HuGo is a Boss GM
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So basically:
Petry, Norlinder, Poehling, Dvorak, Mailloux, Clague, Drouin, Hoffman, Allen 4th round pick, and roughly $4M in cap savings for 1 year for Dubois?
Let's break it down:
Norlinder & Clague will never make the NHL or will be bubble players at best so let's eliminate them as value adds.
As things stand the only way you get anyone to take Hoffman or Drouin is by offering picks or prospects. Not because they are bad players, but because they have bad reputations and are expensive. Neither of them likes to back check. Drouin has mental health and injury issues. Hoffman's wife is an issue and he's known to be something of a loner (not great in the room)... So these players do not add any value to a deal and actually hurt any deal today (though if they play well they can surely be traded at the TDL). Let's remove them because of that.
Mailloux's rights are a hot potato. Yes he's talented, but any GM who signs him is going to get a whole bunch of "cancel culture" blowback. There are other options out there and the juice is definitely not worth the squeeze. Let's remove him as well because no one wants him but hopefully he can still be a factor for the Habs one day.
So that leaves Petry, Dvorak, Poehling, Allen, and a 4th round pick for Dubois. If I'm a cup contender looking for depth and I have 14M in cap space, I might consider this and would be lucky to get it, but as a rebuilding team, trading a 24 year old for this bunch makes no sense. I know you were trading these guys to other teams but none of those deals made sense.