Rumor: Post-season Rumour Talk

[Adam Michaels]

Take this with a grain of salt of course. And I'm aware this may be moved. But I thought it may need its own speculation thread.

Credit also to @417 for posting it first in the Trade Proposals Thread.

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[Rico Suave]

i would take that deal and run lol

 

[Andrei79]

Seems like a no brainer to me. Why would Philly want this though ?

 

[417]

Seems like a no brainer to me. Why would Philly want this though ?

Because they're loaded with LHD and Shaw & Byron are very useful players

 

[Adam Michaels]

Two things:

1) it would make sense if Habs are in talks with Philly. I look at the Michel Therrien connection. I know he's not the head coach. But moves have been made before because an assistant coach has a familiarity with a player.

2) it's been noted that Ghost is a LD but has played RD mostly. I don't know how true that is because when I look at Daily Face-Off, he's usually listed on the left. And they don't make those up at that site.

 

[Adam Michaels]

By the way, it is close to MB's June 15th major trade deadline. With the Drouin/Sergachev and Domi/Galchenyuk both being made on June 15th, exactly a year apart.

 

[Fazkovsky]

Byron and Shaw arent trash

Its just we would need to add maybe a second

 

[Ozmodiar]

/ TFP

 

[WinterLion]

A move like this makes a lot of sense. I'm not sure that I would want to give up Shaw though... just because we don't have a similar player that could do what he does.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Byron and Shaw arent trash

Its just we would need to add maybe a second

I'd be surprised if it's a 1-for-1. So maybe a pick or a low level prospect goes the other way.

If it is a 1-for-1, as much as I love both those players, I'd tell Philly to pick whichever they want, Shaw or Byron.

 

[Michoulicious]

The add on Montreal part would have to be significant for sure, even if Ghost had a shitty year.

Shaw+?Ylonen?, more?

 

[Adam Michaels]

/ TFP

Hence the "take this with a grain of salt."

 

[Adam Michaels]

The add on Montreal part would have to be significant for sure, even if Ghost had a ****ty year.

Shaw+?Ylonen?, more?

More? For Ghost alone? I think two assets, one with NHL experience that steps into your line-up right away and another that isn't far? I think that would be enough.

 

[Fazkovsky]

We should make it more spicy

Byron or shaw + 2nd + mete for ghost and ratcliffe?

 

[habsfan891]

I'd do shaw or byron and a 2nd for ghost so fast the pen would set the paper on fire

 

[417]

Two things:

1) it would make sense if Habs are in talks with Philly. I look at the Michel Therrien connection. I know he's not the head coach. But moves have been made before because an assistant coach has a familiarity with a player.

2) it's been noted that Ghost is a LD but has played RD mostly. I don't know how true that is because when I look at Daily Face-Off, he's usually listed on the left. And they don't make those up at that site.

Like I said yesterday...the Flyers were running a D squad with 5 LHD last year

* Provorov
* Sanheim
* Hagg
*MacDonald
*Ghost

So i'm sure he played the right side throughout many of their D pair rotations, but he's left handed naturally. So I think that point is moot.

 

[Runner77]

/ TFP

Not buying this until Pagnotta jumps in to confirm.

 

[417]

I don't buy this for the same reason.

It's worth the discussion...lord knows we discuss trade proposals by fans on this board for days on end which are much less plausible/credible, then this one.

It's the time of year where speculation ramps up, sometimes it's just fun to discuss it without having to get wrapped up in their validity or eventuality.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Definitely fine with that trade. It hurts our forward depth a bit, but Byron was playing on the 4th line last year anyway when everyone was healthy, and Shaw is injury prone.

For the 2nd consecutive summer, Bergevin seems to understand our needs - Ghost is a definite need. Did he get a brain transplant or a new advisor?

 

[Tuggy]

Shaw had a good year but the Habs need to improve the top 4 D.

We'll see what happens but Ghost makes sense.

 

[Runner77]

It's worth the discussion...lord knows we discuss trade proposals by fans on this board for days on end which are much less plausible/credible, then this one.

It's the time of year where speculation ramps up, sometimes it's just fun to discuss it without having to get wrapped up in their validity or eventuality.

Never said it wasn't worth the discussion. It's always great to speculate.

Not a TFP believer, is all. Surprised Pagnotta wasn't involved in this.

 

[Vachon23]

Definitely fine with that trade. It hurts our forward depth a bit, but Byron was playing on the 4th line last year anyway when everyone was healthy, and Shaw is injury prone.

For the 2nd consecutive summer, Bergevin seems to understand our needs - Ghost is a definite need. Did he get a brain transplant or a new advisor?

Or his advisor is gone ?

 

[the]

I just find it odd since Michou and Shaw weren’t in good terms.

 

[Ozmodiar]

Definitely fine with that trade. It hurts our forward depth a bit, but Byron was playing on the 4th line last year anyway when everyone was healthy, and Shaw is injury prone.

For the 2nd consecutive summer, Bergevin seems to understand our needs - Ghost is a definite need. Did he get a brain transplant or a new advisor?

do you think you might be jumping the gun here?

 

[Hfbsux]

Definitely fine with that trade. It hurts our forward depth a bit, but Byron was playing on the 4th line last year anyway when everyone was healthy, and Shaw is injury prone.

For the 2nd consecutive summer, Bergevin seems to understand our needs - Ghost is a definite need. Did he get a brain transplant or a new advisor?

For some reason, I think Dudley's departure helps.