Edited Feb. 16, 2020 at 10:52 p.m.
Quoting: F50marco
Based on what we know, how confident are you the Habs can make the playoffs next year? (Excluding the Habs getting lucky with Laf this year haha)
IMHO, enough is enough. Either its injuries that get us or its Price not playing well or its our top scorers not going or its EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE AFTER EXCUSE.....How about the most obvious explanation? The team is simply not good enough? If that is the case how do we get the high end good players? Through the draft. How do you get the high end draft picks? By trading your good assets!
Petry will be 33 by this time next year...... he's having a career year. Habs are not winning the cup next year either and resigning Petry when he is 35 is the dumbet thing I can think of. NOW is the best time to move an asset like that who you used wisely these past years and only paid a 2nd and a 5th for in the first place.
I'm so sick of mediocrity
@Captainflynnt, I'm so tired of seeing guys like Kovalchuk be talked about as our savior for next year......... Can't we just be lucky that we took a chance on a guy for free and turned him into a free asset? Why do we have to go another step and resign the 37 year old... Like he's the missing piece that will get us in the playoffs.... This team is simply not good enough.
What are we afraid of exactly with trading Petry this year? That the Habs will suck next year because they don't have someone to replace him? NEWSFLASH: The Habs have been sucky
regardless. Whats another few spots worse? Especially when we could get a massive haul for Petry now?.
Ok
/endrant. 
If the habs trade Petry, then you have to tear it down... I doubt Weber and Price will be sticking around if the habs aren't trying to make the playoffs. If they go, what about Gallagher and Armia the next year when they are UFA's? All of a sudden this becomes a long rebuild, I don't think anyone wants that (no playoffs 3 years in a row is already enough).
I think MTL needs to be careful when they decide which players they plan on selling. I don't see any downside to keeping Petry for next season.
If they trade Petry they would have to be getting a potential replacement top 4 RHD that could be ready next year. Like the Jets did with Trouba for Poink.
Edit:
They will turn Kovalchuk into an asset. Should have kept him on the 1st line with Danault, his trade value has been dropping since they were broken up. Kovalchuk's size and creativity was a good compliment to the Danault line. I actually think they were more effective when Gallagher was hurt, Danault specifically seemed to be playing his best hockey of the season, he and Kovalchuk had instant chemistry.
Edit ×2:
To be specific, Kovalchuk had 8 pts in 8 games while gallagher was out of the lineup. With gallagher in the lineup, Kovalchuk has 4 pts in 10 games. Gallagher had 5 pts in the 10 games he played on the top line over Kovalchuk.
In summary, Kovy had 8 pts in 8 games when playing with Danault, vs. Kovy and Gallagher combining for only 9 pts in 20 games after screwing up that line.
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