Jesus how bad is the RD pool in the NHL? I’ve been perusing the potential targets and it’s a sad collection honestly. Not hard to understand why all three top rated RD went before any and all top rated LD this draft (last three drafts if you want to extend your research).View attachment 905038
Includes some RFAs, like Bouchard, Dobson, but that's a whole lot of nothing.
Habs to get a good RD is through trade and you're likely looking at Reinbacher being part of the package for a guy like Seider, or potentially Bouchard/Dobson next year. That's also just the RD without a contract.
If the Habs did swing big for Bouchard they could put Hutson in that deal, but those are big time deals.
We’ll have to pay to get a good one for the long term. This is where I’m ok with « losing » the trade to make one. Let’s see if Hugo can prevail and go where MB refused to when getting the needed position ( C in MB’s days) to prop up the team.
When a David Savard is a top option even at this point in his career, you know the RD pool is terrible league wide.