Take out Evans & MTL accept

Hickey def not worth a 3rd and 4th

VAN decline, they can just sign a cheap bottom pairing dman July 1st instead of giving away draft picks.

That doesn’t get you Hoffman need a prospect like Wilde (RHD)

Hickey barely gets you a 4th much less two draft picks. Person above who said take out Evans is correct while the person above who said Hoffman's expiring deal is worth Wilde is insane, especially if Florida is in a cap crunch after signing both Panarain and Borovsky and at least one blue liner. Just look at the Trouba trade. A one year contract player does not cost a top prospect. Your deal there is actually pretty good...

an expiring contract for a 2nd line forward is not getting a top flight Offensive RH Defenseman prospect in any universe

nope. where is MTL getting the top 4 LH puck moving D they want? Gostesbere is gonna cost way more than this, other than that who is MTL going to get? limited supply, high demand, prices go up.

like who? who will VAN sign under 3 million for 3 years and be as effective as hickey, who has been besides this year when the entire team's offense was way down, a 20 point Defenseman consisestantly.

Says you, and for clarification doesn’t need to be Wilde, more the young RHD. I know if I said Pulock I’d get cursed out lol.

Mete is like Gostisbehere, better skater & better defensively. The problem, Mete isn’t putting up numbers. Marc Bergevin never overpaid, so it’s Tatar vs Leddy or Mete will play with Weber next year

Lmao Mete is not anywhere near Gostisbehere. Mete is like what Thomas Hickey was when he was younger. Mete aint that good bud, sorry to break it to you. hes a 3rd/2nd pairing swing player. a guy who can play mediocre top 4 minutes in a pinch

I watched every MTL games, Mete is solid AF ! You never warched him lol

I watched about 8 Montreal Games last year, plus the times they played the Rangers and the Islanders. Mete is not a top 4 defenseman, not even close. guess what: Claude Julian and MArc Bergevin agree. if they thought he was a top 4, Julian would have played him, in the top 4 (played the least Mintutes/game of any Regular D on MTL). if they thought he was a top 4, Bergevin wouldn't be scrambling around the league trying to get a top 4 LH puck moving D now would he? When I watch Mete, it's identical to Thomas Hickey from 6 years ago. Small guy, Defensively intuitive, offense that didn't translate from juniors. sorry to break it to you

He’s 21 yo, already played 2 years of top pairing against other team best line. But the kid needs a break, that’s it.

Jordie Benn.

he's going to get a contract of 3x 3-3.5, maybe even 4 but unlikely. cap space disappears on you fast.