HF Habs: Trade Proposal Thread #88: 2024-25 Season
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26Mats
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Where is this Dobson talk coming from. No way he's available, I'd assume.
Sure but for a dman who's already what they hope to get in Reinbacher?
It feels unlikely to happen.
Edit: He got injured twice in the knees since that draft also. You'd have to re-assess somehow.
He's not having a good season currently, so of course that's mean he is available...
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salbutera
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I’m wondering if the Habs should look at MacKenzie Blackwood out of San Jose? Primeau going the other way and whatever picks needed.
Primeau is struggling but maybe the Sharks put him in the AHL and bring up Askarov to fill in Blackwoods spot and stay with the squad.
I know Blackwood is a UFA but would be a guy at 28, sign pass this year if the Habs could. Montembeault is stabilizing in the net. Where the Habs find momentum and and trying to build on wins. Going back to Primeau at this point it feels like most progress the team gains they are at risk of losing it almost with certainty or need to be in a high scoring game to win.
I see the team at 10-13-3 and feel like they are striking distance to be in the mix and if they could have a goalie tandem which they seem would be ok with a goalie they could do a 50/50 split. I think it’d keep Montembeault fresh allow him to bank some wins and feel going to the backup could still garner over a dozen wins on the season. This to go along with Montembeault playing well.
The team had looked good and feel like they are clicking since Laine has returned.
I think a deal like this would tell the team we are serious about trying to be in the mix and progress this year.
Primeau is struggling but maybe the Sharks put him in the AHL and bring up Askarov to fill in Blackwoods spot and stay with the squad.
I know Blackwood is a UFA but would be a guy at 28, sign pass this year if the Habs could. Montembeault is stabilizing in the net. Where the Habs find momentum and and trying to build on wins. Going back to Primeau at this point it feels like most progress the team gains they are at risk of losing it almost with certainty or need to be in a high scoring game to win.
I see the team at 10-13-3 and feel like they are striking distance to be in the mix and if they could have a goalie tandem which they seem would be ok with a goalie they could do a 50/50 split. I think it’d keep Montembeault fresh allow him to bank some wins and feel going to the backup could still garner over a dozen wins on the season. This to go along with Montembeault playing well.
The team had looked good and feel like they are clicking since Laine has returned.
I think a deal like this would tell the team we are serious about trying to be in the mix and progress this year.
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Dobson is an rfa after this year so it could depend on how the negotiations go. I don't think he is available and there is no legitimate rumour around him but the situation is different than Slafkovsky
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Combination of awful team with no future, horrible season by him, and no extension. Likely still wishful thinking but I also think it would be more realistic than before.
Absolutely, no teams can offer sheet Slafsquatch, I think we could definitely offer sheet Dobson.
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No GM would dare offer sheet an Uncle Lou player…Absolutely, no teams can offer sheet Slafsquatch, I think we could definitely offer sheet Dobson.
Lots of fans in here have been saying to trade Dach, Newhook and I saw some for Slaf too. So yes.
It's just fans thinking any struggling players, especiallly young players, are for sales. If they are in your team, you want them out because they have high value. If they are on other teams, you want to acquire them for cheap.
Saying that, Dobson would be a great add if he can be acquired. But I doubt he's available.
Blackwood is not that good. Better of the trade Primeau for a pick and bring up Hughes.
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Entertainment purposes only, In this crazy scenario Montreal wins the cup this season! Is it worth it? The cap actually works lol. Let the freak outs begin! Lol
To Pitsburgh: Demidov, Reinbacher/or/Mailloux, 2025 1st, 2025 1st #2, 2026 1st, Barron, Savard, Armia, Matheson, Dvorak, Anderson
To Montreal: Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Karlsson, Puljujarvi
Dach - Crosby - Laine
Slafkovsky - Suzuki - Caufield
Heineman - Malkin - Gallagher
Newhook- Evans - Puljujarvi
Hutson - Letang
Guhle - Karlsson
Xhekaj - Struble
Montembeault
Dobes
To Pitsburgh: Demidov, Reinbacher/or/Mailloux, 2025 1st, 2025 1st #2, 2026 1st, Barron, Savard, Armia, Matheson, Dvorak, Anderson
To Montreal: Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Karlsson, Puljujarvi
Dach - Crosby - Laine
Slafkovsky - Suzuki - Caufield
Heineman - Malkin - Gallagher
Newhook- Evans - Puljujarvi
Hutson - Letang
Guhle - Karlsson
Xhekaj - Struble
Montembeault
Dobes
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They are paid to forecast better the progress of young d-men. You keep your insurance policy. Especially a tall RD with experience and cheap contract. Basically, with Kovacevic they have to play to left handed d-men on the right side when they take out Barron or if Savard is sick or injured.
Or, perhaps a major part of their role is supporting the progress of young d-Men...
Guhle, Matheson, Xhekaj, Strubble, Harris, Hutson
Savard, Barron, Reinbacher, Mailloux
That was the org D depth competing for opening day roster when they traded Kovacevic.
Harris later being moved, and Reinbacher suffering season ending injury before opening day makes keeping Kovacevic vs taking a 4th seems more compelling with that hindsight...
If anything, to me it's more the decline in Savard's play than the growth road bumps of Strubble, Barron & Xhekaj that's frustrating about how things are playing out.
Not crazy to think we could've got more than a 4th for Savard last summer, and if Kovacevic could've played at an improved level from last year, hard to imagine he wouldn't have been able to match or exceed Savard's play.
You're really killing yourself with that Dach obsession. Might want to watch other clubs playing a bit.
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We have all witness Kovacevic improving each seasons he was here.
As far as the general team defence is concerned, why wanting to start the season with 5 dmen with less than 100 games played and possibly 3 rookies.
If you want to support the development of your young dmen and you have an excess of left handed dmen, you trade Matheson and cache in on his value at last years trade deadline of draft, but I guess him being an ex client of Hughes and from Montreal it wasn’t going to happen. We would have been ahead in the rebuild.
Huston, Ghule, Xhekaj, Strubble
Savard, Kovacevic, Baron, Mailloux
I don’t believe Reinbacher was ready.
Because we're rebuilding and they were likely bullish on Reinbacher earning his way into regular minutes.
With Kovacevic & Reinbacher we'd have had a surplus of RD... Hindsight is different than foresight.
Matheson does things Kovacevic can't come close to doing. Like I said, Savard vs Kovacevic is a very legit critique but I'd presume they didn't expect the vet to struggle this much.
Reinbacher was damn effective in his brief AHL stint last year and looked as good in camp. Little reason to doubt he'd have pushed hard for NHL spot... Gorton certainly did and explained as much to Kovacevic.
In hindsight, yes, Kovacevic would be more valuable to the Habs than a 4th. At the time of the trade, I was disappointed we didn't get at least a 3rd... But then and now I understand the rationale to trade him and a 4th suggests not one other team in the league thought he'd be playing this well, including the devils.
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why would Dach be on the first line while Malkin is playing with Gallagher and Heineman... lol
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