Confirmed with Link: [PIT/MTL] Jeff Petry and Ryan Poehling for Mike Matheson and 4th PIT 2023

[BenchBrawl]

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[Milhouse40]

Now that we got rid of Petry.....we now need to get rid of Matheson.

The point in Petry trade was supposed to get some capspace in return....we didn't, still need to get rid of bad contracts and Matheson is part of it......for longer.

 

[ReHabs]

Hugues: we need to make room on the salary cap.

*trades for Matheson that has a longer contract that is buyout proof*

WTF HUGHES YOU HAD ONE JOB!!!

Petry’s cap hit was on the verge of being unmoveable. Look at his age. If he puts up another mopey dopey year we are cooked and stuck.

 

[PecnoTrunk]

Is a great trade. I’m fact so good we were able to trade hot garbage phoeling for free

 

[McPhees Moustache]

Is there a reason we shipped out a young spare C? Do we expect one back in the near future?

Suzuki, Dvorak, Dach and Evans?

 

[MXD]

Also, Good Riddace Ryan Plugling.

 

[Et le But]

Matheson was actually decent last year.


He's nothing special and worse than Petry (except the Petry at the start of last year) but he's a decent puck mover who can skate and is moderately physical. Our defense is absolutely trash on paper now though.

 

[Luigi Habs]

Again, people forgot how bad Petry was last season.
Pretty sure Matheson is an improvement.
Still this trade is not making much sense. We wanted to get rid of Petry's salary.

It's why I was worried earlier this week when Hughes mentionned that he wanted NHL players in return for Petry....sheesh no we did not need more salary...especially for longer than Petry's contract.

Petry had a negative effect on the team. He lost his teammates respect. He couldn’t play for the habs again.

 

[Whitesnake]

Just makes no sense.

Matheson who is bad defensively for 4 more years at 5M$.
Because you have to get rid of Petry who has 6.2 per for 3 years
While losing Poehling, a 1st rounder

I'm...stunned. I understand it's all about Bergie insanely poor asset management....but Hughes wasn't even able to look bad doing it. That's just beyond mediocre.

 

[BushFireRecordsRedux]

Hugues: we need to make room on the salary cap.

*trades for Matheson that has a longer contract that is buyout proof*

WTF HUGHES YOU HAD ONE JOB!!!

I wouldn't call it buyout proof, it's just got a lot of term left so the buyout would be 8 years, 2.25 on the cap for the first 3 years, down to 1.37 for the last 4.

 

[sheed36]

Pretty gross wow is our defence going to be next level trash this season

Hopefully it'll be bad enough that Price will just quit and retire, if he returns healthy, and the Habs finish bottom 3 again. That would be all kinds of win right there.

 

[Natey]

Petry should have been traded at the TDL before his extension back then.
Same goes for Armia , Tatar , Danault and Byron to get assets.

All bad mistakes over the years.

Bergevin made mostly bad mistakes. He didn't care.

 

[MXD]

Is there a reason we shipped out a young spare C? Do we expect one back in the near future?

Waiver eligible I think + Not making the roster purely on talent + 750K on his AHL deal.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

You mean Wideman who out-produced Petry?

That tells you where Petry was the I'd rather see Wideman on the ice.

I mean Petry was pouting like a 10 year olds while Wideman had 100sec of PP every pps. Wideman makes 2 points every 10 turnovers. Sounds good for Bedard.

 

[Natey]

Petry is A LOT better than Matheson, even when he's bad.

Not last year he wasn't.

 

[Captain97]

How many times does it have to be said that those moves are irrelevant.

How? Brent burns and older but better dman got moved at a cheaper cap hit for less? The market prices of the assets have been set.

 

[BenchBrawl]

Words can't describe how much I hate these f***ing charts.

 

[PecnoTrunk]

Stop lamenting over phoeling , he is pure hyped up garbage. We got rid of him for free you should be happy

 

[malcb33]

Poehling is dogshit

Poehling as a throw-in is a risk most teams should take. Sure, he's definitely not a complete player yet, but he's young, quite fast and has the potential to be a cheap, effective 3/4C.

I'm honestly disappointed he's thrown into a deal like this.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

As bad as Matheson can be he is no Karl Alzner. Way more mobility.

Jeez the takes on this board sometime.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Why the f*** was Poehling included in this shit?

Because he sucks.

 

[McPhees Moustache]

Hughes era starts with a controversial 1st OA pick, and the new Alzner on D.

I've heard Matheson can open pickle jars with both hands!

 

[Belial]

I guess they think Matheson finally put it together and will give us 4 solid years...

Still an underwhelming trade.

Feels like we paid to acquire Matheson...

 

[1909]

Gorton does not do bad moves. (I hope not lol)

Gorton OR Hughes ???

 

[BushFireRecordsRedux]

Poehling as a throw in, is a risk most team would take. Sure, he's definitely not a complete player yet, but he's young, quite fast and has the potential to be a cheap 3/4C.

I'm honestly disappointed he's thrown into a deal like this.

He was just going to end up on waivers. He had no future here and probably no real market.