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Forum: Fauteuil - DGDec. 13, 2022 at 12:03 p.m.
Thread: Habs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>swinny</b></div><div>I am thinking that deal simply misses the mark..... Barrie and a mid round pick for Edmundson is ballpark. Poolparty's value is almost zero right now as he is hinting at going back.to Europe.



Kassian is a different person since his first go around in a Habs jersey. Frankly, this deal makes sense. Hughes gets out of a bad contract a year early, Yotes get picks and an extra year of Armia, who is similar.to Kassian.

That New Jersey deal is a beautiful example of how the Habs can weaponize cap space at the deadline. It works, and it is something the Devils may entertain......

The Dallas deal has some merit as well. I beleive asking for a 1st there maybe too much, but again, weaponizing cap space. Monahan has found a way to.postive value, Dadanov has not. Think that 1st should be a 2nd...... Dadanov just doesn't have the value over Gurianov.

Overall...... may not be a Habs fan, but the way this ACGM works the cap is brilliant. Does it happen? Maybe not. But this is one of the best thought processes involving the Habs I have seen in months.</div></div>

Thank you !
Forum: Fauteuil - DGDec. 13, 2022 at 12:01 p.m.
Thread: Habs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jonh514</b></div><div>Don't get me wrong. I'm sure Kassian IS a different person, but I think ownership would not like another "reclamation project" on the books. We already have Price &amp; Drouin who are on the books who were recently in player assistance and the Molson family is involved in beer and probably cannabis (not sure but many folks in MTL who have money are). We also have to get the league to agree to appeal the status of Logan Mailloux. We have enough "players under league scrutiny" under team control already. I think it's just not a good fit for those reasons. Respect to Kassian, but let him go play somewhere else.</div></div>

I mean I wouldnt want Kassian, Its just that he would fit pretty good according to his contract! Armia and him are being paid about the same and Armia is the better player! We would give a little more for the extra year of Armia. In therm of cap flexibility, I would do this deal, but I understand that Kassian is Kassian lol
Forum: Fauteuil - DGDec. 2, 2022 at 3:10 p.m.
Thread: Wuww
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>sensonfire</b></div><div>Edmundson can play but he is a cap dump, albeit a smaller one than Zaitsev.

Since Ottawa is paying a 2nd to swap Zaitsev for Edmundson, I would not be willing to give up any prospects.



That being said, Ottawa needs upgrades at RD, not LD.

Edmundson would be our 4th best LD behind Chabot, Sanderson and Brannstrom while not being much of an upgrade over Nick Holden.

He's not a good fit in Ottawa.

Sorry.</div></div>

Edmundson is not a cap dump. He is way better than Holden and branstrom, who I believe isnt doing anything that Chabot or Sanderson cant do. Edmundson would be a solid third pair defenseman in Ottawa, and he can easily play top 4. He is a great mentor and that what Ottawa's defense need, because they dont really have that Maybe a right d-man would be better for Ottawa, I agree. But I don't think that this trade is crazy. Maybe Ostapchuk is too good to be added here, but another prospect being added wouldnt be crazy.
Forum: Fauteuil - DGNov. 9, 2022 at 2:54 p.m.
Thread: Habs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>At 2.75 mil for a top 6 forward you are damn straight I would trade a 2nd for that, especially if I was in the playoff hunt at the trade deadline. So we agree on Dadonov's value, why add the extra year of Kapanen for free when he isn't an upgrade? Armia is a good player to have and the term is only 1 year longer, also that only saves 1 mil in salary over the term of their contracts. I say Keep Armia if there are no bites for just picks at the TDL. The only reason there is flack on getting a 1st for Monahan is cause 1. Other fans of rebuilding teams are jealous they did not get him and a 1st or 2. Half the responders are known Habs trolls or 3. They are fans of the other team giving up the 1st and like most fans value the idea of what a pick <strong>could</strong> be and doesn't think about how Monahan would make their team better for their cup run. We saw the same thing last TDL where there were multiple fans saying Montreal would never get more than a 3rd for Lehkonen, would be lucky to unload Chairot without including a 1st of their own or that Taffoli wouldn't get more than 2 2nds. Each of those players all returned a 1st without retention, Monahan is better than them and only Lehkonen is close to his skill level. Imagine if Toffoli got a 1st + 2nd + 5th (valuewise) without retention what could he have returned with retention? Monahan is better, younger and cheaper than Toffoli, the only reason we got a 1st is cause the Flames <strong>had</strong> to move Monahan to sign Tkachuk, if not we would have had to pay a 1st + to get him. The Habs are in a totally different situation though, they don't have to move Monahan and can retain on him to get better value.</div></div>

Bro Drouin is not a top 6 forward, Im a die hard habs fan bro he brings nothing on the ice! For Monahan the time will tell, maybe we could fetch a late 1st for him, if he is consitent and can stay healthy. If im a contending team, i wouldnt spend a 6th rounder for drouin even half retained, the way he is playing right now is not helping to increase his value! No team would waste 2,75 mil for drouin on their roster.
Forum: Fauteuil - DGNov. 9, 2022 at 2:10 p.m.
Thread: Habs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>That's not entirely true, at 2.75 mil Drouin has value and may return between a 2nd and 4th from a contending team, if not we keep him and let his contract expire and spend that 5.5 mil elsewhere in the offseason. That makes more sense than trading him with retention for an LTIR contract we don't need. Dadonov again has value if retained, probably in the 4th to 6th round range which again is better than taking on term for an equally bad player without getting anything in return, otherwise a gain we just let his contract expire. You don't think a team like Minny, Nashville or Colorado will take a chance on Monahan with retention for a late 1st?! I think someone will make that trade. I agree Hoffman will be bought out, I prefer the Armia over Kapanen at least Armia has a role on the team. There are better options for filling the 3 or 4 C hole than trading for Engvall, we have Mysak and Pitlick who can take that on.</div></div>

Drouin would never returned a 2nd pick, would you trade a 2nd pick for Drouin? Nobody would! Dadonov maybe a late round like a 5th half retained. I would keep armia before kapanen, but the extra year on armia's contract stink! I dont think Mysak is ready for the NHL yet and every agm i saw that there was a trade monahan vs a late 1st, everyone was blasting and it was clear that nobody would do that. A second seems fair, well already had a 1st for him
Forum: Fauteuil - DGNov. 9, 2022 at 1:44 p.m.
Thread: Habs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>Trade 1 - Montreal has no reason to trade for an LTIR contract, we don't need the cap room.

Trade 2 - Montreal isn't getting anything of value in this trade Kapanen isn't a top 6 winger, he is signed longer and we are retaining salary, gonna have to add at least a 2nd to that deal for Montreal to consider taking on the extra year.

Trade 3 - Again with an unneeded LTIR contract, retaining money and only getting a late pick?! We can get that without retaining, thanks but no thanks.

Trade 4 - This is actually the type of trade that makes sense, even though we don't need another winger (unless we move one) we get a good pick to take an expiring contract.

Trade 5 - Armia for Zaitzev is a wash skill wise but since we are taking on 1 mil more cap hit I would expect a 3rd back and not a 4th without giving up a pick. Especially since Zaitzev will be a healthy scratch that costs 4.5 Mil

Trade 6 - Wow Monahan for an AHL goalie and a 2nd?! That's just a flat out no thanks. I can't even say anything nice about it.

Trade 7 - Have no use for Engvall, since we haven't made any of the other trades you proposed and he is not better than Evans so even if we did make that trade he would be either 4C or press box fodder.

Just one more note here, When was the last time a team made 7 trades swapping 13 players at one TDL? I just don't see this being very realistic, I think the max number of moves we see is 3 or 4. I also don't see us moving all 3 of Hoffman, Drouin or Dadonov. Moves I see being made at the TDL are one of Drouin or Dadonov (retained for picks), Armia and one of Savard or Edmundson. Outside of those and maybe another small move I don't see too much movement at the TDL.</div></div>

I get that you are not excited with the things we get, but Drouin and Dadonov are not returning pick with the way they are playing right now. Nobody would pay a 1st for monahan, I think a 2nd pick is more realistic and Khudobin is only to make the cap work. I get that Zaitsev is bad, but Armia is also bad and so his contract. I would take 1mil more for 2 year that 1 mill less but for an extra year. I know that these trade are not all happening, its just ideas. Hoffman will probably be bought out, armia will probably trade in the summer and engvall is only to get a guy that can play center until the end of the year, because we loose monahan. The drouin trade is only to give the guy a fresh start. Maybe the extra year of kapanen can be bad, maybe we could get a compensation for the extra year.