Modifié 7 mars 2018 à 9 h 48
Quoting: DJSums17
You said something very true in all of that. "Where Rychel and Valiev fall in the Leafs pool is irrelevant to the Habs, who have a slimmer prospect cupboard after a decade of (more or less) contending."
When we made the trade we traded from a position of strength yet we lost the trade and still overpayed. The fact that we had an abundance of all 3 things (LHD, LW, and picks) shouldn't bring down the value of those players/picks. 2/3 should've been plenty to get Plekanec. An aging UFA rental who has a deal in place to go back to the organization. As for the players, what you described them as I agree. Rychel can be a stabilizer on a good 4th line and Valiev just needs to play to prove himself. The Habs did REALLY well in this trade. Leafs definitely lost
Just saying. Teams don't support AHL teams for the purpose of filling out their 50 man roster. They have an AHL teams so they can develop player prospects that can be NHL players.
Don't know how you can say the Leafs lost the deal. Rychel was on waivers last fall, no takers. He was the a third line winger with the Marlies, and you expect him to a 4th liner with the Habs. Wow, how sad
There were five first rounders traded at the TDL. Come June, unless one of those teams get to the Cup final, they will be lots of disappointed teams.
A second rounder (Plekanec) seemed to the going rate. Leafs made the trade as an upgrade over Moore, and to give the Leafs a total of five NHL centres going into playoffs. Leafs don't have any NHL centres in the AHL. And with Matthews injured, kinda needed an addition centre now.
And what so special about Plekanec having deal in place next year with Montreal? Habs are a bottom 10 team with their current players, including a big raise for Price. Lot of money invested in a lot of middling players. How Habs break into the top 8 into Eastern Conference will be impossible with their current group of prospects and you think Rychel making the Habs makes the team a playoff team?
Where Rychel and Valiev fall in the Leafs pool is irrelevant to the Habs, who have a slimmer prospect cupboard after a decade of (more or less) contending."
I suggest you check the facts. Since the lock out season. There has been 12 seasons.....Montreal has finished out of the playoffs 3 times and have won 6 playoff rounds. Hardly contenders. This will season 13. You can't blame a slim prospect pool on constantly selecting at the bottom of the first round.