Confirmed Trade: [WPG/MTL] Joel Armia, Steve Mason, 2020 4th & 2019 7th to Habs for Simon Bourque

[Royale With Cheese]

If you guys traded Armia to resign Statsny, you are mad.

Why choose a player who turns 33 this year over a player who is at his prime?
You'd choose a player who is one big injury away from end of career?

PS. he has only 2 x full 82 and 1 x 81, 1 x 79 game seasons,12 seasons, in 8 of them
he has suffered some sort of injury, include 4 major injuries and 1 serious infection which
led to Appendectomy.

This was not about choosing Stastny over Armia, is that what you’re suggesting?

Trading Armia is dealing from a position of strength (enough young wingers) and using his value to get rid of a bad contract so you can do other things with the money saved. That may or may not be Stastny.

 

[Mestaruus]

Maybe a factor why Montreal acquired him?

Must be. Maybe Winnipeg offered some other player first as like many others here I find Armia as quite big payment by Winnipeg to get rid of Mason.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Maybe a factor why Montreal acquired him?

They're from the same small town in Finland. Armia played for Assat - Kotkaniemi's team.

 

[Hostile Offer]

Maybe a factor why Montreal acquired him?

Possibly a side thought but in reality it probably didn't matter a whole lot. Kotkaniemi is still at least a year or two away from the NHL, who knows what role Armia has in the team by the time Kotka makes it. Armia just happened to be expendable enough for the Jets to move him for cap space and Bergevin seized to it.

 

[Filthy Dangles]

And the Jets don't even get Stastny after all this. Brutal.

 

[broc]

Ya that sucks.

They should have at least had an agreement.
“If you agree to this term/money, we’ll clear some cap space to make it happen.”

Not.. “okay we cleared some space.. do you think you would sign with us.”

 

[Dirty Dog]

Hopefully the two annual Armia threads on the main board with “omg look at this” and “wow he is breaking out” will end

 

[Gabe Kupari]

And the Jets don't even get Stastny after all this. Brutal.

As a Jet fan i always thought they were clearing cap to sign their own guys. Stastny would have been nice but it would have to have been 1 yr low money to work.

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

Hopefully the two annual Armia threads on the main board with “omg look at this” and “wow he is breaking out” will end

With a trade to Montreal I'm expecting an increase if anything

 

[BrettHullsToe]

With a trade to Montreal I'm expecting an increase if anything

Maybe not, those threads usually came after he scored goals against the Stars, so that can only happen twice a year now ...he and Laine (and McDavid) just have a thing for Dallas.

 

[Mildan]

Why would they help the Jets out of their cap bind for nothing in return? And don't tell me Armia is some can't miss prospect, he's a 25 year old bottom six forward. He's not going to improve. I would have demanded at least a 2nd round pick for taking on Mason's contract.

Just came here to remind myself what Montreal had to give up to get Armia, but might as well point out that players at 25 can definately improve..