1,85m for Danault you really know all about the habs

its Lavsim not Lavis**

So your complaint is that I didn't give 1 guy what you think I should...
Don't be mad just because I made a team, with literally 2 trades and 1 signing, that can compete. Maybe just try and think harder next time!

Well i like Bjgustad and Dehaan, they would help but it's not enough for Patches. we can get alot more for him.
Did you know that Scherbak is not a 4th liner?

Theres so many things wrong but i just can't be bothered to point them all out but if that makes you believe you know everything about this team and makes you right then so be it my lover.

Not a 4th liner? The guy is a borderline NHLer, what better definition of a 4th liner? Patches had a down year and is a UFA at seasons end...ya Bjugstad and a 2nd is plenty.

nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope

Absolutely disgusting for Montreal!

See that is MTL's problem...they are unwilling to give up what is needed for a 1C. No wonder you haven't had one since maybe Plekanec a decade ago...

You are never going to win anything if you don't have a 1C!!!

Trade Price, Weber, Pacioretty and Byron for now. Get young players, draft picks and tank. 3 top 5 overall picks and 2 to 3 extra 1st round picks the next 3 drafts should give you very good chances at drafting one. Montreal needs to rebuild, not give assets for a C, its too late for that.

trade Weber ?

good ******* luck

Price and Weber are untouchable for 4 years minimum until their buyout becomes less then 6m a year cap hit .
they got contracts that guarantee pay via signing bonus's play or retire and structured so it makes buyouts really hard.


the rest you could flip for value 100% but you'd get more value out of Weber and Price level contracts by waiting .
as for Patches if we dont trade him at the draft we can get more at the trade deadline in his final year as 100% of the time
teams overpay for players to help with a cup run which is not as common in the summer .

its never to late to get a Center we havent had a single top line center since Molson bought the Habs .
we've had Gomez and Cole stuffed into that role and fail but never actually got that top C.
Patches for Bjugstad ,Ang and a 1st (likely to be a mid to late if they are picking up Patches as if they didnt expect playoffs they wouldnt bother getting a UFA)
Bjugstad like Chucky has had his value diminished playing wing and bottom 6 since Gallant left with no clear direction from his coach who has 1st ,2nd and 4th centers out taking more draws then Bjudgstad.
that being said there is still value in him and he's only 25 so he could be that Winger to play with Chucky who can help him balance the Faceoff Load allowing him to stay at Center(Chucky's lights out on OZ faceoffs but struggles with NZ and DZ)

this is True in a sense but the way you set it up is more then that .
since Eller Left Chucky's possession metrics literally went from + to -
having another American to play with and Scherbak or Drouin on his wing it could give
us a legit first line threat for the first time since the days of Kovalev and Koivu


as for the Plekanec comment we landed a 2nd , Rychel who's been one of our best prospects with 12pts in 16 in Laval and 2 pts in 4 in MTL he's taken Mccarrons spot in the depth pool IMO so we actually landed a lot for him . that being said giving up a lot for a top 6 center is one thing but given up for a Center that's played bottom 6 wing and center with no direction for 2 years being clearly miss managed more then Chucky, that has to impact the value

If we trade Price and Weber, we will need to retained and take a nad contract back, like Ladd, Lucic or a Matt Martin or Vladimir Sobotka. Now is time to trade since i feel if we dont Montreal is screwed for another 10 years.

I would touch Bjugstad, he's a average#2/good#3 C now playing in the wing with Florida.

I am not sure how much Valiev and Rychel can bring to the team, but since Montreal need to rebuild, i would sign them to a 2 years contract and hope they play well enough to raise their value and then trade them for pick or as part of a package.
The main problem with the Habs is that their core is old, not good enough and they have nothing in the pipeline with their prospects.

Exactly they arent 5 year plan players , they buy the 5 year plan players time while they themselves gain value so we can flip them for more then we got them for .

i completely agree about the core but we can flip guys like Byron , Patches, Petry and Benn for Picks as well as potentially sign Niemi to a 1 year low cap contract with both parties goalies to be to increase his value to trade him to a contender at the deadline .

i think you build around Galchenyuk,Gallagher,Drouin,Evans,Hudon,Lehkonen for the next 2 years.
use Shaw and Deslauriers a few seasons increase their value and flip them when Poehling ,Bitten or another drafted forward steps up .

Defense we gotta move Alzner and let Juulsen Play , i really like Reilly and Mete on the Left side and can live with Alzner for another year or two until his contract has a short enough term to make a deal .
i hope we draft a good D in the first 2 rounds this year

even with retaining the cap on either player we'd have no leverage to get **** all in a trade .
Price in 4 years can and Weber in 2 more or 3 as most of his contract will be payed out .

there is more value in keeping Price for now especially given Lindgren attributes the Chance to play backup for Price as a reason for him re-signing before the end of the season .
Weber has a history of grooming young D for top 4 and given our amount of young D it just makes sense to use him a few years until they hit their stride.


personally where we are rebuiling i'd do what you said take on bad contracts for a chance to move our own like an Alzner for a Pietrangelo who's hurt STL D when he's rejoined this year as the young guns took the top 4 over
move out Shaw for Lucic and Petry for M.Staal and get assets in return while offloading older guys with high Cap or in Shaws case just high cap for high cap in hopes of getting a good deal from EDM who needs to clear cap and would see value in saves 2.1m a year long term for a third liner swap