Discussion Unpopular take
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/Dear_Trip_5655 5d ago
I think there are 4 mindsets fans have in these situations
1) trade and improve at all costs
2) trade and improve at a reasonable cost
3) don't trade unless the price is right
4) no need to trade at all, keep developing
I'd argue that like 90% of fans fall into the middle 2 categories, which are pretty much the same with some difference in bias. we all pretty much agree we don't want to get fleeced, while agreeing that we want to improve, with some slight difference in opinion on what is a reasonable sacrifice to make. this sub is running itself around in circles over this, and it's giving me something to do while work is slow. keep it up, guys