Rumor: Detroit Interested in Petry

[JediOrderPizza]

I really like Petry, but I'm not swapping Hronek for him.

 

[better Red than Dead]

I can see Dallas going after him to replace Klingberg who’s as good as gone

 

[13to40]

So what if he wants or wanted out.

Montreal should have to pay too move him.

Salary retention and two 2nds or a 1st

Acquiring him makes no sense for us in my humble opinion

I think that is a bit much, nor do I think Montreal would give up that much to move him, but I would be very happy without the retention and getting those picks. And we send a warm body back the other way

 

[jkutswings]

Rumors of Petry to Detroit have been swirling off and on for a long time.

Which means, based on Yzerman's track record, that the Wings are more likely to trade for Connor McDavid than for Jeff Petry.

 

[Sweetpotato]

He'll come home, play with Ed and be an absolute rock of a pair. As long as the price is reasonable this will be great.

 

[Snuggs]

I posted about how there was rumored interest in him around the deadline. etc. earlier this year.

Makes me nervous. HUGE PASS!

 

[Martinez]

I’d take him, I just don’t want to give up much for him. He’d help out edvinsson and put our new head coach in a better spot

 

[DTR]

If Montreal retains salary, I’m fine with a move for Petry. He was a different player under MSL. Not saying I expect him to be a star here but he could work well as Edvinsson’s partner.

I also think adding Petry opens up a deal for Hronek which could be intriguing.

 

[Henkka]

This sounds like a possible Yzerman move.

Yzerman won't leak things, but Montreal -side could be leaking info. We can't control them.

Signing Petry would be "how you control Moritz Seider's next caphit" -move. He'll go to quarterback our 1st PP and will eat points away from Seider. Yzerman did the same with Hedman at Tampa. There was usually PP specialist or went with 5 forwards, when Hedman's contract is up. Now in prime he is that guy, but still underpaid and one factor why Tampa is currently dominating.

Also this makes the Hronek-trade more probable and having a veteran righty mentoring young lefty kids. Many incentives which will meet together.

Also, if Petry contract is big problem for Canadiens cap, this would be possible to get for free, or they even pay some picks to get rid of the contract.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Guys. If the stars are also reported to be interested that means they might have doubts about Klingberg.

 

[Holden Caufield]

If Montreal retains salary, I’m fine with a move for Petry. He was a different player under MSL. Not saying I expect him to be a star here but he could work well as Edvinsson’s partner.

I also think adding Petry opens up a deal for Hronek which could be intriguing.

That’s how it starts.
An old player has ‘one bad year’.
But after the 2nd bad year, he is just washed up.

Coming off a bad season, soon to be 35, bad contract in terms of both AAV and term.
And he seemingly really doesn’t want to play in Montreal. (Has a NMC, but they are able to openly shop him.)

That is the quinfecta of negative trade value attributes.

The only reason to pick up that call is because Montreal has roughly 1 million draft picks this year.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

That’s how it starts.
An old player has ‘one bad year’.
But after the 2nd bad year, he is just washed up.

Coming off a bad season, soon to be 35, bad contract in terms of both AAV and term.
And he seemingly really doesn’t want to play in Montreal. (Has a NMC, but they are able to openly shop him.)

That is the quinfecta of negative trade value attributes.

The only reason to pick up that call is because Montreal has roughly 1 million draft picks this year.

He can be of value on the 2nd pair. Petry isn’t a top pair guy anymore but 19-21 minutes a night? He’s fine.

 

[DTR]

That’s how it starts.
An old player has ‘one bad year’.
But after the 2nd bad year, he is just washed up.

Coming off a bad season, soon to be 35, bad contract in terms of both AAV and term.
And he seemingly really doesn’t want to play in Montreal. (Has a NMC, but they are able to openly shop him.)

That is the quinfecta of negative trade value attributes.

The only reason to pick up that call is because Montreal has roughly 1 million draft picks this year.

I mean, he had one bad half of a season. His 5 on 5 possession numbers were very good for the years preceding last, and he scores quite a bit at even strength. I think at this point the first half of last season is the exception to the rule with him.

That said, his age being what it is does mean regression could come at any time. If Montreal is sweetening the deal or providing picks to take the whole contract, there is at least some mitigation happening there.

 

[Holden Caufield]

It smells like Leddy all over again is all I’m saying.
Only this time there will be no dumping him after half a season with that term…. It’s just 3 years of Leddy.

 

[SoupNazi]

The Habs don't need to trade him... There's no chance in hell we add something just to get rid of his contract.

He's still a very good player.

Keep him, in that case.

 

[Puck5]

No thanks.

 

[Inspiration]

It's important to note that the original report was from Pierre LeBrun who has very strong ties to the Canadiens organization, so its highly likely this information was provided to him by Montreal. It seems safe to assume that the Canadiens are leaking these interested teams in an attempt to increase the perception of interest in Petry as leverage in trade negotiations.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Keep him, in that case.

Some contracts like Petry's and Mrazek's are so bad that they require an add to take but some teams fans (Habs and Toronto, mostly) don't understand that. The only awful contract that someone traded real value for that I can remember is Ken Holland giving up assets for Duncan Keith. And that's because he's a f***ing idiot.

 

[Dotter]

It's important to note that the original report was from Pierre LeBrun who has very strong ties to the Canadiens organization, so its highly likely this information was provided to him by Montreal. It seems safe to assume that the Canadiens are leaking these interested teams in an attempt to increase the perception of interest in Petry as leverage in trade negotiations.

I can't see Yzerman trading plus assets for an aging overpaid player with a M-NTC, NMC. I hope Dallas gets him.

 

[Nut Upstrom]

He wanted out of Montreal all last season. It really showed in the games he played too.

I wouldn’t mind the wings acquiring him, as long as we aren’t giving up much. As many others have already stated, his contract is a bit much with his age and the term remaining.

Will definitely be an interesting summer though!!

He's an old sad sac who either is not that good anymore or he simply quit on his team last season, which is something all the great veteran leaders do. Montreal would have to include their 2nd to dump this chump on us.

 

[Steve Yzerlland]

No way we would want this guy. Age and contract make little sense.

 

[WingsMJN2965]

This sounds like a possible Yzerman move.

Yzerman won't leak things, but Montreal -side could be leaking info. We can't control them.

Signing Petry would be "how you control Moritz Seider's next caphit" -move. He'll go to quarterback our 1st PP and will eat points away from Seider. Yzerman did the same with Hedman at Tampa. There was usually PP specialist or went with 5 forwards, when Hedman's contract is up. Now in prime he is that guy, but still underpaid and one factor why Tampa is currently dominating.

Also this makes the Hronek-trade more probable and having a veteran righty mentoring young lefty kids. Many incentives which will meet together.

Also, if Petry contract is big problem for Canadiens cap, this would be possible to get for free, or they even pay some picks to get rid of the contract.

If Petry played 1st PP over Seider everybody in the front office should be fired. And that does nothing to control Mo’s contract value as it would be such an obvious attempt to sabotage it.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

He's an old sad sac who either is not that good anymore or he simply quit on his team last season, which is something all the great veteran leaders do. Montreal would have to include their 2nd to dump this chump on us.

I don't think he quit on his team but the loss of Shea Weber AND Carey Price had a major impact on that team. Petry's numbers may have said otherwise in 2020-21 but he is and only ever should have been a 2nd pair defenseman. This season he was THE guy. It hurt.

Also Ducharme(sp) was a f***ing awful coach. That team was still going to miss the playoffs last year but after St. Louis took over as head coach they played like a team that would have finished 8th to 12th in the season, not dead last.

In Detroit Petry would be a 2nd pair defenseman which is totally fine. I would much prefer Klingberg because there's a lot more tread on those tires, but if Detroit can't get Klingberg then Petry might be the next best bet.

 

[TheOctopusKid]

For the better part of the last year the Trade Forum has been a MTL fan posting “Petry for <X>”

The team wants him gone, the fans want him gone, he wants to go and ever single one of these threads always devolves in “He’s amazing and you’d be lucky to have him!” Vs “He’s old and expensive and we don’t want him”….you know how this thread is beginning to shake out

All that to be said, two things to keep in mind: if we’re hearing about through the rumor mill - I have more faith that it’s NOT happening because if we know about it - Steve’s not doing it.

And the subtext of this is that of DAL is sniffing here then they are preparing for Klingberg to walk or at least doing their due diligence to have a fallback plan if Klingberg doesn’t pan out (YOU SEE THAT KENNY? ITS CALLED A PLAN B…sigh)

 

[MBH]

Maybe Petry+ Carolina's 3rd for Hronek? Helps Montreal with salary and they get a live body in return. And Detroit upgrades it's 2nd pair and has a partner for Edvinsson.

So we get a third round pick and a 34-year-old defenseman for a 24-year-old defenseman?
Petry, at 33 and 34, has been in pretty steep decline.
In the 19-20 season playoffs, he was a beast. In last year's playoffs, he was a liability.
And from all accounts, that continued this year.