Has anyone noticed that these Dubois to Montreal trades all look somewhat the same?

Has anyone noticed that these Dubois to Montreal trades all look somewhat the same?

You know this is a Jets fan proposing it right?!

Montreal isn't adding Farrell to a PLD trade, think Kidney + the Panthers 1st + Armia or Hoffman. Jets probably pass on that too though, since they want Suzuki + Caufield + Hutson + Dach + both Habs 2023 1sts, and Windjammer likely says that isn't enough anyway!

And I'm a Leafs fan , I was just remarking that it seems to be the same trade being posted for Dubois on this site quite a bit

It’s similar. This is a little weak but you can expect the Florida 1st and Dvorak to be in the deal ( cap purposes). Then you have a list of prospects that are likely included, two of: Mailloux, Farrell, Kidney, Engstrom, Ylonen, Roy.

My guess is either Mailloux and Kidney, OR Farrell and Engstrom along with the FLA 1st and Dvorak. That would get you in the ballpark of the Horvat/Meier deals.[/quot

It depends on whether other teams would be in on him

It’s similar. This is a little weak but you can expect the Florida 1st and Dvorak to be in the deal ( cap purposes). Then you have a list of prospects that are likely included, two of: Mailloux, Farrell, Kidney, Engstrom, Ylonen, Roy.

My guess is either Mailloux and Kidney, OR Farrell and Engstrom along with the FLA 1st and Dvorak. That would get you in the ballpark of the Horvat/Meier deals.

If it's 2 of those 6, it's likely Ylonen + Kidney or Engstrom. Roy is a hometown boy and HuGo has been collecting quite a few of them, Farrell is thought of as elite by Adam Nicholas (head of player development), so Habs management will be extremely high on him. Mailloux fills an organizational need (RHD). So your likely going to have to pick 2 of Kidney, Engstrom and Ylonen.

Dubois holds the cards here. Other teams may be in on him, but are they going to pay a hefty price knowing he will not re-sign with them? I’d say he will not sign with at least 2/3rds of the league.

We don’t know his preference at this point but we have an idea. We know he wouldn’t stay in Columbus (we thought it was about the coach) but now he is forcing his way out of Winnipeg for no real obvious reason. The only thing that makes sense is that these are small market teams.

We know he wants to sign in Montreal but is that the only place? Maybe it comes down to the market and he will only sign in a big one. That leaves us with like 10 teams but most of them like the Rangers, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, LA either don’t have the assets to make that deal, don’t have the cap space or are rebuilding…

Detroit is one team I can think of that will probably bring some competition but I don’t think it will be too much of a bidding war.

Regardless though this is pretty similar to the Horvat/Meier deals and there was a lot of competition for them.

Dubois holds the cards here. Other teams may be in on him, but are they going to pay a hefty price knowing he will not re-sign with them? I’d say he will not sign with at least 2/3rds of the league.

We don’t know his preference at this point but we have an idea. We know he wouldn’t stay in Columbus (we thought it was about the coach) but now he is forcing his way out of Winnipeg for no real obvious reason. The only thing that makes sense is that these are small market teams.

We know he wants to sign in Montreal but is that the only place? Maybe it comes down to the market and he will only sign in a big one. That leaves us with like 10 teams but most of them like the Rangers, Boston, Toronto, Chicago, LA either don’t have the assets to make that deal, don’t have the cap space or are rebuilding…

Detroit is one team I can think of that will probably bring some competition but I don’t think it will be too much of a bidding war.

Regardless though this is pretty similar to the Horvat/Meier deals and there was a lot of competition for them.

Yea it will be. Jets won’t be trading him to Montreal and anyone with a brain knows it. It’s going to be to a contender or a team that thinks they have a hope in signing him. My guess is a team trades for him at the draft, thinking 2023 first, another pick plus a B level prospect. That team then tries signing him and if fails will flip at the 2024 deadline to a contender

Why would they do that when they can just get a better offer with an extension from Montreal this offseason? That’s doesn’t make any sense. They’ll have no issue trading him to where he wants to go, that’s how you get the most for him.

They traded Trouba to NY knowing that’s where he wanted to go.

Montreal definitely won't be making an offer this year because that would require compensation including their 1st round pick this season. In 2024 when he's UFA with no compensation required then sure they'll be all over him.

Why are you so sure that he makes it to ufa?

It’s pretty apparent. Doesn’t take a brainiac to know it. He’s going to get traded to a contender for something like 1st 2nd + maybe a prospect or young player. Montreal won’t be offering anything of value so all these mock trades are idiotic