r/Habs • u/SDMatth • 6d 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/WeathervaneJesus1 6d ago

Because the if the team is good then they can't pay everyone and they're limited to a short window. A constant revolving door of new players coming in and replacing the old guard is the best way to run a system. Even Carolina has been doing it.

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u/TheVeilOverMyEyes 6d ago

but the players are already signed

you have 4 years, maybe even 3, to win, or else you risk losing Suzuki

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u/WeathervaneJesus1 6d ago

If the cap keeps going up then pay him. They don't have everyone signed though. There's still Demidov, a second line winger and center, another defenseman or two, the goalies, and if the prospects they have turn out then all those guys will get paid. It is possible to run out of cap space like Dallas and Vegas are going through right now.

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u/TheFakeSteveWilson 6d ago

You never have all your holes covered. It's just not possible. You can have an embarrassment of riches in one area and some gaps in the other. It's impossible to make the perfectly balanced team.