It doesn’t make sense to lump a Goodrow dump into a larger deadline deal, the Rangers have plenty of cap space

I know you are not a Duck fan but MTL would take that
I doubt realistically Verbeek would target Barron, he would want Mailloux instead

I'd rather go after Kakko instead of Zegras

I'm not at all for the Zegras buzz

I think the habs could live to part with Barron and WPG's 2024 first round pick as well as 2 2nd round pick.

any scenario where the habs keep their 2024 and 2025 first round pick and their "untouchables" is a "GO" scenario.

By untouchables, I mean the Suzuki, Caufield, Slaf, Dach, Hutson, Ghule and Reinbacher. We have loads of picks for the future. Might as well use them to acquire some quality.

Because of acquisition cost or what? All things aside comparing the two players, Zegras >>> Kakko.

hockey is a 200ft game. I'd rather build the offense aspect of a guy who's already suited on the def awareness part of the sport than build the def aspect of the game for an offense-first player.

This is an exceptionally bad take.

First of all, I would argue that it is easier to get a young talented player to learn and improve defensively as long as they are willing (that is on coaching, culture, and systems) than it is to get a mediocre player that is decent defensively to get better offensively.

Second of all do you even watch Zegras play, or are you just running with that narrative? Here is his career numbers on the rebuilding Ducks in comparison to Suzuki's numbers on the rebuilding habs.

ZEGRAS: 47.14 GF%, 47.09 xGF%
SUZUKI: 46.65 GF%, 47.47 xGF%

I'd wager you think highly of Suzuki, and yet the net results and expected results in terms of Goal % between the 2 players are pretty similar.

For reference here is Kakko's numbers on the contending rangers:

KAKKO: 50.40 GF%, 49.64 xGF%

Not even that much better than Zegras and Suzuki playing mostly sheltered minutes on a contender. However what Suzuki and Zegras bring individually is way beyond anything Kakko does.

Montreal takes that and flies Youppi to Anaheim to escort Zegras back.

draw me GA or XGA now

How about you make the effort and do it yourself instead of another lazy take. I've done my part, that's on you now.

And hockey is about scoring more goals than your opponent, that's how you win a game, not by giving up a low amount of goals. If Zegras (and linemates) scores more goals but gives up more than Suzuki (and linemates) who scores less but gives up less... the net difference in results between the two players is zero.

Two no deals for Anaheim

Quality not Quantity for Z — we aren’t moving him though

We don’t want Goodrow, at all

We will trade Rico and Franky separately so we can have 2 2024 1sts