GDT: Trade Deadline Day

[morhilane]

hard to say but he might have alot of weight to move this summer. Wonder if he is thinking moving Savard if he can't unload JE?

Hughes doesn't need to move anyone with term this deadline or this summer. Habs are freeing plenty of cap space via the UFAs leaving to resign the RFAs.

It would be great to move Eddy to free a spot at LD, but the team will have the same D as this season if he doesn't and one of the LD will just play RD + rotation and Wideman as the 7th/8th D.

 

[417]

If we're going to get a second or third round pick for ED I would hold on to until next year and roll the dice again

Really? Interesting.

It's the opposite for me, if a team is willing to send the Habs a 2nd or 3rd, he's outta here.

It's worth it just to take his money off the books and give space for the other numerous LHDs that will have to play their RHD next year if he's not moved.

 

[RationalExpectations]

hard to say but he might have alot of weight to move this summer. Wonder if he is thinking moving Savard if he can't unload JE?

Would be a mistake in my opinion, Savard is one the guys happy to be here, you need to build on that kind of guy

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Wats]

Feel likes Hughes held out trading our guys thinking the offers would increase and now teams have moved on and made their moves already

I think no one really was interested. A lot of the players moved are better than Drouin/Hoffman/Armia/Pitlick/etc. Feel like if anything, teams will start to circle back to Montreal now that nothing is really left. Doesn't help the biggest value players (Monahan/Edmundson) both injury prone with ton of missed games leading up to the deadline. Bergevin special gift to the team.

 

[the]

Aweille Kent Snooze osti!!

 

[Kairi Zaide]

Feel like HuGo won't trade Edmundson and will rather wait next season to trade him as a rental if they don't get offered what they want (which I assume would be at least a 2nd round pick), hoping he bounces back. But even if he doesn't and continues playing like this, his value as a rental should be slightly higher (maybe like a 3rd round pick on name + size value).

Honestly not expecting much movement - maybe Drouin if a team bites.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Hughes doesn't need to move anyone with term this deadline or this summer. Habs are freeing plenty of cap space via the UFAs leaving to resign the RFAs.

It would be great to move Eddy to free a spot at LD, but the team will have the same D as this season if he doesn't and one of the LD will just play RD + rotation and Wideman as the 7th/8th D.

The main reason would be more to free up roster spots rather than clear cap space. Assuming we sign our RFAs, we have 15 forwards signed next year and 9 D.

We then have guys like Farrell, Beck, Heineman, Roy and even Norlinder/Beaudin who can push for a roster spot if they have strong camps next year.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Seriously? Maybe I don't know how AHL playoffs work as I see 4 teams well ahead of them in the North Division and 7 teams in the Atlantic. How many teams make the playoffs from their conference? More than 8?

5 teams make the playoffs in the North Division.

The 4th and 5th placed teams play each other in a Best-of-3. The winner faces the 1st place team in the second round. Meanwhile, the 2nd and 3rd placed teams play each other in the second round.

So as things stand now, Laval would face Rochester in a Best-of-3 and the winner would face Toronto in the 2nd round. Meanwhile, Utica would face Syracuse.

 

[Agalloch]

So 5 from the North as well? Laval is 4 points away from being the worst team in their conference

Eastern Conference	GP	GR	W	L	OTL	SOL	PTS	PCT	RW	ROW	GF	GA	STK	P10	PIM
1	Toronto Marlies	54	18	37	14	2	1	77	0.713	30	34	187	162	1-0-0-0	6-3-1-0	681
2	Hershey Bears	53	19	33	13	5	2	73	0.689	26	29	159	136	1-0-0-0	5-3-1-1	592
3	Providence Bruins	53	19	31	12	8	2	72	0.679	24	28	160	146	0-2-0-0	6-3-1-0	761
4	Charlotte Checkers	53	19	30	18	3	2	65	0.613	20	26	168	160	0-1-0-0	6-3-1-0	707
5	Syracuse Crunch	52	20	26	19	4	3	59	0.567	23	24	183	169	2-0-0-0	5-5-0-0	845
6	Utica Comets	53	19	26	20	5	2	59	0.557	20	25	159	159	3-0-0-0	4-6-0-0	634
7	Springfield Thunderbirds	52	20	26	20	2	4	58	0.558	19	24	159	156	1-0-0-0	6-3-1-0	677
8	Lehigh Valley Phantoms	53	19	26	21	3	3	58	0.547	19	23	160	163	1-0-0-1	5-4-0-1	707
9	Rochester Americans	51	21	26	21	3	1	56	0.549	19	25	168	171	0-1-0-0	5-4-1-0	540
10	Bridgeport Islanders	53	19	24	21	7	1	56	0.528	18	23	175	174	1-0-0-0	5-4-1-0	707
11	Hartford Wolf Pack	52	20	23	20	3	6	55	0.529	17	21	155	163	4-0-0-0	6-4-0-0	614
12	Laval Rocket	53	19	22	22	7	2	53	0.500	18	21	195	195	1-0-0-0	5-4-1-0	654
13	Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins	53	19	22	23	3	5	52	0.491	14	18	143	153	0-2-1-0	2-5-1-2	588
14	Cleveland Monsters	52	20	22	24	4	2	50	0.481	16	19	169	199	0-3-1-0	5-4-1-0	642
15	Belleville Senators	54	18	22	27	4	1	49	0.454	14	18	170	202	0-1-0-0	5-5-0-0	856

Sorry I meant North.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Colezuki]

Good news I think anyone behind us getting even slightly better is a good thing

 

[417]

This is a player that's always intrigued me but it seems he's never put it quite together.

 

[26Mats]

The market and fanbases seem to want size and grit right now.

Eller goes for the same price as two small guys on pace for 60 points (Granlund and Domi). And both fanbases bemoaned the Domi and Granlund acquisitions!

Makes you wonder what kind of offers Hughes has turned down to keep Josh Anderson here.

 

[Milhouse40]

Feel like HuGo won't trade Edmundson and will rather wait next season to trade him as a rental if they don't get offered what they want (which I assume would be at least a 2nd round pick), hoping he bounces back. But even if he doesn't and continues playing like this, his value as a rental should be slightly higher (maybe like a 3rd round pick on name + size value).

Honestly not expecting much movement - maybe Drouin if a team bites.

You might be right.....but the rumors that he had to play last night for some team to move and the everybody talking like he mostly gone for sure, not so sure he won't be traded.

 

[Adam Michaels]

You have to think Jo, a pending UFA, could get something if Vrana, a guy whose been buried in the minors, is traded even if he has another year left.

 

[salbutera]

This is a player that's always intrigued me but it seems he's never put it quite together.

Hughes & Guerin are good buddies & Greenway ideally would complement Suzuki / Caufield tandem, allowing Grurianov to slot w Dach

All in an ideal world…

 

[Kairi Zaide]

You might be right.....but the rumors that he had to play last night for some team to move and the everybody talking like he mostly gone for sure, not so sure he won't be traded.

Honestly I would much rather keep him, as he has more value for us that way (in that he is a hell of a tank commander). So I hope that's not the case and that his play last night convinced GMs to not trade for him.

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Naslundforever]

Makes me sad. He’s a good guy. And was a good add to the team.

Why is everyone talking about Edmunson in past tense?

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Colezuki]

Why is everyone talking about Edmunson in past tense?

Lot of quotes last night suggesting that the team thinks he's being traded today

 

[Milhouse40]

If that 3rd team is Arizona I will lose it

 

[Colezuki]

My crazy expectation Trade that could happen today, it's been really quiet around the Habs, It's been really quiet around the islanders. Yet the islanders have what's been noted as $7,3 or something in cap space. Could see them try and make a trade for both Anderson and Edmunson for 2024 1st, and a couple good prospects

 

[morhilane]

The main reason would be more to free up roster spots rather than clear cap space. Assuming we sign our RFAs, we have 15 forwards signed next year and 9 D.

We then have guys like Farrell, Beck, Heineman, Roy and even Norlinder/Beaudin who can push for a roster spot if they have strong camps next year.

Norlinder/Beaudin are not going to be pushing for a roster spot next season, that would mean they are better than Guhle, Harris, Barron and Xhekaj. It's not the vets blocking D prospects for a roster spot, it's other prospects.

Habs have to purge their RFAs/prospects they don't want this off-season thought. They need contract slots to sign prospects with expiring rights and contract that aren't sliding anymore because of player age. But that's not done at the deadline, it's done at the draft.