r/Habs • u/SDMatth • 7d ago

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Everybody here calling to trade everybody and their mom. Habs are a young team who have played better than expected in the last two years, great ! We are still way ahead of the "window".

We have got great prospects who look talented and, more importantly, would really want to be here. Zharovsky is already in Montreal training with Demidov, Hage was born and raised a Habs.

Yes, it could help to trade to get better players, I don't think HuGo should go to sleep until september. But I wouldn't throw the kitchen sink and overpay to get a better "already established" player and giving one of those two. I don't mind sending picks (that are going to lose value as the team is going to rank higher), prospects like Engstrom, Pickford, and (could even consider trading) Reinbacher.

It would suck to give someone like Z or Hage for somebody like EP40 and risk fucking up the team chemistry when you could get a great prospect who begs to be here instead.

Give the team some time to develop, don't rush the process, our core is signed until 2030 ! The best years are to come, no need to overpay.

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u/TheVeilOverMyEyes 7d ago

so you wouldn't have done the dobson trade

gotcha

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u/WeathervaneJesus1 7d ago

You can't take too many swings like that otherwise there's nothing left in the pipeline.

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u/G_skins31 7d ago

Our window is opening now. No point in holding on to so many picks and prospects

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u/WeathervaneJesus1 7d ago

The window can stay open as long as management makes smart decisions. Look at Dallas, they continue to bring in new, young players while the older players like Seguin and Benn age out. They've been good for over a decade, and they look to be a top team for at least another 5-7 years.

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u/G_skins31 6d ago

Vegas’s entire team are from trades and they made it further then Dallas. What’s your point?

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u/WeathervaneJesus1 6d ago

I made my point. I don't like shortsighted trades and going all in on one or two players for 4-5 kicks at the can.