Will some people own up to their own criticism

Created by: KentMcNally

Team: 2023-24 Montreal Canadiens

Initial Creation Date: Feb. 2, 2024

Published: Feb. 2, 2024

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Are there people out there who are willing to step up and say "I got it wrong" on the Monahan trade? I am especially wondering about the people who went over the top and called every member of the Habs fan base "delusional" when a trade for a first round pick was suggested. I remember one person saying to me on here: Montreal would be lucky to get a third round pick for Monahan with 50% retained". Heck I though that Montreal might even retain some on the Monahan contract, but they did not.
And believe me, I cringed too when I saw some really outlandish trades from some Habs fans, so I am not saying that all Habs fans are great either.
It would be great, though, if some people (the few bad apples, not everyone) were a bit more respectful with their comments moving forward. Everyone can get things wrong from time to time, but acting as though you know what is going to happen with teams and using insults is just juvenile. Perhaps I am fighting a losing battle on that front.

Hopefully Monahan does well with Winnipeg, but now I have to cheer against the Jets when the playoffs roll around, because I want that pick to be as high as possible. That is not great, because I like the Jets and in any other year I would hope they do well.

Trades

MTL

2024 First Round Pick
2027 Conditional Third Round Pick

WPG

Sean Monahan

Buyouts

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

ROSTER

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ROSTER SIZE	SALARY CAP	CAP HIT	OVERAGES	BONUSES	CAP SPACE
21	$83,500,000	$74,200,416	$1,170,000	$3,977,500	$9,299,584

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	Gallagher, Brendan $6,500,000$6,500,000 RW, LW M-NTC, NMC UFA - 4
Pearson, Tanner $3,250,000$3,250,000 LW 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
Harvey-Pinard, Rafaël $1,100,000$1,100,000 LW, RW RFA - 2		Armia, Joel $3,400,000$3,400,000 RW, LW UFA - 2
Pezzetta, Michael $812,500$812,500 LW, RW UFA - 2		Slafkovsky, Juraj $950,000$950,000 ($3,500,000$4M) RW, LW RFA - 2
		Ylönen, Jesse $775,000$775,000 RW, LW RFA - 1

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	Allen, Jake $1,925,000$1,925,000 G M-NTC UFA - 2
Harris, Jordan $1,400,000$1,400,000 LD/RD RFA - 2	Kovacevic, Johnathan $766,667$766,667 RD UFA - 2	Montembeault, Samuel $1,000,000$1,000,000 G UFA - 1
Struble, Jayden $867,500$867,500 ($57,500$58K) LD RFA - 2		Primeau, Cayden $890,000$890,000 G RFA - 2
Guhle, Kaiden $863,333$863,333 ($420,000$420K) LD/RD RFA - 2
Xhekaj, Arber $828,333$828,333 LD/RD RFA - 1

Scratches	Injured Reserve (IR)	Long Term IR (LTIR)
	Dvorak, Christian $4,450,000$4,450,000 C M-NTC UFA - 2	Price, Carey $10,500,000$10,500,000 G NMC UFA - 3
	Dach, Kirby $3,362,500$3,362,500 C, RW RFA - 3
	Newhook, Alex $2,900,000$2,900,000 C, LW RFA - 4
	Wideman, Chris $762,500$762,500 RD UFA - 1

Top Comments

Feb. 2 at 12:40 p.m.

BigBadBurke

PittsburghModelMyAss

Joined: Aug. 2020

Posts: 3,383

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They will never... but they know that we know who they are, and that's enough for me.

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Feb. 2 at 12:41 p.m.

SevenLeg

Hop on the Slaftrain

Joined: Feb. 2019

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It’s probably easier to come back next year in TDL season and say how delusional and out of touch MTL fans are, and how Chiarot and Monahan deals were fluke. And it’s not exclusive to Jets fans.

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Feb. 2 at 12:41 p.m.

Faulk_my_Dzingel

Smythe.over.Hart

Joined: Jul. 2019

Posts: 3,035

Likes: 2,350

It's a win for both teams in my opinion. Winnipeg adds without changing their lineup too much. Habs get a late 1st for a guy who could have signed anywhere. Monahan is the biggest winner in this!

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Feb. 2 at 12:42 p.m.

Caniac555

Hurricane Waddell

Joined: May 2018

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From a context perspective, I said they wouldn’t get a 1st and they did. That’s great, and by the letter of the written word I was wrong. However, can we please not forget the Habs fans that were out there saying you were getting Kakko + or a First and a top prospect?

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Feb. 2 at 12:43 p.m.

Joblow

Joined: Jan. 2022

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If you expect apologies you will wait a long time. People enjoy pissing on Habs fan. Take that as a victory and let them go, most of them doesn’t have any knowledge about hockey in general and doesn’t watch any hockey game other than their respective team. I call them the Hockey Db specialitst, very good at pointing up stats but when it’s time to put a perspective on those stats they aren’t able to make a coherent sentence.

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