Confirmed Trade: [VGK/MTL] Max Pacioretty for 2019 2nd round pick, Nick Suzuki, and Tomas Tatar Part II

[Hostile Offer]

Tatar's compete level has come as a big surprise to me. Dunno how he fit so poorly with that Vegas team.

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[Not The One]

This trade looked good at first, but right now it looks fantastic. I've always liked and defended Pacs so I hope he bounces back, but what a great deal for the Canadiens..

 

[Ducks in a row]

0 assists 1 goal 1 point -3 in 6 games so far with Vegas playing 17:04 per game. Not a good start at all for him.

 

[Deen]

Patches will light it up here soon. Silence before the storm for Vegas.

 

[CauZuki]

Tatar now with 7 pts in almost 5 games and has shown great chemistry with Gallagher.

 

[le_sean]

Patches will light it up here soon. Silence before the storm for Vegas.

Great. Tatar has battled for the puck more in 5 games than Max does in 82.

 

[Goodbahd]

Tatar is a perfect fit for Montreal and the Eastern Conference. Pacioretty will drown out West. Montreal clearly won his trade.

 

[TT1]

I can't help but feel bad for Tats.

From a dumpster fire of a team, to a huge contender and now an even bigger dumpster fire.

an even bigger dumpster fire

 

[Vegan Knight]

Tatar's compete level has come as a big surprise to me. Dunno how he fit so poorly with that Vegas team.

He had no finish. There were not problems with his work ethic or his ability to get into good positions where he got chances, he just never finished them. And that isn't such an exaggeration.

The four goals he scored for Vegas included two whiffs that went in because the opposing goalie was expecting him to get off a much better shot. He just didn't have it in him to put the puck in the net for us.

It may have been a one season blip but he had absolutely no finish for Vegas or else he might still be with the team. I think Vegas fans were hoping for a bounce back season for him before the trade. I think he was an easy player to root for. He seems like a hard working player so good for him.

 

[DoobieDubas]

Not to chirp at all but just reading your compete comments, its crazy that patches was the captain.

 

[Hostile Offer]

He had no finish. There were not problems with his work ethic or his ability to get into good positions where he got chances, he just never finished them. And that isn't such an exaggeration.

The four goals he scored for Vegas included two whiffs that went in because the opposing goalie was expecting him to get off a much better shot. He just didn't have it in him to put the puck in the net for us.

It may have been a one season blip but he had absolutely no finish for Vegas or else he might still be with the team. I think Vegas fans were hoping for a bounce back season for him before the trade. I think he was an easy player to root for. He seems like a hard working player so good for him.

He's not exactly ripping it with his shot in Montreal either so far, he just goes into the dirty areas all the time and has got some goals from there so I can believe your narrative. But in Detroit he was absolutely not known for that. Dude has a great shot and a great set of hands, it's gonna be pretty sweet if he gets that part of his game going too at some point.

 

[TT1]

He seems to have really good chemistry with Gallagher in particular, they're always close to each other on the ice so they support each other really well with small passes.

 

[HuGo Sham]

that line is a pain in the pass. come to think of it, habs top 9 waterbugs are all a pain in the ass

 

[Gainesvillain]

Tatar is not nearly as soft as I expected. He's far exceeded expectations.

But yeah..it's October 15th

 

[Foppberg]

Great trade by the Habs. Always felt like Tatar had a bit of untapped potential, wouldn't be surprised to see him have a career year.

 

[Deen]

I was big on Tatar and Nyquist carrying the torch for Detroit. I am not suprised Tatar is breaking out.

 

[LarKing]

I love Tatar but he is streaky as all hell. Montreal will see the bad side soon enough. I do think he’s a legit top 6 forward still though.

 

[Passchendaele]

Let's not get ahead of ourselves after four games.

I shall remind you that Jason King was once atop of the NHL in goals.

 

[Mr Positive]

it's a bit funny that Tatar was the cap dump in the trade.

 

[Deadpool8812]

can't believe their re-signed him so quickly...pretty sure this is a move that Vegas will regret

 

[The Great Weal]

Tatar's shown more effort in the first few games as a Hab than Pacioretty has last year.

 

[HuGo Sham]

Tatar is not nearly as soft as I expected. He's far exceeded expectations.

But yeah..it's October 15th

just has to go to the net and tap in the garbage while gallagher creates all kinds of chaos

 

[montreal]

he looked good tonight.

 

[Gainesvillain]

0 assists 1 goal 1 point -3 in 6 games so far with Vegas playing 17:04 per game. Not a good start at all for him.

Typical, though.

MaxPac will have a good run somewhere along the way to make the stat line look good, but there's no steady, reliable, predictable effort or results.

 

[Habs 4 Life]

Not much but Vegas is even paying a bit of his salary...... Just saying...