Value of: Hudon

[Le Barron de HF]

The Habs have too many forwards as of right now (16 with Joel Ward as a PTO) and I suspect that they will have to make some trades. I personally like Hudon but I feel management has always been down on him. What would your team be willing to offer for a guy like Hudon who can become IMO a Mathieu Perreault type of player down the road? I would assume the team might look for a comparable defenseman as a return. (A gamble like Mike Reilly)

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[Empoleon8771]

Maybe Edmonton would be a good fit? I'm trying to think of cap teams with poor depth, they're one that comes to mind.

 

[Frank Drebin]

4th or 5th round pick

 

[Just Linda]

Hudon is Montreal’s success story. Drafted lower, worked his way through the farm system. You don’t trade a guy like that. He’s going to be a solid middle sixer, Montreal should and will keep him.

 

[CupInSIX]

There's a dozen of these guys every year that don't make the NHL.
If you want a 1 dimensional scorer Pirri can be had for a song. He's a center to boot.

 

[Just Linda]

There's a dozen of these guys every year that don't make the NHL.
If you want a 1 dimensional scorer Pirri can be had for a song. He's a center to boot.

Hudon was a 30pt rookie. He’s more of a playmaker than a scorer and he plays centre too. Him and Pirri and not comparable in any way.

 

[Kraken Jokes]

Hudon is Montreal’s success story. Drafted lower, worked his way through the farm system. You don’t trade a guy like that. He’s going to be a solid middle sixer, Montreal should and will keep him.

You could say that about 5 or 6 wingers on the Habs right now.

 

[Just Linda]

You could say that about 5 or 6 wingers on the Habs right now.

Domi, Lehkonen, Tatar, Byron, Hudon, Shaw, Armia, Sherback.

I’d say there’s more like 8 that fall between the Shaw to Tatar range

 

[VoluntaryDom]

4th or 5th round pick

Done

 

[Hostile Offer]

I would trade Lehkonen before him.

 

[Hostile Offer]

There's a dozen of these guys every year that don't make the NHL.
If you want a 1 dimensional scorer Pirri can be had for a song. He's a center to boot.

This guy is not one dimensional at all.

 

[CupInSIX]

Hudon was a 30pt rookie. He’s more of a playmaker than a scorer and he plays centre too. Him and Pirri and not comparable in any way.

He's a great playmaker that plays C but he's not playing C in camp for a team desperate for a good playmaking C

 

[ottawa]

I'd keep Hudon, let's see what we have in him first.

There's 3-4 forwards I'd trade before Hudon.

 

[HOPE]

i mean byron is out by the deadline, i would flip shaw for scrap way before trading hudon and a bunch more, Hudon is a keeper

 

[VoluntaryDom]

hudon is pretty good

 

[Baksfamous112]

I keep Hudon as well. 30 pts in his first year on a shit team playing 3rd/4th line. I’m interested to know if he can progress into a 45-50 points.

 

[JohnnyB11]

Same. Several wingers I’d trade before Hudon.

 

[Kudo Shinichi]

There is no need to trade Hudon...

1. Ward won't be signed, so we have 25/23 players on the roster.

2. Shaw is injured, so he can be put on the ltr. Oulette will be send down to the ahl.
We would then have 23/23 players on the roster, which is fine.

3. Plekanec, Byron and Benn will be traded at some point in the season.
Schlemko, Reilly, De la Rose and Tatar could also be traded.

 

[LeafChief]

Horrible trade for the team that isn't Montreal, regardless of return.

cc: sansabri

 

[Le Barron de HF]

I'd keep Hudon, let's see what we have in him first.

There's 3-4 forwards I'd trade before Hudon.

Like who beside Byron and Shaw (who has close to negative value)

 

[sansabri]

Horrible trade for the team that isn't Montreal, regardless of return.

cc: sansabri

Ooh, this feels personal. Shame I don't even know what this is about.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

There is no need to trade Hudon...

1. Ward won't be signed, so we have 25/23 players on the roster.

2. Shaw is injured, so he can be put on the ltr. Oulette will be send down to the ahl.
We would then have 23/23 players on the roster, which is fine.

3. Plekanec, Byron and Benn will be traded at some point in the season.
Schlemko, Reilly, De la Rose and Tatar could also be traded.

You can't put a healthy player on LTIR, Shaw and Byron are both healthy or will be by season opener. Ouellet is not relevant but Lernout, Valiev, Benn, Schlemko are since they'll be battling for a roster spot and need to hit waivers. Benn and Schlemko would be a loss of a future asset if they get claimed on waivers. We still have: DLR, Shaw, Byron, Peca, Lehk, Hudon, Scherbak, Deslauriers (plus Mac but who cares) in the mix. We can't start with that many players and it'd be dumb to lose one of them on waivers.

 

[Prairie Habs]

You can't put a healthy player on LTIR, Shaw and Byron are both healthy or will be by season opener. Ouellet is not relevant but Lernout, Valiev, Benn, Schlemko are since they'll be battling for a roster spot and need to hit waivers. Benn and Schlemko would be a loss of a future asset if they get claimed on waivers. We still have: DLR, Shaw, Byron, Peca, Lehk, Hudon, Scherbak, Deslauriers (plus Mac but who cares) in the mix. We can't start with that many players and it'd be dumb to lose one of them on waivers.

So rather than risk losing the worst one(s) to waivers you would trade one of the more promising ones for a garbage return?

Every team will be waiving players, we can get our 15th and 16th best forwards through without dumping hudon

 

[Le Barron de HF]

So rather than risk losing the worst one(s) to waivers you would trade one of the more promising ones for a garbage return?

Every team will be waiving players, we can get our 15th and 16th best forwards through without dumping hudon

Where did I say I wanted a garbage return?I said I'd like a comparable player on D for him

 

[Dr Quincy]

I would trade Lehkonen before him.

Lehkonen is younger, much better defensively and a better goalscorer.

I'd take that over a smaller 1 dimensional playmaker. Hudon might have a year or 2 where he put ups 40 pts, but he's not an every game player. Lehkonen is.