Proposal: Habs vs Sharks

[Lockin17]

Change of scenery for some prospects.

Habs : Ryan Poheling + Jayden Struble
for
Sharks : Ryan Merkley + Artemi Kniazev

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[ThorNton Apologist]

I don’t see SJ moving Merkley and Kniazev. They’re not exactly stacked on prospects on defense. Kniazev has been progressing well.

 

[Doc5]

Poehling just had a bounce back year, too early to say he needs a change of scenery

 

[Zahra Starker]

Not a fan of Merkley tbh. Rather have Struble. Wouldn't do it as a habs fan.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

No interest in trading Struble. Poehling will have his make or break year next season. He rebounded well in the AHL and is ready.

Habs have zero ready to trade.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Merkley and Kniazev are definitely available for the right price. Just in the eyes of many Sharks fans, Merkley has not been developing well in the Sharks system. Kniazev has been progressing nicely.

This trade certainly addresses the needs of the Sharks (we need Cs) with the addition of a 3C like Poehling, I just cannot pull the trigger on it because I don't really know who Poehling and Struble are, will have to look into them.

But I do like that Poehling has been marinating in the Canadiens minor league system. How is he holding up? It says he had a season-ending wrist injury and from a youtube video he was popped really hard face-first into the boards by Robert Hagg (does Poehling show any post-concussion symptoms from that hit?)

 

[themelkman]

Pass. Merkley is taking a while but he’s a special player. Keep the high ceilings

 

[The Moose is Loose]

Pass. Merkley is taking a while but he’s a special player. Keep the high ceilings

What makes Merkley a "special player"?

There are few teams where he'd be considered the top of the prospect pool

 

[Legend123]

Danault has pretty much exemplified why players like him and Poehling are far too important in the big games. No way are we trading him after that bounce back year esp if Danault leaves

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Why the hell would San Jose do this?


Neither of those prospects from the Sharks are in any need of a change of scenery.

 

[bleuetbio]

Too soon to talk about that. We have to figure the Danault case and how Evans can get back on track.

 

[Captain Mountain]

None of those prospects need a change of scenery.

 

[Archijerej]

No interest in trading Poehling, unless there's something about those SJ prospects that I don't know about.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Struble i dont care dont see anything special in the kid but not interested in trading Poehling unless its in a bigger deal

 

[Mersss]

Why the hell would San Jose do this?


Neither of those prospects from the Sharks are in any need of a change of scenery.

Funny, it's the same for the Habs... Struble is a better prospect than Kniazev, and well, Poehling has a much better chance to play at the NHL level (bottom 6 C) than Merkley (Boom or bust prospect who can't be a bottom pairing D cause he doesn't know how to play defense)

 

[Pinkfloyd]

Funny, it's the same for the Habs... Struble is a better prospect than Kniazev, and well, Poehling has a much better chance to play at the NHL level (bottom 6 C) than Merkley (Boom or bust prospect who can't be a bottom pairing D cause he doesn't know how to play defense)

In what way is Struble a better prospect than Kniazev? Not every bottom pairing defenseman is a defensive defenseman. I agree that Poehling has a better chance to stick at the NHL level just due to there being more spots available than on D.

 

[cwede]

why do OP's use 'vs' in trade proposal thread titles?

 

[beowulf]

Not sure why the Habs would want to do this? With Danault up in the air as far as if he will be back or will price himself above what the Habs want to pay, leaving a spot for Poehling to maybe make the team next year after a strong season in Laval.

Merkley is another righty and the Habs need someone on the left which Kniazev is but I don't know much about him. Both are also smaller dmen at under 6 feet and 180lbs.

Also these guys are all 22 or under, not sure why they would need a change of scenery at this point.

 

[samsagat]

Struble is a beast.

He might be the best prospect in that package down the road.

In fact, he might be the best habs prospect, period.

He was one of the youngest dude of the 2019 draft (8th September), he's a beast physically, very athletic and has a plethora of skills.

His play needs to mature a bit but the core is there.

Would never trade him for the mentioned players.

 

[Lockin17]

Pass. Merkley is taking a while but he’s a special player. Keep the high ceilings

i know thats why i want him ;-)

 

[ginovegas]

Habs are stacked on Left Dm at some point they will have to trade some left D to get Right D. Edmundsun, Chiarot, Kulak, Romanov, Merril, Gustafson, Harris, Struble, Norlinder, Fairbrother etc...

 

[Mersss]

i know thats why i want him ;-)

Struble is a better prospect, Merkley sucks when he can't get on the board, and he has a hard time doing it at th le AHL level, let alone in the nhl

 

[Lockin17]

Struble is a better prospect, Merkley sucks when he can't get on the board, and he has a hard time doing it at th le AHL level, let alone in the nhl

Merkley have more potentiel then struble , but dosen't have the good attitude so he might not even make the NHL because of it

 

[Mersss]

Merkley have more potentiel then struble , but dosen't have the good attitude so he might not even make the NHL because of it

Nope

Merkley has more OFFENSIVE potential. Struble has morr potential to be the better dman.

Merkley is bottom line terrible when he's not scoring points, and well he hasn't done it at the AHL level

 

[TT1]

gross, pass