HF Habs: Ranking Hughes' moves so far

[Le Tricolore]

Saw @26Mats mention this in another thread:

would be fun to rank his moves.

If we include draft picks, I have Demidov at 1, probably Slaf at 2, and then Hutson at 3. But Hutson can overtake Slaf, especially given where he was drafted. The Monahan trade is up there. Hopefully the Laine Trade will be too. Petry for Matheson...

so I thought this thread could be fun. You can see all of Hughes' trades here: History of hockey trades by general manager Kent Hughes - NHL Trade Tracker


Feel free to add signings / draft picks in here too (but don't bitch about not drafting certain players over others. We have enough of that elsewhere).

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[Thomas Sowell]

Demidov 150% number 1

Also the Suzuki, Caufield and slaf contracts. Escape especially cole. Phenomenal. What 50 goal scorer makes less than 8. And with cap about to go spe shit. Unreal. So valuable to us. That extra cap room

The laine trade I think has the potential to be one of the biggest steals ever. I truly believe he's still a 40-50 goal scorer so. That's just nuts.

 

[rahad]

Sean Monahan trade is my number one choice. We got 2 first round pick for him.

It is by far Kent best move.

 

[the]

It’s really impressive how many moves the dynamic duo of Jeff Gorton and Kent Hughes got right.

For the moment I’ll pick the Sean Monahan trade. That was some Sam Pollock type of move.

 

[HuGort]

He has great draft. Trades average.

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

The best:

2 firsts for Monahan
Hoffman for a second + subsequent trades of the other acquisitions for picks
getting rid of Weber's contract
Laine for Harris
Petry for Matheson

The not so great:

Lekhy for Barron (Barron not so great)
2nd Petry trade for Lindstrom (pass on this, can't win them all)
Toffoli for Heineman +++ (pulled the trigger too fast)
Kirby Dach (rather have Nazar)
Overpayment for Newhook

 

[KevSkillz4]

The best:

2 firsts for Monahan
Hoffman for a second + subsequent trades of the other acquisitions for picks
getting rid of Weber's contract
Laine for Harris
Petry for Matheson

The not so great:

Lekhy for Barron (Barron not so great)
2nd Petry trade for Lindstrom (pass on this, can't win them all)
Toffoli for Heineman +++ (pulled the trigger too fast)
Kirby Dach (rather have Nazar)
Overpayment for Newhook

At least the Lehky trade, the 2nd of COL 2024 put in the trade for advacing at draff to #21 and draft their target, Michael Hage.

Monahan and Lehky trade helping to get the #21 and Michael Hage.

 

[rve24]

Solid trade history since joining the Habs.
I doubt over that tenure many other teams have outperformed this management group in trades. Gotta be in the top 1/3 league wide. I don't follow other teams trades close enough but no real big losers on the list and some very good wins.

 

[StreetHawk]

The best:

2 firsts for Monahan
Hoffman for a second + subsequent trades of the other acquisitions for picks
getting rid of Weber's contract
Laine for Harris
Petry for Matheson

The not so great:

Lekhy for Barron (Barron not so great)
2nd Petry trade for Lindstrom (pass on this, can't win them all)
Toffoli for Heineman +++ (pulled the trigger too fast)
Kirby Dach (rather have Nazar)
Overpayment for Newhook

I'd probably add in the not so great, betting on all 3 of barron/Struble/X instead of moving 1 of them and adding a veteran Dman in their spot. Too much asked of Matheson/Savard to help a young D core develop.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Block the Avs number

Thanks

 

[Seb]

One trade that hasn't been mentioned yet but I'm a very big fan of is the Hage one.

Trading up was a risky move but I'm convinced it's going to pay BIG TIME.

Not something Bergevin would've done.

 

[Canadienna]

S Tier

- Drafting Slafkovsky over Wright/Cooley
- Drafting Hutson at 62
- The Monahan Saga
- 2024 Draft 1st round (Demidov and trading up for Hage)

A Tier

- Petry, Hoffman, CapSpace --> Matheson, 2nd
- Laine, 2nd --> Harris
- Slafkovsky and Caufield extensions
- Bringing in MSL
- Drafting Fowler at 69 (nice)

B Tier

- Chiarot for a 1st
- Kulak for a 2nd
- Dach for Romanov
- Guhle extension
- Drafting Beck, Engstrom, Konyushkov
- Toffoli for 1st + Heineman
- Newhook for 31st and 37th

C Tier

- Drafting Mesar
- Lehkonen for Barron + 2nd (hindsight granted, I didn't hate it at the time)
- Passing on Michkov

 

[teamfirst]

Demidov 150% number 1

Also the Suzuki, Caufield and slaf contracts. Escape especially cole. Phenomenal. What 50 goal scorer makes less than 8. And with cap about to go spe shit. Unreal. So valuable to us. That extra cap room

The laine trade I think has the potential to be one of the biggest steals ever. I truly believe he's still a 40-50 goal scorer so. That's just nuts.

Suzuki was Bergevin