10 western conference GMs were polled by Lebrun in the Athletic in January (maybe February I have a stoner memory and can't fully remember) and all 10 said he still had value, that was before he started playing back to his normal level.

I see why fans outside MTL don't see value in him because of his age and cap hit but as far as actual play he likely becomes the top pairing Dman on just about any team he gets dealt to. Its hard to believe MTL will give him away for peanuts just to watch him be successful in a top pairing or even top 4 role somewhere else.

So you're saying that his bad 30 games shouldn't dictate his value, but his good 30 games should?

GMs will understand a rough start to a season when you're 26, sure. But when you're asking a GM to take on the age-35 through -37 seasons of a guy with, at best, a $3.125M cap hit, a slow start is going to be an enormous red flag. Just because he had a good stretch by the time the team was all but eliminated from contention isn't going to make that go away.

I don’t disagree. This trade proposal is garbage tho lol.

Dallas or Seattle could make sense

I literally said YEARS in the post. There's no indication that he is regressing unless you Soley focus on those 30 games, the past 4 years has shown nothing but improvement until that slow start and then after that slow start he was back to his normal self.

Ya I'm not delusional to think he is getting 13th overall but if Hughes can get a first for Ben Chairot then he is going to get good value for Petry lol

Fair enough lol. Just don’t c him fetching a first unless ur taking back something bad. Canadians may be better off keeping him tbh.

But that's my point - he turned 34 during last season, he has a ton of miles on him at this point (800+ career games), and he's being paid a ton of money. Whether you think it's fair or not, a slow start at 34 is going to be much more detrimental to a player's value than a slow start for a 24 year old - he's clearly in his decline years and a good stretch at the end of the year, when the games clearly didn't matter, isn't going to erase the fact that he had 6 total points in his first 40 games (when the games were theoretically more important.)

Petry isn’t worth 13OA even at half retained

I'd agree if Lebrun didn't poll GMs in January and have all of them say he still has value. And that was before he came back to his normal self. Point is that he is still a reliable top 4 dman and until proven otherwise he is going to get a positive return in a trade. I get the skeptic view point of fans but if a GM is desperate to fill a top 4 RHD role and miss out on Letang or Klingberg then Petry is likely Thier best option

You're right in that we likely either retain or take a bad contract back but they need to move Petry and I say that mostly because I want them to compete for Bedard and Petry playing like he normally does makes that lottery win less likely lol

as everyone’s already said the islanders are just not a fit for petry. RD is maybe the only position they need really no help at

Not saying he has no value; just saying I don't think he has lottery pick value, even with retention.

Ow ya he isn't getting a top 15 pick, but I also saw Hughes get a first rounder for Chairot. That return gives me hope that he gets that value for Petry to

Yeah but risto always had this reputation of being good just on a bad sabres team (fair or not he had that rep) petry is worth nowhere near that plus it makes even less sense for nyi to do it as theyre so strong at RD

LOL, Montreal fans are delsional if you think you can get the 13th pick for Petry....Good Lord