Les Habitants Prospects Thread
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GGpX
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Yeah, imagine that, trading away top players a year prior to free agency when the value is high and right as they're about to turn 30. You avoid their retirement contract as the play will start to decline and you get good assets in return.
It's very simple. Unfortunately, we ****ed up with Price, but alas...
It's very simple. Unfortunately, we ****ed up with Price, but alas...
And Pleks , Markov , etc....
worm
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the messed up thing is that max had a bad year when the habs got great value for him
worm
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pleks was never consistent enough to get a big haul
still got a second rounder for him
markov never really did drop off but if you could have got a younger markov, a top prospect, and a second rounder for him....should have done it
Stinky
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Agreed.
Don't know what the hype is about with regard to the Raiders though.
Last night was supposed to be the Marque match of the tournament.
It was really a sloppy, poorly played game that really lacked any energy and excitement.
I think the WHL is over rated as a league.
GGpX
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Nah. The Marque matchup was Saturday night, Guelph-Rouyn. Those are, imo, the two best teams and I do think that if they happen to get a re-match, it'll be great.
The WHL is still the second best league (far ahead of the Q), but I think PA might have just been tired because of 2 games in 2 nights.
The only reason PA had a shot of making noise was the goalie, but he hasn't been the best in the Mem Cup.
GGpX
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All the credit to The Charlatan. But I also think that teams take into consideration in situations like these the body of work over just what happened in the immediate; that Pacioretty never played with a top-end center, the whole team had a down year, everything that could go wrong did, the team kept losing and playing in Montréal isn't always easy.
And the contract he got from Las Vegas was actually not that bad, all things considered. It's probably a year too long, but still. He'll play with Stone & Stastny/Glass during that period of time.
Those 2 cost us 2 firsts +++++...........assets that could of been in our lineup by now
Poor asset management at its finest , we were going nowhere with or without them .
worm
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Sure but Max Pac was no better in his first year with vegas than his last year with the habs.
worm
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Give my 8 years or Markov over Zack Phillips.
Sal_Butera
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Please...have you taken a look at the Habs non top-10 first round draft record recently?
I have zero confidence either of those two late 1st rounders would’ve amounted to anything.
I will take my chances with first rounders over a team going nowhere with either player
If we made a playoff run fine keep them both .
We never had a playoff window
How did the Max trade work out
AKA ...... getting value on aging veterans at the right time
How far did 14 and 79 carry us in the playoffs ?
Sal_Butera
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I won’t know till I see what the 2nd rounder yields - it was stated above Markov & Plekanec costed Habs “2 1st rounders +++”.
Habs don’t traditionally do well with non top-10 1st round picks - late 1st rounders are low probability crap shoot to begin with.
I’ll take my 2014, 2015 and even 2016 playoff experience vs the very likelihood of both first rounders being busts + no playoff enjoyment for 3-years.
GGpX
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I'm not arguing that one way or another.