Post-Game Talk: Trade Deadline Day: March 7, 2025: Montreal stands pat

[HabsForHire]

Not sure about the outrage.

Standing pat was the most likely scenario to come out of this day given where the Habs are at.

for real, I just gotta ignore those idiots or il be going back and forth for the next 2 weeks

 

[ReHabs]

Some are saying Kent Hughes WON the Trade Deadline by not paying the high prices (such as 3rd round picks) to acquire depth players like Sturm

Wow, who am I to argue

 

[LaP]

Since Hughes chose to keep all of his pending UFAs, I wonder how many of them will be returning.

None if KH is a good GM. Whatever he is remain to be seen.

 

[HabsMD97]

i don't care that they didn't get a 2c or wtv, not selling is a huge mistake.

 

[Adam Michaels]

This post is outrageous!!!!!!

I'm outraged you replied to me.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

Kind of depressing to see the Habs keep on stagnating in mediocrity. Again.

We're definitely among the big losers of the day along with the Predators.

But hey, at least I can be entertained by the few fans in denial who are still waiting for "tHe BiG gEnIous Pl4N" to unfold.

Should happen anytime now. Right?

 

[Vachon23]

I didn't really see a valid explanation except for the Laval one where Kapanen can join. The 5 game win streak is going to cost us 2 2nds if we don't make the playoffs.

But if we do, we won’t care about those 2nd

 

[ReHabs]

Why come at this with such hostility?

I think the Habs aren't in a position to compete with all these teams loading up, and our obvious UFA pieces aren't very interesting to other teams.

Maybe he should’ve sold Armia and Savard then?

I can't honestly tell what you want because most of your post is about the supposed bad intentions of others.

Most of my posts? Sure pal.

 

[vokiel]

Some are saying Kent Hughes WON the Trade Deadline by not paying the high prices (such as 3rd round picks) to acquire depth players like Sturm

Wow, who am I to argue

They also argue that we have enough picks at the same time...

 

[habamillions]

So toronto,tampa and florida traded their 1sts for the next 3 years.

 

[dinodebino]

How someone can compare the Boston situation to Montreal situation is beyond me.

Really surprised with the general reactions in here to be honest.

Really? No surprise on my side. This is HFBoards. Been like this for more than 22 years that I’ve been here.

Start of the season, GM said: we want to have the kids experience what it is to play meaningful games in March. Also mentioned that summer of 2025 will be his most important one.

Yet, here we are.

This board is amazingly good for rapid fire news, insight on prospects and the laughs. If you want rational behaviour, this ain’t it. And it’s fine that way. I’m too old to get riled up. I just enjoy the reads.

Or I get banned from the Demidov thread.

 

[ReHabs]

Kind of depressing to see the Habs keep on stagnating in mediocrity. Again.

We're definitely among the big losers of the day along with the Predators.

But hey, at least I can be entertained by the few fans in denial who are still waiting for "tHe BiG gEnIous Pl4N" to unfold.

Should happen anytime now. Right?

Verrrry reminiscent of the Bergevin era

“Just wait till summer! He HAS to load up this summer!”

 

[StCaufield]

We could claim some for depth too. We shall see

 

[habsfan891]

So apparently the plan is sign Hage and play him at 2c next year according to Kent's we don't have the horses to acquire a 2c.

 

[Whitesnake]

@Miller Time Okay, here's what he said.....word for word in french.

''Au congé des 4 nations, on était sur un down, on pensait que probablement, on ferait la même chose dans les années passées pis on aurait échanger nos joueurs, pis eux crédit à l'équipe et au coach, y'ont gagné 5 matchs de suite, y'ont reviré les choses et j'avais promis aux joueurs à Tremblant que pour la 1ère fois on avait PAS un plan établi cette saison et que leur jeu va avoir leur mot à dire de qu'est-ce qu'on fait....aujourd'hui et cette semaine on les a récompensés pour leur effort''

Word for word in french, feel free to translate on your side instead of me doing it and actually taking things out of context to fit a narrative....

 

[Guy Larose]

All year we've heard he's been working on a hockey trade. Any minute now....oh wait!

 

[Adam Michaels]

i don't care that they didn't get a 2c or wtv, not selling is a huge mistake.

But they're not sellers. That's the difference this year from previous seasons.

 

[LaP]

I'm outraged you replied to me.

That's outraging to say the least ...

 

[Sasha Orlov]

But they're not sellers. That's the difference this year from previous seasons.

Pretty sure the point is that they should be sellers

Obviously they’re not sellers, the deadline passed and they did nothing lol

 

[vokiel]

We could claim some for depth too. We shall see

I think it's over and rosters are frozen... Might be wrong, maybe they can still sign Free Agents like Jordan Weal.

 

[Canadienna]

Maybe he should’ve sold Armia and Savard then?


Most of my posts? Sure pal.

I don't think they had a ton of value. It's a literal unknown. My guess is that we were looking at maybe a late 2nd for Savard and a later round pick for Armia.

I can understand Kent valuing keeping the room together and not sending a "selling" message to the room more than those picks.

And I said "post". As in your post I replied to.

 

[Captain Mountain]

Let the whinners crying begin

We've got:

- I'm pissed because they didn't buy
- I'm pissed because they didn't sell
- I'm pissed because they didn't get better
- I'm pissed because they didn't get worse
- I'm pissed because they're mediocre

Like damn, I would have liked to see them sell, but I wonder how many people are really just pissed that they hyped themselves up for nothing today.

 

[red devil]

 

[FLHabs]

We need to take everything we can get, this team is not in a position to lose players for nothing. It's a bad move.

The heavy accumulation phase is done imo. Now is all about building with the cards you have and hope it's enough to get you a cup. Right now, the team culture and experience is more important than 3rd and 4th round picks.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

When you're in a playoff race you don't expect to win?

Because a single injury can just derail that train now

Who cares? make the playoffs, great, but they won't win anything. And if they don't at least they were finally in the running.