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Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 14 at 5:42 p.m.
Thread: Habs 24-25
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BobbyPSC</b></div><div>I don’t disagree, I see him as chip to get a very good top 6 forward (which we may not have in the system). I like your point even and appreciate how well he performed on the right side.

If we draft someone like Sam Dickinson this year, we may have a true number 1 LHD.</div></div>

We wont draft a D this early this year for 1 reason
We cant take any D who will be turning Pro in the next 2 upcoming seasons.
We're full all the way down the ECHL right now as Reibachers here , Hutsons here, Engstroms finishing up his SHL Finals after Sweeping the last team and waiting to see who their opponent is.
Thats not including 21 year old Captain Konyuskov who will be joining us in 2 years time with whomever we draft this year
Given Engstroms done all this as a left handed RD at Junior , SHL ,Champions League , WJC and WC it safe to say he's a RD at every level so far which works as he has size and never stops skating

Hughes did something Rare
When he came in he waited before moving out MB Pieces
He let his choices compete directly beside MB and is taking the best from either regardless .
He's also increasing Value on MB Picks like Harris and Struble who Hughes actually coached and they in turn played Mentor to his Son when he turned Pro in the NCAA years later.
Those were guys most people said wouldnt sign with MTL either as harris was a Pending UFA who had an out and chose to star during a time MTL just fired everyone and direction was uncertain.

Tij Iginla being taken 5-10 spots early is a better option then drafting a D
I say that wanting 6'7 Mobile D Silayev as he fits our Timeline if not our needs and his rights are indefinite
But that said Lindstrom,Eiserman,Iginla, and Catton arent guys you pass on and if Demidov falls that low you pounce on him
What you dont do is waste a top 5 pick in a draft where the top 5 ranked D overall has no concensus with Dickinson being #1 and #5 ranked D on peoples lists
But the same is said for Silayev and even Levushunov and Parekh among others. Yammerchuk or whatever his name is , he's the only consistent one ranked by most everyone 10th -12th OA and #5 or 6 D overall in the draft. Last time this happened was 2003 in what most call the most stacked Draft of all time where HOFers are found in the 1st round as often as in the 2nd round and #245 Dustin Byfluglien finished 4th Best D in the re-draft ahead of #9 in Dion Phaneuf

This year we'll see a lot of Quality D as it seems like Every League world wide has contributions of note for once.
Russia even has multiple top 3 round picks options at multiple levels in multiple systems for the first time in really a decade TBH

Far as True #1D lets remember #7 Ryan Suter taken by NSH before #49 Shea Weber who took a year longer
But it was still Weber not Suter who was chosen as the True #1 D and Suter left because of it for a team where he was
Only for them to buy him out after he proved he was more of a #2 or 3 guy after all and not a True #1 guy.

TBH its more likely Reinbacher becomes that guy then Dickinson because he'll Anchor Hutson and be the Glue for MTL for years
That Said Xhekaj-Mailloux's Chemistry as a top 5 D in the AHL who's team went 12-3-2 in their time together after Xhekaj stopped a 7 game losing streak after joining.
Mailloux thought he was an Alpha then Xhekaj went down and suddenly Mailloux's struggles ended in the first 2 games really.
Given their success as 200ft players eating up 22-23 minutes in Laval i'd suspect they'll also play a factor here.

Reality is MTL doesnt ultimately NEED a true #1 right now as Matheson eating up Minutes has negatively impacted a lot of our young D.
Ideally we need to move out our true #1 and roll a 3 pair rotation until 1/6 D step up and stand out.
To many young guns get held down playing behind #1 D who can average 25 but play up to 30-32 minutes some games.
Really though i think because of that depth and because of Reinbacher that Hutson has a real shot at it and if not Reinbacher will.
It all depends as Hutson with Willander was Defense First and a playmaker as Willander had skills on par with his giving options.
But Hutson with Physical McCarthy Brothers or Ty Gallagher was all out offense which we saw a burst of when Pandolfo put Willander with 6'7 Cade Weber in the Division Playoffs
After that Gavin McCarthy i believe it was became the mainstay with Hutson the rest of the year who went from not expected to break or meet last years numbers to surpassing them in less time sadly

D Development is all about timing and giving them Minutes.
Matheson for example never really got those minutes anywhere else
In MTL there was little choice being the most injured NHL Team in terms of man games lost since 2017
So Matheson had 25+ minutes thrust upon him and struggled at first then found consistency and over 2 years showed growth
Harris is going to be our Matheson because we dont invest minutes in him and deny him growth as he's no longer Waiver Exempt so sending him down isnt an option
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 3 at 5:46 p.m.
Thread: Habs 24-25
No incentive for MTL to do that
Even if he was a PPG player i dont think i'd do it.
We just got so much coming up that i'd just rather wait and see
Besides a lot of teams lately have been choosing not to sign RFA's for different reasons
We could always end up getting a shot at a good player as long as we have the Cap to play with

Kapanen hot in Liiga
Beck's hot in the OHL
Mesar's playing solid hockey and will need a AHL stint but his chemistry with Slafkovsky might by him a pass next TDL after we move our pending UFA's
Florian Xhekaj is a dominant Power Center with Size who's probably our best Defensive Center in our whole system while being a 30 goal scoring point per game 1st time Center.

Davidsons been stepping up and he's basically a bigger Gallagher at Center and he's good at it.
No top 6 guy but a solid Bottom 6 who wont give and inch so he'll likely get a shot next year if he has a good camp as he's a solid Faceoff guy with Grit.

We got options coming out the Wazoo in the next 2 years
If we get Lindstrom there's a lot of people saying he's NHL ready now which is why he's likely a lock for top 3 if we're going Best Available Player.
IF MTL ends up with a top 3 pick some how adding Lindstrom if he has a good Camp could fill in a lot of holes for MTL putting us in the Market more for a Monahan to mentor them.

Sell off Pending UFA's including Savard and Kovacevic then let RD like Barron play a while
He'll likely find consistency with minutes as he played better when everyone was on LTIR or IR so there was minutes for the taking.
Fighting for 15-17 minutes if you're lucky and still having to rotate games you sit out takes its toll after a while .
We dont want to give away a Matheson for peanuts like PIT did
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Thread: Off Season Trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Windjammer</b></div><div>Not a chance Winnipeg does that as it is completely one sided in Montreal's favour.

There is zero chance the Jets wait 3 years for the only piece of the deal that has any value.

Mailloux has severe character issues and would definitely be something Winnipeg passes on.

Anderson is a cap dump to Winnipeg. He's not good enough offensively to play in the top 6 of a good team and is too expensive and not good enough defensively to play in the bottom six. Montreal would need to add their unprotected 1st in 23 to dump him on Winnipeg.</div></div>

Well good, because this is the stupidest trade for habs. Anderson has plenty of value to the organization and league-wide, Mailloux is going to be an absolute stud 2nd pairing RD, and giving up any 1st rounder for a guy who will eventually just chose to come to montreal for free in MAX 2 years is a waste.