Confirmed with Link: Ben Chiarot (50%) for 2023 1st round pick, 2022 4th round pick, and Ty Smilanic

[iam76]

i still like him and think he does fit... we didnt lose because of this guy. i dont love what we sent but if we resign him i would be all for it. I think he is the type of player we need longterm back there. Look at Tampa's D. we need guys like that.

 

[ottawa]

This is by far the worst trade Zito has made as a GM.

Chiarot did next to nothing for this team and it cost them a 1st rounder+. Montreal laughing all the way through this one.

This is just false, Chiarot is a great defenseman...he was put in a situation where the team in front of him didn't do much (or anything) and the defenseman next to him was average.

Chiarot was the least of the Panthers' concern, he doesn't do anything great but he's well balanced and good at everything..he has size, can skate very well, can hit, excellent defensively and can chip in offensively as well.

I would gladly take him back on the habs...

 

[16Skippy]

This is just false, Chiarot is a great defenseman...he was put in a situation where the team in front of him didn't do much (or anything) and the defenseman next to him was average.

Chiarot was the least of the Panthers' concern, he doesn't do anything great but he's well balanced and good at everything..he has size, can skate very well, can hit, excellent defensively and can chip in offensively as well.

I would gladly take him back on the habs...

I don’t think he was terrible but which of Zito’s trades were worse? We gave up a lot especially if he ends up as just a rental.

 

[Two4Fighting]

I don’t think he was terrible but which of Zito’s trades were worse? We gave up a lot especially if he ends up as just a rental.

When he was acquired, he was the best that money can buy, but yes there were better choices but not at that trade deadline

Also he was Ok, not great, not bad, but we did not loose the round because of him.
I think they should trade Duclair and Weegar and retool our Defense, with even grittier defensemen. And bring Trotz

 

[Gentle Man]

When he was acquired, he was the best that money can buy, but yes there were better choices but not at that trade deadline

Also he was Ok, not great, not bad, but we did not loose the round because of him.
I think they should trade Duclair and Weegar and retool our Defense, with even grittier defensemen. And bring Trotz

Disagree

Kulak was a trade deadline guy and is better (and I think affordable)

Lindholm was the best available (though unaffordable in all likelihood).

 

[Jean Luc Discard]

(though unaffordable in all likelihood).

Unaffordable before or after they spent two first round picks plus extra for Chiarot and G?

 

[Gentle Man]

Unaffordable before or after they spent two first round picks plus extra for Chiarot and G?

lol obviously before.

We got Chiarot before Giroux after all

 

[Two4Fighting]

We got Chariot and Giroux in exchange for 2 first draft picks, neither of the two had the impact we expected. Having said that, the 2 of them can not be blamed for the outcome.

 

[BabyBennettov]

Maybe if we actually PLAYED Ben Chiarot, people would have a better opinion of him…

He is something we don’t have on this team… Something we need MORE of ! Not less…

It’s laughable how « soft » we were as a team, yet people want to go all vanilla and don’t want the kind of player Chiarot is around this team.

Enjoy the regular season than my friends… We’re not winning the Stanley Cup with the Montours and the Thorntons…

 

[violaswallet]

We need to remember that he might have had chemistry with Ekblad if he had games to play with him

 

[icedog77]

Look at the defense of teams remaining in the playoffs. None of them are carrying defensive liabilities as bad as Weegar, Forsling and to some extent Montour. They all have big mobile, gritty steady defensive defensemen, with a few of them being offensive dynamos as well. The panthers "best" defenseman Ekblad has many of those qualities but is definitely not in the same shape as the leagues top four or five elite defensemen. South florida has made this guy soft. If this team was playing in a Canadian market, players like Barkov, Hubredeau, Ekblad would be getting roasted for their piss poor performance when it counts most. Weegar, with his pee wee defensive lapses costing games would be run out of town. I don,t think I saw forsling put a body on anyone the entire playoffs, but I did see alot of fly bys from him. This team needs a major overhaul, especially from the so called leadership group. Trade the non performers before the mistake is made of overpaying, like the bobrovsky contract (he actually wasn't that bad, but not 10 mil worth)

 

[FrolikFan67]

Curious what he’s looking for money wise. I’d like to retain him, big physical guy, can clear the crease, will block shots, and he skates well. And even though Forsling and Weegar are cheap, Ekblad on a very reasonable contract, our D is still relatively expensive because we spend 6mil on a 3rd pairing. If they keep chiarot they’d most likely have to move one of Gudas or montour (or Weegar)

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

Dude was awful and slow

 

[Dread Clawz]

Curious what he’s looking for money wise. I’d like to retain him, big physical guy, can clear the crease, will block shots, and he skates well. And even though Forsling and Weegar are cheap, Ekblad on a very reasonable contract, our D is still relatively expensive because we spend 6mil on a 3rd pairing. If they keep chiarot they’d most likely have to move one of Gudas or montour (or Weegar)

I think if he re-signs both sides will agree to something around 3.5-4.5 for 3-4 years.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

I think if he re-signs both sides will agree to something around 3.5-4.5 for 3-4 years.

AAV? For Ben Chariot? Bah God that's Dale Tallon's music

 

[Dread Clawz]

AAV? For Ben Chariot? Bah God that's Dale Tallon's music

He's getting 3.5 right now and he signed that 3 years ago....

 

[ottawa]

Dude was awful and slow

What a clown post, if Chiarot was awful then almost everyone was awful. Chiarot was the least of the Panthers' concern...he fills a need for Florida and is the type of defenseman you should be adding more of, but sure...let him walk, ideally back to Montreal.

 

[Dread Clawz]

What a clown post, if Chiarot was awful then almost everyone was awful. Chiarot was the least of the Panthers' concern...he fills a need for Florida and is the type of defenseman you should be adding more of, but sure...let him walk, ideally back to Montreal.

Agreed he was one of our better D in the playoffs, probably top 3. Weegar and Gudas were definitely the worst.

 

[Panthers Propaganda]

What a clown post, if Chiarot was awful then almost everyone was awful. Chiarot was the least of the Panthers' concern...he fills a need for Florida and is the type of defenseman you should be adding more of, but sure...let him walk, ideally back to Montreal

Fine by me mate, guy was a non factor you can have him. Definitely not as advertised and had black hole level advanced metrics in some of our games. Idk what everyone else was watching all I saw was a slow skater who refused to use his size for whatever reason.

 

[I am not exposed]

Fine by me mate, guy was a non factor you can have him. Definitely not as advertised and had black hole level advanced metrics in some of our games. Idk what everyone else was watching all I saw was a slow skater who refused to use his size for whatever reason.

The whole he will scare the opposition was blown out of proportion. He was actually a lot less physical than I was expecting as well.

I thought he was okay. Certainly not worth the assets we gave up for him. Especially if he isn't re-signed.

 

[Haj]

Lucas Carlsson is better than Chariot. A waste of a first round pick.

 

[KW]

Lucas Carlsson is better than Chariot. A waste of a first round pick.

Maybe, but he’s worse than Chiarot.

 

[icedog77]

Fine by me mate, guy was a non factor you can have him. Definitely not as advertised and had black hole level advanced metrics in some of our games. Idk what everyone else was watching all I saw was a slow skater who refused to use his size for whatever reason.

Ask Nick Paul with the separated shoulder if Chiarot refused to use his size.....as far as metrics goes, I think I would be far more concerned about the over paid, over hyped but great metrics forwards on this team that pulled a no show these playoffs..what was that power play....1 for 31?

 

[zeroG]

Ask Nick Paul with the separated shoulder if Chiarot refused to use his size.....as far as metrics goes, I think I would be far more concerned about the over paid, over hyped but great metrics forwards on this team that pulled a no show these playoffs..what was that power play....1 for 31?

paul doesn't have a separated shoulder. he's penciled in at 2C tonight.

anyway, i don't have a problem with chiarot but i also don't think he was a difference-maker. part of the issue, perhaps, is that we were MUCH better than montreal was 5v5 and didn't spend as much time in our end, which meant that the game he played last year never had to materialize. outside of that one costly coverage error, he was Ok.

i might prefer to learn from our mistakes and scoop up kulak as a UFA but zito may have too much pride to do that.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

He wasn't the impact player that he was brought in to be IMO. And I wouldn't have paid that price. But I will say that he might have had/have a different impact under a different structured type of team play.