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Would love to see McCarron play for his home state Red Wings. How much????
Mantha
And what are you willing to pay for that?
It's not a question of whether Hanzal can help us or not. Of course he can. He's not a bad player. It's a question of can he actually be the difference maker that allows us to contend for a cup, and I think he's far from that.
My point is, if you're willing to spend considerable assets for a guy like Hanzal, why wouldn't you want to make that extra push for a guy like Duchene, who fits in with the age of our core, is signed for two more seasons, and actually fills the need for a top 6 center on the team?
The point I'm making is, if Bergevin is about to half-ass things and pick from the bargain bin again, might as well not do a thing and get some quality prospects in the pipeline. When a deal comes around that can actually help us going forward, we'll have more assets to play around with.
I wouldn't have done the Shaw trade for the same reason.
And? What's your point?
I don't mean that he can match them in terms of offensive output. I mean that he can match up with them physically, especially during a 7 game series.
Freeing up a guy like Galchenyuk so he can just focus on offense.
Also, I think you're underestimating Hanzal's talent...he's not a PPG player, but he's no slouch either, he can provide offense.
I also agree with pretty much everything you said. However, I'm not appose to acquiring Hanzal if the price is right. MB is going to do the right thing and he has a great support team so it all comes down to how much risk (what we trade) vs what reward we get for the UFA rental or even a guy who can be with the team for a few years.
Habs are not in "win now mode". All realistic Habs fans know that we are a few pieces away from being a true contender. To me, the window to win is not 2 years. It's more like 4 or 5 years with the core we have. Markov being the guy who will sadly be missed and hard to replace! The only other guy worth mentioning is Pleky and he is no huge loss and easy to replace at this stage in his career.
Duchene is going to cost you the moon and a little more.
Hanzal can be acquired without considerably weakening our prospect pool.
It's literally all about Sergachev at this point , this team can't afford to lose this guy.
Hindsight is 20-20. After the playoffs Shaw had, and the lack of any hustle and warrior type players we had, that Shaw deal looked very promising. Especially when it equates to Eller for Shaw.
Hanzal can be very good for us. But that should not be our top priority at center. He would be better suited as a #2.
In 5 years Weber is 37. Price 35. Radulov 35. Pacioretty 33
you beat me to it by a few seconds
McCarron alone doesn't get us Mantha
Nobody's getting Mantha for a guy that has 2 goals.
And what are you willing to pay for that?
It's not a question of whether Hanzal can help us or not. Of course he can. He's not a bad player. It's a question of can he actually be the difference maker that allows us to contend for a cup, and I think he's far from that.
My point is, if you're willing to spend considerable assets for a guy like Hanzal, why wouldn't you want to make that extra push for a guy like Duchene, who fits in with the age of our core, is signed for two more seasons, and actually fills the need for a top 6 center on the team?
The point I'm making is, if Bergevin is about to half-ass things and pick from the bargain bin again, might as well not do a thing and get some quality prospects in the pipeline. When a deal comes around that can actually help us going forward, we'll have more assets to play around with.
I'm scared to say anything now, is it okay to post in this thread?
In 5 years Weber is 37. Price 35. Radulov 35. Pacioretty 33.
I don't think so.
All about Sergachev? Seriously? The guy is a prospect... Sigh.
It's not hindsight, I said it from the moment the deal was made, let alone the ridiculous contract he signed. A large portion of the fanbase hated that trade. So far Shaw has been proving us right.
yes, but gallagher, and chucky, danault, shaw, sergachev, juulsen, beaulieu, lekonen, byron will be in or entering their prime.. sticking with drafting and keeping our controlled assets is what gives us the best chance at a cup because it gives us legitimate threat each year and trust me when carey is 35 he'll still be winning vezinas we have nothing to worry about with him...he's a purebred beast
Tomas Plekanec (50% retained)
Colin Wilson
Alexei Emelin
Cody Eakin
Nikita Scherbak
1st 2017
Ben Hutton
Pacioretty-Danault-Gallagher
Wilson-Galchenyuk-Radulov
Lehkonen-Eakin-Shaw
Byron-Mccarron-Mitchell
Hutton-Weber
Markov-Petry
Beaulieu-Pateryn
...why do people keep putting Danault on the 1st line??...he's not a #1 centre; hell, he may not ever be a #2 centre in this League (and that may not be a bad thing, as he's been a lovely fit at #3C since we traded Eller)...mindboggling...