Proposal: Hertl + Karlsson + Rod to the Habs for Pacioretty and Byron

[TSN Jdog]

Pacioretty, Max ($4,500,000)
Byron, Paul ($1,166,667)

Sharks Top 9:

Kane	Pavelski	Donskoi
Pacioretty	Couture	Meier
Byron	Tierney	Boedker

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Hertl, Tomas (RFA Rights)
Karlsson, Melker ($2,000,000)
Rod, Noah ($763,333)


Habs Top 9:

Drouin	Hertl	Gallagher
Galchenyuk	Danault	Scherbak
Lehkonen	Karlsson	Shaw

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[Kcoyote3]

Just signed Kane, don't think trading Hertl who can actually play center for another LW is a good idea. We'd then have Pavelski, Couture and Pacioretty all expiring at the same time and needing raises. I think if Montreal wants to get a #1C they should look to a team that isn't the Sharks, as the Sharks are after the same thing.

 

[Satastic]

Trading Hertl is a no go for me

 

[Deam78]

Just signed Kane, don't think trading Hertl who can actually play center for another LW is a good idea. We'd then have Pavelski, Couture and Pacioretty all expiring at the same time and needing raises. I think if Montreal wants to get a #1C they should look to a team that isn't the Sharks, as the Sharks are after the same thing.

Isn't Hertl mostly playing wing? I thought Hertl to the C position was not a thing anymore?

 

[Groo]

Oh hell no!

 

[Kcoyote3]

Isn't Hertl mostly playing wing? I thought Hertl to the C position was not a thing anymore?

He plays wing now, but he takes all the draws on the Couture line and often times it is difficult to really call Couture the C on that line. Hertl actually took the most faceoffs on the entire team last year.

 

[Deam78]

He plays wing now, but he takes all the draws on the Couture line and often times it is difficult to really call Couture the C on that line. Hertl actually took the most faceoffs on the entire team last year.

So he is more a winger good at draws than an actual C? Is that correct?

 

[Kcoyote3]

So he is more a winger good at draws than an actual C? Is that correct?

For now yeah that's pretty accurate. However in the future without Jumbo, Hertl at center could become a very real thing. In my opinion he plays just as well at center as he does wing, but not everyone shares that opinion.

 

[SnarkAttack]

Absolutely not. You can have Karlsson and Rod, though.

Hertl plays wing, but can be used as a center and does well when asked to. He's versatile. Most Shark fans have wanted him to be a center for years, but they have so many that they use his versatility and put him on the wing.

 

[Sota Popinski]

The Sharks aren't trading Hertl, and definitely not for one year of Max Pacioretty

 

[TomasHertlsRooster]

No, Sharks are not trading Hertl unless he is absolutely demanded as the #1 piece of a very fair value package for a true elite #1C or #1D.

 

[Legend123]

Bad, awful for MTL.

 

[Juxtaposer]

Absolutely no way in hell.

Hertl is coming off a dominant playoff run where he scored 6 goals in 10 games. Pacioretty has less than twice that amount of goals in almost four times as many career playoff games. Hertl has eight more points in five more career playoff games than Pacioretty.

Hertl is the definition of a playoff player. Never mind that Pacioretty is a year from UFA. Brutal prosposal.

 

[Gecklund]

I wouldn’t give Hertl straight up for that package. He’s that important to our team. Hilariously bad for the Sharks

 

[T0uGh C0oki3]

No to all deals involving Hertl, unless it is for something ridiculously good.

 

[ole ole]

Habs are not looking to move Patches for another winger that couldn't cut it at C. We already have that.

 

[Groo]

Habs are not looking to move Patches for another winger that couldn't cut it at C. We already have that.

Does it make you feel any better to having said it ?

 

[ole ole]

Does it make you feel any better to having said it ?

 

[Gecklund]

Habs are not looking to move Patches for another winger that couldn't cut it at C. We already have that.

This definitely makes me feel better to know that you don’t watch the Sharks because Hertl has pushed Couture to wing because he’s that good at C.

 

[Sota Popinski]

Habs are not looking to move Patches for another winger that couldn't cut it at C. We already have that.

I guarantee you that Bergevin would do that trade

 

[hilarnat]

I guarantee you that Bergevin would do that trade

Agreed. I'd be willing to bet Bergevin is easily willing to add a 2nd to that offer.

 

[Mattb124]

Hard no from the Sharks on this head scratcher. First, we just signed Kane long terms so Patches would be redundant. The notion of team need usually plays prominently in trades, and he is simply not a need. Hertl has a lot of value to the Sharks as he can play C which may be needed in the post-Thornton era. Not to mention Patches is a playoff no show.

Now, something around Melker and Byron is something we could discuss.

 

[rent free]

both teams say no