Confirmed Trade: [BUF/MTL] Nicolas Deslauriers for Zach Redmond

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[HanSolo]

Does he speak french though

 

[dma0034]

Sabres love them some Montreal defensemen

 

[CupInSIX]

Laval had to clear some vets. Redmond had an awful camp. Montreal picks up a depth forward who can protect his teammates and can pass through waivers, just like Martinsen.

Decent deal for the Habs, a local boy for the Rocket to boot.

 

[Aladyyn]

lmfao we actually got something for the worst player in the league

do the Habs want Josh Gorges back too?

 

[BatVader]

Does he speak french though

He must. That’s the only requirement Bergevin looks for.

 

[Maukkis]

I'm pretty sure someone called this one.

 

[Fire Sweeney]

Why ?

 

[Hostile Offer]

Isn't Deslauriers like the slowest skater in pro hockey?

 

[1909]

lmfao we actually got something for the worst player in the league

do the Habs want Josh Gorges back too?

you got the worst D man..

Anyway, just AHL players.

 

[donghabs98]

lmfao we actually got something for the worst player in the league

do the Habs want Josh Gorges back too?

This statement works both ways, it is really a nothing for nothing trade.

 

[Aladyyn]

Isn't Deslauriers like the slowest skater in pro hockey?

No, he has wheels. But also stone hands and non-existent hockey sense.

 

[Agalloch]

AHL trade. Nothing.

 

[Husko]

I know nothing about Redmond (is he on a bad contract or something?), but I'm happy with this.

Des is by all accounts a good guy, great teammate. But he's an atrocious hockey player. The eyeball test says so and the fancy stats say he's one of the worst players in the league. He can fight, and showed some promise as a potential PKer this preseason, but that's it. Really not sure why the Habs wanted him.

 

[Hostile Offer]

No, he has wheels. But also stone hands and non-existent hockey sense.

Ok, then I was thinking about someone else. Either way, it's a nice Laval-Rochester trade.

 

[BatVader]

Nicolas Deslauriers
Left Wing -- shoots L
Born Feb 22 1991 -- LaSalle, PQ
[26 yrs. ago]
Height 6.01 -- Weight 215 [185 cm/98 kg]
Drafted by Los Angeles Kings in round 3 #84 overall 2009 NHL Entry Draft

Regular Season	Playoffs
Season	Team	Lge	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2007-08	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL	42	2	7	9	38	-7	4	0	0	0	0
2008-09	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL	68	11	19	30	80	3	6	2	2	4	8
2009-10	Rouyn-Noranda Huskies	QMJHL	65	9	36	45	72	22	11	2	6	8	2
2010-11	Gatineau Olympiques	QMJHL	48	13	30	43	53	22	24	5	15	20	19
2011-12	Manchester Monarchs	AHL	65	1	13	14	67	-14	4	0	0	0	7
2012-13	Manchester Monarchs	AHL	63	4	19	23	80	-14	4	2	2	4	2
2013-14	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	17	1	0	1	18	-10
2013-14	Rochester Americans	AHL	5	1	2	3	9	0	5	1	1	2	9
2013-14	Manchester Monarchs	AHL	60	18	21	39	76	3
2014-15	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	82	5	10	15	71	-24
2015-16	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	70	6	6	12	59	-14
2016-17	Buffalo Sabres	NHL	42	0	2	2	38	-6
	NHL Totals		211	12	18	30	186

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Why?????

 

[hototogisu]

Redmond's the better player, he's serviceable as a#6 filling in for injuries here and there. But in a perfect world both should be in the AHL.

 

[Tuggy]

Why ?

It's an AHL trade. Habs needed to make room on the blueline in Laval.

 

[Breakers]

Deslauriers is one of the worst players in the NHL.

Who trades for one of the worst players in the NHL?

 

[Boud]

Deslauriers is one of the worst players in the NHL.

Who trades for one of the worst players in the NHL?

Marc Bergevin once traded for John Scott, then for Dwight King, Mike Brown, Stefan Matteau, Andreas Martinsen and Steve Ott. Want to get rid of a terrible player? Call Bergevin it's as simple as that.

Redmond is a useful bottom pairing guy, had bad luck with injuries but definitely a more valuable player than Deslauriers.

 

[tsujimoto74]

Why is Montreal so obsessed with former Sabres 4th line plugs? (Flynn, Byron, Mitchell, Scott, and now D-lo)

More defensive depth is never a bad thing, though, especially with Bogosian and McCabe already hurt.

 

[Agalloch]

Deslauriers was send to Laval already. It's AHL trade.

 

[Royal Thunder]

Botterill has been unreal so far.... our depth at defense is monumentally better than last year even if they still lack the high end quality.

 

[MXD]

Deslauriers is one of the worst players in the NHL.

Who trades for one of the worst players in the NHL?

It's almost certainly for Laval.

 

[Hostile Offer]

Redmond's the better player, he's serviceable as a#6 filling in for injuries here and there. But in a perfect world both should be in the AHL.

Redmond was so low in our depth chart there would be no way he's filling in for any injuries this year.