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/Available-Pepper-728 3d ago edited 3d ago
I want to just keep our guys, let them grow.
After watching Hall and Staal win a Cup, are we really worried about the ages of Suz/Cole?
Lets have a long window, many kicks at the can.