So...A+ isn't the best you can get? Is that like someone saying that they gave 110%, when you know it's not physically possible? So A+ is what? The second best tier of prospect?

Laffy are rare specimen... and then you have the other great good one as A+.
Anyway Lenny, what would be your REAL cost without involving you know who in MTL?

Just like Mike Hoffman - Huberdeau eats minutes and isn't nearly the player his stat-line reflects, similarly to Tatar tbh. The reality is that Romanov, who was the best defensemen in two consecutive world juniors, projects to be worth more than his weight in Gold on a rookie contract in a flat cap world. He ALONE is worth more than Huberdeau, let alone replacing almost all of Huberdeau's production with Tatar AND then adding a very serviceable NHLer in Lehknonen who is actually quite the possession beast but can't finish. I repeat, horrible trade.

People who think this is a fair offer must think Huberdeau would return Makar in a 1x1 - that is the equivalence of how ridiculously I view this offer.

For Huberdeau? If it didn't start with Caufield+Romanov+late 1st or early 2nd, I wouldn't answer the phone. Then I'd probably canvass the league looking for better offers. You get a star player in his prime in exchange for question marks.

Romanov is worth more than Huberdeau? You Habs fans are solid gold when it comes to the comedic gems that you throw around. Guy who ranked 58th in the league in TOI for forwards puts up 1.13 points per game, and tied for 10th in the league in points, but yeah, you're right, it's just garbage points. The year before that? 52nd in TOI, and tied for 12th in scoring. But yeah, he's a scrub. The bleu, blanc et rouge tinge in your eyes must make it tough to see much...

Also, wasn't Sandin the top dman last year?

Romanov isn't worth more than Hoffman, yet (i hope), I'm not sure how to make a comment about the rest of that first paragraph but you are right about how good Hoffman is at least Offensively, I'm personally not a fan of His Defense but he's not a bad player. Finally, Romanov won top defenseman in the 2019 WJC because of the points he put up but in the 2020 tournament he played his more regular style of a shutdown defender and was considered the 2nd best in the tournament by the media but that could have been influenced by his previous year's performance but was at least top 2 in back to back years