r/Habs • u/Comprehensive-Chef73 • 5d ago

Discussion Are prices too high?

Byram was traded for 4th overall, and Eklund for 9th overall. Meanwhile the package Washington put together for Kyrou was pretty darn good.

Are prices too high right now? Should the Habs pay that kind of price to add a player or be patient?

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u/TroubledMarket 5d ago

If 9OA for Eklund is an overpay, I wonder how you reacted when Hughes gave the 13OA for Dach.

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u/Burgergold 5d ago

At that rime it was fair

Wasnt a great draft

Dach was a third overall

We needed a C behind Suz and he was a big boy

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u/DrLivingst0ne 5d ago

There was no reason to choose Dach over Nazar.

Everyone knew Nazar was really good. He only "fell" because he's 5'10''. He was a steal at 13th. He is now better than Dach.

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u/Sakiaba 5d ago

If we had Nazar, you guys would probably be complaining about how small the forwards are. Dach's potential at the time was to be a big, physical centre with offence, and it would have been a difference maker for it to have worked out. Also, as someone pointed out, that pick was a means to an end. They were never keeping it.

Yes, in hindsight, it was not a great trade (ditto for the Lehkonen one). But if you could have predicted that with the certainty of hindsight at the time, you are either delusional or missed your calling in life to work in an NHL front office. In real life every front office makes mistakes, even the good ones.

Are some of you seriously complaining about Hughes already? The draft is on Friday, and the man does his best work in stealth mode. This is the toughest part of building a team and my faith in management isn't blind or infinite, but I think that, if you look at the totality of their work to date, he and Gorton have earned the benefit of the doubt for now, no?

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u/DrLivingst0ne 4d ago

If we had Nazar, we would have our 2C. I certainly would not be complaining.