HF Habs: Trade Proposal Thread #87: 2024 Season Finale

[Frenchy]

Unless one of Gallagher/Anderson + goes back to CLB for Laine, I wouldn't do it

I think CLB could bite at Anderson , since he played there b4 and he had success with them a few years ago. If they bite HUGO need to listend

 

[The Great Weal]

I think CLB could bite at Anderson , since he played there b4 and he had success with them a few years ago. If they bite HUGO need to listend

They traded Anderson because they didn't want to deal with the contract he wanted. Doubt they'd be interested now.

 

[sampollock]

They traded Anderson because they didn't want to deal with the contract he wanted. Doubt they'd be interested now.

AND he sucked last year.

 

[the]

Well CLB simply hangs up if you even utter the first letter of those guy's names

I'm hopeful that they might potentially be interested in the Dumb Donkey. Maybe we add another piece to make the deal work.

 

[Frenchy]

They traded Anderson because they didn't want to deal with the contract he wanted. Doubt they'd be interested now.

this is not the best managed organisation, we never know . I I've seen stranger things happend

 

[salbutera]

 

[24Cups]

Proposal: Wil Smith for Lane Hudson. Opens an opportunity to draft Dickenson or Buiuv at 5 if Demidov and Lindstrom are gone.

 

[Vachon23]

Proposal: Wil Smith for Lane Hudson. Opens an opportunity to draft Dickenson or Buiuv at 5 if Demidov and Lindstrom are gone.

San Jose won’t even answers before hanging the phone

 

[Captain Mountain]

They traded Anderson because they didn't want to deal with the contract he wanted. Doubt they'd be interested now.

That was a different GM and a different scenario.

Like, I doubt they'd be interested in Anderson, but the same could be said when LA traded Kuemper to Arizona.

 

[Saundies]

That was a different GM and a different scenario.

Like, I doubt they'd be interested in Anderson, but the same could be said when LA traded Kuemper to Arizona.

Yeah, yesterday proves that bad contracts can move all the time if the GM can justify it.

"Maybe PLD can bounce back" can turn into "maybe Anderson bounces back" really quick.

For the record, I think a lot of things went wrong early for Andy last season and derailed it. I don't think he's worth his contract but I also don't think he's as bad as he was last year either.

That being said, if we could move him I would.

 

[salbutera]

Proposal: Wil Smith for Lane Hudson. Opens an opportunity to draft Dickenson or Buiuv at 5 if Demidov and Lindstrom are gone.

Sure … what sport do they play?

They traded Anderson because they didn't want to deal with the contract he wanted. Doubt they'd be interested now.

CBJ beat writer (Aaron Portzline) tweeted after the trade to Mtl, CBJ had offered the same contract Habs signed Anderson to, but he wouldn’t sign, wanting instead to play out UFA season

 

[Captain Mountain]

FWIW, the only Hab on the Athletic's 20 name Trade Board is Matheson at 19

NHL trade big board: What we're hearing about the offseason's top targets

The Jacob Markstrom and Pierre-Luc Dubois trades got things rolling. What's coming next? Here's the latest on Chris Johnston's top targets.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

San Jose won’t even answers before hanging the phone

They should. Hutson may be the better player.

 

[Vachon23]

They should. Hutson may be the better player.

Maybe but the chances are extremely low

Tristan Luneau may end up be better the Slafkovsky, but I will never trade Slaf for him

 

[Miller Time]

It is but you can't seem to equate how a balanced team with fewer holes leads to winning hockey.

That's an odd assumption. Couldnt be further from my perspective.

My goal from the moment we didn't finish bottom three in year two of the tank was to attempt to find a balance similar to what Vegas started with in their first season.

Mmmkay...

Not sure the relevance to the point that getting the top 6 right is both more challenging and more important, that's where we seem to hold different perspectives

It's not going to work any other way we aren't miraculously going to attract star players until we find some semblance of quality throughout our lineup and start winning games. I guess you don't agree with my assessment that our bottom six SUCKS.

No, I don't at all agree with that.

In fact, I'd argue that our bottom 6 was better than average in the NHL. The issue is moreso that we have far too much cap devoted to guys playing bottom 6 minutes/roles.

Of course, it Depends a bit on how you'd classify which 6 forwards from last year were "bottom 6" (toi? Toi/go? Shifts/gp), but the players I'm talking about would include some mix of Armia, Evans, Gally, Dvorak, Anderson, RHP, Ylonen, Pezzetta...

~25M for those 8 players is a far bigger issue than their on ice impact.

oilers have less than 10M$ & Panthers less than 15M$ allocated to their bottom 6 & depth forwards

That's the issue more than anything else, and entirely a holdover of Bargainbin's poor roster and cap management... Precisely because he spent more time and focus tinkering with depth players than investing in improving the top 6

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

If they understand the contents of the conversation telepathically, why do they need a phone?

San Jose won’t even answers before hanging the phone

 

[Mrb1p]

Dellandrea is one I wouldve liked to gamble on, especially this cheap.

 

[Miller Time]

Dellandrea is one I wouldve liked to gamble on, especially this cheap.

Yeah... He's got Ryder vibes. Will be interesting to see if he can put it together in SJ with the ice time opportunity he should get.

 

[McGees]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1803505795717382230

 

[sampollock]

PLD rumors should be dead. RIP PLD rumors. never to be talked about again

 

[sampollock]

Basu and Godin suggested that Christian Dvorak could be used as a bargaining chip to obtain Laine. The latter, who earns $4.45 million per season until the end of the next season, has become dispensable within the Habs. His inclusion in the trade would allow the Blue Jackets to not have to withhold salary from Laine's contract and free up an additional contract year.

 

[Weltschmerz]

PLD rumors should be dead. RIP PLD rumors. never to be talked about again

Not sure about that, he was traded before his NMC kicked in, wasn't that a way to make the clause disappear or did they change that?

 

[1909]

Basu and Godin suggested that Christian Dvorak could be used as a bargaining chip to obtain Laine. The latter, who earns $4.45 million per season until the end of the next season, has become dispensable within the Habs. His inclusion in the trade would allow the Blue Jackets to not have to withhold salary from Laine's contract and free up an additional contract year.

Can Laine be worse than Dvorak ? I know Smiley Dvorak is popular among his teamates and was quite good on faceoffs, but otherwise…. I think a Laine-Dach-Toffoli (or Roy), could be a very good second line.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

PLD rumors should be dead. RIP PLD rumors. never to be talked about again

He will request a trade again by this time next year

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

The same posters that wanted PLD want Laine now

When will you guys learn