Swap Tatar to Drouin and I'd most likely take it.

Need to have Drouin in that trade for it to be realistic

This is better than most of the Laine to Habs trades i have seen at least.

If i’m Chevy and i decide to trade him. Flyers are my first call. Beyond that with Habs i ask for Domi/Romanov or Drouin/Poehling/Romanov.

Im surprised by the amount of people who think Drouin is the player the Jets would want as the main piece in any Laine deal. If that's the case and MB gets over the fact that he's the hometown kid here, I think a deal can most definitely get done. I just don't see it though.

In reality I think any Laine deal to Montreal has to be for Domi. Even if it would end up being 1 vs 1, He's the player that makes the most sense on all levels for both teams. (Realistically)

Swap out Poehling for Suzuki and I pull the trigger as a habs fan

I don't think Chevy would want Drouin... as they already have similare player in Ehlers (skill soft player... high risk no shoulder)
Skill & Goal make a fit with Tatar
and proven NHL ready player in Poe (better than Roslovic) & Juul (who could take minute in case Niku is not fully ready)

I would to as a Hab fan... but Chevy need a big-C for long term stability as Roslovic didn't succeed yet as a C and can play on the wings.

Domi is where Gally was one year ago... untouchable!
I think NOW if habs get a good offer for Gally... they will start listening. (but I would keep both!)

I respectfully disagree on a Domi for Laine 1 for 1. I could see Domi replacing Tatar in the package above but Habs fans would likely hate it. Lots of recency bias in both players values, Domi just had a great season and Laine had (by his standards) a poor one. If you look at the last 2-3 seasons Laine is worth far more

you might as well just offer sheet him at this price. Offer sheet would be 2 first round picks, a 2nd round and a 3rd, which is less then this.

I only meant even if it was 1 vs 1. It could be a little more the point was Domi is the guy that makes sense for WPG.

And Laine isn't? Every players has a value. I'd trade Gally in two seconds if it truly was for players and assets that made this team better. Same goes for Domi. The only players that are as untouchable as can be are the players on ELC's that are already elite players. Other than a ridiculous overpay, there's almost nothing a team can offer realistically that would make sense for both teams.

85% of fans are only willing to make trades if it’s 50-75 cents on the dollar and they don’t have to give up anything that hurts a little.

Thank you for being reasonable and realistic.

This.

They choose the players in order of how much they can afford to lose them, drawing a line at players they feel would make the trade fair pretty much. I don't want to lose Domi. I really like him and he was lights out good last year for the Habs. That's precisely why WPG would want him though. Along with other reasons.

And your welcome.

I mean value has a lot to do with perception. WPG shouldn't even be entertaining deals for Laine but since they are, the perception from other teams is that there is something's to consider with adding him. With that, it makes the price people would be willing to offer probably less than what should be at.

I think from most Habs fans perception, losing Domi along with Poehling, Juulsen and a 1st almost defeats the benefit of adding Laine. Frankly, Domi, Poehling, Juulsen and a 1st is more expensive than straight up offering sheeting Laine at the highest compensation. So I'm not sure one can make a case for that being reasonable.

I think it depends on how you value Poehling and Juulsen. Quality prospects for sure but Poehling's value is probably a little inflated right now (did you know he was scoring at a 246 goal pace last season?!). I'm a little more pessimistic on their ceiling and the idea of 4 mystery boxes with an unlimited ceiling might be more enticing than those 2 known (but not fully known) commodities. It also depends on how you view MTL. If you think they might suddenly implode due to a Carey Price injury or something along those lines Winnipeg may prefer the 4 first round picks

I think if your comparing Juulsen and Poehling equally, you may not be seeing them enough. Juulsen has much less value as a prospect than Poehling does. The 246 goal pace is funny and all but then you remember that he is a former 1st round pick and lead the WJHC is scoring. Its not like this is 1 game everyone is exaggerating on. He may not be elite like a Hughes or Kakko but then again, I don't think anyone would trade one of those guys for Laine straight up right now either.

I agree that Poehling is valued more than Juulsen. I agree that Poehling has great potential but if I were to compare his ceiling to Laine's (in terms of offense), in his prime, Poehling probably won't put up the numbers Laine has already done before turning 21 years old. I could see Poehling being an above average 2nd line C which is good. Laine should be top 10 in goals every season moving forward which is elite.

Then why even entertain moving him? Would Toronto entertain moving Matthews? Edm with McDavid?

The answer to that is because there's more to the game than just goal scoring and his game away from goal scoring has many blemishes which need to be corrected. That's the only reason he's supposedly available. Had he not, there would be no reason for WPG to not just hand him the 11M*5 years right now.

Well there's a salary cap right? He's elite but they want to surround him with the most talent possible. These rumours are probably just a negotiating tactic to bring the AAV down. If I were the Jets, I'd be spreading rumours that they were considering trading him to *thinks of worst destination possible* Ottawa or somewhere else horrible.

There's no harm in listening to trade calls either since there's no untouchable in hockey. Toronto would trade Matthews in a heartbeat if it was for McDavid. Edmonton would trade McDavid to Toronto for Matthews, Marner and Nylander. Just depends if a GM is willing to pay the very high price for elite talent. I'm just arguing that the price shown above isn't high enough for someone of Laine's caliber.