Confirmed Trade: [CHI/MTL] Nicolas Beaudin for Cam Hillis

[Moose Head]

Both likely aren’t ever going to have long nhl careers, but I’m pretty sure most GMs take Beaudin if they have to take one of these sieves.

 

[Goal Caufield50]

Hillis is worth about a roll of paper too.

This is a minor league trade.

half roll maybe

 

[CanadienShark]

Y'know what they say about deck chairs and the titanic. I think that applies to both sides here.

 

[montreal]

I think Hillis could surprise as he has not played very much and was a very solid OHLer but things just not have gone very well for him since turning pro.

I think some of the blame is on the Habs, on the Habs board posters will confirm that I am likely the one that has complained the most about just how terrible the Habs development was under MB. If you look back, so Hillis was drafted after a solid rookie year in the OHL, the next year he missed a lot of time to injury, his final season in the OHL he's a hair under an assist per game. Then covid happened which clearly has some blame as well since it f***ed up the games of course.

But Hillis goes from having a very solid age 19 season in the OHL to playing 18 games as a 1st year pro in the AHL on the 4th line. So you can say of course that if he played better he would have gotten more ice time and that covid f***ed things up for a lot of prospects but still I just didn't like how they handled him, I trusted the coach as I thought Bouchard did a very good job for the most part so I thought maybe it was something with Hillis.

Last year new coach in Laval but same result, while Houle played him a little more, and he even got an NHL call up due to injuries and not having that many forwards remaining from the 50 contract list. So I can't say it's development and not just another good CHL player that peaked and struggles at the pro level (he's always been undersized) but at the time I thought he was showing some things with Laval despite the limited TOI but it never resulted in him moving up or securing a spot.

This year I think the Habs got caught with too many forwards as perhaps they asked for a little too much for guys that they thought they would be able to trade, or they just wanted a lot of bodies at camp but Laval already has several healthy scratches so really there is no room for Hillis. So now we'll see if he can get a bigger role what does he do with it. I liked the way he played in the OHL and haven't seen him in the ECHL but think he is a solid playmaker.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Beaudin is a bust.

Can’t believe they got something other then a roll of toilet paper for him

Isn't that what they got?

 

[biturbo19]

I remember thinking both of these guys were pretty solid value where they got them. I guess not so much. :laugh. That's the crapshoot of the draft for you. Still think they were both reasonable gambles.


With Hillis, kinda seems like he just doesn't have the wheels to be an effective little player. What's the holdup/missing piece with Beaudin though? Just a sheer lack of size/strength as a defenceman?

 

[MBH]

Never understood why the Hawks drafted this guy when they already drafted Boqvist in the same draft. When they already had Ian Mitchell and Henri Jarkiharju drafted with the top 2 picks the next year.

 

[Voight]

Habs robbed the Blackhawks blind on this one...

 

[Fainting Couch]

wow poeple on HFboard sometimes !

It makes them feel better about the extra chocolate chip cookies they wolfed down for breakfast this morning.