Value of: Galchenyuk for Domi, 6 months later

[Michoulicious]

Tied with the Hanifin/Lindholm/Hamilton/etc. one, the most interesting trade of 2018 in my opinion :

1 for 1 trade, young promising players with untapped potential... Lots of negative reactions/hot takes on these boards (even more than usual).

They are facing again tonight; it will certainly be an interesting matchup.

Your thoughts about the trade, 6 months later? Have you changed your mind about it? If yes, will it affect how you evaluate players in future?

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[NinjaKick]

Domi is awesome, I think that's all that needs to be said about him

MB redeemed himself a bit

When Price finds his game I think Montreal will make the playoffs, and they have a little bit of cap space to work with at the deadline. Brian Boyle would be a good pick up for them imo

 

[780il]

Huuuge win for Montreal so far

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

Its funny how when the trade happened the narrative was that the habs traded a 30 goalscorer for a 9 goalscorer (despite the fact that galchenyuk hit 30 once a few years ago, and Domi hit 18 that same year), and now Domi is the once who is on pace for 30+ goals while Galchenyuk is on pace for about 9 goals

 

[Gecklund]

Galchenyuk has been injured so far mostly hasn’t he?

 

[Alberta Yote]

Habs got the better player

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

I was against that trade as a Galchy's fan, but this is a huge win for us.

Sorry for doubting you Domi !

 

[ffh]

More like 3 months later.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Still way too early.

Weber coming back really boosted the Habs but I expect them to come down after the break.

Good team play but so very lacking in high end talent.

 

[HOPE]

Stop.

 

[DingDongCharlie]

Huuuge win for Montreal so far

I wanted Domi in Edmonton. I had a feeling in a Canadian hockey market he’d excel. Good for Domi and Montreal though.

 

[Clayonator]

Called this one a long while back.

 

[JackFr]

No one who knew what they were talking about thought the Habs got wrecked in the trade. Domi's "8 goals" meme covered up his great playmaking talent.

I say even trade even if Domi is excelling relative to Galchenyuk right now. Neither player was likely to succeed in their situation.

 

[MMC]

Classic change of scenery trade. I’m hesitant to ever really say teams lose these kinds of trades because it’s unlikely Domi would’ve ever done this on Arizona, but the Habs are looking like winners here.

 

[Kotkaniemi15]

Domi’s producing like the player we drafted Galchenyuk to be

 

[CraigsList]

Galchenyuk will turn it around, all of the AZ players have played like hot garbage

Montreal got themselves a great keeper though.

 

[rt]

Bump the original thread.

 

[Boud]

This surely worked out great for Montreal. Kinda have a feeling Domi wanted out of Arizona after seeing the comments from his father talking about how he's now playing for a "real" franchise and he's embracing it. I think Domi is able to handle the market better and is better suited for it than Galchenyuk ever was. Domi plays a style that Montreal fans will love, he's a hard working guy that has that in your face attitude, something that few players in this league have.

It's still very early, I thought this would've been a very good deal for Arizona and I never thought Domi would be this good. Still it can take some time for players to settle in their market/team. You look at Duchene in Ottawa it took him 30 games to settle in, he wasn't producing, and he's been PPG ever since. On the other hand you look at Turris who went PPG for his first 25 games in Nashville and since then has taken a big step back. It can go both ways..

Interesting thought that Galchenyuk recently got moved to the wing by the Yotes.

 

[Pongs21]

I laughed and thought it was horrible for MTL at the time. Boy was I wrong.

 

[mashedpotato]

Chucky sucks.

MTL won that trade by a landslide.

 

[BLONG7]

I don't think many people saw this coming...Domi has been awesome, and Galchy pretty meh in his 23 games played. Most fans, including habs fans really did not like the trade.

Edge to Montreal right now, but that could change? Domi seems to be really thriving in a hockey market.

 

[Captain97]

I was one of the few people who thought the have won the trade early on, and now that Domi jersey I bought in August is looking real nice.

 

[zeke]

Galchenyuk has always been one of the most weirdly overrated players in the league, stretching all the way back to draft day.

he's a poor skater, with good but not great skill, doesn't bring any intangibles to the table, and is certainly not a center.

 

[ImNeverWrong]

Galchenyuk has always been one of the most weirdly overrated players in the league, stretching all the way back to draft day.

he's a poor skater, with good but not great skill, doesn't bring any intangibles to the table, and is certainly not a center.

Nylander is more overrated. 7 million jobber. Congrats. Oh wait...I guess we shouldnt be making conclusions with small sample sizes?

 

[FerrisRox]

More like 3 months later.

...But the trade was six months ago.