Confirmed with Link: Nate Thompson & 5th round pick 2019 traded to MTL for 4th round pick 2019

[hotcarle]

I was kind of disappointed with the deal when Melnyk announced it was for a 5th, but when I heard that we got the 5th too, and we only gave up a 4th, I felt nothing about the trade.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

King, Ott and Martinsen were not good deadline deals, we got the boot first round. We needed scoring, we got scrubs. Alzner and Shlemko were not good moves. Agostino and Chaput were busts. Montreals scouting staff in the west is among the worst in the league, Crawford should have been canned years ago.

Other than the Alzner signing, you listed a bunch of small moves that didn't cost anything significant. These type of acquisitions are standard for playoff contenders. Looks alot like you are reaching for evidence to support a failed theory.

 

[Habs]

Other than the Alzner signing, you listed a bunch of small moves that didn't cost anything significant. These type of acquisitions are standard for playoff contenders. Looks alot like you are reaching for evidence to support a failed theory.

Trades that do not help your team, are never good trades. He took a really decent team, heading strong into the playoffs, and failed to do anything but make the team worse. We couldn't score against the Rangers, we needed offense, and his solution was King, Martinsen and Ott. He played a bad game of chess with Markov and Rads, lost two more really good players there as well.

So we've had near the worst PP all year, and he can't fix it either. So what's the plan? Thompson and Weise? Will we get the 'trades are hard' speech again?

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Eklund hasn't mentioned anything so I doubt this is accurate

Eklund still exists?

 

[1909]

Trades that do not help your team, are never good trades. He took a really decent team, heading strong into the playoffs, and failed to do anything but make the team worse. We couldn't score against the Rangers, we needed offense, and his solution was King, Martinsen and Ott. He played a bad game of chess with Markov and Rads, lost two more really good players there as well.

So we've had near the worst PP all year, and he can't fix it either. So what's the plan? Thompson and Weise? Will we get the 'trades are hard' speech again?

Lundqvist beat us back then. King, Martinsen and Ott would had not made the difference anyway. Of course, a Vanek type of trade could have had more positive output. Overall, we lost Andrighetto. No big deal.