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Hindsight is 20/20. You had a last place team, coming off a horrible season, and it was relatively healthy in that season, there was no Price injury to blame it on. Building through the draft, and taking the best Centre available in that draft was the right move. Developping him horribly as a Centre was the mistake.

Yeah I pointed out your facts better then you and in less words lol

Case in point:

I still think you are looking at an unproven, possible #1C. Like for example, if the LA rumour is true (and its dubious, I know), I would ask for Villardi. or I would ask for Kale Clague (puck moving LHD) + 2019 2nd

I like your top 4, and really like that you dropped the grinder-ish Tkachuk down to where you did. My gut just screams 'NO' when is see Kotkaniemi that high though for some reason.

Go Zadina Go

I’m being misunderstood. I don’t agree with everyone that Pacioretty needs to be traded, and I didn’t agree last trade deadline when everyone and their cousin knew Pacioretty would get moved. This cycle has continued and Pacioretty still hasn’t been moved. Eventually, if Pacioretty is still on the team and fans and media keep clamoring for him to be dealt, it’s going to get to his head. If it comes down to that, it will be best to move him simply because of the circus surrounding his name. Everyone else sees the smart move being to trade him and yet everyone has been disappointed with other Bergevin moves as of late. Why didn’t we trade Galchenyuk for a center or a LD if it’s so guaranteed that Pacioretty will be traded for the perfect pieces of our puzzle? If this keeps up, I will eventually agree that Pacioretty should be moved, but once again it will be because of the circus act that follows him around, in addition to the fact that he’s an expiring contract.

Some last minute changes to my list. I'm done now i think. http://lastwordonhockey.com/2018-nhl-entry-draft-headquarters

There's no point in discussing a full rebuild. First, there is zero reason to believe that the Habs have any interest in this option. Second, MB is the last human being on earth who should be entrusted with a rebuild. His regime has an absolutely atrocious record of dealing with elite young talent.

I think its gonna be Kotkaniemi. They can't take a winger.

Lol funny joke

It makes him a better asset to trade for with an extension on his contract.

Yeah no shit. We all know who had the worst locker room problems and bad attitudes : L.A. Lakers led by Kobe ####ing Bryant, the man with a shitload of off-the-court problems. He still was a MVP throughout his career. At one point, when you end up drafting or hiring players like that, then you gotta think about hiring the best coaches and supporting staff to work with them instead of running them out of town at their lowest value.

I hope do, I don't think you want to draft Lars Eller 2.0 at #3

You're 100% right that the 'circus' factor will probably lead to him leaving Montreal one way or the other. The answer to the boldfaced question is that we have a GM who is a proven idiot. He thinks getting rid of players he personally dislikes constitutes improvement of the hockey team. Now, if we think he's a proven idiot, how can we simultaneously demand that he trade Pacioretty? Good question. The choice would seem to be between -arguing in favour of hockey moves that make sense, even though we know MB can't be trusted to do them, OR -arguing against making ANY major moves because MB can't be trusted to make sensible moves. I can certainly see the logic of saying "be careful what you wish for when it comes to Bergevin." It's true, he could well turn around and trade Patches for Lucic or something. But the point of a message board is partly to talk about what we think the Habs should do. Looked at from a rational point of view - not Bergevin's, but that of a human who knows what they're doing - trading Pacioretty for a C or LD makes a lot of sense as is probably what teams with competent leadership would have already done by now. That's the point we're making. That said, one question that we probably haven't considered systematically enough is: what exactly is Max Pacioretty's trade value? Is it realistic to think we could get a #1A C for him, or a #2 d-man? Obviously, people like me assume that this is realistic. But if it's not, then what IS a realistic return?

Our last #3 pick we should of never selected at 3. We should of traded that pick for a NHL center to go with the core group of players we had and try and win a cup in that window that we had. Now our window is closed and I hope he doesn't trade the pick we need to hit a home run here.

We had a number 3 pick cause we finished 14th in a 15 team conference. We should have traded for an NHL centre? Who?