Edited Apr. 3, 2020 at 2:09 p.m.
Quoting: Habs_Hfx10
So here’s my question to you, if we traded either Tatar or Domi for Timmins would you still extend Petry or would you trade him.
if we got Timmons i'd trade him and target him as a UFA if Timmons succeeds .
If Timmons can walk in and be half as successful as Makar was he can help us when Webers inevitably going to be injured.
Play Timmons with Romanov and let them rise together.
by 2023 Weber's deal is a lot easier to move because his salary is almost all paid and the remaining 4 years has a recapture clause where 6/7.8m cap hits against NSH if Weber retires or is bought out.
(it would be less then 1m for a buyout vs over 6m as NSH absorbs just over 80% of it)
Moving Weber by this point is easy as can be which makes the idea of trading him in 2022 TDL a real thing
This gives MTL 1 or maybe 2 seasons where Petry,Weber and Timmons will form our RD while allowing Romanov-Timmons time to grow together into a 2nd pair role and eventually 1st pair.
Just saying its a very servicable option given the cap room we have the next 2 years after a deal to get Timmons
Chiarot-Weber
Mete-Petry
Romanov-Timmons(rise together , succeed together)
Kulak(although ideally we get AR/CT a mentor like Jo Benn or Mark Barberio )
by 2023 the dream is
Romanov-Timmons
Mete-Petry
Norlinder-Fleury(with these 2 looking to step up by 2025 or 2026. They'll play back seat to Mete-Petry until Petry's 37-38)
Harris