Trade Habs acquire Patrik Laine +2026 2nd for Jordan Harris

[Helmethead]

Whoaaaaaa

 

 

[huzer]

and a 2026 2nd for Jordan Harris.

 

https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/canadiens-acquire-patrik-laine-and-a-2026-second-round-pick?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=CHCcontent&utm_content=EN-0819-LaineHarris

[Helmethead]

🎉🎉🎉

[Helmethead]

 

[Helmethead]

Chef Kent at it again 👨‍🍳

[Prime Minister Koivu]

Holy crap

 

Habs have two strong offensive lines 

[Commandant]

🍌

[Commandant]

Wooo that's an awesome.deal.

 

Harris is all.we give up and we get a 2nd.

[Prime Minister Koivu]

I read it wrong and thought that we gave up the second. 
 

It will be an early second rounder and it opens a spot for a young Dman to make the roster. 
 

Home run deal

[Helmethead]

3 minutes ago, Commandant said:

🍌

This just made my summer. 
 

f$&k I love Kent. 

[Prime Minister Koivu]

[Meller93]

Woooah! Now that is a home run swing! This is the kind of risk you love to see. The risk of course being Laine's 8.7 million cap hit. BUT, the is the last year of the contract if I'm not mistaken.

[Habsfan89]

Man under Marty Laine could get back to his old scoring self. This is the management team I have been waiting for so long. Montreal will be a scary team in 2-3 years 

[Helmethead]

1 minute ago, Meller93 said:

Woooah! Now that is a home run swing! This is the kind of risk you love to see. The risk of course being Laine's 8.7 million cap hit. BUT, the is the last year of the contract if I'm not mistaken.

two years left on his contract fwiw 

 

I actually prefer this. 

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

6 minutes ago, Commandant said:

Wooo that's an awesome.deal.

 

Harris is all.we give up and we get a 2nd.

 

With full retention the cost was never going to be great.  How many other teams could take on the full amount?

 

Hughes decided to use the cap space in this manner and next year just got a whole lot more interesting. Stay healthy Patrick and Kirby!!!  We might have a 2nd line. 

[The Chicoutimi Cucumber]

19 minutes ago, Helmethead said:

Whoaaaaaa

 

 

"Whoooaaa" is EXACTLY what I texted my brother when I heard this!

 

Love the trade and can't believe we get a 2nd to boot!

[Prime Minister Koivu]

[sbhatt]

Feels like a steal if Laine is even halfway good for us.  Rid ourselves of a low end D prospect and got a 2nd round draft pick in return as well...that's a nice piece of GM work.

[tomh009]

The official post from the Habs:

 

[tomh009]

Hughes is swinging for the fences. Let's see whether St-Louis can work his magic again!

[Habsfan89]

Could we be on the verge of seeing the best Habs team since 93’ ? 

[illWill]

Amazing deal for the Habs. We clear out some of the log jam on D and also fill a much needed spot in the top 6. It's a high cap hit, but we have plenty of space and it doesn't hinder anything too important in the near future. We can either resign him, trade him at the deadline next year, or just let him walk to free agency. I fully trust Hughes in each of those scenarios. 

 

Man this team is going to be fun to watch 

[Helmethead]

I am sooooo stoked!!!!

[Habs Fan in Edmonton]

1 minute ago, tomh009 said:

Hughes is swinging for the fences. Let's see whether St-Louis can work his magic again!

 

It is a swing for the fences but sometimes you have to take that swing. You can't be conservative all the time. 

[tomh009]

3 minutes ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:

It is a swing for the fences but sometimes you have to take that swing. You can't be conservative all the time. 

Absolutely. They have done their homework and they believe this is a risk worth taking, similar to Monahan, Dach and Newhook.