Lindros 2

Team: 2020-21 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Sep. 27, 2020

Published: Sep. 27, 2020

Salary Cap Mode: Basic

Just for fun, I wanted to see what a Lindros-type trade would look like if you swapped Lindros for Lafreniere. Obviously this trade won't happen (GM's learn from their mistakes) but I was bored, okay?

I tried my best to match up the values of the players today to the players in the original trade.

Cole Caufield - Peter Forsberg
Their playing styles are different, but Caufield is the around age Forsberg was and has a similar ceiling.

Max Domi-Mike Ricci
Similar point totals throughout their careers, and they're both centres. Ricci was younger at the time of the trade, but not everything can be exact.

Ryan Poehling-Chris Simon
Simon was a depth guy who put up crazy penalty minutes. Poehling is a depth guy who has the size to put up crazy penalty minutes. Both have played LW.

Kerry Huffman-Brett Kulak
Depth D who found himself in the AHL sometimes. Sounds like Kulak (this year's playoffs notwithstanding). Both were around the same age at the time of the trade, and don't put up crazy points.

Steve Duchesne-Jeff Petry
Both are good offensive defensemen. Duchesne put up more points but in the 80's. Duchesne was one of the older guys in this trade so it makes sense to match him with Petry.

Ron Hextall-Jake Allen
Hextall might be closer to Price but Hextall wasn't making 10 mill. Hextall only played in 45 games in 1991-92, which indicates that the Flyers were comfortable enough with their goalie situation to trade him. That isn't the case with the Habs and Price, so I put in Allen.

the '93 and '94 picks were a year and two years away, respectively. They correspond with the 2021 and 2022 picks.

Cash is still cash.

This trade in its modern form is still a massive overpayment, and really shows me how much of a steal this was for the Avs.