HF Habs: Trade Proposal Thread #91: 2025 Trade Deadline edition

[yianik]

I don't see really any vested interest in nibbling around the edges on the wing for someone like Peterka.

If they go after a winger, it has to be your Rantanen tier guy.

Left shot center and right shot defenseman is the dire need.

I think you are right on the quality of winger they would go for but if they did I would lose my mind as thats not the right target.

The number 1 target has to be the 2C. Demi is coming over and we need a quality C whether he is playing with the TBD C or Suzuki. There are possible Cs that may be available as UFAs such as Duchene and Bennett. Bennett is the warrior type who elevates his game in the post season, though regular season he has never broken 50 points. Duchene is a high skill guy who would probably fit better with Demi and would likely take a 3 year deal ( he is 34 ) whereas Bennet would want 7. Both of these guys are proven commodities though at some point age catches up. Brock Nelson also an option.

Then there is the trade route. At this point we have tried a few rehab projects like Dach, Barron and Newhook that have not turned out, at least yet. Laine may fit there also. Monahan was a great pick up though. Anyway, we are at the point where we may just want to pay up for a known quantity as opposed to paying less for an under achieving guy and hoping MSLs magic wand changes him. But there has to be a "but" because what team has more than 1 in his prime good 2C, so why trade him in that case ?

Personally ideally we get Duchene for 3 years by bidding it up until he says yes, so he fills in at a pretty high level until Hage or whoever we draft this year becomes our 2C 3 years from now.

As to the RHD, Nemec ? Jones ? Andersson seems not available. We have Matheson for one more year so wondering if that buys time for Nemec and Reinbacher. Probably a year too little.

 

[WeThreeKings]

so KH gets a bunch more picks? could be... can't use all of them and yes I know they can package picks for players.
only so many contracts they can do

Well they are telling teams they aren't interested in picks lower than the 2nd round.. which is why they are likely to keep Dvorak and Savard.

The reason for that would be those picks to be used as currency to trade for roster players at the draft/summer. Not all acquired picks have to be used at the draft table, but even if they are, when you are getting 2nd round picks, those guys generally are in your top 30 players.

right but contenders could have NHL-ready prospects who are victims of a numbers game. If they move into our depth chart, many would be able to play in the NHL this season.

I said roster players though, and assumed the poster was talking about getting players that can move the needle for us right now. Obviously AHL level prospects/players could be moved by contending teams, but you're not gonna trade Evans and get a valuable roster player back in that switch.

 

[le_sean]

Even the Wild beat writer thinks Guerin should be going after the duo of Evans/Armia. It’s been mentioned here before as a great fit.

 

[Runner77]

Dach is supposed to be ready to start next season. Maybe they can trade him in the summer.

 

[LesCactus]

You guys think that the Dach injury forces them to be huge sellers?

 

[WeThreeKings]

You guys think that the Dach injury forces them to be huge sellers?

No.. they were already going to sell Evans and Armia as a package if they could. They aren't trading anyone else as they want to be in the playoffs next year.

 

[habamillions]

You guys think that the Dach injury forces them to be huge sellers?

I mean they should be selling high on evans and armia. Savard and dvo wont bring anything back so i think they stay. But dach injury i dont think changes anything.

 

[Hannibal]

Dach is supposed to be ready to start next season. Maybe they can trade him in the summer.

Dont have hopes my dude. He’s done and all the league knows it. He’s not even a reclamation project anymore lol, he’s a throw in.

 

[le_sean]

Have to trade Evans and Armia now to give yourself more ammunition to acquire a 2C this summer.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

You guys think that the Dach injury forces them to be huge sellers?

Habs been better with Beck instead of Dach

it says it all

Have to trade Evans and Armia now to give yourself more ammunition to acquire a 2C this summer.

this , overpay for a need. even if it cost an extra or 2 2nd picks extra. We need someone to center Demidov and Laine/Slaf

 

[WeThreeKings]

Habs been better with Beck instead of Dach

it says it all


this , overpay for a need. even if it cost an extra or 2 2nd picks extra. We need someone to center Demidov and Laine/Slaf

That's not true at all. Beck wasn't on the team, but Dach was, when they had their big stretch that got them back into the playoffs against the best teams in the league.

Beck has only played in a couple games post 4 Nations and one of them was the Sharks.

 

[BergevinBurner]

I just can't see them selling Evans/Armia if they manage to win 2 or 3 of their remaining games before the deadline.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Dach is supposed to be ready to start next season. Maybe they can trade him in the summer.

Nobody is taking him, he sucks and has never played one full season at any level

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

That's not true at all. Beck wasn't on the team, but Dach was, when they had their big stretch that got them back into the playoffs against the best teams in the league.

Beck has only played in a couple games post 4 Nations and one of them was the Sharks.

Dach was not the reason why we went on that stretch. It was because Laine was scoring and Suzuki line was killing it and Huston went into a points streak. Dach was irrelevant during that period of win. Dach is a non factor like Armia and Evans are to this team offensively .

 

[WeThreeKings]

Dach was not the reason why we went on that stretch. It was because Laine was scoring and Suzuki line was killing it and Huston went into a points streak. Dach was irrelevant during that period of win. Dach is a non factor like Armia and Evans are to this team offensively .

He was not irrelevant during that period.. but not even speaking on that, it's patently false that they've been better with Beck than Dach this year.

It could become true.. but as of right now, it's not true at all, and there's nothing to back that up.

 

[vokiel]

Even the Wild beat writer thinks Guerin should be going after the duo of Evans/Armia. It’s been mentioned here before as a great fit.

Plus they have a lot of delicious picks in 2026 and are starved for picks in 2025. Both teams can help each other out. Great trade partners here.

 

[le_sean]

That's not true at all. Beck wasn't on the team, but Dach was, when they had their big stretch that got them back into the playoffs against the best teams in the league.

Beck has only played in a couple games post 4 Nations and one of them was the Sharks.

And who was on the team at the beginning of the year when they were shit and had 8 points in 27 games and was a -21 to start the season?

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

He was not irrelevant during that period.. but not even speaking on that, it's patently false that they've been better with Beck than Dach this year.

It could become true.. but as of right now, it's not true at all, and there's nothing to back that up.

I don't agree with you on this, Beck has been much more into the action and battle much harder for the puck than Dach. It's a small sample that's for sure and Beck Role is not top 6 but he's battling and giving the extra effort that Dach never used.

 

[Leto]

You guys think that the Dach injury forces them to be huge sellers?

Logic would dictate we were before Dach's injury. Now it's inevitable, shore up in assets to get a 2C for next year and get a high pick to try to get one of the interesting C of the draft. We can't stay put hoping Dach is the guy or wait for Hage to develop. You need a plan with an immediate solution and a contingency for the long term. If we can get one of Frondell or Desnoyers at the draft, that'd be great.​

 

[WeThreeKings]

And who was on the team at the beginning of the year when they were shit and had 8 points in 27 games and was a -21 to start the season?

A guy coming off of a full year of no hockey and rehabbing a major injury? I get it, you don't like him, and I've already posted in this thread that this injury all but closes the door on him being any type of solution. It doesn't give anyone the right to just make up things that are patently false.

I don't agree with you on this, Beck has been much more into the action and battle much harder for the puck than Dach. It's a small sample that's for sure and Beck Role is not top 6 but he's battling and giving the extra effort that Dach never used.

You can like Beck more than Dach. It is not true that the team has been better with Beck than with Dach, to this point. Dach was playing good hockey and had some big games during the stretch that took us from the basement all the way to a playoff spot. Beck has played 2 games in Dach's spot since the restart and one was against the lowly Sharks.

There's no evidence to show that the team is better with Beck in that spot over Dach, to this point. So it's false.

 

[The Great Weal]

A guy coming off of a full year of no hockey and rehabbing a major injury? I get it, you don't like him, and I've already posted in this thread that this injury all but closes the door on him being any type of solution. It doesn't give anyone the right to just make up things that are patently false.



You can like Beck more than Dach. It is not true that the team has been better with Beck than with Dach, to this point. Dach was playing good hockey and had some big games during the stretch that took us from the basement all the way to a playoff spot. Beck has played 2 games in Dach's spot since the restart and one was against the lowly Sharks.

There's no evidence to show that the team is better with Beck in that spot over Dach, to this point. So it's false.

You're not wrong, but I also feel like the irony has to be pointed out that when Laine got sent to the 4th line for a couple of games, Dach and Newhook "excelled" and the nonsense that it was actually Laine holding him back. Neither statement is true.

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Sidney Crosby if you can hear us, please Sidney Crosby, please save us, please save us Sidney Crosby, please, I'm asking you, please save us.

 

[habdynasty]

By the time this team is a contender Crosby will be in his rocking chair.

 

[SwiftyHab]

Even the Wild beat writer thinks Guerin should be going after the duo of Evans/Armia. It’s been mentioned here before as a great fit.

Give us Daniel Yurov. Russian Centre to play with Demidov next year or David Jiricek RD

We can sweeten the deal with a 2nd round pick or calgary's first

 

[le_sean]

You're not wrong, but I also feel like the irony has to be pointed out that when Laine got sent to the 4th line for a couple of games, Dach and Newhook "excelled" and the nonsense that it was actually Laine holding him back. Neither statement is true.

Just funny that people kept claiming Kirby was back because of a handful of games where he was scoring goals. But ended his season with 3 points and a -6 in his last 9 games.

He’s the same player he was Day 1, the reason why Chicago was eager to get rid of him.