can you not say that? this guy would be our best player in 30 years and I WANT HIM NOW
Habs have a tandem of Allen and Montembeault. The worst defense I've ever seen since at least Patrice Brisebois first stint in MTL, and even then at least they had Weinrich I think. And you think PLD will help the Habs win the Stanley Cup next year? Good luck with that buddy
Teams always find a way to make room, when they need/want to make room. If there's a team that thinks adding Dubois can make the difference, I don't think they just throw their hands up if they're up against the cap.
Agreed...although the more this drags out, the less likely that is imo.
Kovalev, especially that 84 point season, Weber, Subban, Pacioretty and Price.
I'd assume a trade package going to the Jets would include Anderson + Dvorak + a prospect (Mailloux?) That would be enough space cleared.
Since when is an overpaid 2nd liner a priority add during a rebuild? What is it that makes him such a key piece? He's a good player but all kinds of good players are available. Heck Klingberg is a much more important piece and he'd be free - should the Habs go sign him?
He won't make us competitive with that back end...Maybe in 2-3 years, but with/without PLD next year, we will suck.
You know what, ultimately you just like him more than I do. I see a second line player. Nothing special. You see something special in him presumably, so that's where we disagree. No harm no foul - not everyone sees things the same. I like PLD - but I think he should go play for a contender.
No hard feelings at all. And if I may, it's not him per se that I see as special. I think people think 'Oh 2nd line center, whatevs' but that role being filled for say the next 10 years would be a colossal move!
The point is the top 5 C in next years draft are all going to be projected to have higher potential than Dubois. We need a high end scoring centre and Dubois only makes our chances worse. This asset will be under full control for cheap while Dubois makes atleast 7.5 right off the bat. I get accelerating the rebuild but this aint the player or the time to be doing it.
Five centers? Really? So this is going to be even better than the 2003 draft? (Which had ish 4 centers of Dubois level or better in the 1st round).
Like I wrote above, no I really don't think he'd be an important piece. I really don't think he's all that good, but he is a solid second line player. And the one-year difference in contract is not a big difference and Klingberg is a RHD who plays the point and is a top-pairing defenseman. He'd be a huge add for the Habs, but I don't think they should add him because there's no point they need to wait out this cap year and stay the course.
It only makes sense if we can shed two long term contracts (ala Dvorak and Anderson).
Yeah but because I don't think PLD is a special player or a player that you build around, I don't think he'll be a good 2nd line center for very long. I think in 3 or 4 years he'll start to regress.
No you really dont, I wouldnt give any of our top 5 prospects, or any firsts, or Suzuki or Caufield. Suzuki and Dubois down the middle is average comparable to the league.
Yeah Dvorak is an automatic. I meant 1 or 2 contracts besides that. They have 14 mil in free cap space so they could do it
I can see drafting a Fantilli or Dvorsky in 2023 and PLD playing LW in 2 years
But 8M for a 60 point LW? That's way too much to spend. As soon as he's a LW his value drops by several $M AAV
I don't think he'll get 8M. Suzuki is making 7.8 mil. The Habs management will continuously use that number for future negotiations even if the cap goes up, they'll use the %. I can see a 7x7 contact. At some point you have to pay for talent and bargain for mid and lower tier players
