Why exactly?

If the price paid is more than a late 1st + B prospect + Cap dump, I am glad Hughes passed, and kept course into building a contender that will last for 10-15 years by adding young top talent to the team.

 

[Bond]

Pat Brisson is best bros with Luc Robitaille. The contract won't be an issue. The Kings know the asking price.

I always thought it was weird that agents became GMs but it totally makes sense. Brisson is brokering PLD, Hanifin, and Toffoli. That's some solid experience.

 

[Frank Drebin]

NO! The team needs a starting goalie, bigger defense, and an entire 4th line that is over 5-10" .

This acquisition feels a for similar to when Toronto added Tavares.
I mean you have to get a guy like that when he's available, but you don't really need him

 

[GirardSpinorama]

We are balking at trading for a player and giving up significant assets when we might not even need him given Dach's development. Plus we may still draft a C at 5OA. Overpaying PLD on top of it is the height of stupidity.

Hughes made the right decision here. Its not his problem that PLD wants to be a Hab. He's not obligated to lose significant assets and overpay because PLD wants to play in Montreal.

People are losing sight of the fact that Montreal made its decision on the 2C position last year at the draft when they traded for Dach. Dach has only affirmed this move by Hughes.

PLD is a distraction and a potential disaster if he was in Montreal.

Ya he's certainly a 8000 post distraction for Montreal fans. Better for this chapter to be over. The only winners are the bad journalist that got fans hopes up.

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

scheifele. dont believe the nonsense that he is going anywhere. helle will bring back a 2nd line center

And Scheifele + the Helle return C will be completely wasted with (fill in with any substandard backup you like) as the starter in net.

 

[pictman]

Is this in defensive of Winnipeg the city? If so, it needs some work...

Not at all. Just pointing out that in the majority of cases it's not the cityvof Winnipeg .It's issues that management and ownership should have fixed years ago and other reasons. It's not that hard to understand my post.

 

[Bond]

NO! The team needs a starting goalie, bigger defense, and an entire 4th line that is over 5-10" .

What yah got for Zadarov and a totally amazing goalie in Markstom

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Ya he's certainly a 8000 post distraction for Montreal fans. Better for this chapter to be over. The only winners are the bad journalist that got fans hopes up.

haha, its so easy for journalists to bait Habs fans. Just put "PLD", "Montreal" and "likely" in a sentence and you get 8000 hits / hour.

 

[Colezuki]

It seems odd to me that no other insider is reporting except ates, and pagnotta. Why no one from tsn or friedmann?

 

[Hodge]

As per the Johansen trade. Cap space is also very important. Not claiming PLD is the next Johansen but he will get paid a significant salary and you have to give up assets also.
For the Kings, it might help them beyond Kopitar but there is a risk that PLD dissapoint and now you are stuck with him. A bit like Calgary with Huberdeau.

Huberdeau and Johansen are 30. Dubois just turned 25 a couple days ago. Not even remotely comparable contracts/situations.

 

[TS Quint]

No.

Dach would have been - and by far - the most valuable piece Winnipeg could hope to get in a trade for PLD. Fortunately for us, he was never put on the table

I’m glad. keep your 3C.

 

[Bond]

Not at all. Just pointing out that in the majority of cases it's not the cityvof Winnipeg .It's issues that management and ownership should have fixed years ago and other reasons. It's not that hard to understand my post.

Yeah, I think Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg have to have competitive teams to keep and attract talent. Once they start to slide then the city isn't going to hold most young millionaires

 

[kingsfan28]

Ya he's certainly a 8000 post distraction for Montreal fans. Better for this chapter to be over. The only winners are the bad journalist that got fans hopes up.

I hope this blows up in Pagnotta's bloggy 4th period face!

 

[Forge]

It seems odd to me that no other insider is reporting except ates, and pagnotta. Why no one from tsn or friedmann?

Until I see someone real comment on it, I view this as not real

 

[Colezuki]

Coping so hard you don’t even make sense. Habs fans and their hopes and dreams have big time value now.

Your the one whose gonna watch a team finish 10-9th in the conference for the next 5 years.

 

[Guffman]

Who would you rather have, Iafallo or Dvorak?

Hmmmm!

Now, I wonder what LA’s equivalent to Kidney would be? And Montreal’s 2nd (that LA now owns) is only a few picks off Florida’s first…