Quoting: coga16
I just wouldnt want to trade Landy and what he brings in a physical edge/2 way game... even though I like Pacioretty. Not really an upgrade in my mind, just a lateral move and I don't think the Avs should be moving him for a lateral move
Two teams with a need to change their leadership a little don't you think? Chances are Landy would give the Habs a little more sand paper and Pacioretty would give the Avs more firepower. Come on man I even threw in Andrighetto who is no slouch. Kid could be a 20g scorer next year. (Not in MTL, in an offensive minded team where the coach won't waste his potential) Frankly I'm only putting this trade in because of the latest controversy here in MTL. I'd be perfectly fine keeping Patches because he's a 30G+ guy being paid 4.5M/year, that is smart money. Considering we're a goal challenged team as is, I think we might need to keep his 30+ goals every year if we want to win.
Quoting: Tatsiq
Changed my mind on giving up Lehkonen after what Koivu and his former coach said about him. I want to see what he can do and he has a cheap contract for awhile also because there is Las Vegas team looking at our roster next year.
He's going to be good I think too but you have to give to get though. Just to give some perspective, the last Habs player to score more pts than Panarin in a season was Kovalev. Once. Before that? Damphousse and Recchi back in 1996. The odds are Lehkonen may never be more than a 40-50 pt guy with Montreal if we're lucky. Panarin looks like a lock for 60+ every year.
Who are you afraid to lose in expansion? I feel like I left it pretty unanimous to be Beaulieu if I decide to trade him before the expansion draft. The guys being protected as of right now would be Price - Panarin, Galchenyuk, Landeskog, Plekanec, Gallagher, Girgensons, Shaw - Johnson, Weber, Petry.
Left for expansion: Condon/Montoya (One would have to be signed to an extension), Beaulieu, Barberio, Byron, Mitchell and Danault. Markov, Franson, Radulov, Flynn are all UFA's so LV wouldn't waste a spot selecting them. I'm not too worried unless I'm missing something like a rule?