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We’re going over the Montreal Canadiens defenceman situation, and how a trade may be imminent considering how many guys they have.
We’ll be talking about Justin Barron, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris, Lane Hutson, Johnathan Kovacevic, Logan Mailloux, Mike Matheson, David Reinbacher, David Savard, Jayden Struble, and Arber Xhekaj.
Article: https://montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/pat-hickey-too-many-defencemen
This video is taking place after the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
The 2023 NHL Draft 1st Round went as follows:
1st) Chicago Blackhawks, Connor Bedard
2nd) Anaheim Ducks, Leo Carlsson
3rd) Columbus Blue Jackets, Adam Fantilli
4th) San Jose Sharks, Will Smith
5th) Montreal Canadiens, David Reinbacher
6th) Arizona Coyotes, Dmitri Simashev
7th) Philadelphia Flyers, Matvei Michkov
8th) Washington Capitals, Ryan Leonard
9th) Detroit Red Wings, Nate Danielson
10th) St. Louis Blues, Dalibor Dvorsky
11th) Vancouver Canucks, Tom Willander
12th) Arizona Coyotes (from Ottawa Senators), Daniil But
13th) Buffalo Sabres, Zach Benson
14th) Pittsburgh Penguins, Brayden Yager
15th) Nashville Predators, Matthew Wood
16th) Calgary Flames, Samuel Honzek
17th) Detroit Red Wings (from New York Islanders via Vancouver Canucks), Axel Sandin Pellikka
18th) Winnipeg Jets, Colby Barlow
19th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Tampa Bay Lightning), Oliver Moore
20th) Seattle Kraken, Eduard Sale
21st) Minnesota Wild, Charlie Stramel
22nd) Philadelphia Flyers (from Los Angeles Kings via Columbus Blue Jackets), Oliver Bonk
23rd) New York Rangers, Gabe Perreault
24th) Nashville Predators (from Edmonton Oilers), Tanner Molendyk
25th) St. Louis Blues (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Otto Stenberg
26th) San Jose Sharks (from New Jersey Devils), Quentin Musty
27th) Colorado Avalanche, Calum Ritchie
28th) Toronto Maple Leafs (from Boston Bruins via Washington Capitals), Easton Cowan
29th) St. Louis Blues (from Dallas Stars via New York Rangers), Theo Lindstein
30th) Carolina Hurricanes, Bradley Nadeau
31st) Colorado Avalanche (from Florida Panthers via Montreal Canadiens), Mikhail Gulyayev
32nd) Vegas Golden Knights, David Edstrom
This video is also taking place after 2023 NHL Season, and after the 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs, where the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Florida Panthers in the Finals.
Lane Hutson was one of the top NHL prospects at the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.
The 2022 NHL Entry Draft saw many top NHL prospects get selected by a variety of teams. The Top 28 of the draft went as follows:
1st) Montreal Canadiens, Juraj Slafkovsky
2nd) New Jersey Devils, Simon Nemec
3rd) Arizona Coyotes, Logan Cooley
4th) Seattle Kraken, Shane Wright
5th) Philadelphia Flyers, Cutter Gauthier
6th) Columbus Blue Jackets (from Chicago Blackhawks), David Jiricek
7th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Ottawa Senators), Kevin Korchinski
8th) Detroit Red Wings, Marco Kasper
9th) Buffalo Sabres, Matthew Savoie
10th) Anaheim Ducks, Pavel Mintyukov
11th) Arizona Coyotes (from San Jose Sharks), Conor Geekie
12th) Columbus Blue Jackets, Denton Mateychuk
13th) Chicago Blackhawks (from New York Islanders), Frank Nazar
14th) Winnipeg Jets, Rutger McGroarty
15th) Vancouver Canucks, Jonathan Lekkerimaki
16th) Buffalo Sabres (Vegas Golden Knights), Noah Ostlund
17th) Nashville Predators, Joakim Kemell
18th) Dallas Stars, Lian Bichsel
19th) Minnesota Wild (from LA Kings), Liam Ohgren
20th) Washington Capitals, Ivan Miroshnichenko
21st) Pittsburgh Penguins, Owen Pickering
22nd) Anaheim Ducks (from Boston Bruins), Nathan Gaucher
23rd) St. Louis Blues, Jimmy Snuggerud
24th) Minnesota Wild, Danila Yurov
25th) Chicago Blackhawks (from Toronto Maple Leafs), Sam Rinzel
26th) Montreal Canadiens (from Calgary Flames), Filip Mesar
27th) San Jose Sharks (from Carolina Hurricanes via Arizona Coyotes and Montreal Canadiens), Filip Bystedt
28th) Buffalo Sabres (from Florida Panthers), Jiri Kulich
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23 Comments
Engstrom too!
Going to need Mathenson and Savard for at least one more season. Asides from those 2 in my opinion Hutson, Mailloux, Guhle, and Xhekaj should start the season.
We are gratified to have Gorton and Hughes at the helm for their patience in maintaining focus on the mission: “to build a very competitive team for the long term”
Trading a young D of a future; Hutson, Guhle, Mailloux or Reinbacher to “plug a hole” would be madness. Besides that, Barron, Harris and Kovacevic have become dispensable.
BUT 👉🏻 We must at least wait for the lottery to have a complete picture of Kent Hughes' options for this summer.
kovacevic has the best plus minus in montreal bst 7th defence and a 225 lbs 6ft 5 inches .
I think Mathieson and Guehle are locks on the left side and I'd like to see Hutson playing there too. On the right, we keep Savard depending on how the season goes, play Harris there with Mailloux. Rotate Wifi and Barron in and out, trade Honda Civic and Struble. Reinbacher won't be ready for a couple of years at least.
Matheson a 2nd and a 3rd for Brady
Barron and Harris and a third for Zegras.
As much as I love Masson and his points
The end of the season as a -24
I think Montreal should package their two first round picks this year with a defensemen to Edm for Draisaitl, maybe a 2nd dman if required. It solves edm salary cap issues, gives them some youthful cost effective players and room to sign a top 6 forward. and really Mont gets their #1 centre, a power forward they need and build this team for a playoff contender
Whoever they need to throw in to move Josh Anderson’s contract off the roster
Ylonen is not coming back to the Habs next year and no place in the roster for Harris. We should trade for Zadina 1 for 1. Maybe Zadina could bounce back here in MTL.
Also could Barron, Dvorak, Norlinder and a 2nd round pick 24 enough for Zegras ? Him and Caufield on the second line could do a lot of damage.
Majority of the young D with NHL experience are 3rd pairing talent at best so the problem is not as "great" as it seems. It's definitely not the case where you could pick any 6 to get good D corps. Realistically with the vets Math & Savy being guaranteed to be in the top 6 and Kova being good as a spare 7th you'd have 4 spots left. Guhle is the only one who's shown top 4 potential. Guys like Reinbacher, Hutson, and Struble can play in Laval without waivers so they could be kept there for asset management purposes even if any of them show they should start in the NHL. So that leaves Harris, Xhekaj, Barron. Hughes still has some time, at least until next training camp before he needs to really start thinking of doing some trading. But he won't get much for them but they may help as an add-on sweetener to a bigger trade.
The value of Mathenson will never be as high as right now,
move it while you can get something big for him,
Kovacevic & Harris should be traded (contracts not renewed) and Matheson should also be traded since his value is very good now. We should be able to get a first pick + for him. Xhekaj is a key player, should never be traded, he brings confidence and solidity to the team + his marketing value is tremendous (the Sheriff) very popular with MTL fans. Trudeau is also a solid prospect and could make the roster this year while Reinbacher still needs to prove himself as a worthy NHL defenseman and will most likely play in Laval next year.
Barron (bad trade), Harris, Kavacevic, Matheson or Savard can go. I prefer to keep both if we can.
Get rid of Barron, Harris and Struble at least
I would not trade Matheson unless Hutson has proven himself over a longer period of time. Let's say at the next trade deadline Hutson is having a great season, Matheson is a more interesting piece to move depending on their standings. Also, it would not suprise me if they convert one of those to a forward Mark Streit style. I am not saying it WILL happen, I'm saying it wouldn't surprise me.
actually they can trade Ghule if they want to go for Dickinson or Levshunov via draft Levshunov has some Dahlin in him Dickinson is also strong,hard to predict there are multiple ways to improve the team but hard to choose the right one
They need Savard and Matheson to mentor 4 or 5 kids. Guhle, Xhekaj, Hutson, Mailloux are my next 4. They all bring something different. Reinbacher can wait. You keep Kovacevic and Struble as 7th and 8th, put on the market Barron, Harris.
Mailloux and Harris should get traded as a package for a real top 6 forward I’d even throw in some forward prospect with it. I also think that if the opposing team would rather Struble than Harris we still do it. You gotta give some to get some and most people are completely overvaluing our players.
Futur habs defence
Hutson Reinbacher
Guhle Mailloux
Xhekaj Barron
Engstrom
Everyone else is fair game. Got lots of picks too so we can make some interesting offers.. how does a 2025 1st rnd pick and Matheson sound? Or what can a 2025 1st, 2nd and 3rd + Harris and Armia get you?
Should be able to afford a top six forward with that if the situation is right.
Barron and Trudeau, and Winnipeg’s 1st get moved.
Mike and Savard are not young D
Kovacevic Harris, Barron are on the low end I think for this season, Savard likely traded at TDL