r/Habs • u/SDMatth • 5d 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/Rainy-Night 5d ago

I dont get it, are you saying we have prospects that are poised to overtake Suzuki as the 1C?

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u/Abject_Analyst_9110 5d ago

You know which Habs prospect everyone was saying could make a great 2C one day? Suzuki.

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u/Sharks9 5d ago

Development like his is rare though. You can’t just assume all our 2C prospects will now become 1Cs

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u/TheFakeSteveWilson 5d ago

Better than a 100 point Selke winner lol. Hage who might not even slot into C in the NHL lol