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

[Doublechin]

Would you do that trade:

(MTL) Matheson (50% retained) for (NSH) Askarov + Lauzon + L'heureux + 2026 1st round pick.

Or something like that...

Easy

But I'd except to be laughed at and then hung up on and perhaps blocked

 

[morhilane]

At least 6 teams are over the cap right now and a few more are going over when they have to sign their RFA's. Patience grasshopper.

Caps have enough LTIR to get under the cap if Oshie can't play.
Avs and Knights will probably also use LTIR, that's what they did last year...
Oilers are looking to put Kane on LTIR instead of trading him now that they learned he had a bobo.

The rest can just waive a min salary player to get by.

 

[dauv]

No

 

[Bottle Rocket]

Wouldn't Florida be a prime candidate to take on Price's 10.5M contract. I mean they:

-are almost exactly at the cap
-would certainly like to have Tarasenko back and perhaps his 5M ish contract would be ok
-have a 4.5M guy you can demote without waivers (how often do you see that?) and call back immediatly after placing Price on LTIR and this goalie has 2 years remaining like Price's contract

Thoughts? Would that work?

 

[Legend123]

Would you do that trade:

(MTL) Matheson (50% retained) for (NSH) Askarov + Lauzon + L'heureux + 2026 1st round pick.

Or something like that...

And what else??

 

[Captain Mountain]

For a nice sweetener? Sure. Otherwise no. Beyond the off ice stuff and the injury history, he's basically an offense only winger now.

I'd rather take a gamble on Laine or sign Tarasenko.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Would you do that trade:

(MTL) Matheson (50% retained) for (NSH) Askarov + Lauzon + 2026 1st round pick.

Or something like that...

Yes and then we should trade Lauzon for McDavid

 

[xX SEYF Xx]

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

I have no problem playing the slow game.

First MTL does need to move bodies. Ylonen punted was a start

Dvo, Anderson, Gally, RHP, Armia. Ideally all would be gone but not realistic.

At worst id swap a few of these just for different type of forward. Ie, physical and will stand up for teammates. Wont improve the team but change the makeup.

Id try Laine but at what cost and is the character there?

And honestly, i could care less if not much changes and another top 5 picks comes our way. For the good of the future, it isnt the worst option. Add another yr of deadweights are burned and more likely buyout will happen

 

[Miller Time]

Yeah, no.

Runs counter to what they are building in house.

In 2-3 years, when the young core is solidified in their own careers & leadership, it's absolutely the type of buy low gamble on a character issue player that could be valuable... Not now.

 

[OldCraig71]

Gally needs Newhook's speed. He looked much better with him than anyone in the last 3 seasons.

This! Gallagher was good with Phil and Tatar for this reason. He will go to the net and score garbage goals but he needs the faster players to bail him out.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I get it's the offseason, but why is this even a thread?

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Just give the minutes to Roy.

 

[malcb33]

Would you do that trade:

(MTL) Matheson (50% retained) for (NSH) Askarov + Lauzon + 2026 1st round pick.

Or something like that...

If just 2 of those parts were on the table for Matheson the deal would have already been done.

 

[Kosseca]

I dont get the obsession with Askarov. Ok, he's a very good prospect, but MTL needs are not in goal. Assets would be better used to aquire top 6 talent or physical RD

 

[the]

- Gallagher played 14:17 a game 2 years ago and 13:47 last year, both years these were near the very bottom of our forwards TOI.
- He spent most of last year with Evans, Dvorak, Armia, RHP and Anderson at ES and only finished the year with Newhook because like half of our forwards were hurt. The year before he spent most of his time with Dvorak, Dadonov, Evans and Hoffman.
- His PP minutes have gone way down, the only reason he still sees PP time is due to how weak our forwards have been. Even Tanner Pearson was on our PP last year it was that bad.

His contract sucks and he's not going anywhere with his NMC, but the last half of last year he actually played well and showed when he plays lower ice time he can help contribute.

He almost spent half of the season playing between the likes of Monahan, Suzuki and Newhook as his teammates.

He roughly had 20 games with Monahan at the start of the season and when Monahan couldn't carry the corpse of Gallagher anymore we inexplicably gave him a promotion playing with Suzuki for 5 games.

Once 1/3 of the season was completed he finally got downgraded but was given a decent teammate in Armia who was a much better option than any of our bottom 6.

His icetime started decreasing but after complaining to Stu Cowan in the media for playing on the 4th line he got promoted again and finished roughly the last 15 games of the season with Newhook.

I understand injuries certainly played a factor but a regular bottom 6 player wouldn't have gotten as many opportunities as Gallagher did.

Add all the PP minutes and late game 6 on 5 and the lack of general accountability for his dumb penalties and for me it just reconfirm my belief that not all players are treated with the same level of standard.

He needs to sit a few games next season. Enough of giving unlimited chances to the likes of him and the Dumb Donkey.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

2 year term and probably a manageable cost to acquire. RW which we can use in our top 6? Yup, I believe we are in on Laine. It fits.

It's a discussion. If you don't like the idea, don't talk about it.

Don't talk about it????lol.....You are the one making up crap and you rightfully got called out on it

So what you are really saying/asking is that you want to make ridiculous claims on a public message board and not be questioned for doing so. You claim that the entire management team and Suzuki want Laine without a shred of evidence and nobody should challenge you on that.....you are basically cheating at solitaire lol.

 

[ZUKI]

Like my father use to say "N-O-N...NON

I used to say that to my father when a teenager

 

[HuGort]

Would you do that trade:

(MTL) Matheson (50% retained) for (NSH) Askarov + Lauzon + 2026 1st round pick.

Or something like that...

Maybe at deadline

 

[ZUKI]

All these talks for Laine or that Winnipeg guy with that unmemorable name , Necas, Zegras...Come on !

ZADINA is the man we should sign . He's faking to be a bust but it's because he wants to play for Les Canadiens de Montréal !

The guy will put tonnes of pucks in da net

Zadina ! Trust me !


- an anonymous woman

Would you do that trade:

(MTL) Matheson (50% retained) for (NSH) Askarov + Lauzon + 2026 1st round pick.

Or something like that...

YES ! For something like that ;

Put the name of Gallagher instead of the one of Matheson and i would do it

 

[HuGort]

Do we have to protect Anderson to start the season? Or can we do like Armia last year?

 

[ottawa]

Hoping we can trade for actual 4th liners this year

 

[Goal Caufield50]

Habs can again weaponize cap space. They need $4M to fill out the roster With wifi , Barron and a forward. It they trade a player and retain they can add a couple million. A few teams have cap issues. Would oilers have us take on Ceci? any other opportunities ?

this is not a thread hijack!

 

[Sterling Archer]

All these talks for Laine or that Winnipeg guy with that unmemorable name , Necas, Zegras...Come on !

ZADINA is the man we should sign . He's faking to be a bust but it's because he wants to play for Les Canadiens de Montréal !

The guy will put tonnes of pucks in da net

Zadina ! Trust me !


- an anonymous woman


YES ! For something like that ;

Put the name of Gallagher instead of the one of Matheson and i would do it

He’d be great for Laval.

 

[Canadiens98]

I wonder what Columbus is asking for with Laine.

It's an interesting fit, but someone we could slot on the 2nd line hopefully and at least on the 2nd PP wave. He only has 2 years left on his current deal, if it works out he could be the top 6 player we've needed. If it doesn't, then at least we can move on sooner rather than later.

Strictly looking at the 2024/25 season, Suzuki, Caufield, Slaf, Dach, and Newhook should make up our top 5 of the 6. I know some will say they want Newhook on the 3rd line but I really believe if he can just stay healthy he will have a breakout season.

A Newhook - Dach - Laine combination behind Caufield - Suzuki - Slafkovsky looks like it would be good on paper.


Until they give me reason not to, I will continue to trust the management team to make the right call.