Confirmed Trade: [MTL/LAK] Nate Thompson and 2019 5th round pick for 2019 4th round pick

[Lt Dan]

Rob Blake. GM of the new millennium

 

[Sting]

Going to be honest - I did not like him on the Sens during his time year. Seemed like a borderline 4C at the time...wondering if much has changed.

 

[YP44]

Come on, Blake, we didn't expect high value for Thompson, but we expected more than 15ish picks upgrade for him

Kubalik and Thompson for a 4th is what this means.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I'll take it. Montreal's 4th line is actually that bad.

 

[TT1]

LOL Thompson had a NTC, i find that hilarious.

 

[Holymakinaw]

THIS JUST IN:

Montreal acquires a bag of pucks.........for a back of pucks.

Story at 11.

 

[YP44]

LOL Thompson had a NTC, i find that hilarious.

Don't pin that on the kings

 

[TT1]

Don't pin that on the kings

haha ya afaik Dorion gave it to him, not surprised

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Going to be honest - I did not like him on the Sens during his time year. Seemed like a borderline 4C at the time...wondering if much has changed.

I absolutely despised him at the beginning of the year--if all you can do is check and win faceoffs, why are you losing checks and faceoffs?--but he's found his game and is a useful player as of now. He'll be good depth for MTL.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Come on, Blake, we didn't expect high value for Thompson, but we expected more than 15ish picks upgrade for him

Seriously, I'd rather they just had gotten a 5th without giving up the 4th. Or a 6th maybe?

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I think Thompson has decent speed, or is he slow like Ralph throwing a banana ?

 

[BLNY]

They get the guy for free essentially, as the picks are so close together. Get him in, see if he can do anything in the next 2 weeks. If not, Montreal has so much space and so few contracts that they can get another.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Why is Montreal loading up on bottom-sixers? Like, you're not winning the cup running Domi-Danault-rookie Kotka down the middle.

 

[TT1]

I absolutely despised him at the beginning of the year--if all you can do is check and win faceoffs, why are you losing checks and faceoffs?--but he's found his game and is a useful player as of now. He'll be good depth for MTL.

All he has to do is play gritty, win face-offs, take a lot of d-zone draws and be defensively responsible. That's all we're asking of him. As long as we can avoid deploying our good offensive players in defensive situations it's a win for us.

Why is Montreal loading up on bottom-sixers? Like, you're not winning the cup running Domi-Danault-rookie Kotka down the middle.

There's no legit 1C in that group atm (Kotkaniemi will be one down the line) but the depth is there, Vegas went far without a strong C core last year. We'll be getting Suzuki and Poehling next year as well.

 

[Mackiaveli]

Why is Montreal loading up on bottom-sixers? Like, you're not winning the cup running Domi-Danault-rookie Kotka down the middle.

Don't think their plan is to win the cup this season. But good observation.

 

[VeeMerk]

Remembering when Bergevin went out and grabbed Ott and King. I think Bergevin has done a good job so far this season. I don't even mind bringing back Weise. Schlemko wasn't working but he needs to stop dumpster diving lol. Did Montreal need a 4C that badly?

Put it this way. Danault is the only trustworthy faceoff wining C that we have. Getting Thompson gives Julien another option to put in a penalty kill situation to give Danault a break. They're piecing together a more stable 4th line, and that is important. Even if they only play 8-12 min a game, a team needs to be able to run 4 lines they can trust. That 4th C seems miner but we'll notice it in games due to the trickling effect.

 

[Kranix]

Who'd he play with in Anaheim all those years ago? Was it Tim Jackman? Now there was a 4th line. That was the golden era of Nate Thompson.

 

[Just Linda]

Why is Montreal loading up on bottom-sixers? Like, you're not winning the cup running Domi-Danault-rookie Kotka down the middle.

It's a retool year, the goal isn't to make a serious run at the cup but to work with what we have. We are a playoff team so a few tweaks is needed but we won't hurt the future for them.

 

[KingPuckChoo]

shiiitt

 

[CauZuki]

Now all we need is LA's pick to bust and for us to grab another Gallagher in the 5th round with LA's pick

We've evolved now to the 7th round pick , we picked Cayden Primeau in 2017 and Stapley in 2018 (who's having a tremendous year). We want more 7ths!

 

[IslesNorway]

Kings must really have been desperate to get rid

 

[KingPuckChoo]

Kings must really have been desperate to get rid

i hated him

 

[sansabri]

You can and you will.

lol. He's that bad?

 

[tony d]

Montreal going for depth guys, very good pickup for them.

 

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Don't pin that on the kings

No no, that's all the Kings fault.