Proposal: Trades and Tribulations no. 70 (aka no. 69, part 2!)

[Runner77]

Prior thread is over the 1000 post limit.

Unleash your friendly fire!

Also, please take the poll. The Hammond and McNiven deals are minor and thus were excluded from consideration. Only the Toffoli trade was counted. All other trades from now on will be part of the totals.

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[Habs13]

I said 5. Because... he's already made three!

Toffoli/Hamburgler/Future Considerations


(Edit: just saw it said to exclude these. But I included them anyway. Because a trade is a trade mon esti!)

 

[MeanMugging91]

I'm thinking chiarot kulak and 1 more will be dealt. Any time now..

 

[Runner77]

I said 5. Because... he's already made three!

Toffoli/Hamburgler/Future Considerations


(Edit: just saw it said to exclude these. But I included them anyway. Because a trade is a trade mon esti!)

La police s'en vient t'voir, mon ta...!!!

 

[sheed36]

Trade thread no. 70 needs far less tirades and way more trades and rumors.

This link was posted in the hockey ops thread but should be posted here as well IMO. Interview that Hughes did with Engels that was posted today. Good read.

Q and A: Canadiens GM Hughes on trade deadline, St. Louis, Price and more - Sportsnet.ca

EE: How do you view Artturi Lehkonen’s situation—a pending RFA who’s a year away from UFA, a valuable player to your team but also on deck for a contract that could crowd your bottom-six forward group with another pricey player if you keep him?

KH: We’re not trying to trade him right now. I think I’ve said that about a number of players on our team. We’re not trying to trade them, but that doesn’t mean we wouldn’t receive phone calls with regards to them. And if something happens…

We weren’t specifically trying to trade Tyler Toffoli, either; it just materialized, through a conversation, with a deal we thought made sense for us and Calgary thought made sense for them.

I think I said it before; we’re not looking to do a fire sale here. And the more time we have to evaluate our group and make intelligent decisions, the better off we are.

EE: Are you trying to trade Shea Weber?

KH: Are we trying to trade him? No. We’ve had phone calls. There’s a lot of speculation and rumours.

I’ve read all kinds of things of we have scouts in different buildings. If they are, I’m not aware of it. There’s probably a lot out there that’s not necessarily accurate.

 

[McPhees Moustache]

Trade thread no. 70 needs far less tirades and way more trades and rumors.

This link was posted in the hockey ops thread but should be posted here as well IMO. Interview that Hughes did with Engels that was posted today. Good read.

Q and A: Canadiens GM Hughes on trade deadline, St. Louis, Price and more - Sportsnet.ca

Really liked Hughes response when asked about free agency :
"I don’t see us going after the biggest fish in the sea in free agency. If we’re talking about a (seven-year) max contract, I don’t think that’s what we’re looking to do here. But we’ll go into free agency with the objective of trying to accomplish certain things with our team that are going to match our overall plan."

Seen a few suggestions around here about signing Kadri/Giroux/etc. to big free agent deals and trying to compete next year. I think this hopefully puts that idea to rest - hold off on any big UFA signings until we're actually back into our competitive window (not before summer 2023 at the earliest)

 

[sheed36]

Really liked Hughes response when asked about free agency :
"I don’t see us going after the biggest fish in the sea in free agency. If we’re talking about a (seven-year) max contract, I don’t think that’s what we’re looking to do here. But we’ll go into free agency with the objective of trying to accomplish certain things with our team that are going to match our overall plan."

Seen a few suggestions around here about signing Kadri/Giroux/etc. to big free agent deals and trying to compete next year. I think this hopefully puts that idea to rest - hold off on any big UFA signings until we're actually back into our competitive window (not before summer 2023 at the earliest)

Yeah he wasn't gonna give too much info on what his plans really are but if that quote is accurate and they won't over spend on a max term UFA contract it should maybe ease a few minds around here. But we'll see what happens once the UFA silly season finally opens.

 

[Vachon23]

I voted 4, Toffoli/Chiarot/Kulak/Lehkonen

 

[habamillions]

Probably 4 including toffoli. So 3 more chiarot,kulak and hopefully gallagher but more like lehkonen

 

[Garbageyuk]

RADE EADLIN
ACH, 2022

 

[JoelWarlord]

4 IMO, Toffoli plus Lehkonen, Chiarot, and I'm penciling in one depth guy like Perreault or Paquette. Don't think Kulak moves, price doesn't sound like it will be high so I think they'll keep him around.

 

[lamp9post]

Habs have 6 games between now and the trade deadline. At what point do we shut down Chiarot?

Also, those next 6 games are against Vancouver, Seattle, Philadelphia, Arizona, Dallas, and Ottawa. Be prepared for us to continue our march up the standings.

 

[HuGo Sham]

i wrote two but i think chiarot, perreault, petry and maybe allen and wideman are all gone. i don't think they move lehky unless a team sees what danault is doing and blasts hughes away with an offer

 

[Habs10Habs]

I guessed 3, but I didn't include Toffoli. So duh, I meant 4.

 

[Colezuki]

That Eric Engels piece provided a lot of useful soundbites, my key takeaways

1. Chariot, Petry are not part of the Team's Core - Will Trade Chariot, will trade Petry
2. Lehkonen for the right offer but not actively looking to trade
3. Sounds like Marty will be extended
4. Sounds like NHL people think the draft is deeper then we do
"I think most people think it’s a deep draft at the very top end of it. My guess is there’s going to be really great players in this draft who go on to great careers in the NHL."
5. To me he has a value by player that he's established and if someone offers more value then that he says yes

So far loving the direction of the management team,

 

[JianYang]

I said two but three if we include toffoli.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

5.

1-Toffoli
2-Chariot
3-Lekhonen
4-Kulak
5-Wideman

6 if a team pull the trigger on Petry


None of those 5 players should be here next year anyways

 

[blarneylad]

Okay, 1) Chiarot
2) Paquette
3) Kulak

All for picks. Fingers crossed Ben gets us a 1st. 6th for pacques, and a 3rd for kulak

 

[Habs10Habs]

5.

1-Toffoli
2-Chariot
3-Lekhonen
4-Kulak
5-Wideman

6 if a team pull the trigger on Petry


None of those 5 players should be here next year anyways

Those are 5 great choices. Though I'm not sure if they'll move Wideman and Kulak. I have a feeling one of them will stay.

 

[MXD]

Why the hell would anyone trade for Paquette? You can't be NHL depth if you aren't an NHL'er.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Those are 5 great choices. Though I'm not sure if they'll move Wideman and Kulak. I have a feeling one of them will stay.

Keep wideman then he sucks but filler jersey i guess. Kulak can give us something back and he's barely a 6th dman

 

[Habs10Habs]

Keep wideman then he sucks but filler jersey i guess. Kulak can give us something back and he's barely a 6th dman

I'd be good with that.

 

[expy]

Why the hell would anyone trade for Paquette? You can't be NHL depth if you aren't an NHL'er.

If Bergevin can get hired elsewhere in the league after what he did to this team, then there are a whole lot of idiots who could potentially trade for players Bergevin thought were NHL calibre.

 

[EveryDay]

Toffoli + Chiarot + Kulak + Perreault + Wideman

5.

 

[Colezuki]

3
Toffoli, Chariot, Wideman/Kulak