Quoting: LuckyDuck
I think Petry is a solid #3 or serviceable but not great #2 on a cup team.
But with Weber and Price contracts 5.5 million for 4 more years is a pretty gross contract. 2.5 Million a year too much imo.
I don't hate the player, I hate the contract moving forward on a team with Weber/Price.
I think it makes sense to trade him now before the Contract really starts to hurt.
I would make a trade for Trouba, I am willing to give up Mete if we get OEL, or another prospect in this years draft.
Yeah I get what you mean but there really isn't any basis for it nor any realistic solution for it either.....
Yes Petry is overpaid. I know it. He knows it. Habs know it. No one is fooling anyone. The problem herein lies with the fact that even if he is overpaid, we can't do better anyway. You want to pay 3M for a RHD that plays on average 22 Mins a night since arriving in MTL?? Good luck with that...... you can't look at OEL making 5.5M and then look at Petry making the same thing and say " Pfffff Petry is a 3M dman compared to OEL". You know who you should be comparing Petry to? Sekera, Marc Staal, Alex Goligoski........Is Petry not earning his wage compared to those guys with the exception of maybe Goligoski who is having a decent year also?
As for Petry's cap hit, go here and see what the difference in tax means for Petry or anyone we'd want to add to the Habs:
https://www.capfriendly.com/post_tax_calculator
Overpaying Petry wasn't because he is the best thing since swiss cheese..........its because it is the only way we could sign him. Just like it will be for any other big name free agent. WE don't have a choice. WE have to overpay anyone that comes here.
You know what I want? Connor McDavid, Zack Werenski and Patrick Laine. But we all know that isn't going to happen. Its nice to dream about better options but when a player isn't really that bad and is doing a decent job like Petry is, we can't be too choosey.
With Weber hurt, Petry is our best dman and you want to get rid of him? Ok and replace him with what? Trouba? OEL? Ok, good luck with that...... when those options ultimately fail, be happy you still have Petry to rely on night in and night out because if you think Petry is bad, wait till you see Schlemko and Jerebek playing 23 mins a night on a regular basis........