Proposal: Trade Proposal Thread Part 16

[417]

Why would we need a center rental?

A bottom six one at that.

Because we have arguable the worst depth at centre in the NHL

Not saying I would want Boyle...but at some point, Bergeron needs to address this.

 

[Beendair Donedat]

I wanted Hanzal as a secondary addition behind the addition of a top 6 center/winger

Boyle would have added some size and toughness down the middle for the playoffs.

But seeing the guys go that have gone should be an indication that Bergevin is hunting bigger game

Hahaha.

Trades are hard!

Here come the Brian Flynn's to save the Habs.

 

[sampollock]

MB is trying to hit the ball out of the park, and he has no bat.

 

[blarneylad]

MB is trying to hit the ball out of the park, and he has no bat.

Maybe the ball hits him in the forehead and knocks some sense into him.

Watch him get a midget like Tyler Johnson. At least he is a legit top 6 player

 

[Belial]

It's going to be extremely difficult and costly for Bergevin to address our issue down the middle.

Everyone knows thats where the Habs weakness is, at some point, Bergevin is going to have to bite the bullet.

It's like when the Oilers shopped Taylor Hall out of Edmonton for Adam Larsson...when you steadfastly refuse to address an organization weakness via the draft or free agency, you'll end up paying the premium in the trade market.

Kinda easy to trade Hall when you have McDavid, Draisaitl, RNH, Eberle and Puljujarvi!

What do we have if we trade Sergachev? Ryan Johnston? Joel Hanley?

 

[HabsTown]

Mikhail Sergachev
Brendan Gallagher
1st 2017
2nd 2017




Jonathan Drouin
Ondrej Palat

Pacioretty-Danault-Radulov
Palat-Galchenyuk-Drouin
Lehkonen-Plekanec-Shaw
Byron-McCarron-Mitchell

 

[void]

If Bergevin does nothing before March 1st, 3PM, he should be fired on the spot.

Sell, buy, but don't pull a status quo and try to convince the fan you're 'comfortable with this team'.

Status quo is my prediction. Either that or a very safe and/or cheap trade. Deep down he knows the team isn't good enough so he's not going to be a mega buyer like Minnesota. There's also no way he'll be a seller since that'd be like admitting that he ****ed up with the roster that he assembled.

So yeah, don't expect anything big on Wednesday. You'll probably see some big changes this summer, though. Bye bye Gallagher, imo.

 

[The Nightman]

These servers are a mess

 

[417]

Kinda easy to trade Hall when you have McDavid, Draisaitl, RNH, Eberle and Puljujarvi!

What do we have if we trade Sergachev? Ryan Johnston? Joel Hanley?

all the more reason to accumulate more assets then

Again, I fully acknowledge it's not easy position to address, but he's the GM and he's had ample time to fix this issue, he's actually made it worse.

 

[Zorba]

Status quo is my prediction. Either that or a very safe and/or cheap trade. Deep down he knows the team isn't good enough so he's not going to be a mega buyer like Minnesota. There's also no way he'll be a seller since that'd be like admitting that he ****ed up with the roster that he assembled.

So yeah, don't expect anything big on Wednesday. You'll probably see some big changes this summer, though. Bye bye Gallagher, imo.

So In 5 years he hasn't made the team contend and you're saying deep down he knows this?
He needs to be relieved of his duties ASAP if that's the case

 

[Zorba]

Kinda easy to trade Hall when you have McDavid, Draisaitl, RNH, Eberle and Puljujarvi!

What do we have if we trade Sergachev? Ryan Johnston? Joel Hanley?

Five years and he hasn't accumulated assets? Who's fault is that?
This mess 2 years In a row is on him

 

[didimentionlarseller]

the servers are screwed so I'm assuming other competent GM's are indeed taking care of business....

 

[sampollock]

These servers are a mess

ya, hard to get on

 

[habaholic]

It's going to be extremely difficult and costly for Bergevin to address our issue down the middle.

Everyone knows thats where the Habs weakness is, at some point, Bergevin is going to have to bite the bullet.

It's like when the Oilers shopped Taylor Hall out of Edmonton for Adam Larsson...when you steadfastly refuse to address an organization weakness via the draft or free agency, you'll end up paying the premium in the trade market.

Kind of hard to draft the C we so covet when we're constantly picking in the mid-twenties. Therein lies the problem.

Now we had the #7 pick last year and he went D, which would've become a glaring weakness as well in 2 years. Should we have gone Brown or Jost? Only time will tell.

 

[Belial]

Five years and he hasn't accumulated assets? Who's fault is that?
This mess 2 years In a row is on him

What assets do you want to accumulate? How do you want to accumulate them?

This team has no assets because when he took the job there was nothing in the pipeline! The guys drafted under his tenure are just starting to get a sniff at the NHL.

 

[Kenny Powders]

I'm really disapointed in Bergevin for not getting Boyle at that price. Huge upgrade over Mitchell in terms of faceoff %, experience and a big body.

 

[David Suzuki]

so turns out it was a 2nd + a nobody prospect.

 

[The Nightman]

Froese and a 2nd for Boyle.

That's good business done by both teams.

 

[MXD]

I'm really disapointed in Bergevin for not getting Boyle at that price. Huge upgrade over Mitchell in terms of faceoff %, experience and a big body.

What's the price...?

 

[hototogisu]

I wouldn't have paid that price for Hanzal, but I would've paid that price for Boyle.

Even still, I hope we're aiming bigger than Hanzal or Boyle. We need some bonafide top six talent, getting more bottom sixers is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

 

[void]

So In 5 years he hasn't made the team contend and you're saying deep down he knows this?
He needs to be relieved of his duties ASAP if that's the case

I'm not defending him. I think he's an awful GM that should've been fired the moment he even considered trading Subban for Weber.

I'm just trying to figure out what his thought process is right now. Does he buy even though everyone knows that the team isn't good enough? Does he sell and admit that he ****ed up? Or does he just make a minor-ish/safe trade and then tell the press that he "tried" to do more but the prices were too high? The last option seems like the most realistic one to me.

 

[hersky77]

Yea bergevin crapped the bed on this one.

An equivalent trade would have been terry and a second.

 

[417]

Kind of hard to draft the C we so covet when we're constantly picking in the mid-twenties. Therein lies the problem.

Now we had the #7 pick last year and he went D, which would've become a glaring weakness as well in 2 years. Should we have gone Brown or Jost? Only time will tell.

The last 2 years, he's managed to add Philip Danault and had some additional 2nd round picks (picks are like currency)

So he's started to do it, but he needs to find a way to accelerate the process.

 

[David Suzuki]

I wouldn't have paid that price for Hanzal, but I would've paid that price for Boyle.

Even still, I hope we're aiming bigger than Hanzal or Boyle. We need some bonafide top six talent, getting more bottom sixers is just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

at this point, I think they have to be going after something bigger... no other logic for not doing a 2nd + rando prospect for Boyle. Would have been a huge help with a weak draft.

 

[The Nightman]

Leafs improving, nonetheless how good some consider Boyle is.

Up to Bergy to now respond.