HF Habs: Trade Proposal Thread #90: 2024-2025 season part III

[HuGort]

Not much rumor so far this year at the TDL.

Only 11 days left.

I think a few big names may move. Rantanen could go again. Marchand with the Bruins good chance traded. Oilers be good fit. Jones to Florida. If Tkachuk is out for season.

IF the canes actually wanted to trade Rantanen and we could get an extension I'd offer a lot. He and Demidov would give us 2 legit first line wingers..

Big names like Rantanen usually want to sign in tax free sunny states.

 

[HuGort]

I wouldn't touch Pettersson. He's another Drouin or Dach. Costs a ton to acquire and you will regret it

 

[Kimota]

With the Quebec tax, Rantanen will only accept $12-13 mil so that’s a bit too much I think

Pay him! I don't care. All our other players have reasonable deals anyway. So we're good.

 

[ReHabs]

Pay him! I don't care. All our other players have reasonable deals anyway. So we're good.

Demidov and Hutson will need new deals sooner than later. Rantanen is already past his peak, mind you. COL fans were saying how he’s less dynamic than he was two years ago.

I’m all for quickly building the Habs but (even if Rantanen even wants to join) adding veterans to max contracts should be done with great caution. I think the rule of thumb for signing UFAs to max contracts should be that they show no signs of decline right up until their new contract. If there’s any change in their performance I wouldn’t make such a commitment.

I’d prefer to acquire Crosby somehow or even gun for McJesus as a FA (imagine that!).

 

[hvac412]

Which sounds ridiculously far-fetched. He's just BSing everyone.

translation...there's a 50/50 chance of showers tomorrow

 

[26Mats]

Rantanen refused the terms in Colorado
Carolina willing to offer what he wants but rejects it , even tho Carolina is a good team

Why would he go in Montreal. Dude sounds like LITRer in 3 years

At his cap hit, I wouldn't want to sign him for 7 years. There are only like 4 players 33 and older in the NHL that are top 40 in scoring right, and one is freak of nature Crosby.

Rantenen's 7 ( or 8) year deal will take him from age 29 through 35 (or 36). Not sure that deal will look good after the first 4 years, as in the last 3 (or 4) years when he'll be 33, 34, 35, (and 36).

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I would just throw 100m at Rantanen and if he accepts great and if not thats fine too at least we tried a player of Rantanen caliber doesnt come by often and us being at the end of our rebuild is pretty perfect since we get a ton of cap space back with gallagher dvo price and them off the books.

Well, he's not accepting that here.

Carolina has already offered him just over 100 mill and he's rejected it.

Canes have offered him over 12.5 (which is 100 mill exactly over 8 years), but beloe 14.

 

[Rapala]

Gotta love how nobody has a flipping clue as to what is happening on the Montreal trade front.
Sure they throw out a handful of grain periodically to keep the local media chickens clucking but their real intentions are usually a closely guarded secret.

Keep it up.

 

[BLONG7]

Gotta love how nobody has a flipping clue as to what is happening on the Montreal trade front.
Sure they throw out a handful of grain periodically to keep the local media chickens clucking but their real intentions are usually a closely guarded secret.

Keep it up.

Ahh, The Insiders on TSN know everything that goes on, in all markets. They are The Insiders, Chris Johnstone, Darren Dreger, Pierre Lebrun. LOL

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Evans + Armia (50%) retained + ??

for Nemec + Bastian or Tatar (cap dump)

What would be the + needed?? Calgary's 1st?

In any trade scenario with the Devils I would be asking that the potential 2nd round pick we obtained in the Allen trade be converted into a certain 2nd rounder.