Quoting: hanson493
nyr doesnt need caufield though. so i dont see a trade like this happening.
I heard Drury has been in the market for a top 6/9 RW for a while?
Quoting: HabsRSus
Then trade Armia, Toffoli, Hoffman, or Gallagher before you trade the 21 year old on a rebuilding team.
There are other options of course, but our direction hasn't been solidified yet. I'm looking at possibilities, and I don't believe this one has been explored, but is at least worth discussing.
Quoting: DirtyDangle
fair point but just think what the habs would have if they moved kk, galchenyuk, drouin, mete, earlier. sometimes they hold on for too long.
Unfortunately true. Drafting and development issues have persisted for too long.
Quoting: SevenLeg
I don't see the point in moving Caufield. He's super talented and will only get better, and we need his offensive spark. We have plenty of LD prospects and it's not the end of the world if one of them plays on their off-side. The Habs had a chance to draft Schneider and went for Guhle.
That's fair, but we also aren't just looking at one player on their offside, but to the future post-Savard and Petry. We will need up and coming RD.
Quoting: hanson493
He has 9 goals in 59 career games. i wouldnt say hes a top 6 rw in the nhl, as someone who is supposed to be known for his "shot" ide expect that number to be slightly higher than 1/6. Thats averaging 13.67 goals over an 82 game pace. not exactly what ide want to see if i was acquiring him for a still highly rated d prospect even in abundance. rangers could get a better quality now player if they were dealing lundqkvist away.
Can't judge Lundkvist as high value based on a small sample of games, any more than you can judge Caufield as low value. It's a risk/reward for both sides, with the potential to address their needs.