lecoqsportif
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Carrier may have been our move. It’s proving to be a shrewd one.
Habs Season Thread: 2024-25 Regular Season
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Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
They're winning without Savard. Carrier made him expendable so I think he's gone regardless of standings.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
Carrier has been good but not playing Barron has been better.
Sal_Butera
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Not sure HuGo view adding 3rd / 4th rounders as value add over maintaining team chemistry & letting Savard walk as UFA
lecoqsportif
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Plus treating Savard “right” (re: family) is a good advertising for UFAs down the road.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
I think he'll get a second and if he does he's gone. Likely a 26 or 27 second rounder.
I agree if the return is underwhelming he stays but D depth is always valuable at deadline.
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
They could always resign him in the summer. They won't but they could.
Also, how's letting him walk 8 weeks later any different? I don't subscribe to this as a factor. An underwhelming return I can understand.
worm
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I'm assuming now that Matheson is staying
And playing Guhle on the left side, and playing Hutson with Matheson . . . and Dach waking up . . . and Laine’s return injecting a huge boost . . . They all add up.
worm
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GrandWazoo
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Not really. Carrier has been complimentary to Savard, allowing a vet on each pairings. Without Savard, it’s Struble and no D depth. Savard was playing 17-18 minutes a game, Struble has been playing like 11.
If we’re in a playoff spot or close to one, he stays. Plus he’s been such a warrior for the team the past 4 years, i don’t think the locker room would take it too well. It would take a first rounder to make Hughes think twice about it.
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Stay the course and continue the rebuild
The " da mix " means nothing in the grand scheme of things
Keep selling if the offers are right and dont add depth ,Habs have all the depth they need
Most of these UFA `s have no future with us and cant be foolish to turn down a good offer
Habsy
Not playing around anymore.
Not playing Struble won't help him improve but there's no reason to keep Savard if the return is reasonable. This is not a cup team.
Savard is gone with any reasonable offer , locker room will survive
worm
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I'm enjoying the push to the playoffs. But I have to remind myself I don't want the Habs of the pre covid decade. I want a team that has a legit chance at the cup.
Check out Gadget player vs Quim Hughes skating metrics.
View: https://x.com/HabsOnReddit/status/1877111009619378276?s=19
View: https://x.com/HabsOnReddit/status/1877111009619378276?s=19
GrandWazoo
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They won’t jeopardize a potential playoff run (even if just one round) for a couple of picks, unless maybe first rounders. We already have 9 picks in the first 4 rounds this year.
We’ll see how the next two months play out.
GrandWazoo
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And somehow i keep hearing the Lane is an average skater nowhere in the same class as Hughes