Confirmed with Link: Tanner Pearson and 3rd (2025) Traded to Montreal for Casey DeSmith

[expy]

Fine trade.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I wouldn’t go that far. But a rebuilding team that isn’t bad enough to pick 1st and is up against the cap because of a bunch of useless players that have zero value doesn’t give me much confidence right now.

In the next 2 years 19 players will be ufa, or rfa at some point, so the potential to lose a lot of the dead/meddling weight and to change.

I'm of the belief that either via trade, or free agency Montreal will go for someone this off season.

FA only costs cap and they could overpay a fairly good player to come here and be part of an (hopefully) up and coming team.

 

[WG]

Kent Hughes keeps getting a player from that Hoffman trade tree that we need to somehow get rid of.

It's as if we can't be done with the Hoffman trade. There's always a player that we need to remove from the lineup.

It's like Kent is trying to cut the head off the hydra and a new head always grows back. Next up, Pearson for Jack Johnson and a 3rd, then Johnson for Zack Kassian and a 4th, then finally Kassian for Hoffman and a 5th and the cycle can start all over again.

 

[le_sean]

Not every trade needs to be a blockbuster. Trade is fine in isolation. If he rebounds back to his form the year before last though this trade makes our team better when it's the last thing we need.

I wouldn’t hold my breath. He hasn’t been good since 2019-20

 

[The Real Timo]

How do you even come close to this conclusion?

Agreed. Hughes got nothing on Bergevin's biceps.

 

[Kaladin]

I wouldn’t hold my breath. He hasn’t been good since 2019-20

34 points in 68 games (his 2021-2022 season) would have been 4th highest on our team last year. Sounds like a difference making amount of points to me.

 

[HuGort]

How do you even come close to this conclusion?

Giving Allen extension and big raise to a 4 million caphit. Rainbacher looked so-so in camp, but it was one of best drafts ever. Pearson is piece of glass with 3.5m caphit.

 

[Chili]

Vancouver wanted to dump that contract and Habs wanted to move DeSmith. This trade is much better then the Petry deal.

 

[BLONG7]

Hughes going more like Bergevin with every passing day.

LOL......ok

The Petry deal keeps on giving guys......

 

[JoelWarlord]

How do you even come close to this conclusion?

I'm gathering that some think we "traded for" Pearson as if he's a guy we're actually targeting and not just a cap dump we ate to get a 3rd for DeSmith instead of a 5th.

 

[Treb]

Giving Allen extension and big raise to a 4 million caphit. Rainbacher looked so-so in camp, but it was one of best drafts ever. Pearson is piece of glass with 3.5m caphit.

If you think this trade was about acquiring Pearson, you might be the one closer to Bergevin.

We got paid to acquire Pearson's cap hit. Any point he scores or assets he nets us is a bonus.

 

[HuGort]

If you think this trade was about acquiring Pearson, you might be the one closer to Bergevin.

We got paid to acquire Pearson's cap hit. Any point he scores or assets he nets us is a bonus.

A lousy third? For 3.5m caphit? I'd rather have the extra 3.5m caproom.

 

[lamp9post]

Or to make another Dach/Newhook move. Anyway it's hard to criticize a gm for stockpiling picks during a rebuild. I agree there's a limit to that though.

There's no limit to accumulating draft picks as long as you're in a rebuild and have guys with no future with the team to trade, like DeSmith. You can always trade a '25 pick for a '26 pick if you're worried about having too many in any given draft year.

I wouldn’t go that far. But a rebuilding team that isn’t bad enough to pick 1st and is up against the cap because of a bunch of useless players that have zero value doesn’t give me much confidence right now.

Hence why we're in a rebuild. If we weren't up against the cap and had a bunch of useful players with great value, we would probably be in position to contend.

 

[Habs]

The Kent lovers will never ever find anything wrong with his odd moves lol

 

[Goldthorpe]

A lousy third? For 3.5m caphit? I'd rather have the extra 3.5m

DeSmith had cap room too.

The Kent lovers will never ever find anything wrong with his odd moves lol

Do you see anything wrong? We got a 3rd from all this for almost no impact.

 

[Monsieur Miz]

What a HughesDeal.

 

[BJCOLLINS]

The 3rd is a decent asset.
if Tanner wants to works hard & extend his career, he’s UFA, he could bring in another asset.

Petry deal is unreal.

 

[Habs]

DeSmith had cap room too.


Do you see anything wrong? We got a 3rd from all this for almost no impact.

I don't see the panic to make moves yet, I wanted Allen gone anyways

 

[BLONG7]

A lousy third? For 3.5m caphit? I'd rather have the extra 3.5m caproom.

It's only 1.4M we added.............DeSmith is now gone.
Gotta get it right man.....

 

[HuGort]

DeSmith had cap room too.

DeSmith would have been claimed at end of camp. He's NHL caliber backup.

Pearson 3.5m and Petry 2.3m for two more years. We could have got a real top asset

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I wouldn’t hold my breath. He hasn’t been good since 2019-20

21-22 he had 34 points in 68 games not terrible, but definitely solid and could be worth a 3rd at the deadline if he repeats that type of play.

 

[Goldthorpe]

DeSmith would have been claimed at end of camp. He's NHL caliber backup.

Pearson 3.5m and Petry 2.3m for two more years. We could have got a real top asset

When you rebuild, your real money is picks and prospect, not salary cap. We aren't signing any UFAs for a reason. Cap is meaningless.

 

[Miller Time]

A lousy third? For 3.5m caphit? I'd rather have the extra 3.5m caproom.

Not really...

We got a 3rd to take on 1.7M in additional cap cost, while swapping a roster goalie we had no room for, for a roster skater that pushes Pez & Ylonen further down the depth chart.

I'm doubting that this is it roster movement-wise, but if it is, the club is better off now than it was this morning.

 

[NekkiChiconey]

Well, if there's no other move, it sure seems like there won't be any open spots for the youngsters at camp.

I like it. No one's ready, let them develop together while we clear the remaining bad contracts. They'll get called up when Monahan, Pearson and Ylonen are traded at the deadline.

 

[Wateredgarden]

So apparently Pearson is still good?