The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 One guy that the Habs might have considered was Nate Schmidt. Big cap hit ($6 mil) but that’s why he was acquired by WPG for modest cost (3rd round pick). IF he can recover his form in Vegas - and to be fair to him, Vancouver was a gong show last season, hardly an ideal environment to adjust to a new team - he’d be a legit top-4 puck-mover. Four more years of him might ultimately have made more sense than 4 X David Savard. That said, I’m not down on the Savard signing. I’m hopeful that he will be closer to Edmundson than Alzner on the “D acquisition” scale. But Schmidt has a much higher ceiling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 23 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: That said, I’m not down on the Savard signing. I’m hopeful that he will be closer to Edmundson than Alzner on the “D acquisition” scale. But Schmidt has a much higher ceiling. Agreed. But that extra $2.5M would make moving Byron a "must" just to get back to the cap level we have today. Of course Bergevin may be working on that as I write this ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 34 minutes ago, tomh009 said: Agreed. But that extra $2.5M would make moving Byron a "must" just to get back to the cap level we have today. Of course Bergevin may be working on that as I write this ... Plus Schmidt is a LD which they don't need nearly as much. An excellent skater though and would be an upgrade in the puck moving department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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