Well those predictions are certainly bold.

Ignoring all of the crazy stuff, I don’t think that Juulsen making the team & showing to 4 potential wouldn’t surprise everyone, since he’s just starting from where he left off before the injury.

Juuslen (taking away his injuries) has always been a contentious prospect among Habs fans. I've always been high on him, but I know many aren't. At least when it comes to top 4 potential.

Apart from the Caufield and Laf stuff, I don't think it's too far out lol what do you think of the Dunn situation?

Dunn would be a VERY good pickup for the Habs

I don’t like the idea of trading for Dunn. I feel like this trade is only something a team that needs to win immediately would do. And even then, I don’t know if they would even do it. While I do think that we can afford to overpay for Dunn, I don’t think it makes sense to give up valuable assets just to make us a bit better in the short term. We won’t contend in the short term, so it’s pretty useless. I also don’t see how Dunn is that much of an upgrade over Mete. Not to mention the fact that his $4 million cuts into the limited cap space we have to re-sign our FAs.

I would much rather acquire an asset by taking Allen/Steen off the Blues hands so that they can sign Dunn than paying to get Dunn.

Well for one I think Dunn is a MASSIVE upgrade over Mete, in almost every aspect other than skating. I also don't see how it's short sighted when you're trading for a 23 year old top 4.

But yeah Habs can always hope STL sign Pietrangelo and have Dunn get to FA. An offer sheet of this contract would only cost MTL a 2nd... but I highly doubt STL would let it get to that point, hence why they would trade him for the best possible offer, or do as you say, ship out Allen / Steen with additional assets to make room to sign him. It's definitely a tricky situation for STL with a flat cap.

Dunn isn’t THAT better than Mete, if you look at Mete’s number he’s pretty good. If Mete was putting 30 points nobody would complain about is game, yes he’s small and needs to bring more offense, but I wouldn’t trade him + Struble for Dunn. Keep the Greek God and Norlinder, Harris can go before those 2.

IDK, from what I’ve seen Dunn doesn’t seem to be anything special. And I’d be apprehensive of trading Struble in a Dunn deal at all, and it’s much worse when we’re using a good prospect to upgrade a 2nd pairing defenseman to another 2nd pairing defenseman.

And I don’t know how important Dunn can be when his own GM decides to sign Marco Scandella to a fairly generous contract before him. So either the GM prioritizes signing an older player while there is absolutely no pressure to get anything done or they’re already convinced that they’ve lost Pietrangelo, in which case they’re keeping Dunn.

Pretty sure when they trade for Faulk Pietro said he was leaving so they can have Parayko-Faulk-Bortuzzo RHD

I was actually between Struble and Harris when choosing who to put in the deal lol still undecided but put Struble anyway.

Disagree on Mete. I've seen enough of Mete for the past 3 season to know what he is imo a #5 Dman with fringe top 4 abilities. If Habs plan on using him like a #5 Dman, that works for me and he can be pretty good. And for sure he will still get better imo. But what is an optimized / improved, experienced Mete? He still won't be able to shoot from the point, still have zero physical game, and still be very limited offensively since he's not a PP guy either. His game off the rush is solid and has super speed for a transition game (which explains some of his success with the Habs having a great 5v5 game, Mete plays a role in that). But also, Mete's only real success is when he was with Weber. Once he got bumped down he basically disappeared into obscurity. and we all know Mete paired up with Weber just isn't a viable option moving forward.

Dunn on the other hand is a more complete player. He can skate, plays on the PP, has a solid shot from the point. And looking at hockey reference.com, Dunn still puts up better 5v5 numbers than Mete...So Dunn has a more complete game, is more versatile, and has consistently been better offensively than Mete. I don't think it's even close, and yes I think the difference is massive .

You're right about the Scandella signing...that's really puzzling. lol

Blues laugh and hang up, obviously.






Umm no, you're imaging that.

Dunn would have to sign the offer sheet. I’m not sure what sane player looks at both rosters and the chance of winning a Cup and then picks Montreal.

NOOO!!! lol...just, no!
I'm really tired of seeing a diminutive Montreal team. Strubble will be a great 3/4 or 5/6 D with size and strength.
Replacing Mete with Dunn isn't much of an upgrage IMO. Losing Strubble plus a 2nd rounder makes it that much harder.
In all honesty, Habs need to get bigger, not smaller.
Imagine these 5 players on the ice at the same time: Caufield, Domi, Gallagher, Mete, Dunn.

the one that wants to make more money

I’d think seeing $4mil aav over multiple years with MTL instead of a 1or 2 year deal at less than $2mill would change a lot of players minds....don’t you think?!

You’re not at all worried about an offer sheet of the same value I signed Dunn to?

Caufield is going back to Wisconsin, And St Louis doesn't accept that offer on Dunn.

HABS dont need to trade for Dunn, he's a RFA. Offer sheet him for 4.2 million. St Louis won't be able to match and just give up a 2nd round pick

I said this in another comment, but I highly doubt STL would let it get to that point. Either they decide to keep him and do other moves to make room for him, or they decide they can’t afford him and trade him to the highest bidder before he hits FA.