Roslivic for Armia is a fair trade. Roslovic has been hampered because his coach is an imbecile.
Rumor: Victor Mete + Paul Byron on the block
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No interest in trading Armia. No interest in Roslovic. No room onour 4th line for him.
Weal and Kulak trades would barely make more space. MB said he want 1.5 million wiggle room.
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People saying these 2 have no value are kind of funny, they aren't garbage. I don't think they would return much especially in current environment but Byron is a good 3rd liner+dangerous PK'er and Mete has upside. Any team specifically looking to add SPEED would do alright with these guys, especially since they would be cheap. Montreal likes Byron but maybe the Habs' brass figures it doesn't make sense for Montreal to pay him $3.5 million for 4th line which is where he's fallen to with recent wing acquisitions.
Roslovic should be on a scoring line. I'd rather see him with KK than a stone hands like Armia.
I am not sure why Winnipeg would want to do this deal though. Armia may be the only play the Canadiens can move.
I mean, if we swap Weal+Kulak for 700k-ish guys, we would get the wiggle room, could work.
That’s the plan.
Weal in the Ahl, Evans centering the 4th line like he did in the playins. Juulsen or Fleury in for Kulak.
Or trade Lehkonen.
you do realize we are 300k over the cap so yes replacing 1 or 2 of byron, kulak and weal by entry level/close to league min contrats do it
and I really doubt that Byron doesn't get claimed on waivers, he's not garbage, yes 3 years is a long time but 3.4M for a 30 points elite defensive foward is good value. He's probably no longer a 20 goals scorer but he's still a very valuable player
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Mete at his salary someone will have interest in. I don't care for him but bottom pair d under 1m have value.
Byron absolutely no one is touching. At their salaries easily I would have chose C Smith or Namestnikov.
Byron absolutely no one is touching. At their salaries easily I would have chose C Smith or Namestnikov.
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Honestly as much as I like him I could see lehkonen getting moved cause he has legit value and just replacing him with a 700k guy.
That would give us about 1.5k in space which is what Bbinz said he wants. I'd rather keep him over Byron cause of age but I think Byron may require assets to move and we could get something for Lehkonen.
That would give us about 1.5k in space which is what Bbinz said he wants. I'd rather keep him over Byron cause of age but I think Byron may require assets to move and we could get something for Lehkonen.
Byron needs to go and the habs can add picks to make it happen. Seems a no brainer if it allows us to shore up the 4th line and give us a cap cushion.
Mete has positive value and the habs aren't really in a spot to shop one of the few guys that can skate well on our back end who also happens to be playing at league minimum. If he's traded it's because he's being added as a sweetener to one of our cap anchors like byron and/or weal.
Mete has positive value and the habs aren't really in a spot to shop one of the few guys that can skate well on our back end who also happens to be playing at league minimum. If he's traded it's because he's being added as a sweetener to one of our cap anchors like byron and/or weal.
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Or the 700k-1mil forward i was talking about. But yeah you aren't entirely wrong.
If we trade lehkonen we have 2.3mil in cap space. Then we sign or acquire 700k to 1 mil forward leaving us with 1.3 - 1.7 mil in space.
I'd rather trade Pauly but lehkonen could be the guy who has to go.
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I don't understand the logic in trading Mete. There's no cap savings there. He's already right around the minimum. And for what he brings, he's an enormous value at that cap hit.
I don't get it.
I don't get it.
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Prob just putting his name out there to see if he might land MCDavid or Kucherov....you know, for cap space.
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I think Byron is out there for cap reasons, while Mete is out there for asset management just to see what he could bring due to the logjam on the 3rd pair. Can't see teams being very interested in the other guys.
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I dunno, Byron is actually a good player. 3.2 is not alot for what he brings. Id take him on the sens over Tierney thata for sure he is much better.
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Speedy Byron is worth something. I would NEVER give him away for free. I'd rather have him on my team than pay for another team to have him. IMO, he's one of the best at PK and an excellent bottom-6 player. I would move several players before Byron.
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We won't receive enough value for Byron for what he's worth. His contract isn't great too.
Mete, at 700K, is an incredible contract. We shoud keep that at all cost.
Mete, at 700K, is an incredible contract. We shoud keep that at all cost.
