Juraj SlafDadsky
Rejoint: juin 2022
Messages: 274
Mentions "j'aime": 255
I honestly can't say that this is a good or bad move, but me personally wouldn't make this move. The positives of this move is that we have a plethora of LHD that we need to move and getting a top 16 pick in this draft, stacked as it is, would be a great use of our strength at the LHD position and other picks. However Xhekaj has quickly become a foundational piece among our team in a very impressive way. He's underratedly good offensively, I wish I had his hands for my beer league, he's an important figure to the young guys (Him, Slaf, and Ghule seem to be real close ever since they all got the call up together, and even before as they all hung out along with Mesar during the summer), and his physicality and willingness to use it more than compensate for guys like Caufield or Farrell's lack of size and Slafkovsky lack of understanding on how to use his size. And probably most importantly, we got him for free, he's proved everyone wrong at every level of hockey he's played, and I think he's only going to get better.
I know that Habs fans tend to overrate Xhekaj and other team's fans tend to call us out on it, but he genuinely deserves a lot of praise and respect.
So honestly I can't get behind trading him at this point in his career, while this may be the highest value he ever has, I'd bet good money that he only goes up from here.