Edited Apr. 30, 2023 at 5:41 p.m.
Quoting: JeffGorton
There is no logjam, just a few prospects, matheson and then garbage in Eddy, Savard and Wideman. Just dont play the garbage, if they dont like it. Find a team to take you
Matheson #1, Savard veteran RD will play, Guhle & Barron > Durzi (if not right now, soon).
So now we are paying 2nd + 3rd for a 3rd pairing PP specialist, that is going to knock one of Xhekaj, Harris, Edmundson out of the lineup (and push the one that was already scratched further down the depth chart)... and we have Hutson + Mailloux coming long term. Yeah that's a bit of a log jam, why should the habs give up a 2nd + 3rd to add Durzi to that mix?
Like I said, they only do this if they move other D out first, that's obvious.
Edit: Not to mention, Xhekaj brings intangibles that the habs love and Harris is better than Durzi in every metric of the game except powerplay and younger (this was discussed more thoroughly in an earlier thread today).