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Bouboumaster

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Yo.

Love Paul Byron, he's a game, one of the better PK-er in the league, he's fast as the wind too.
However, he's paid at a cap hit of 3,4M$

He's good, but not 3,4M$/Y good.

Is there any bottom feader team who'd like to get paid to get that contract?

Obviously the goal of that trade is to make place on the pay roll, so we can't take any salaries back. However, our picks bank is full.

We could throw, for exemple, Tampa Bay's 2nd, Habs 2nd, Chicago's 3rd? Is this enough?
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Bouboumaster said:
Yo.

Love Paul Byron, he's a game, one of the better PK-er in the league, he's fast as the wind too.
However, he's paid at a cap hit of 3,4M$

He's good, but not 3,4M$/Y good.

Is there any bottom feader team who'd like to get paid to get that contract?

Obviously the goal of that trade is to make place on the pay roll, so we can't take any salaries back. However, our picks bank is full.

We could throw, for exemple, Tampa Bay's 2nd, Habs 2nd, Chicago's 3rd? Is this enough?
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I’m sure if you offered all 3 of those picks a team with room would bite
 
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Byron
Primeau
1st (Montreal picks which 1st of theirs, over the next 3 drafts)

For

Hirose
Vegas 2022 45th

Detroit could include a goalie prospect if ya want one.
 
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Bouboumaster said:
Yo.

Love Paul Byron, he's a game, one of the better PK-er in the league, he's fast as the wind too.
However, he's paid at a cap hit of 3,4M$

He's good, but not 3,4M$/Y good.

Is there any bottom feader team who'd like to get paid to get that contract?

Obviously the goal of that trade is to make place on the pay roll, so we can't take any salaries back. However, our picks bank is full.

We could throw, for exemple, Tampa Bay's 2nd, Habs 2nd, Chicago's 3rd? Is this enough?
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Why would the Habs pay a second for trading a serviceable player when we can just send Weal in the AHL to fit the cap?

Next year, Kakens will just take one of our players, maybe Byron, and allow us to either sign back Tatar or sign a good player to replace him.
 
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Bouboumaster

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Cenzo_ said:
Why would the Habs pay a second for trading a serviceable player when we can just send Weal in the AHL to fit the cap?

Next year, Kakens will just take one of our players, maybe Byron, and allow us to either sign back Tatar or sign a good player to replace him.
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It's not just about fitting the cap; it's to replace Byron by a better player
 

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Seeing what happened to Michael Grabner, I'm not optimistic about getting some kind of value for him...
 

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What's the rush to trade him? Market is dry, he's coming off an injury year. Let him come back and get back to form, hope he gets another 15-20 goals and then trade him. His value won't ever be lower. If it doesn't work out at all this year, buy him out next season, he's a rather cheap buyout. We're under the cap, just play around with ahl callups for the year if needs be or trade Weal. 3.4m doesn't really help for an upgrade anyway.
 
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Beaudet said:
What's the rush to trade him? Market is dry, he's coming off an injury year. Let him come back and get back to form, hope he gets another 15-20 goals and then trade him. His value won't ever be lower. If it doesn't work out at all this year, buy him out next season, he's a rather cheap buyout. We're under the cap, just play around with ahl callups for the year if needs be or trade Weal. 3.4m doesn't really help for an upgrade anyway.
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It's not just about fitting the cap; it's to replace Byron by a better player
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Voodoo Glow Skulls said:
Byron
Primeau
1st (Montreal picks which 1st of theirs, over the next 3 drafts)

For

Hirose
Vegas 2022 45th

Detroit could include a goalie prospect if ya want one.
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Could work around that, but taking Hirose defeats the point of trading Byron...

Bergevin is done if we don't have a GREAT year, and for the first time in like 10 years, we have a team to compete (on paper, at the very least)... The point of trading Byron is to take a shot at a UFA that would help us to win.
I'm ok to pay a premium in picks (even prospect if needed) for Detroit to take Byron (who, again, is a good (but overpaid) player but we can't take a contract back.

Primeau is being groomed to be Price's heir and he's one of our better prospect, but if it means that we could take a shot at Hoffman, I'm ok with adding him to the trade, and I could be convinced to add the 1st pick too, if we can get Hoffman or someone else able to put up points for us.
 
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Primeau isn't going anywhere we could just pay Seattle to pick him.
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I'd be ok with trading Primeau, honestly. It's not ideal, but for the next two or three years, we will roll with Price and Allen.
Primeau would be great in a Post-Allen World, but by then, we could take a shot at another prospect.

As for Seattle goes, I'd trade Byron this year, not next year.
 
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KingTech said:
La says no thanks He is signed to long and would block a roster spot for the incoming kids.
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Is there any way Habs could convince LA to take it? What would be an offer LA can't refuse, or something that would be fair for them?
 
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TheImpatientPanther said:
What do you mean?
FLA isnt willing to take a 3 year cap dump for a couple 2nds and a 3rd
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By the same token, that's a king ransom for one year, one that the Habs would absolutly not pay. For one year only, I'd throw a 2nd.

But Florida, while not a great team by any means, aren't bottom feader too. Your team doesn't need the picks that much as, let's say, Ottawa, or Detroit, or LA.

But let's talk about Florida.
What would be the kind of offer that you'd have to accept? A fan of Detroit talked about Byron + 1st + Primeau.
Is it the kind of deal that would make you think about accepting it?
 
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Bouboumaster said:
By the same token, that's a king ransom for one year, one that the Habs would absolutly not pay. For one year only, I'd throw a 2nd.

But Florida, while not a great team by any means, aren't bottom feader too. Your team doesn't need the picks that much as, let's say, Ottawa, or Detroit, or LA.

But let's talk about Florida.
What would be the kind of offer that you'd have to accept? A fan of Detroit talked about Byron + 1st + Primeau.
Is it the kind of deal that would make you think about accepting it?
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I wouldn't expect two 2nds and 3rd if Byron only had 1 year left.

I think its just the combo of his term and FLA being mostly bottom 9 players up front, we are stock full of them so just doesn't make a ton of sense to take on another one and block our young prospects who are being promoted the next few years.

That DET offer is ridiculous. Yours is closer for sure but FLA shouldn't be interested
 
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