Around what do you think? The wild want cap efficient players for the next three years and, possibly, playoff players.
Why can't we just keep Mailloux instead of drafting another dman?
If the prospect is Guhle, then maybe
As mentioned, he wasn’t drafted by this management group, and from many reports Molson wasn’t happy with the pick (or perhaps the negative publicity and media frenzy that followed). This gives Maillioux a chance to develop his career away from the spotlight, while also righting a perceived (whether correct or not) wrong, and satisfying the needs of both franchises.
Yes to much for me, don't like enough Slaf or Nemec to gamble Bedard/Michkov/FantelliMTL unprotected first 2023 + #33 2022
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NJ 2OV
?? big gamble here
Gamble?MTL unprotected first 2023 + #33 2022
For
NJ 2OV
?? big gamble here
wasn't there a rumor that MB was trying to get him and that was part of the reason he was canned?
I don’t think going after Kane was the reason he was canned. At least not in the top 176 reasons anyways.
Literally no one in the organization was drafted by this management group. Also, Mailloux is a client of Octogon so Hughes would have good insight into him. Also because he didn’t pick him, he has no heat. He inherited him and so can let him develop as he pleases. I haven’t seen any pitch folks out for Mailloux in front of the Bell Center and all the media to date us been pretty positive with him working to right himself. Don’t think there’s any pressure to move him at this point.
Well, his playoffs have been unreal, because McDavid has been sublime. All 3 goals yesterday set up by McJesus. Personally, he'd be crazy to leave Edmonton. Perfect winger for McD.
The Oilers wanted him because they were desperate for a spark and they got it. They didnt care about any off ice issues.
Benn & Seguin are BIG problems for them now. Don't know how they'll manage it, but they need to move one of them. Both have NMC, so they can't just dump them on Arizona. Both aren't close to earning their contracts & both have buy-out protected contracts.
I don't think they will want to add an other big contract to an old player if they are able to make space.
They signed Suter to a long term contract. Petry can replace Klingberg at a lesser cost & fewer years. I wouldn't say they're completely out.
That's why I don't think they want to an other one. They already have Suter.
UFAs serve absolutely no purpose on the Habs atm. We have enough vets (LTIR and otherwise) to help guide the youth. We are rebuilding, and will continue to do so next year - and hopefully finish dead last again.
I don’t think it a Kane issue but rather an Edmonton cap issue. They signed him to 1 year deal at $2M because that’s all they could afford. So I doubt they make massive moves to keep him but I’m sure he’d be happy to stay if they did.
They’ve said more that they want to rebuild the roster in his mold. Guys like Panarin who publicly stated he wanted out of Columbus, Fox who refused to sign unless it was NY, same for Trouba. They drafted Lias Anderson, and traded for DeAngelo. None of these scream “character” players but Gorton acquired them all. So I don’t think Kanes personal life will be a determining factor if they can manage to sign him.
I also imagine a lot of those vets will be traded this off-season or by the TDL. Kane isn’t like any player we currently have. He’s one of the best power forwards in the game and very much inline with the team HuGo have said they want to build. Need to replace all the current smurfs with meat to insulate our small skill players like Caufield that we’re building around.
While that’s true, literally no one drafted other than Mailloux has had an apologetic statement issued because they were drafted.
