Worst Habs trade in the last 15 years

[Redux91]

This is easily the Gomez trade.

Sergachev was at least traded for a 22 year old who had potential when the trade was made. When the trade was made a lot of people around here were happy with the trade.

McDonagh was traded for a guy who a guy who just put up 58 points while making almost $8M and should've basically been a cap dump. When the trade was made people HATED it, even before McDonagh was even announced as part of it. On top of it, Gainey let Koivu walk for nothing despite putting up similar production to Gomez.

The other big difference between the trades is I don't think Sergachev would have been the same player he is today if he was developed here. Julien always wanted his defenseman making the safe plays so I think his creativity and offensive skills would've been neutered here.

A guy like McDonagh played a simpler game that coaches love and I think even with this team's shitty development it would've been hard for them to screw him up.

All I know is
Went to Conf Final with him as 1C.

Went to Cup final, with Drouin at home.

 

[sansabri]

Gomez trade without a doubt

 

[MXD]

The Gomez one by far.
The Drouin trade actually made sense as a gamble. The Gomez trade didn't : the Habs should'Ve been paid to take on Gomez, not give Ryan McDonagh.

Is there even any doubt that Drouin was worse for us than Gomez? He was f***ing bad.

There's a very good argument (and, frankly, hard to refute successfully) to be made that, for their respective cap %, Gomez was worse. Opportunity cost and all.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

The Sergachev trade had no picks - it was just Drouin for Sergachev. Still probably the worse one, but you've written it incincorrectly

We got lucky but there were conditional picks involved.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Gomez. What a God awful trade. Gave away McD for free? They shoulda paid us to take Gomez off their hands.

 

[armChairScout]

In the past 15 years , the Gomez trade by far was the worst

Before that I think chelios for overaged savard

 

[the]

Even if Ribeiro is a douchebag trading him for Niniimaa got to be there also.

Supposedly Pierre Gervais said that Niniimaa was 10 times worst than Ribeiro in terms of being a douchebag.

 

[Milhouse40]

The Sergachev trade had no picks - it was just Drouin for Sergachev. Still probably the worse one, but you've written it incorrectly.

True, they were pick at first but they didn't met the conditions

Even if Ribeiro is a douchebag trading him for Niniimaa got to be there also.

Supposedly Pierre Gervais said that Niniimaa was 10 times worst than Ribeiro in terms of being a douchebag.

True, but it was more than 15 years ago, didn't wanted to go too far back cause we all know in the past 20-30 years, it was the Roy trade hands down

 

[JianYang]

This is between Gomez and Drouin.

I ended up going with Gomez because he ate up more percentage of cap space than Drouin while also being mostly ineffective, and mcdonagh in his prime was likely better than what sergachev will be or is.

Edit: I'm pretty surprised by some people saying sergachev is better than mcdonagh. He was an absolute stud on the rangers.

 

[Lshap]

The Drouin/Sergachev trade turned into the worst trade after a couple of years, once we realized Drouin's potential was smoke and mirrors. In the moment it almost made sense

 

[Sam de Mtl]

Gomez trade broke this team. McDonagh became a great defenseman for a generation while Gomez hampered us for years with declining play and heavy cap implications.

Drouin trade is the only other one that can be considered as it still hurts today. Drouin Wasa total failure here and Sergachev is thriving. I still think it doesn't hurt the team as much as the Gomez trade did, but it's close.

 

[Vachon23]

The Gomez one for me

McDonagh would have been the perfect partner for Subban and he enter his prime when we were contender. A top 3 composed of Subban/McDonagh/Markov with Price in net would have been special

The truth is Sergachev is better than McDonagh ever was. It just hurt more to lose McDonagh because he was exactly the partner than Subban needed and would have made us a real cup contender. The other assets used to acquire Gomez could have been used to grab some forwards.

Sergachev hurts less because we have imploded into a rebuild and he wouldn't have prevented that.

Don’t agree with that, McDonagh was one of the best defensive Dmen in the league in his prime while putting 40 pts + and a way less offensive area then we are now. He was the #1 Dmen and capitaine of a really good team

 

[dcyhabs]

The Gomez one by far.
The Drouin trade actually made sense as a gamble. The Gomez trade didn't : the Habs should'Ve been paid to take on Gomez, not give Ryan McDonagh.


There's a very good argument (and, frankly, hard to refute successfully) to be made that, for their respective cap %, Gomez was worse. Opportunity cost and all.

It’s almost funny. When GMs are forced to trade players like Gomez, Drouin, Dubois, etc. It ensures all teams know and that teams think they can get deals.

Once cap space was understood Sather would have had to trade a high pick with Gomez, rather than receive assets, though Gainey ridiculously undervalued McDonough.

TB succeeded in pumping Drouin’s value a bit, but no team should have been dumb enough to give up a major prospect for him.

MB got Dvorak because the media kept pushing it and he wasn’t bright enough to ignore them.

The habs have had terrible ownership and management for years. Terrible draft picks and mostly bad trades. The only reason the list of bad trades isn’t longer is because they weren’t all that active.

 

[habsterr]

It's gotta be between the two trades I instantly hated the most. Drouin and Gomez. Went with Drouin because Sergachev is the best player out of both trades. But taking a cap dump(Gomez) and giving away a top prospect(McDonagh) is hard to forget.

 

[MXD]

It's gotta be between the two trades I instantly hated the most. Drouin and Gomez. Went with Drouin because Sergachev is the best player out of both trades. But taking a cap dump(Gomez) and giving away a top prospect(McDonagh) is hard to forget.

... You're seriously undervaluing McDonagh or overvaluing Sergachev here.

 

[Chili]

I remember reading the Rangers board before the Gomez trade. To put it mildly, he was persona non grata. If the trade was being made today, because of his contract, the Rangers would have to add, take back a bad contact themselves or retain. Bob Gainey had his pocket picked by his old linemate Slats.

Hindsight says the Drouin trade was a flop. Didn't look like that way on the day of the trade though. Habs were desperate for a talented young offensive forward, something they have been lacking for eons. They paid for him with their best prospect. Sergachev got to play with a great team and learn from great players and has steadily improved. Would he have developed as well with the Habs? Who knows.

Shaw was sorely missed in Chicago, so much so that they wanted him back, even when he clearly wasn't the same player they traded away because of the concussions.

Not a fan of the Cammalleri trade, they just wanted him out of town fast.

Not a big fan of the Halak trade either. I would have liked to see them hang onto him until they could leverage a better deal. Rumor at the time was that teams didn't know he was available. Again though the objective was to trade him fast.

The best deal imho, Pacioretty for Suzuki (the captain for future captain deal), took a long time to achieve. Maybe a good lesson for the future.

 

[Kaladin]

I picked Gomez trade but upon reflection I think the actual worst trade was the PK Subban trade. Not because the return was terrible in Weber but because of the opportunity cost. Edmonton was very interested in PK and I think we could have swung a trade there that would have changed our trajectory completely.

According to reports, we asked for Draisatl, fourth pick in 2016 nhl draft, Nurse and another asset. They passed because that ultimately proved too much but to this day I don't understand why we didn't go back with a reduced ask they very well might have agreed too.

Imagine having drai by himself or even just that fourth pick (potentially matthew tkachuk in that draft). Weber just guaranteed us staying in that mediocore middle ground for years.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Gomez AINEC

 

[The Real Timo]

Slow summer.....

God is it ever.

 

[Habsfunk]

MB got Dvorak because the media kept pushing it and he wasn’t bright enough to ignore them.

MB got Dvorak because he f***ed up big time losing KK and Danault and our second line centre would have been Jake Evans. It was a panic move by a desperate, incompetent GM, who should have known we didn't stand a chance with the long-term injuries to Price and Weber.

The worst trade on this list is Gomez for McDonagh. Gomez was laughably overpaid and past his prime. Drouin, at least, was only 22 when he was acquired.

 

[dcyhabs]

MB got Dvorak because he f***ed up big time losing KK and Danault and our second line centre would have been Jake Evans. It was a panic move by a desperate, incompetent GM, who should have known we didn't stand a chance with the long-term injuries to Price and Weber.

The worst trade on this list is Gomez for McDonagh. Gomez was laughably overpaid and past his prime. Drouin, at least, was only 22 when he was acquired.

But Savard was a perfect drop in replacement for peak Weber. Just replace Price with an average starting goalie, get a C who can score like Danault, and the habs were ready for another cup run. -MB

 

[Runner77]

In before someone claims this is a disguised Drou-Drou bashing thread.

 

[Jaynki]

The Subban/Weber trade.

It was not that impactful on the ice and Weber was ok in his time here. I think he was an absolute beast in our 2021 playoffs run.

But to me this trade was a big symptom of a massive organisational failure. How come have we not been able to work with PK Subban? Players like him that thrive in our market should have a special place in our team. Pretty sure MSL would have been able to deal with PK exhuberance. Bergevin and Therrien can seriously go f*** themselves.

On the other hand, while the Drouin/Sergachev trade has soured on us. I think Bergevin acted bold here, Drouin had superstar potential and he was the best QC player with Huberdeau. We all know how that ended but when the trade was made, it was bold and i thought it was very nice to see a habs GM being agressive for this kind of local talent. I was a big, big fan of Drouin especially after viewing many junior games of his. He was a special talent. What a f***ing waste.

 

[Fish on The Sand]

The Cammy trade was incredibly rushed and petty. Gauthier of course trying to cover his ass by saying the deal had been in the works for months, but somehow pulled the trigger between periods of a game and for a suspended player.

I voted Drouin though. The McDonagh trade was pretty bad, but at least Gomez was better than Drouin, although that's pretty faint praise.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

The Gomez one by far.
The Drouin trade actually made sense as a gamble. The Gomez trade didn't : the Habs should'Ve been paid to take on Gomez, not give Ryan McDonagh.


There's a very good argument (and, frankly, hard to refute successfully) to be made that, for their respective cap %, Gomez was worse. Opportunity cost and all.

Small, soft wingers the Habs were full of.

Decent centres the Habs lacked.


I voted the Gomez trade only because McDonagh would have been huge for the d core at the time.

They both suck, but the Gomez trade makes a little more sense than the Drouin trade does.