HF Habs: Kent Hughes Presser Post-Moneyhands deal

[sampollock]

Any word on Newhook? Suzuki will be playing like 30 minutes a night lol

Stevens will be a go to guy

 

[Runner77]

Any word on Newhook? Suzuki will be playing like 30 minutes a night lol

He’s been skating but no date provided. We know it’ll be « close ».

 

[26Mats]

Like what are we talking a 1st at the TDL but only a 2nd in the summer?

I feel like there's always teams that want to address their D but strike out with the UFA they really want but would still. And on top of that they are fresh off a playoff loss often times blaming it on a lack of D. So I don't see the market changing that much.

1sts seem to be traded at a shockingly high rate at the TDL. Teams are thinking more about the immediate playoffs, and their players' desire to ice the most competitive team possible, than their future years, I suspect. Whereas at the draft and the aftermath, teams are thinking more about building their team long term, I suspect.

 

[The Great Weal]

Well at least we don't have to keep an eye on the deadline anymore lol. Pearson maybe for a late pick although we do need warm bodies to play anyways. Allen potentially but not sure why a team would give up an asset when he has another year left. Kovacevic's recent poor play made it more worthwhile to keep him.

 

[sampollock]

Well at least we don't have to keep an eye on the deadline anymore lol. Pearson maybe for a late pick although we do need warm bodies to play anyways. Allen potentially but not sure why a team would give up an asset when he has another year left. Kovacevic's recent poor play made it more worthwhile to keep him.

Yep
Not much for the Habs now...
Maybe a 5th or 7th round pick

 

[CAUFIELD]

Well at least we don't have to keep an eye on the deadline anymore lol. Pearson maybe for a late pick although we do need warm bodies to play anyways. Allen potentially but not sure why a team would give up an asset when he has another year left. Kovacevic's recent poor play made it more worthwhile to keep him.

I don’t see why a team would like Pearson for the playoffs . He’s done

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

I don’t see why a team would like Pearson for the playoffs . He’s done

Teams can always use veteran depth. He's making too much though so it likely only happens if there is no other use for the last retention spot.

 

[Milhouse40]

Well at least we don't have to keep an eye on the deadline anymore lol. Pearson maybe for a late pick although we do need warm bodies to play anyways. Allen potentially but not sure why a team would give up an asset when he has another year left. Kovacevic's recent poor play made it more worthwhile to keep him.

Maybe Harris or Struble or Xhekaj
We have one retention spot, so we might also get value from there.
Dare I dream.....Armia at 50% ?

 

[Price is Wright]

Maybe Harris or Struble or Xhekaj
We have one retention spot, so we might also get value from there.
Dare I dream.....Armia at 50% ?

I would call up the Devils. They got a lot of holes to fill. Surprised they haven't tried signing Kessel.

 

[JianYang]

I wouldn’t commit more then 1 year to someone with his injury history even if I like the player.

It was always his plan to trade Monahan. He would have done it last year if he stayed healthy.

It's just like the dadonov situation. Picking up a vet on an expiring contract and trying to build value into them for magic beans in the future.

 

[Andrei79]

There's a lot of positive about his departure, but I think the most positive thing is that we'll get more Jake Evans. God, I can't wait for more Jake Evans.

 

[Runner77]

There's a lot of positive about his departure, but I think the most positive thing is that we'll get more Jake Evans. God, I can't wait for more Jake Evans.

 

[Gravity]

If this is the last year Kent plans on tanking: Sell Savard!

 

[JianYang]

Still not sure what he means by "weren't in a position to sign him to a fair contract for him."

Hoping it means if Monahan doesn't get a certain level of dollar in the summer, the door is open for him to come back at a team friendly salary level.

It's a nice way of saying their compeitive window won't be aligning with monahan's.

I haven't seen the presser, but I wouldn't be surprised if they had a handshake agreement with Monahan to let him go to a contender if the opportunity arises.

It's a win for Hughes, and it's a win for Monahan.

 

[Wats]

1sts seem to be traded at a shockingly high rate at the TDL. Teams are thinking more about the immediate playoffs, and their players' desire to ice the most competitive team possible, than their future years, I suspect. Whereas at the draft and the aftermath, teams are thinking more about building their team long term, I suspect.

Teams also don't want to trade a 1st only to end up one of the worst teams in the NHL...ie 1st for Dvorak. At the deadline, you have a better idea where you are going to be at seasons end.

 

[Habs13]

I will say though that Suzuki is worth more than any of that and Bergevin never really sold big assets. He still sucks ass.

Suzuki wasn't who he wanted in that trade - he wanted Glass! Vegas said no. So thank Vegas for being stupid.

 

[The Great Weal]

Suzuki wasn't who he wanted in that trade - he wanted Glass! Vegas said no. So thank Vegas for being stupid.

I never really understood this mindset. He still clearly thought Suzuki was good enough as the main piece in a Pacioretty trade.

Glass was arguably the best prospect in hockey at that time too.

 

[FloJack]

Stevens will be a go to guy

We should all get his jersey!

 

[Habs13]

Maybe a few teams will need roster help after February 5th at 2pm.

 

[CrAzYNiNe]

On jase

www.rds.ca

I forgot about him! Long live Californication!

 

[The Real Timo]

With Moneyhands gone what will Suzuki play now... 40 minutes per game? Imagine that center lineup if Nick get injured too? Lol...

 

[CrAzYNiNe]

There's a lot of positive about his departure, but I think the most positive thing is that we'll get more Jake Evans. God, I can't wait for more Jake Evans.

No vomit emoticon?

 

[Paddy17]

There's a lot of positive about his departure, but I think the most positive thing is that we'll get more Jake Evans. God, I can't wait for more Jake Evans.

OT-Jake!

 

[26Mats]

I think Hughes will try to trade Allen for a vet dman so we can trade one of Matheson/Savard at some point.

Yes, if we trade Allen, instead of retaining salary we could take back a bad contract.

But do we really need another dman comong back. All of the following need to play:

Matheson Struble
Guhle Barron
Xhekaj Harris
Kovacevic

 

[Habs]

why can't we tank on a really good draft year?