I like Matheson a lot. Anyone unafraid to make plays with the puck and can cover that much ice is a massive asset. I’d be curious what his value is in the market much like Anderson.

I rather they keep both tho especially now that Eddy is gone. Matheson can grow into a leadership role as well be the elder statesman in the next few years as Savard will be dealt by next years TDL to make room for Reinbacher/Mailloux/Barron on the right. Not convinced Mailloux is a solution tho but they have options on the bottom pair

yeesh of all yeeshes

Nobody thought Matheson would be this good tho

I didn't think he'd be as bad as A_Habs_Fan highlighted. Atp I was way past done with Jeff Petry. Not a team player after that run.

His analytics are very similar to his in Pittsburgh. Many people thought Matheson would be this good.

Nobody thought Petry would be that bad (which is why people wanted a 1st +).

In conclusion.

Habs trade Pitlick (waiver pickup) Poehling (dumped by Pens) and a 4th for Matheson, 2nd, DeSmith and 25% retention on Petry's deal.

Unreal.

And we're likely going to get even more assets when we trade Petry (and Possibly DeSmith)

Not only assets for Petry but Matheson which was the whole idea behind the trade. Imagine. And, yet. People here were gloating that the Habs didnt get a 1st BUT when all is said and done, they may get multiple 1sts along with the 2nd rounder they already received along with dumping two bad contracts without retaining on Pitlick and Hoffman.

This is far and away better than just a protected 1st for Petry in 2022. This trade tree could be a bounty that keeps giving.



Nope. Here we go again.

At the time, my take was good, in hindsight my take is absolutely horrid, Matheson continued to do well and Petry fell off a cliff, which is the opposite of what I expected

The Petry trade could also benefit the youth with his hands and shot still there. Barron looks destined to start in the A without having to go on waivers. Curious if they try to build him up with top pair mins and special teams. Got to think Matheson keeps his hold of the TOP PP though as he was scoring PPG to finish the year in the last qtr.

that is if he's not flipped by opening night

Montreal won this trade last year and after today they slammed it.

LOL! That aged well.

Yikes!

Yeah, we didn't play Smith over Joseph because of contract issues. Hexy being on one was probably the most accurate thing I said in that comment.



Yeah I don't see much "yikes" here besides you bringing up ish that don't matter.

I stand corrected! NOT a massive W! BIG YIKES

But let me humor you

Smith's ceiling is untold. He has had a strange development trajectory. This is still TBD.

I was fine with Petry's game this year, just wish he would have had a full healthy season. I didn't even want to trade him but when it comes down to getting EK you trade whoever makes it work.

I feel the same way about Granlund; I would have liked to see how he looked this year, much too small of a sample size. Had to be moved to make the money work. But you do what you have to to get EK.

But yea this was after one year bud. Getting Dubas changed everything... Hextall offseason looks nothing like this.

And yeah Marino is def overrated

You bitter about Yegor?

Next summer you’ll look silly again when you see that Dubas took your old man team and made it into an ER.

Bold move cotton. I'll keep my fingers crossed

According to every fan base here. He's the worst defenceman in the world, and.. yet.. the salary cap has nothing to do with it. Capfriendly to a T. Whereas the cap doesn't matter, and most of the users don't mind.

exactly

Turned out MTL got the good version of Matheson