Confirmed with Link: Habs Sign Matthew Peca (2-Years @ $1.3M)

[badi]

Peca should be in the ECHL but with Habs he will be second line center

Great for the Tank

 

[Treb]

Peca should be in the ECHL but with Habs he will be second line center

Great for the Tank

He was 3rd in scoring on his team in the AHL (tied 54th in the AHL) and had 9 points in 6 PO games. He's at worst an AHL first liner.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Peca should be in the ECHL but with Habs he will be second line center

Great for the Tank

Award for overreacting and not knowing anything about anything related to hockey goes to...

 

[Doc McKenna]

5 of 12 forwards & Drouin, Plekanec & Lehkonen aren't exactly big or play big either.

We don't exactly have a tough D.

Small team. We better be fast.

In addition those are some of our 'best' players. Not like that matters in the playoffs when hockey tightens up and the refs put the whistles away.

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

I've been following hockey for over 30 years and it's the first time i hear about this rule. It just show you how unusual the situation is. Those type of guys never get multiple years one way NHL contract over the league's minimum. Pretty much never happen (yeah there's surely exceptions like for all things). If you are over 25 and have less than 80 games played you'll get a two way contract at best most of the time.

Yes most players in that situation are just let go by their team, Tampa wanted to resign him as rfa minimum, he decided to hit the UFA market himself since he had the right to.

 

[Doc McKenna]

You know you are a ****ty and not dangerous team when one of our biggest rival like Tampa Bay are trying to reassure us as to how good Matthew freakin Peca is…..

Got a pedigree. I can see MB trading Ottawa Patches and two 2nds for Tkuchuck

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

Peca should be in the ECHL but with Habs he will be second line center

Great for the Tank

He was 0.5ppg last season in the NHL as a 4th liner.

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

Got a pedigree. I can see MB trading Ottawa Patches and two 2nds for Tkuchuck

Not related to Micheal Peca.

 

[Doc McKenna]

It's an interesting signing to say the least. I know many hate that move, but we're not losing anything here. It's low risk/high reward. The kid might surprise us or might not bring anything of worth. It's a bit concerning that we are getting smaller everyday but if he has the skills to play and contribute I am for it. If not, he will be a threat in Laval.

Will be watching closely,

Honesty I am getting real tired of this on every freaking trade this GM makes. Then in 6 months : "It doesn't matter it didn't cost us anything" Meanwhile our prospect stagnate we lose another year of prime time for our our best players and we sink a little further in the standings while this roster spots does nothing to improve the team. Outside of Byron and Petry last season we have nothing to show for in 6 years...oh yeah we have DSP and Eller winning a cup because they sucked to much on the habs.

 

[Doc McKenna]

Not related to Micheal Peca.

I am sure MB doesn't know that.

 

[LaP]

Honesty I am getting real tired of this on every freaking trade this GM makes. Then in 6 months : "It doesn't matter it didn't cost us anything" Meanwhile our prospect stagnate we lose another year of prime time for our our best players and we sink a little further in the standings while this roster spots does nothing to improve the team. Outside of Byron and Petry last season we have nothing to show for in 6 years...oh yeah we have DSP and Eller winning a cup because they sucked to much on the habs.

I don't think i could agree more with something that i agree with this post.

 

[Habs]

He was 0.5ppg last season in the NHL as a 4th liner.

I could put up those stats on that Tampa team.

 

[Doc McKenna]

You can repeat this 100 times and posters will still ignore it.

That is how we know we are screwed next season. Weber is also out to start the season. Another tanky start so we will be 8 balled anyway.

 

[LaP]

I could put up those stats on that Tampa team.

It's not like he had 40 points in 82 games. He had 5 points in 10 games. Marcel Hossa had 4 points in his first 10 games.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I could put up those stats on that Tampa team.

You, like the rest of us here struggle to get out of bed in the morning.

 

[Habs]

You, like the rest of us here struggle to get out of bed in the morning.

I'm a reliable 2 way C in our oldtimers league, how dare you suggest otherwise.

 

[Captain Mountain]

Honesty I am getting real tired of this on every freaking trade this GM makes. Then in 6 months : "It doesn't matter it didn't cost us anything" Meanwhile our prospect stagnate we lose another year of prime time for our our best players and we sink a little further in the standings while this roster spots does nothing to improve the team. Outside of Byron and Petry last season we have nothing to show for in 6 years...oh yeah we have DSP and Eller winning a cup because they sucked to much on the habs.

Those types of moves don't prevent GMs from actually adding to the core of their team. They also aren't going to block actual quality prospects in the system.

Just because Bergevin is a bad GM, doesn't mean these types of trades aren't smart. Literally every team makes those types of moves.

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

I could put up those stats on that Tampa team.

After bad team scorers, we have good team scorers. Why can't we have middle of the pack team scorers???

 

[LaP]

I have no doubt Peca can do 40 points if you give him lot of TOI in a top 6. We have seen a couple of average bottom 6 guys in the past 25 years doing 40 points here while getting undeserved TOI (Petrov, Zholtok, Bulis, ...). The real question is can Peca be better than the options we already have (Danault, Lehkonen, Hudon, Shaw, Byron and Armia). I firmly believe the answer to that question is no.

If the plan is to fill a jersey with him after trading Patch and Byron this season and then flip him for a pick at the 2020 deadline then fair. But i'm far from sure this is MB's plan. Time will tell.

 

[Captain Mountain]

I have no doubt Peca can do 40 points if you give him lot of TOI in a top 6. We have seen a couple of average bottom 6 guys in the past 25 years doing 40 points here while getting undeserved TOI (Petrov, Zholtok, Bulis, ...). The real question is can Peca be better than the options we already have (Danault, Lehkonen, Hudon, Shaw, Byron and Armia). I firmly believe the answer to that question is no.

If the plan is to fill a jersey with him after trading Patch and Byron this season and then flip him for a pick at the 2020 deadline then fair. But i'm far from sure this is MB's plan. Time will tell.

Peca is a center. Not really sure why you're comparing him to wingers.

 

[Doc McKenna]

Those types of moves don't prevent GMs from actually adding to the core of their team. They also aren't going to block actual quality prospects in the system.

Just because Bergevin is a bad GM, doesn't mean these types of trades aren't smart. Literally every team makes those types of moves.

That is the ONLY moves he makes. They are the very reason he is named bargainbin. All we do is dumpster dive trying to find a rose in a bucket of poop. With ALL the moves we have made like this we have Byron and a list of almost 100 fails. 1% success doesn't strike me as a good strategy. But hey whatever floats your boat. Its not like I expect the habs to win a cup in the next 12 years anyway.

We can keep picking up garbage while trading good players for weaker ones and many on here will say "look it doesn't hurt us and other GMs do these kind of moves" . But other GMs are actually making their top lines better, not their 4th line or AHL club-the habs strategy that doesn't work!

 

[LaP]

Peca is a center. Not really sure why you're comparing him to wingers.

Pretty sure he can play wing too specially if the team has no plan to win. But anyway after trading Patch and Byron you can move Drouin back to wing and use Peca on the first line.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

B L O O D L I N E S

25y olds 4th center S T E A L

 

[OldCraig71]

I'm a reliable 2 way C in our oldtimers league, how dare you suggest otherwise.

I like this post.

 

[Captain Mountain]

That is the ONLY moves he makes. They are the very reason he is named bargainbin. All we do is dumpster dive trying to find a rose in a bucket of poop. With ALL the moves we have made like this we have Byron and a list of almost 100 fails. 1% success doesn't strike me as a good strategy. But hey whatever floats your boat. Its not like I expect the habs to win a cup in the next 12 years anyway.

We can keep picking up garbage while trading good players for weaker ones and many on here will say "look it doesn't hurt us and other GMs do these kind of moves" . But other GMs are actually making their top lines better, not their 4th line or AHL club-the habs strategy that doesn't work!

I'm pretty sure he also has the:

-Trade a better player for a worse player "hockey trade" move.
-Massively overpay a gritty D-man move.
-Trade futures for a winger and then overpay them before they play a game for you move.
-Loyalty is a one way street non-move.

Plus mediocre drafting and brutal development.

But yes, lets complain because he makes low risk acquisitions that often lead to the only successes he's had.

When Washington did that, eventually getting their hands on Kempny and DSP it was just a waste of time. Ditto with Pittsburgh and Schultz.