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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 28, 2019 at 3:55 p.m.
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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 31, 2018 at 12:30 a.m.
Thread: Edmonton Montreal trade
Not sure I can see any real value here for Montreal. They would be taking $15M annually in contracts away from the Oilers for two 3rd line forwards (Lucic and Strome) and an over-priced #2 centre. Nuge is a solid player who'll get you 20 goals and 50 points maximum, but he's being paid $6M for 3 more years. That's just too high. And his scoring stats include several years with high scoring wingers in Eberle and Hall, so they're likely to just get worse in Montreal. Besides the Oilers over-value him now because he might be the solution to play on McDavid's wing.

I don't even want to consider how bad the Lucic contract will be in 2-3-4 more years. He looked incredibly slow last year. Montreal has enough big problem contracts to deal with already.

The only player here that still needs to figure out a ceiling for NHL success is Scherbak, I think he needs a couple more years in Hab-Land to prove what he can do in this league. It would be a mistake to give up on him too early.

If the Habs are going to move Patches they should concentrate on young prospects and high draft picks. None of these Oilers guys would be considered an important asset in 2-3 years, except maybe Nuge who would still be a #2C, maybe even 3C by then. He's not the answer to Habs centre issues.
Forum: Armchair-GMMay 25, 2017 at 9:39 p.m.