Équipe: 2023-24 Canadiens de Montréal

Date de création initiale: 27 mars 2023

Publié: 28 mars 2023

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

ALRIGHT ALRIGHT JETS FANS. Before you yell at me in the comments on the rather low return on Dubois, let me explain myself. The return for Dubois will end up being low, and this is because Dubois can take his QO in the offseason, and that would walk him to unrestricted free agency once that contract expires. In that scenario were Dubois takes the QO with the Jets, Montreal can sign him to an 7-8yr deal in free agency. This means Montreal is treating Dubois in terms of value, as a rental. A prime comparable in value being the Bo Horvat trade, which my mock trade is sort of based off of although the return isn't exact. I also acknowledge that Hoffman isn't a fantastic player, but I think people would like him more if he was being paid less. This is also a low risk pickup for the Jets because he'll be a UFA next offseason, and could become a tradeable asset at the deadline. I also know that the Jets don't have a ton of space for Hoffman, but the spots should open up for him considering if they trade Dubois, that's signaling some sort of retool/rebuild anyways. Plus, the cap hit isn't a huge concern for the Jets anyway, especially for one year.

But why not wait if you're MTL? Well, it mainly just avoids the risk of him driving up his asking price in free agency, and getting him early naturally accelerates the rebuild. Even though some players do make it clear when they want to play for a certain team like Dubois has, the money is always a concern. Although I expect Dubois to take a small discount to play for MTL, he will still demand a good chunk of change. In my opinion, Montreal always wins somewhat in this situation because if they don't trade for Dubois with the Florida 1st, they can just draft a solid center instead (which this draft has many of), so not getting Dubois at the draft isn't the end of the world by any means.

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