Confirmed Trade: [PIT/MTL] Jeff Petry and Ryan Poehling for Mike Matheson and 2023 4th round pick

[1909]

Taking on Matheson's contract and giving up Petry was a really bad deal for the Habs. It's probably the worst one I've seen them make after Bergevin got deservedly shit-canned.

Petry did not want to play ever again for MTL (thanks to his wife).....

Matheson showed great stuff in the minimal time he had at te Camp before being injured. Great fast skater and good enough stickhandler.

Worst trade was Lehkonen for Barron.

 

[Michel Beauchamp]

Worst trade was Lehkonen for Barron.

And a 2nd round pick in 2024...

 

[The Great Weal]

I love how Hab fans thought that they were going to get a 1st round pick for Petry, And yet the best they could do was Matheson and a 4th round pick. Petry probably had his mind on Pittsburgh. And Hexy wasn't going to give up too much for him.

I love how mainboard thought Chiarot wouldn't get a 1st. I wasn't a fan of the trade at the time, but Matheson is a valuable player to the Habs would have no smooth-skating vet dmen anymore.

 

[Gurglesons]

I love how mainboard thought Chiarot wouldn't get a 1st. I wasn't a fan of the trade at the time, but Matheson is a valuable player to the Habs would have no smooth-skating vet dmen anymore.

I’d wait until you see him play until you call him valuable. But I agree he is fairly played for what he brings offensively regardless of how he is miscast with the role he is going to be forced into.

 

[The Great Weal]

I’d wait until you see him play until you call him valuable. But I agree he is fairly played for what he brings offensively regardless of how he is miscast with the role he is going to be forced into.

I'm not expecting him to be a Cale Makar, but a smooth skating #4 dman to help a defense filled with younger players is definitely valuable to the Habs. I'm sure Hughes is trying to find someone else like him right now due to the inexperience of the blueline.

 

[Gurglesons]

I'm not expecting him to be a Cale Makar, but a smooth skating #4 dman to help a defense filled with younger players is definitely valuable to the Habs. I'm sure Hughes is trying to find someone else like him right now due to the inexperience of the blueline.

Matheson seems like an extremely character person and he is super fun to watch. He just feels like such a case of every goal he scores ends with a goal going the other way.

 

[The Great Weal]

Matheson seems like an extremely character person and he is super fun to watch. He just feels like such a case of every goal he scores ends with a goal going the other way.

In terms of sheer value, a 1st is more valuable, but Habs would rather have him as a way to help out younger players by eating big minutes and being a placeholder.

 

[chethejet]

Outside factors and he just wanted a change of scenery. The Pens were talking at the draft so this was in the works awhile. His family is in Michigan and that is reasonably close to them. Habs did nothing wrong here. Just a tough year for those who had family limited by Covid rules in Canada.

 

[66-30-33]

When Math is on you're going to think "holy shit look at him skate up the ice and make moves in the offensive zone!!"...then he will do something and you will hate him.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Tbh could see Matheson having a Petry like jump later in his career. Maybe he won’t peak as a 1D like Petry did in 2020-21 but 10 goals and 40 pts in heavy minutes seems within reach. He was very good last year, even in the postseason playing top pair.

 

[MXD]

Tbh could see Matheson having a Petry like jump later in his career. Maybe he won’t peak as a 1D like Petry did in 2020-21 but 10 goals and 40 pts in heavy minutes seems within reach. He was very good last year, even in the postseason playing top pair.

Geez that sounds a lot like how Petry looked when we got him at the exact same age.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

When Math is on you're going to think "holy shit look at him skate up the ice and make moves in the offensive zone!!"...then he will do something and your erection will become soft.

Sounds EXACTLY like Jeoffroy Petreux

 

[Gaud]

When Math is on you're going to think "holy shit look at him skate up the ice and make moves in the offensive zone!!"...then he will do something and your erection will become soft.

Hm he better take some 5 hour energy then

 

[Moose Head]

I like him a lot for what his role is on our team.

Pretty sure he is riding the pine when we are healthy though which stinks.

Really had high hopes for him. For a bit I had him higher than Suzuki on the prospect depth chart for the Habs. He was much better in the world juniors than Suzuki. Really shows how we shouldn’t overate that tournament

I love how Hab fans thought that they were going to get a 1st round pick for Petry, And yet the best they could do was Matheson and a 4th round pick. Petry probably had his mind on Pittsburgh. And Hexy wasn't going to give up too much for him.

Flat cap era cost the habs proper value without a doubt.

 

[Jerkbait]

Sounds EXACTLY like Jeoffroy Petreux

Petry was absolutely brutal against the habs....by far the worst defenceman on the ice....maybe the habs fans here are in to something

 

[Natey]

Are you sure that's not because Montreal played colossally bad hockey across the board last year? We're talking worst team in the league by a longshot man.

*cough*

Wasn't just a Montreal thing. Happened in Edmonton too.

Luckily, he's a top caliber defenseman more often than not. But the bad is really bad.

 

[Turin]

Is this really going to be bumped every game? He had a bad game - so did most Pens, including Crosby, and they lost in OT.

 

[SomeDude]

Is this really going to be bumped every game? He had a bad game - so did most Pens, including Crosby, and they lost in OT.

Yes, whatever happens in the last 30 minutes is how the rest of a player’s career is going to go. Until the next 30 minutes, that is.

 

[DearDiary]

3 penalties and a street pylon impression against his old team. Dark money at play?

 

[smirob]

Hard to evaluate this trade, im confident that Matheson will turn it on when he returns.

 

[Captain Mountain]

Are you sure that's not because Montreal played colossally bad hockey across the board last year? We're talking worst team in the league by a longshot man.

1. Petry, like many D-men, runs hot and cold.
2. Montreal wasn't worst by a longshot, they barely had a worse record than Arizona and were generally better in most predicitve categories.
3. The whole thing with Petry was that he was awful in the 1st half and one of the best D-men in the NHL once Ducharme was fired and MSL took over.

 

[Chose]

I love how Hab fans thought that they were going to get a 1st round pick for Petry, And yet the best they could do was Matheson and a 4th round pick. Petry probably had his mind on Pittsburgh. And Hexy wasn't going to give up too much for him.

Wasn't Matheson a 1st round pick ? Isn't he still developping into a good player ? I mean, 20+ minutes per game is pretty solid. A younger Petry sounds like a good evaluation...

Like it was said, he could pretty much pull a Petry and become a better player than he was in Florida, was already better as a Pen...

And Petry can... get older and older...

 

[CTHabsfan]

I love how Hab fans thought that they were going to get a 1st round pick for Petry, And yet the best they could do was Matheson and a 4th round pick. Petry probably had his mind on Pittsburgh. And Hexy wasn't going to give up too much for him.

I love how non-Hab fans thought there was no way the Canadiens would be able to trade Petry, unless they were willing to retain 50%. Some didn't even think Petry could be moved with 50% retention.

 

[Rob Sense]

I love how non-Hab fans thought there was no way the Canadiens would be able to trade Petry, unless they were willing to retain 50%. Some didn't even think Petry could be moved with 50% retention.

non Habs fans are worse at evaluating Habs players compared to Habs fans...as hard as that is to imagine!

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDo]

Pens fans getting down on Petry already (phrasing) may want to reevaluate

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