Quoting: a1111
Even in a rebuild those are interesting piece .We've basically been on slow rebuild for last 20 years .
We have ticket to sell , tv shows , lots to chew from .. In two years Weber salary drop to 3m then 1m per . This contract is done basically , only 2 more years .Price makes any bunch of scrubish average .
I wouldn't call what they have done a rebuild. What pieces has he ever sold off? An aging Plekanec?
2016 Weise and Fleischmann for Danault and a 2nd. (turned out to be amazing, but even that trade didn't stand out as a major sell.
2012 Kostitsyn and Gill were sold off right before Bergevin took over. Also, Cammalleri was given away and hockey GMs around the league didn't even know he was available.
The last major sell was in 2007, when Rivet was flipped for Gorges and a 1st.
Montreal is mediocre because they have never really sold, they hold onto their players for too long and lose them for nothing. They draft mid to late most years and wonder why we don't have the same quality stars other teams get. Their drafted stars over the years consist of a lottery win (Price), a late 1st (Pacioretty), a 2nd (Subban), a lucky 5th (Gallagher), and a Russian kid drafted as a forward in the late rounds (Markov). Since Price 15 years ago, we have had 3 top ten draft picks. Montreal will never contend if they never rebuild.