HF Habs: Trade Proposal Thread #88: 2024-25 Season

[Leto]

That's a lot of money/term for them to take.

Especially for a guy with an extensive history of shoulder injuries.

 

[Habssince89]

Depends if HuGo thinks Mailloux will ever have passable defence at the next level. They may not and they aren't the ones who drafted him.

tbh he has great potential but I wouldn't mind if we made a lateral move for a C using him. Just needs to be a quality player coming back. I worry about him being a one-way D

 

[Walksss]

Jiricek for Mailloux straight up. Does CLB say no? Do we?

 

[Beendair Donedat]

Jiricek for Mailloux straight up. Does CLB say no? Do we?

We do.

Molson took all the heat that went along with drafting Mailloux, and Hughes made it a personal mission to ensure he met and exceeded all the expectations that the organization had for him before even contemplating negotiations on a ELC contract.

Mailloux missed a ton of time in his development stage before being tossed into a full season of AHL hockey, where he thrived as a rookie. This year, he’s over a PPG (12 games, 13 points) so far. That type of point projection isn’t something you dismiss easily.

Ultimately the two players have put up similar points numbers in their AHL careers but the Habs have a lot more vested into Mailloux at this point, and I feel like he may have the higher ceiling offensively. Defensively he’s still an adventure, but you can teach defense. I see it as two guys going in different directions - Jiricek seems to have dropped substantially from where he was expected to be, while Mailloux is improving.

Just my 0.02$

 

[themilosh]

Just goes to show the level of parity in the NHL, playoffs are no longer a given for any team and there are no powerhouse teams..

I think it's more like 5 powerhouse teams, 7 very weak teams and 20 total tossups.

We do.

Molson took all the heat that went along with drafting Mailloux, and Hughes made it a personal mission to ensure he met and exceeded all the expectations that the organization had for him before even contemplating negotiations on a ELC contract.

Mailloux missed a ton of time in his development stage before being tossed into a full season of AHL hockey, where he thrived as a rookie. This year, he’s over a PPG (12 games, 13 points) so far. That type of point projection isn’t something you dismiss easily.

Ultimately the two players have put up similar points numbers in their AHL careers but the Habs have a lot more vested into Mailloux at this point, and I feel like he may have the higher ceiling offensively. Defensively he’s still an adventure, but you can teach defense. I see it as two guys going in different directions - Jiricek seems to have dropped substantially from where he was expected to be, while Mailloux is improving.

Just my 0.02$

Which is why it would be a fair trade.

 

[ReHabs]

I’m going to be quite sad to see Jiricek go somewhere else when the Habs have the ammunition to get it done and a need for RD

Sitting on them while the team craters, Kent Hughes has the warmest hands in the league.

 

[HuGort]

No idea why we suddenly “need” David Jiricek, and why we’d ever entertain moving a top notch prospect in Owen Beck?

For a guy who can’t crack the Columbus Blue Jackets starting rotation. They ain’t exactly the 1970s Habs with the big 3 back there.

Owen Beck is a winner. All he does is win. Everywhere he goes. He’s loved by all of his coaches, his teammates. He’s incredibly intelligent (on and off the ice), he wins draws like a machine, and he plays with a mean streak that can cross the line. He can kill penalties, and using his elite speed he will always be a threat shorthanded. Strong defensive game overshadows the fact that he has a vicious and accurate shot. He reminds me of a similar cerebral player from Peterborough, who wore the captain’s “C” for many years and has his number in the rafters.

In short, he’s everything you’d want in a third line center. You don’t give up on guys like that, he’s the gritty/talented type of player that we need MORE of, not less, and in this case you’d be trading a sure fire NHL player for some magic beans. I’m shocked that some folks would even consider it if I’m being honest.

I would stay away from Jiricek. He was recent 6th overall pick and now he's for sale? Definitely something wrong with him.

History shows these deals rarely workout. Drouin, Dach, Newhook, Barron. Skilled but have issues. It's a bad policy to have. All you doing is giving up first round picks for somebody else's junk.

 

[vokiel]

I think they trade RHP to CGY for Pelletier before the end of his conditioning stint. Makes sense?

Or straight after, depending on the rules for stints.