Rumor: There have been rumors/ proposai of an exchange between the Nashville Predators and the Montreal Canadiens just before the draft..

[Nevins]

This trade/ suggestion was reported by Cédrick Gervais, from the site Marqueur.com while Charles-Alexis Brisebois from the site Danslescoulisses.com suggests nothing less than a trade with the Nashville Predators.Here It is:



To Montreal
Yaroslav Askarov and this year's 15th overall pick

To Nashville
This year's fifth overall pick

Would you have done it?

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[Toene]

I've seen Askarov play live when the Admirals came to Laval this year and I was impressed by his talent. I'm not sure I'd trade Reinbacher for him, but he's one of the best (if not the best) goaltender prospect in the world.

 

[Scriptor]

This trade/ suggestion was reported by Cédrick Gervais, from the site Marqueur.com while Charles-Alexis Brisebois from the site Danslescoulisses.com suggests nothing less than a trade with the Nashville Predators.Here It is:



To Montreal
Yaroslav Askarov and this year's 15th overall pick

To Nashville
This year's fifth overall pick

Would you have done it?

NO

 

[Nevins]

Me Yes because a #1 goalie is so hard to find and Axel Sandin PELLIKKA was still available at 15….

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[Kaladin]

Given who we ended up picking 100% yes. Would solve at least one part of our future spine at #1 G. Although he's had some growing pains in his first year in NA I think he'll adjust and rally next year to show his true talent.

 

[domiwroze]

No.

Goalies hold very little value on the market, they move a lot from team to team and they can fall off a cliff any day of the week. Good goalies are always made available, via trade and even via UFAs, see Ullmark for example. It's not that hard to find one if you are willing to pay a 5th overall, you could do better than Askarov. Also it doesn't fit the Habs timeline to buy in on a goalie right now, we would burn him in the NHL or he'd be stuck in Laval competing with Primeau and Dobes.

Even if Askarov would be in his prime, Nashville would never get better value than this trade offer since he would be stuck behind Saros and GMs would lowball Nashville into trading one of them for cheap.

The goalie situation can be fixed when the time has come to compete.

 

[Walrus26]

I'd do a deal for Askarov for sure.

But not that deal.

 

[ReHabs]

Trading down ten spots is a sucker move. Goalies are valuable but erratic.

 

[BehindTheTimes]

Goalies are valuable to the team that they play for, but on the market they just don’t have that much value. I would never in my life spend a top 5 pick on a goalie. Too unpredictable, and there is not enough separation between the 1st best goalie and the 15th best goalie to justify it.

The answer is a resounding No from me.

 

[Archijerej]

If our scouting staff could vouch for Askarov the way they did for Price, then yes, I would consider it. Other than that, I don't think spending a 5th OA pick on a goalie is a particularly good idea.

As a side note, Nashville's offer is a good indication of what an organization that's arguably the best in the NHL at identifying and developing defencemen thinks of Reinbacher. Because it is he they wanted to trade for, isn't it?

 

[WeThreeKings]

No, but if they added their other 1st and. 2nd I'd have done it.

But we got Fowler round 3 so I'm happy with how it played out. I had a first round grade on Fowler and he was my 2nd best goalie of the class behind Hrabal

 

[BehindTheTimes]

If our scouting staff could vouch for Askarov the way they did for Price, then yes, I would consider it. Other than that, I don't think spending a 5th OA pick on a goalie is a particularly good idea.

As a side note, Nashville's offer is a good indication of what an organization that's arguably the best in the NHL at identifying and developing defencemen thinks of Reinbacher. Because it is he they wanted to trade for, isn't it?

I don’t think we know who they wanted.

 

[DAChampion]

I don’t think we know who they wanted.

That Nashville wanted Reinbacher is part of these rumours.

 

[Frankenheimer]

Before the summer is out, Reinbacher will be the consensus 1OA on this board.

 

[Colezuki]

I don’t think we know who they wanted.

It's pretty well noted now that they wanted Reinbacher

Before the summer is out, Reinbacher will be the consensus 1OA on this board.

Stop being dramatic, there was a top 4, everyone else and then a dramatic group claiming Michkov was 2nd best.

 

[BLONG7]

No.............not a chance.

 

[WeThreeKings]

It's pretty well noted now that they wanted Reinbacher

Stop being dramatic, there was a top 4, everyone else and then a dramatic group claiming Michkov was 2nd best.

Where's the info that Nashville was trying to get Reinbacher?

I didn't see that, but interesting if true and lines up with what I was hearing pre-draft (not about Nashville specifically, just that teams would be calling Montreal to try to get Reinbacher ahead of Arizona).

 

[Frankenheimer]

It's pretty well noted now that they wanted Reinbacher

Stop being dramatic, there was a top 4, everyone else and then a dramatic group claiming Michkov was 2nd best.

It’s been widely reported on the internets that Chicago wanted to trade down with us so they could draft Reinbacher. But Hughes wouldn’t budge. Sounds like the fifth pick was the best pick or the draft this year!

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

No, but if they added their other 1st and. 2nd I'd have done it.

But we got Fowler round 3 so I'm happy with how it played out. I had a first round grade on Fowler and he was my 2nd best goalie of the class behind Hrabal

I would have done 15th, 22nd and Askarov.

 

[StCaufield]

I wouldn’t have done it if we planned on taking michkov or Leonard

It's pretty well noted now that they wanted Reinbacher

Stop being dramatic, there was a top 4, everyone else and then a dramatic group claiming Michkov was 2nd best.

It’s noted but doesn’t mean it’s fact. You think they’d say they didn’t?

 

[Colezuki]

Where's the info that Nashville was trying to get Reinbacher?

I didn't see that, but interesting if true and lines up with what I was hearing pre-draft (not about Nashville specifically, just that teams would be calling Montreal to try to get Reinbacher ahead of Arizona).

https://www.tvasports.ca/2023/07/18/les-equipes-sarrachaient-reinbacher-au-repechage

to summarize, Arizona, Nashville and Philly all tried to move up and Nashville wanted to do so to grab reinbacher, Arizona wanted reinbacher and Philly also loved reinbacher.

 

[WeThreeKings]

https://www.tvasports.ca/2023/07/18/les-equipes-sarrachaient-reinbacher-au-repechage

to summarize, Arizona, Nashville and Philly all tried to move up and Nashville wanted to do so to grab reinbacher, Arizona wanted reinbacher and Philly also loved reinbacher.

Yep, makes sense.

People can punch down on Pronman as a scout (I do on occasion. I think if you balance Pronman and Wheeler out, you get a better perspective) but he's been doing work with scouts, at the combine, and he knows what is going on at the top of the last two drafts.

 

[Adam Michaels]

This trade/ suggestion was reported by Cédrick Gervais, from the site Marqueur.com while Charles-Alexis Brisebois from the site Danslescoulisses.com suggests nothing less than a trade with the Nashville Predators.Here It is:



To Montreal
Yaroslav Askarov and this year's 15th overall pick

To Nashville
This year's fifth overall pick

Would you have done it?

No I wouldn't.

Nashville would have to add more assets for me to be willing to move back 10 spots. Had Nashville had the 8th or 9th pick, and Habs end up moving back 3 or 4 spots, then I would do it to get my hands on Askarov because Habs remain in the Top-10 in such a hypothetical move while getting their hands on a very promising goaltending prospect.

But to move back 10 spots only to get Askarov out of it is not a good deal to make. I don't think it's worth it.

 

[Nevins]

That Nashville wanted Reinbacher is part of these rumours.

Yup

 

[Milhouse40]

Nope, would not have done it as goalie is the hardest position to predict.
I'd love to get Askarov but for that price.