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

[Kimota]

 

[HuGo Sham]

@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....

makes sense and reading between the lines, Hughes made the calculation that they needed to keep Evans - with no one else on the roster but a UFA Dvorak, a broken Dach and suzuki. Keep in mind, that it was a take it or leave it offer and Evans reconsidered.

I think the other calculation was that Hughes felt he owed Suzuki a solid after he approached him and asked to keep the band together. He didn't have to, but he did. He probably looked at the deals and thought he has tons of picks and doesn't need any more vs a nice playoff run by keeping the room intact. It's that simple.
We could've used a Cozens for sure, but who was our equivalent? There was none. Norris is a very similar player. around the same age, former 30 goal scorer, underperforming etc ..
He might've dangled Dach if he was healthy.

I think he also knows that all 3 UFAs really want to come back and he can extend them until June and beyond if he really wants to.

 

[sheed36]

Some Leaf fans upset about losing Minten. What's so great about this guy anyway?

Seems most teams have Minten type prospects. Is he even a better prospect than a Beck or Kapanen? I don't think so but some may think so I guess.

 

[Adam Michaels]

I would have traded Armia for a 2nd.

Looking at the trades made today, that's likely the only move they missed out on. Don't think there was much interest in Dvorak or Savard.

Talks about being a buyer and acquiring 2C were always extremely silly. Not the time or place for that.

I think what Habs looked at is are they better off with the 2nd round pick or are they better off keeping Armia, who is key piece of the league's 6th best PK?

 

[ReHabs]

NOTHING is a hell of a reward, Kenny.

 

[ChesterNimitz]

That's also what I used to tell myself playing the slots at the casino, until the odds got back at me.

Try square-dancing. It's a lot cheaper.

 

[Team_Spirit]

No picks wasted

 

[Runner77]

That’s the price of a top line C!

This is why you can’t bring back any of the 3 high salaries. Pezzetta is flammable as MSL won’t play him so give someone else a chance.

 

[Captain Mountain]

I disagree, heading into the deadline I don't think most people expected much, but once it started and we saw the outrageous prices mediocre players were getting, expectations changed.

For some.

Others saw the 11 out of 12 points post 4 nations and expectations changed there too.

Ignoring the fact we don't know what offers there may have been, Montreal didn't need to add picks or prospects for their rebuild. More would have been nice, but the front office, rightly or wrongly, decided rewarding the players by not selling was worth more. I think that may be a mistake, but not nearly the level of mistake some people here seem to think.

 

[Vachon23]

Some Leaf fans upset about losing Minten. What's so great about this guy anyway?

Seems most teams have Minten type prospects. Is he even a better prospect than a Beck or Kapanen? I don't think so but some may think so I guess.

Better then Kapanen but in the same caliber of Beck in my eyes

 

[vokiel]

That’s the price of a top line C!

This is why you can’t bring back any of the 3 high salaries. Pezzetta is flammable as MSL won’t play him so give someone else a chance.

They can all walk.

 

[The Great Weal]

Hughes is so proud of the guys for this 5 game stretch, but not proud enough to add a good young player in Zetterlund to roll a Laine-Newhook-Zetterlund line so he wants to keep Beck there for 5 minutes a game.

 

[The Great Weal]

NOTHING is a hell of a reward, Kenny.

He's paying for the pizza for the end of the year party

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

yall are raging so hard from something so minor, it's not the end of the world if we didn't move those guys. maybe nobody wanted them....go and take a breather and chill out

Nobody is raging, go back to Twitter or Reddit, if you can't handle a discussion.

Worse players were traded and it was reported that the jets were interested in Savard. KH said that he did not trade anyone, to reward the team...

 

[sheed36]

Better then Kapanen but in the same caliber of Beck in my eyes

Care to explain why you think Minten is a better prospect than Kapanen? Just curious to see if others see it the same as you do.

 

[Vachon23]

Very curious to know who where the players they tried to get that were not available.

 

[Andy]

That’s the price of a top line C!

This is why you can’t bring back any of the 3 high salaries. Pezzetta is flammable as MSL won’t play him so give someone else a chance.

Savard and Dvo are likely gone. Armia returns at a discount as previously reported. He likes it in Montreal and wants to stay.

Habs add Demidov and Reinbacher next season.

HuGo said they will still try to trade a 2c. Then we don't know what depth they could add via UFA

Caufield Suzuki Slaf
Laine Dach* Demidov
Anderson Newhook* Heineman
Armia Evans Gallagher*

Hutson Matheson
Guhle Carrier
Reinbacher Xhekaj
Struble

Montembault
Dobes

* are players I think they try to upgrade on next year.

The habs are year 3 in a rebuild fighting for a playoff spot. They have several tradable assets and will add a potential star winger next year. People are so hyberbolic.

And I'm not even counting possible surprises from Tuch, Beck, Davidson, Kapanen, Mailloux from cracking the line up next year.

 

[Runner77]

Full Kent presser here for those who missed it. Some X users not taking Kent’s lack of moves, very well -- the « Hoes » industry can be nasty.

 

[vokiel]

Very curious to know who where the players they tried to get that were not available.

Hmm I'd take a look at Quartexx Client List

 

[Vachon23]

Care to explain why you think Minten is a better prospect than Kapanen? Just curious to see if others see it the same as you do.

Bigger and stronger. I think he’s gonna be solid bottom 6 player

It’s maybe more a personal preference since I’m not a big Kapanen fan

 

[domiwroze]

Marty meeting with Owen Beck after practice

 

[admiralcadillac]

The 2nd round picks we’d get for armia or savard are not worth losing the opportunity to see what this group can do in its playoff push.

 

[le_sean]

No picks wasted

Oh they’ll be wasted in June when he finds some other reclamation project to roll the dice on.

Why would you want the boat when you have the mystery box?

 

[Vachon23]

Hmm I'd take a look at Quartexx Client List

Pavel Zacha it is

 

[Frankenheimer]

Who started the Hoes Mad meme? It's a good one.