Who else besides Drouin could Montreal have gotten for Sergachev?

[darcyRegier]

Drouin is a great young player but they need centers so badly.

 

[Oilers Propagandist]

They also needed to add to the ratio of québécois players on the team. Position be damned.

 

[Moorpheus*]

Would've considered Kadri or Liljegren+Kapanen from the leafs pov

 

[Benedict Kovalchuk]

For Sergachev, Bergevin could have had the finest of grinders.

 

[deckercky]

Nobody as good as Drouin. It was the right circumstances and the right piece to get a player that good.

 

[Kairi Zaide]

Nobody as good as Drouin. It was the right circumstances and the right piece to get a player that good.

My thoughts too. Probably might have gotten a player who's a bit older than Drouin and who contributed about the same. Someone like Coyle, Stepan, Eberle, etc. (just throwing names like that on top of my head - not implying the teams involved would make such a trade)

It just turned out Tampa and Montreal were a match made in heaven. Tampa couldn't really afford to sign Drouin long term, they needed to fill their prospect pool with good young d-men, and Montreal is in a "win-now" mode and needed offense badly (a top-4 d-man too, but Sergachev would have taken a couple of years to get there, and the Habs window would be closed by then)

 

[Boud]

I thought of Kadri as well. Would definitely help their situation at C. That being said, Montreal already have some shutdown C at the moment (Even if not as good as Kadri, Plekanec and Danault are decent) and Drouin is a better playmaker than any C they could've acquired. I think Drouin was the best fit for that price, apparently the cost for Duchene is much higher.

 

[sansabri]

I guarantee all the players named on here aren't as good as Drouin.

 

[PSGJ]

For Sergachev, Bergevin could have had the finest of grinders.

 

[Kent Nilsson]

Tyler Johnson. We're going into this season with NO god damn centers.

 

[tony d]

Matt Duchene? Don't know if he's as good as Drouin though.

 

[kij]

He doesn't really fit your needs but GMJG definitely floated the idea of Stepan for Sergachev

 

[Kamiccolo]

There is a reason Drouin went so cheap. Steve knew he would be paid like an impact forward, but in reality he is a complimentary piece who needs to be sheltered to be effective.

Seeing as he's already quit on his franchise once, we'll see what happens when he isn't the savior and under performs and the media starts on him. I predict we see 2015 end of season Kessel performance out of him at some point in the next 3 years when things start to get tough in Montreal.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

It was a win-win. Both players are underrated TBH.

 

[Pick87your71Poison]

It was a win-win. Both players are underrated TBH.

How is Sergachev underrated? He is a very good prospect that is discussed and treated as as a very good prospect. How underrated can he be beyond that before ever playing a minute in the NHL?

 

[Fazkovsky]

There is a reason Drouin went so cheap. Steve knew he would be paid like an impact forward, but in reality he is a complimentary piece who needs to be sheltered to be effective.

Seeing as he's already quit on his franchise once, we'll see what happens when he isn't the savior and under performs and the media starts on him. I predict we see 2015 end of season Kessel performance out of him at some point in the next 3 years when things start to get tough in Montreal.

He is 22 years old

 

[nhlfan9191]

How is Sergachev underrated? He is a very good prospect that is discussed and treated as as a very good prospect. How underrated can he be beyond that before ever playing a minute in the NHL?

He played a few games with Montreal and he was awful and not even close to being ready. He really became quite overrated. It's not like his play was shocking the hockey world in juniors either. Not sad we returned a good young player for him.

 

[Hostile Offer]

Matt Duchene? Don't know if he's as good as Drouin though.

it will apparently take carey price to get duchene

 

[Pick87your71Poison]

He played a few games with Montreal and he was awful and not even close to being ready. He really became quite overrated. It's not like his play was shocking the hockey world in juniors either. Not sad we returned a good young player for him.

Yeah that's my fault. I forgot he got a couple games in there, but definitely does nothing to change my point.

 

[LeafFever]

Would've considered Kadri or Liljegren+Kapanen from the leafs pov

Doubt Leafs management would have.

 

[Bobby Orr's Knees]

There is a reason Drouin went so cheap. Steve knew he would be paid like an impact forward, but in reality he is a complimentary piece who needs to be sheltered to be effective.

I thought he looked amazing with Kucherov. And pretty darn dangerous without him. However, somebody compared Drouin to Kovalev: a beautiful player who sometimes forgets what the point of the game is. I think the Habs fans will love Drouin. But he is not a player to build a team around.

Sergachev is too much of an unknown at this point. Montreal wasn't getting an establish star for him. Maybe Tyler Johnson? Of course Johnson is not a local kid, doesn't speak French, and doesn't have the same overall appeal for the Habs. And the Bolts didn't want to trade him anyway.

 

[LeafFever]

There is a reason Drouin went so cheap. Steve knew he would be paid like an impact forward, but in reality he is a complimentary piece who needs to be sheltered to be effective.

Seeing as he's already quit on his franchise once, we'll see what happens when he isn't the savior and under performs and the media starts on him. I predict we see 2015 end of season Kessel performance out of him at some point in the next 3 years when things start to get tough in Montreal.

I don't find that price very cheap. Good luck trying to trade for a blue chip D-Man like Sergachev anywhere else. We always talk about the high price for D-Men.

 

[Pyrophorus]

I don't find that price very cheap. Good luck trying to trade for a blue chip D-Man like Sergachev anywhere else. We always talk about the high price for D-Men.

If he Sergachev lives up to billing, MTL just got fleeced.
I think Bergevin was seduced by the Quebecois aura.

 

[ponder]

Nobody as good as Drouin. It was the right circumstances and the right piece to get a player that good.

Agreed with this. Drouin is a very, very good player, and young too, it was a great value trade for Montreal.

Now, following up this deal by quickly losing Radulov for nothing, that sucks. At least in the short term bringing Drouin in but losing Radulov is roughly a wash, except Sergachev is gone, and he'll be contributing at the NHL level very soon. That's a separate issue from the Drouin deal, though, which IMO was a good trade for the Habs.

 

[GeeoffBrown]

I don't believe a defenseman who hasn't played in the NHL gets you a #1 centre.