Speculation: Julius Honka

[ThankGord]

At this point he wouldn’t even be the centerpiece. We’d add a roster player (e.g. Devin Shore) and a first or something along those lines. Won’t get us anything incredible, but could garner a rental or maybe someone like Nyquist.

Not sure how to value Honka at this point but I'd be interested in something around Honka and Nyquist. Gus has an NTC he'd have to waive though.

 

[Hostile Offer]

Seems like a logical target for Bergevin after Kulak and Olofsson. You guys want Benn back right?

Honka would actually be a good, buy low pick up for the Habs. What would the Stars want? At least one contract needs to go the other way though.

 

[pheasant]

Why wait for the TDL OP? I say he's gone by this weekend.

Came into the thread to say this. I read the thread hoping no one beat me to it.

 

[izzy]

seems like the market is a 6th round pick

 

[LordJamieBenn]

Gross. Hell no.

The idea may grow on you

 

[Brock Radunske]

The idea may grow on you

Dallas only has one young defenseman that gets Nylander, but I don't want to get into that

 

[mcpw]

The guy who got scratched for the guy who got scratched for Roman Polak and Roman Polak.

 

[Brock Radunske]

The guy who got scratched for the guy who got scratched for Roman Polak and Roman Polak.

Exactly.
I'm sure the Leafs are scrambling to trade Nylander for a dman who got replaced by a UFA they didn't want to re-sign and a young RHD they just traded for a 7th

 

[SenzZen]

I see Honka getting traded to Ottawa if Dallas trades for Mark Stone.

What is Dorion adding?

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

Can we just waive Polak and play Honka? He’s not going to return much because he’s 22 and hasn’t proven anything in the NHL yet. He looks fantastic when he’s in the line up though.

 

[Satan]

Can we just waive Polak and play Honka? He’s not going to return much because he’s 22 and hasn’t proven anything in the NHL yet. He looks fantastic when he’s in the line up though.

Honka sucks compared to Polak

 

[Agalloch]

Ok Thanks. I would've propose a deal between him and Scherbak if he was LD.

I would do the deal Scherbak for Honka. We need RD too... it's Benn playing there right now !

 

[Satan]

Kyle Dubas will be on the hot seat in a few wks if Polak and Carrick continue to play liek top 30 defensemen in the N.H.L.

 

[member 262271]

They can have Polak back

Sweet merciful crap noooooooooooo

 

[member 262271]

Did Polak drive play all night in the one game or something? Blues fans feel free to chime in, the guy can't pass to save his life, and is good for 1 or 2 dumb penalties a game.

 

[HockeyAnalystGenius]

Puoliot 2.0

 

[WhatWhat]

I was shocked he got scratched... He looked legitimately good during the pre season and Monty seemed to praise his ability to move the puck up the ice. There is no way he should continue to sit over Polak. That being said if Carrick continues to look like he did last night then he is 100% capable of being that 3RD behind a healthy Johns and that makes things murky with Honka.

Ideally he just slots in over Polak in the game Saturday and we just dont look back, because while Polak wasnt horrible last night he got burned a couple times 100% thanks to his awful skating.

 

[Kcb12345]

Yeah unless it's in a package for a top 6 forward I'm just not interested. Would rather hang onto him cause he will find himself back in the lineup soon. Was only held out cause he didn't "defend" as well as Carrick and Polak in practice

 

[izzy]

Did Polak drive play all night in the one game or something? Blues fans feel free to chime in, the guy can't pass to save his life, and is good for 1 or 2 dumb penalties a game.

i liked him as a bottom pairing guy who could fill in on the second pairing sometimes in stl actually

he was playing above his head in toronto but he wasnt the disaster you guys make him out to be

 

[Satan]

Did Polak drive play all night in the one game or something? Blues fans feel free to chime in, the guy can't pass to save his life, and is good for 1 or 2 dumb penalties a game.

he was the best defensem an on skates across all the games last night

 

[WhatWhat]

seems like the market is a 6th round pick

While Honka's value is low its still way higher than a 6th. Like it or not, but semi recent first round picks hold value around the league regardless of where they are in their career. A more aged, objectively worse player in Oleksiak returned a 4th round pick

 

[Mick Jagr]

I can't imagine Honka having much value right now or certainly not enough to warrant a return like Nylander.

 

[CupsOverCash]

What happened to him? I remember Stars fans being really hesitant to move on for him in proposal threads.

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

While Honka's value is low its still way higher than a 6th. Like it or not, but semi recent first round picks hold value around the league regardless of where they are in their career. A more aged, objectively worse player in Oleksiak returned a 4th round pick

Objectively worse? Honka scored 4 points in 42 games last year with 56% o-zone starts. Oleksiak is also 6'8" and can bring a physical presence when he's not scoring.

 

[member 262271]

he was the best defensem an on skates across all the games last night

Ahhh I didn't read your details under your username, my bad Dark prince.