Quoting: swinny
None of these deals address the issues around the Habs.
1. Barrie is a puck moving D, but this is far more needed on the left side. After this deal, now you have Marc Savard playing 3rd pairing minutes at $3.5million per. Not good cap management. Highly doubt Yakamoto moves anyway..... even beyond that, the package for he and Barrie is VERY VERY light.
2. RW is still overloaded. Should be looking too early Gallagher or Anderson for a C. Especially with that dream of landing Yakamoto.
3. Habs need a 2C. Full stop.
4. Moving Kulak and Chariot for an expiring contract is HORRIBLE asset management. Kulak lands a mid round pick, Chariot should land a late 2nd at best.
You: Ryan Murray. 🤦♂️..... whose days as a puck moving D option have sailed to boot.
No. No. No.
1.Barrie was a way to get Value in return but like Petry and Eddy have until next years TDL to prove they fit it.
Most of the young D we have coming up are LD so acquiring one is contradictory to what we need.
These are the 4 young LD who will be competing for 3 LD spots of which i doubt any will push Eddy out
-Romanov
-Norlinder
-Ghule
-Harris
That's not including our prospects excelling that arent close to pro yet with 2- 3 years left in NCAA/Junior
-Struble (Shea Weber 2.0 in every regard but his shot as its not quite as hard or accurate but still good)
- Trudeau (kinda reminds me of Shattenkirk early on)
-Xhekaj (Like Alexi Emelin type player known for hitting/blocking shots but can finish fights even though he doesnt like getting into them)
We had 1 credible RD prospect and even if he was superman he's been bullied to the point i dont think the Media will allow him to have a career.
Its ironic really as they slander him with terms like "sex offender" but was never tried for a Sex Crime but under laws they use to keep Paparazi under control.
Until the kid offs himself they'll never let go and then they moment he does they'll condemn bullying without a hit of Irony.
We dont need LD
We need strong RD to play with them until they become Regulars no longer considered noobs
Once a RD steps up we can promote them and remove a Petry,Savard or Barrie.
Issue is our best RD and only one capable of reasonably making it to the NHL in the next 2 years is Mailloux meaning minimum 1-3 years we need a RD core.
Otherwise were just hanging our young RD out to dry like we're BUF or ARZ
2. Habs are rebuilding we dont need a 2C period
If we were contending you'd be 100% onto something and most of my trades pre Gorton targets 2C /2nd pair RD
Gorton coming in means saying everyone is being auditioned and the coach is safe atleast this year says no 2nd C
Its Gorton saying Suzuki/Dvorak/Poehling/Evans have a chance to solidify themselves in 1/4 spots.
Those who cant will be replaced or moved to wing.
What we need is what we gave Danault who had similar numbers as Evans before his first season at Center on 3rd line (Byron/Pacioretty and a Shaw)
Having a Goal scorer on his Wing coupled with a all around Forward who plays as a Secondary Center like Shaw (Without Shaw no Danualt,or Domi on the levels we seen them he was huge for them)
3. They werent traded alone for a reason
Barrie will get more then Chiarot would have when we sell him
Until then he'll fill a big hole with Weber and now Petry out on IR.
Kulak got more then he would have alone
Rather then 2 mid round picks we got a 2nd round pick and a conditional 4th after trading Murray.
That's more then either gets by themselves . . . . . . . . . . .
Murray went to a team struggling with consistency and only 5/7 D playing well
they got Fleury and Lauzon who could use some support and Borgen isnt it.
He's a cheap pending UFA who's going to a non contender with low expectations
The idea for Murray in Seattle is to take some pressure off the younger guys thats it
MTL only acquired him to maximize their return and make the cap work with COL