Ballsy. Sergachev was bad last year…was a freaking stud the year before.
Sergachev at his best is a #1 - so this does definitely qualify as addressing the top pair.
If you look closely at his games you will see he has had only about 1/2 of a season of facing tough opposition with some success.
He has mostly been used as a 2nd and even 3rd pair guy with #1 PP.
He was bad last year because McDonaugh was gone and had to face tougher opposition because of it.
He has great offensive tools but isn’t solid enough in his own zone to be a top pair guy. I was amazed Julien Brisebois gave him that contract but he has repaired his mistake with this trade.
It's actually really shocking how far off league perception of Sergachev is from the reality of Sergachev. We brought back McDonagh for a reason. He was going to slot above Sergachev. It made this move necessary.
He's a good defenseman, but not a #1. if he's not your best offensive defenseman, the contract is a problem. That's the situation we were in.
Kept saying to Habs fans he wasnt a top guy but they didn’t believe me and the hate the had for Drouin blinded them so bad lol
They then pointed to his contract and said that Brisebois must not see the things as I did…
I guess Brisebois came around lol
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