Quoting: habs_fan123
i just think that he will be a loyal and solid 3rd/4th liner
I would think byron would be better to give because he is more skilled NOW and isn't as important to the team as hudon
Byron's deffinately important to MTL he leads us in Scoring he's 4 points in 2 games while his line mates take number 2 and 3 spots with 3 points in 2 games .
they are MTL's most important line right now mostly because Kotkanemi has been cycling between 2nd and 3rd pair wingers with 3/4 wingers all benefitting with production .
anyone helping Kotkanemi right now is a made player and Hudon is not helping anyone because his success last year was dependent on Drouin and Plekanec being his center and this year neither are in play having their own struggles .
i mean with Evans,Suzuki,Poehling ,Olofsson and Fleury all making pushes in their respective leagues i think its foolish to keep around Hudon when Olofsson is 3 points in 4 games playing in the SHL vs men as an 18 year old knocking full grown men on their asses with his speed . he's a LW which means its 3rd/4th line he'll start in if he makes it plus if any of the above Centers make it Domi goes back to LW
Hudon is to good to play bottom 6 anyways he proved last year he was a top 6 forward and to be honest he deserves a team that needs him to be one and NYI could use him right now as they are putting a lot of unneeded pressure on 21 year old Beaulievier to fill a top line role and he's not ready and would be best off on 3rd line this year .
Byron's a Community Leader and fluent in French while scoring consistently , being a hits leader and one of the fastest skaters in the Eastern Conference who can play on any line filling an Offensive Role ,Defensive Role ,Special Teams Role and a Checking Role without losing pace .
Hudon's good but not that good , he's a career high 45 point guy who will average between 30-35 points on average over his career .
that's not worth protecting when you look at who we've invested in our draft's as we've been lights out since Eric Crawford took over drafting from Timmons in 2014(timmons oversee's all development including Draft Dept but Eric's in charge of day to day )