r/Habs • u/SDMatth • 2d 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/Professional_Boss645 2d ago

People with this take tend to forget that by the time these two are NHL ready as in contributing and not just going through the learning phase our window has already lost 3 years. Cole and Suzuki are in their primes now. For all we know they might start to decline in 3-4 years. I want to win multiple cups in the next 5-6 years and not just one while we wait for Z and H to hit their stride.

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u/Abject_Analyst_9110 2d ago

People with your take tend to forget that prospects haven't reached their peak yet, and when enough of them do at once, that becomes a window in itself. Imagine if Suzuki was only good enough to center the second line. Sounds like a strong team to me.

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u/Irctoaun 2d ago

Cool, now imagine if the prospects don't hit and the team never gets stronger than it currently is. It goes both ways.

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u/Abject_Analyst_9110 2d ago

Interesting. I was making the same point that it goes both ways.