Welp. Which deal would Habs fans rather have?

VGK traded for a UFA
LAK only would trade if Pacioretty signed long term (leading to him firing longtime agent who is close friends with Marc Bergavin immediately after blocking the trade picking an Agent known to make GM's lives hard)

if VGK couldnt dump Tatar we wouldnt have got what we did .
VGK traded hoping to get a top 6 winger when they over paid at the Trade Deadline but he was on their team the 13th forward making 5.3m with term .

The LA deal would have been a better deal for Habs, in my opinion.

That LAK deal was contingent on Patches signing though..... Can't force Patches to sign somewhere he doesn't want to. Chances are if he would be a pure rental you'd have to remove Vilardi from the LAK deal. Pearson and Kupari or Tatar, Suzuki and a 2nd. I'll take the latter.

People forget Pearson in 26 years old. 1 year younger than Tatar and hasn't produced nearly as well as Tatar has.

I'm very pleased with the VGS deal. It should have been higher but with all the bad press and garbage PR talk, this was absolutely the best the Habs were going to get.

Hey man at least it wasn't as bad as the Shattenkirk ordeal. It went from Taylor Hall at the draft and then eight months later it's Zack Sanford and a first round pick. All because Shattenkirk was set on playing for the Rangers which ended up rebuilding as soon as they got him.

100%.
Suzuki is a legit prospect. like a solid B+ prospect with A- skill and speed