Question to my fellow Hab fans

Created by: Jay27

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Dec. 23, 2023

Published: Dec. 23, 2023

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I think one thing most of my fellow Habs fans will agree on is the rebuild is missing a major piece. A game breaking offensive talent and they are tough to come by so it won’t come cheap. I’m talking a roster player, a 1st and a top prospect.

So here is my question to all of you.
If you were Hugo would you agree to include either Lane Hutson or Kaiden Guhle in a package deal if it meant getting that game breaking talent?

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Karl Alzner: $833,333

Retained Salary Transactions

Joel Edmundson: $1,750,000 (50%)
Jeff Petry: $2,343,750 (50%)

Draft	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
2024
2025
2026

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
23	$83,500,000	$78,904,583	$1,170,000	$4,267,500	$4,595,417

Left Wing	Centre	Right Wing
Caufield, Cole $7,850,000$7,850,000 LW, RW UFA - 8	Suzuki, Nick $7,875,000$7,875,000 C UFA - 7	Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2
Monahan, Sean $1,985,000$1,985,000 ($15,000$15K) C, LW, RW UFA - 1	Evans, Jake $1,700,000$1,700,000 C UFA - 2	Anderson, Josh $5,500,000$5,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC UFA - 4
Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Heineman, Emil $897,500$897,500 LW, RW RFA - 2	Stephens, Mitchell $775,000$775,000 C UFA - 1	Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2

Left Defense	Right Defense	Goaltender
Matheson, Michael $4,875,000$4,875,000 LD M-NTC UFA - 3	Savard, David $3,500,000$3,500,000 RD UFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2	Barron, Justin $925,000$925,000 ($275,000$275K) RD RFA - 1	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2	Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
	Lindström, Gustav $950,000$950,000 RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
	Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW UFA - 1
	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4
	Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2
	Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 2
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

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Dec. 23, 2023 at 11:57 a.m.

GuyGuyGuy

Prime Primeau

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Guhle definitely but not Hutson

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Dec. 23, 2023 at 12:04 p.m.

Campabee

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No not either, Hutson will be a gamebreaker from the back end and Guhle is the only LHD who can play top pairing both now and in the future. If you trade him who is going to be your 23+ minute a game LHD? Hutson won't be able to do that and none of Struble, Harris, Xhekaj, Engstrom or Norlinder are good enough to even consider trying it.

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Dec. 23, 2023 at 12:10 p.m.

Caufield

Sennecke is a gem

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I think "game-breaking" we should be talking at the minimum, Celebrini (which would be a good target). IMO, we have 4 guys with 80+ pt potential in the attack, but probably not a 105-115 pt guy, which is what we would trade for. So I would be opened (lets say we draft 9th OA this year) to possibly give Hutson to go and get Celebrini. However, I'm not sure its quite the move we should make though

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Dec. 23, 2023 at 12:43 p.m.

jpsnow13

You know nothing JS

Joined: Jan. 2017

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No. Plenty of other pieces to trade away.

Offensive talent without a strong Dcore doesn't win playoffs games. See: Toronto.

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Dec. 23, 2023 at 1:32 p.m.

jonh514

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I think this question shows a misunderstanding for where wins come from. Many high scoring teams cannot win because of poor defense.

Guhle held Connor Bedard in check last game. He has similarly held McDavid and Crosby in check on nights during his brief career. He really is not replaceable.

As for Hutson, offense starts from the Blueline. If you look at NYR, VAN, COL - they wouldn't trade their best offensive defender for a 1st line winger or center. I would hold Hutson in hopes he can be that guy for us.

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