Quoting: Jay27
A solid top 4 wins cups. If player development goes according to plan then by the time Matheson’s contract expires the top 4 will be Guhle-Barron and Hutson-Reinbacher with possible adjustment of course. In the meantime no reason to trade any of these guys… especially Guhle IMO.
Hutsons not being developed to be a 2nd pair guy
He's got Multi time Cup winning Defensman Jay Pandolfo coaching him to be a Top Dog
We got Coach Nicholas working with them on improving his skill sets and he's done more in less time then Guhle despite his size.
It would be like putting Cale Makar on 2nd pair ( a player who's career NCAA stats he stomped as a rookie and made a final 4 on a rebuild )
I'd question your sanity
Odd man out is Guhle if we're keeping Hutson
If Guhle stays then Matheson has to go today and Hutson later on.
People are sleeping on Engstrom as if he's not going to make it harder for us to decide when he finished top 3 SHL rookies and top 5 among SHL D scorers
He trains with 2 teams and lives in the Gym but trains high intensity Cardio to keep lean as opposed to Xhekaj who gained 53lbs in 2 years in pure muscle
He's Mobile and skates like Lehkonen always on the attack shadowing his opponent.
Kicking the can down the road will just put MTL in a position where we dont have leverage and end up giving him away for less in a contract crunch like LAK with Durzi