Habs Fan in Edmonton Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: Wrong decisions in assessing players who are still very much in development can haunt a team for years, obviously. You will get no argument on that point. Of Harris, Xhekaj and Guhle I think Guhle has the most upside and is least likely to be traded. Xhekaj is one of those guys you love to have on your team and I would hate to see him go in a trade but I also think his trade value is higher than most think it would be. I see Harris as a solid, dependable guy, not dominant in any one area but a very good middle pairing defenseman. When you throw in Mailloux and Barron on the right side then you are looking at a very good group of defense prospects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 And every team seems to dress at least 10 d-men every season, due to injuries. Xhekaj to AHL and play big minutes there, till injury call-up seems a temp fix when all lefties are healthy. Am guessing likely stuck with Edmundson till next deadline and fingers crossed he has a healthy season?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 2 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: The weirdest thing in Van is the calls for a rebuild. When you have a top-5 NHL C, and top-5 NHL D, and a top-15 G, all young, you don’t rebuild. The whole point of rebuilding would be to acquire those pieces! But the hell of it is, they’ve got way too much cap money sunk into mid-roster clunkers. Their drafting has hit some key home runs but the ‘middle’ has been missing. They resemble pre-2022 Edmonton in that sense. My issue is that their OEL buyout has very short-term perspective: they'll have almost $5M of dead cap in 2025-26 and 2026-27. Is their window really that short? Apart from Miller and Myers, their team is pretty young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 43 minutes ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said: When you throw in Mailloux and Barron on the right side then you are looking at a very good group of defense prospects. And Kovacevic, who has, I think, shown that he is a very credible third-pairing RHD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Minister Koivu Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 Xhekaj should not be traded at this point. The guy might have a Souray type shot. We saw glimpses of that last season and he only started getting PP towards the end of his season. Give him lots of PP time next season and see if that heavy, hard shot can score some goals. Imagine lots of goals on top of what he already brings. If he can’t score then he is tradable Harris is outstanding and significantly better than people give him credit for. Can’t be arsed to look it up but I bet we get much more Ozone time when he is on the ice. Trading Guhle would be as foolish as trading McDonough or Sergachev Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hab29RETIRED Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 26 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: Xhekaj should not be traded at this point. The guy might have a Souray type shot. We saw glimpses of that last season and he only started getting PP towards the end of his season. Give him lots of PP time next season and see if that heavy, hard shot can score some goals. Imagine lots of goals on top of what he already brings. If he can’t score then he is tradable Harris is outstanding and significantly better than people give him credit for. Can’t be arsed to look it up but I bet we get much more Ozone time when he is on the ice. Trading Guhle would be as foolish as trading McDonough or Sergachev Trading either of our young D would be foolish at this point. Smart teams make those types of trades to pick up missing piece to win. We aren’t there yet. We have more than one whole to fill, and need our young players to progress just to make the playoffs. I don’t think we can make the playoffs for at least two years. We aren’t close to winning anything yet, so at this point, unless someone comes with a crazy stupid offer for Harris and Xhekaj, no reason to move either right now. As far as Guhle goes, you don’t move him period. He may turn out to be the best player in any trade for him. That includes if winnipeg offered PLD straight up for Guhle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted June 20, 2023 Author Share Posted June 20, 2023 A former, current and future Hab. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GHT120 Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 2 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said: They seem chummy ... hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted June 24, 2023 Author Share Posted June 24, 2023 Dubois to Preds? Is why making cap room, someone else speculated. Kinda hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted June 24, 2023 Share Posted June 24, 2023 8 minutes ago, DON said: Dubois to Preds? Is why making cap room, someone else speculated. Kinda hope so. Karlsson, DeBrincat, get paid to take Blake Wheeler, Scheifele ... there are options ... including saving real-world salary $$$ in a rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Dubois (at 8 years, $8.5M) to LA for Vilardi, Iafallo, Kupari, and Montreal's 2024 second-round selection. Pretty good return for Winnipeg, especially if Kupari gets a better opportunity than he had with the Kings. I think he has another level to get to. With the Jets looking for players that can play now, matching that return would have been tough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted June 27, 2023 Share Posted June 27, 2023 Shows that "fit" is important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted June 30, 2023 Share Posted June 30, 2023 O'Connell was a scout for the Habs this past season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 So, the Preds gave away Johansen and bought out Duchene to make room for Ryan O'Rielly and Luke Schenn? Ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 Just now, Fanpuck33 said: So, the Preds gave away Johansen and bought out Duchene to make room for Ryan O'Rielly and Luke Schenn? Ok. Old school Trotz? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 6 minutes ago, DON said: Old school Trotz? I guess so. Between those moves and rumors about Saros being available, I thought for sure the Preds were heading into a rebuild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Korpisalo gets 5 year deal worth 20 million?!?!?! Wow. What a massive overpay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Fanpuck33 said: Korpisalo gets 5 year deal worth 20 million?!?!?! Wow. What a massive overpay. Cashing in on a very good 22/23 season and Ottawa's ongoing desperation for a goaltender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted July 1, 2023 Author Share Posted July 1, 2023 The kid already said he plans on another year in Europe So t should be: https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/expect-canadiens-to-be-silent-in-free-agency-focus-on-addition-by-subtraction/ "Hughes said the Canadiens will take their time deciding what to do with the six-foot-two, 194-pound defenceman." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHT120 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 I'm actually surprised that Gudas only got 3 years @ $4M ... thought someone would go crazy ... still a healthy raise from $2.5M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Alex Belzile gets a two-year deal from the Rangers including a one-way salary in the second season. Good for him. Anthony Richard is expected to sign with Boston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 2 minutes ago, GHT120 said: Cashing in on a very good 22/23 season and Ottawa's ongoing desperation for a goaltender. He was miles better than Merzlikins, but that didn't take much. He was good down the stretch, but as good as he was early in the Edmonton series, he was that bad in the last three games. That's what he is - brilliant at times, but mostly mediocre or bad. I just don't see how he isn't a guy that just goes year-to-year being a backup somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 Orlov to Carolina, 2 years, $7.75 million AAV. A higher AAV for a shorter-term deal, interesting approach there. Poehling to Philly, 1 x $1.4M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted July 1, 2023 Share Posted July 1, 2023 51 minutes ago, dlbalr said: Orlov to Carolina, 2 years, $7.75 million AAV. A higher AAV for a shorter-term deal, interesting approach there. Poehling to Philly, 1 x $1.4M. Funny...Poehling is a sure-fire top-6 C. Or so the internet fandom constantly assured us back in his prospect days 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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