Recalled/Assigned: RHP Sent to Laval for a Conditioning Stint

[Sagikev]

Don't get why people hate RHP so much. He's a good bottom 6er. He's the type of player that actually moves the needle at a very cheap cap.

RHP is not a center but he'd bring more energy than Dvo at the very least. Not to beat a dead horse but he looks so uninspired out there, even the pez would be better

 

[Mrb1p]

RHP is not a center but he'd bring more energy than Dvo at the very least. Not to beat a dead horse but he looks so uninspired out there, even the pez would be better

Also would allow us to trade Armia for some cap space if we used him.on the 4th.

 

[Sagikev]

Also would allow us to trade Armia for some cap space if we used him.on the 4th.

Hopefully both he and Dvo are gone sooner than later. I'd rather see RHP, Pez or Roy than these two bums

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Both Farrell and Kidney are barely AHL player. They will both end up in Europe in 2026. RHP is a fringe NHL player. He can still help Laval or play with us (if we have injury).

I have more faith in Kidney’s upside than most here. My opinion about Farrell has been well stated in my post game comments addressing our prospects and suspects in Laval. The fact is, that if the future success of the team is to any degree dependent on the upward development of either Farrell or RHP we’re in trouble. The future success of the team rests on the projected development of Hutson, Demidov, Hage, Beck, Engstrom, Mailloux, Tuch, and the Xhekaj brothers. They’re the future. The Farrells and RHP level players will never be more than a sideshow.

 

[MasterD]

Also would allow us to trade Armia for some cap space if we used him.on the 4th.

Armia is way overpaid, but also a much better player than RHP overall.

Maybe I should say more useful player.

 

[Mrb1p]

Armia is way overpaid, but also a much better player than RHP overall.

Maybe I should say more useful player.

Don't think he's all that much more useful.

 

[Runner77]

 

[JianYang]

He got a real extended life after that run he had a couple years ago after getting called up.

I just don't see an NHL caliber player in him though, and even if I'm wrong, I doubt he can stay healthy at this level for long regardless.

 

[Treb]

Armia is way overpaid, but also a much better player than RHP overall.

Maybe I should say more useful player.

That is debatable. If we can get 1st season buzzsaw RHP, I think he would be more beneficent than contract year Armia.

 

[The Real Timo]

He got a real extended life after that run he had a couple years ago after getting called up.

I just don't see an NHL caliber player in him though, and even if I'm wrong, I doubt he can stay healthy at this level for long regardless.

That's because he isn't. He is An AHLer and should stay there. How do you dress him before Pez who's everyone seem to have forgotten about?

 

[HuGort]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1858887972638294311

Play him with Beck

 

[Walrus26]

I agree there's no place for him in the lineup. Yet I don't like that players immediately lose roster spots due to injuries. I would give him a few games once he's ready. Then send him back down if ineffective. It's good organizational practice that leads to improved recruitment opportunities. We would not have Laine, nor even Monahan, without a good culture in place.

You're right about the need for a good culture, but I actually think that it's a GOOD sign when someone falls out of the lineup due to injury and their replacements' play would make the returning-from-injury player a downgrade on team performance if the coach put them straight back in.

Meritocracy.

 

[Rapala]

RHP will be our highest paid player in Laval will he play like it?
The first step back to Montreal is by earning it.
It's very hard to imagine anything but waivers after his reconditioning stint runs it's course.

 

[Rapala]

Play him with Beck

Looks like he skated in ABB's slot yesterday.
I'm wondering if that holds for the game tonight.

 

[Guy Larose]

That describes 90% of the posters on this board.

 

[schwang26]

So if the plan is to call him up after his stint, send Condotta down and move Dach back to centre, then when Laine is back, send RHP BACK down, why not keep him down in Laval in the first place? Barring injuries or trades, RHP isn’t bumping anyone from the lineup. Why not just keep Condotta up until Laine returns, which seems to be soon?
I really don’t understand why they keep giving RHP opportunities. He totally stopped playing his game last year and was invisible for most of it.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Believe it or not the media and most casual fans I know all want this guy in the lineup, in the top 6 even , like clamoring for it , it's pretty interesting to see the difference with opinions on here.

Of course I value posters here more than the casual fans and I also share the same sentiment as people on here that the guy is a nothing burger but what can I say we are geniuses here after all

 

[McGees]

He’ll both help and hurt Laval. RHP will be an immediate improvement over players like Farrell and Kidney. But it will also rob these young players of critical developmental playing time and opportunity.

RHP is at best a fringe NHLer at present who has limited, if any upside.

Are you suggesting you still think Farreell and Kidney still have future NHL potential?
I don't see them more than possible tweeners at best ala Charles Hudon..or RHP himself.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Are you suggesting you still think Farreell and Kidney still have future NHL potential?
I don't see them more than possible tweeners at best ala Charles Hudon..or RHP himself.

They are only just beginning their pro career. They have each played about 1 season of games.

 

[Habs13]

Are people forgetting how bad RHP was last season?

 

[MasterD]

That's because he isn't. He is An AHLer and should stay there. How do you dress him before Pez who's everyone seem to have forgotten about?

Pezz does not belong on the NHL roster of a competitive team either.

 

[Treb]

Are people forgetting how bad RHP was last season?

He wasn't playing his game that made him "valuable" last season. Let's see if the time out, jogged his memory.

 

[McGees]

They are only just beginning their pro career. They have each played about 1 season of games.

Farrell is 23. You are gonna be holding your breath a long time - not everyone makes it and if you do, you need to be showing a lot more at this age.

 

[The Real Timo]

Pezz does not belong on the NHL roster of a competitive team either.

Right... let's become competitive first and then decide where Pezz belongs.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Farrell is 23. You are gonna be holding your breath a long time - not everyone makes it and if you do, you need to be showing a lot more at this age.

No one, including the organization, is holding their breath for Sean Farrell.

I know we haven't been in this stage before, but we have accumulated so many draft picks and drafted so many players with NHL level tools and aspirations, that nothing is relying on Sean Farrell or Riley Kidney to become NHL fixtures for us.

Under Bergevin, they would have been two of the more critical prospects for us.

We have the luxury of slow burning their development in the AHL and see if they can develop and force some decisions down the line. If they don't, nothing is lost.