Speculation: Montreal among the teams that inquired on Loui Eriksson?

[HABSFTW]

No real desire for Eriksson.

 

[elitepete]

Hawks trade Seabrook, straight up.

Hawks add multiple 1sts

 

[Beige Van]

But if he has karachter, Bergevin is all over this...

Bergevin's holy trinity: Character, rispek, leadership. Screw talent.

 

[Siludin]

I guess Eriksson won't be untradeable after all!

Good looks habs.

Eriksson's contract is very movable... in 2020 when he has a limited NTC

But real-talk his contract is frontloaded hard, so it's a cheap buy-out and useful to the Arizonas of the world if they need to meet the league minimum. Plus Eriksson can still play - he was substantially better this year.

Edit: disregard my edit about retention - Hansen comes off this year

 

[Prairie Habs]

Assuming there was considerable retention I think he wouldn't be a horrible pickup to see if CJ could spark something. It would have to happen AFTER we find a centre though, so its pointless to talk about now.

 

[M2Beezy]

Man thisd be sweet please let it happen!!

Eriksson for a 6th STRAIGHT UP

 

[varano]

It's from the province's Jason Botchford.

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Obviously the retention would be at least 35%, so what could be a fair price here?

Even at 35 Percent off, he's worth nothing

 

[Siludin]

Even at 35 Percent off, he's worth nothing

Uhhh... can't find many top-9 forwards for $2m.

Edit: Nvm, I think you meant ~$4m

 

[MrGold]

Montreal among the teams that inquired on Loui Eriksson?

 

[Bouboumaster]

Wow.

Bergevin is a mad man.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

Have fun with that.

 

[MasterDecoy]

julien and bergevin, made for each other

 

[Bouboumaster]

On the same team, it would have been: Weber, Price and Eriksson.
A trio of disgusting, untradeable contracts.

 

[PatrikBerglund]

Nah, Drouin for Sergachev was worse.

Let's be honest, they were both brutal trades.

Montreal is the only team worse than Ottawa when it comes to trades and that is a huge accomplishment in itself.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Eriksson might bounce back playing beside either McDavid or Draisaitl. Or we could have the '6 million dollar line' in Lucic-RNH-Eriksson (that line would very likely suck, in all seriousness).

Russell for Eriksson? 'Nucks unload that contract and open a forward roster spot for a prospect, and Russell is fine as a 3rd pairing Dman even if overpaid (as is Eriksson); he can slot up to 2nd pairing and be adequate. Maybe 1m retained on Eriksson. Canucks save 1m in cap for the next few years, then Russell is gone. Not that it's likely the two teams trade, but whatever.

Nuge - McDavid - Puljujarvi
Lucic - Draisaitl - Eriksson
Caggiula - Strome - Yamamoto
Slepyshev - Khaira - Kassian/Aberg/Maksimov/Safin

This is ONLY if the Oilers can't sign or trade for someone better to slot into a RW spot for a reasonable price. It's certainly a big risk. We could end up with two completely washed up 6m dollar wingers in Lucic and Loui for a long time, so I'm not even sold on this myself; it's just an idea.

 

[NORiculous]

Some teams get paid a pick to take on a player’s contract. Maybe that’s what the Habs inquired about?

 

[tony d]

I like Erikssson but his best days are behind him. Can't see there being much interest in him.