Lockin17
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Proposal: MTL & PHI
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John Mandalorian
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Philadelphia should keep Foerster. Like wifi but Foersters shot is quite good.
We already have too many D. Aside from that, why would we trade one of our promising young wing talents for a facepuncher on D
I told him to add a third
The premise is still an undrafted facepuncher D for a former first round pick who is in his rookie year. And that's still ignoring that the Flyers need to unload D for forwards right now anyway.
That undrafted face puncher isn't available anyway.
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I don't see the point of this for Philly... if the goal of the OP was to be a head scratcher...play the goal horn
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The day after any trade involving Xhekaj the OP will be here posting wild trade ideas cause The Habs lack size and grit on D.
Just keep him
Just keep him
I am really starting to think you don't watch hockey at all.....
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He is kind of right tho. A #6 left shot, 5’11 dman whose career peak is a 17pts season is next to useless. Specially considering the dude will be 24 in July.
Might be a language issue on my side but isnt it the other way around? He becomes unavailable once he has shown he is more than a 6th-7th-AHL fighter?
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No, my point was that the Habs can see Xhekaj's potential, if he fills it, his value will rise significantly, at which point moving him might make sense. But there's no point moving a 6th D for a 4th round pick.
ponder719
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I get how Montreal feels about Xhekaj, and that's understandable, but this is a terrible idea for Philly as well. Foerster is developing well, fits our actual timeline for success (not the mirage timeline we're seeing this year) will be worth more in the future than he is now, and is exactly what we need more of. He's maybe the 4th or 5th from last person on the current roster I could see us trading, with only Ersson, Drysdale, Cates (because he appears to be Tortorella's idea of the perfect player) and possibly York safer.
pth2
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A bad trade suggestion can be bad for both - it's quite possible Philly management agrees with you on Foerster and Habs management agrees with us on Xhekaj, and neither team would do this trade.
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He has 100ish games in the NHL and has yet to play a full season. We dont know what he is yet....
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haha i was just telling my friend that wifi would fit better on Philly or Boston than in Montreal.
I'll be honest.. the guy is exciting, good fighter, some offense, but i have yet to see anything that lets me think he will be more than a 3rd pairing guy. This may sound weird, but his biggest contribution to the habs may just be who he keeps down in Laval - put him in the lineup to fill a hole in a way that wont hurt you, let him defend your guys and let the kids grow in Laval. Habs need one guy in the lineup liek him, but i think eventually Struble will take his spot because he has more talent and it's more about physicality than violence with him.
We have a surplus of LDs and this addresses a need for offense, especially if TF wants to play wing. Dont knwo much about the guy but his numbers and prospect info seems good; seems like a cheap price to pay for him.
