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Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 18, 2023 at 12:48 p.m.
Thread: Assuming they win the lottery
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Fran615</b></div><div>I'm more pissed that the 2022 draft didn't have a whole lot of quality. In my case, I was actually high on Cooley, not kidding. I was NOT on the Wright train. And when they picked Slaf, I was actually happy they didn't pick Wright... but I remember being a little disappointed that they had passed on him.

Byt for the 2023 draft, with 4 - FOUR !!!!! - solid centers in the top-4, and Habs actually having the 31st AND 37th pick, I would have put up a HUGE package (who gives a flying FFF at some point of having WAAAAAAY too many picks) and packaged the 5th, 31st, 37th AND a 3rd round pick, just to move 1, 2 or 3 spots. And then pick Fantilli, Carlson or Smith.

But that's just me.

I'm more pissed that the 2022 draft wasn't the 2023 or 2024 one in terms of talent...... Habs were picking 1st OA for the first tie in a while... and it had to come at a down year in terms of talent...</div></div>

I very much agree that the quantity vs quality approach is not in our best interests. We need a number 1 most important forward, not a bunch more 4th - 9th most important forwards.
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 18, 2023 at 12:46 p.m.
Thread: Assuming they win the lottery
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Fran615</b></div><div>I'm more pissed that the 2022 draft didn't have a whole lot of quality. In my case, I was actually high on Cooley, not kidding. I was NOT on the Wright train. And when they picked Slaf, I was actually happy they didn't pick Wright... but I remember being a little disappointed that they had passed on him.

Byt for the 2023 draft, with 4 - FOUR !!!!! - solid centers in the top-4, and Habs actually having the 31st AND 37th pick, I would have put up a HUGE package (who gives a flying FFF at some point of having WAAAAAAY too many picks) and packaged the 5th, 31st, 37th AND a 3rd round pick, just to move 1, 2 or 3 spots. And then pick Fantilli, Carlson or Smith.

But that's just me.

I'm more pissed that the 2022 draft wasn't the 2023 or 2024 one in terms of talent...... Habs were picking 1st OA for the first tie in a while... and it had to come at a down year in terms of talent...</div></div>

I love what I'm seeing from Slaf the last 10 games. He's the best offensive player on the ice IMO. He has a nice shot and will start converting soon. The Habs Digest guys did a nice breakdown recently on his impact: https://youtu.be/a6o69NxV4BU?si=S_KGFyQ75GmW9GNb
Forum: Armchair-GMDec. 18, 2023 at 12:40 p.m.
Thread: Assuming they win the lottery
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jonh514</b></div><div>Who "should" they have taken in 2022?</div></div>

I'm more pissed that the 2022 draft didn't have a whole lot of quality. In my case, I was actually high on Cooley, not kidding. I was NOT on the Wright train. And when they picked Slaf, I was actually happy they didn't pick Wright... but I remember being a little disappointed that they had passed on him.

Byt for the 2023 draft, with 4 - FOUR !!!!! - solid centers in the top-4, and Habs actually having the 31st AND 37th pick, I would have put up a HUGE package (who gives a flying FFF at some point of having WAAAAAAY too many picks) and packaged the 5th, 31st, 37th AND a 3rd round pick, just to move 1, 2 or 3 spots. And then pick Fantilli, Carlson or Smith.

But that's just me.

I'm more pissed that the 2022 draft wasn't the 2023 or 2024 one in terms of talent...... Habs were picking 1st OA for the first tie in a while... and it had to come at a down year in terms of talent...
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 24, 2022 at 11:35 a.m.
Thread: Habs after 2 years of tanking
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BadaBing</b></div><div>You need to bridge Cole for 3 years at $5M then give him the 8year deal. This way he will be 32-33 yrs old at the end of that 8 years</div></div>

It will depend on what he doesn’t next season. If he score 30 and goes over 60 points he will command nore then 5 millions on a bridge deal. Then might be better to sign him long term if the avv is good or sign him on a 4 years bridge deal to maximize is contract before he get the big juicy one. Then Se will vet off the hook Price money, Gallagher will have 2 years left and Habs could afford to trade him. Futur is pretty exciting. We didn’t have much reason to be optimistic in the past 25 years. They finally looking to go i. The right direction go habs go !!
Forum: Armchair-GMMar. 16, 2022 at 8:25 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 26, 2022 at 3:20 p.m.
Thread: Philly fans
Habs likely can't flip Ristolainen if they are also retaining on Petry. Nor will they be likely to retain on Petry.
This would indeed be an off season trade, after Petry has shown the first half of this season was an anomaly.

Montreal would prefer taking Frost, Ristolainen, and retention out of the deal. It's still possible with Frost in place of the 1st. (We are assuming lottery protection if the 1st is involved.)
Either option is worthy of consideration.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>palhal</b></div><div>The bigger question is whether Petry is gonna be worth 5m for three full years? Flyers probably feel they can keep those young assets and spend 5m on UFA next season instead of obtaining Petry.</div></div>

The RHD market isn't promising. Letang likely isn't going to Philly. Klingberg will cost more in money and term. The rest will be cheaper but most are less effective players in general.
If I could go back and trade Poehling and a 3rd for a top 4 RHD instead of signing Savard, I wouldn't even hesitate.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 26, 2022 at 2:56 p.m.