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Can the Montreal Canadiens and Vegas Golden Knights work a deal for defencemen, Nicolas Hague? What would it take? What would his contract would the Habs look like? What role does he fill on the depth chart and are there other NHL team competing with the Montreal Canadiens for him?
Shaun Starr and Marco D’Amico answer those questions!
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I like it, Matheson has a lot of trade value now.
I would grab Nick Hague as soon as possible
As players on the roster age, but can be a good piece for other teams, you have to look at the opportunity. We tend to fall in love or hate with players but as I was told a long time ago by the Alouettes trainer, Dan Diebert, "players will come and go and they are only needed as long as they perform". Other than building a team culture, the business aspect takes precedent.
Arber is useless. Send him back to Costco
Strubble seems to have no long term future in the Habs line up, so with a low salary would be a good asset to return in this trade. Vegas may want to add a young prospect at a cheap cap hit. And then add a or picks. I would give our 17th first round to get such a great Dman for many years to come.
Would targeting Nick mean Arber or struble are gone?
I would trade Matheson for Hague in a heartbeat, we don’t need another offensive defenseman, Hutson is our guy also the role we had Matheson in isn’t ideal since he’s offensively minded.
Great take. That would really give the habs some options in a package for a 2c
Completely agree with the notion that Arber xhekaj would be the odd man out. many Habs fans do not want to say that out loud but it makes sense .my first reaction when I heard about this story was Hague would make Arber expendable , so I agree with Shaun
let the dog out
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While we are wondering whether we can get the 2C with the first rounders, I think a guy like Matheson can be the main piece in the package. A veteran with offensive ability and is in his prime . I can see why they are looking at Hague.
Have you ever noticed that Toronto media often talk about the Habs but Montréal media never talk about the Leafs (except when it's something big, certainly not rumours)
Great show guys, just wanna say that Hague play on rigth side for last 5 years this is a plus
Good morning gentlemen 🙏☕️
The Canadiens are not in the market for Nicholas Hague in any serious way.
Maybe consider this scenario as the reason why Montreal seems to be attached to so many off-season rumours…
Kent Hughes is the kind of GM who believes that it his job to consider and explore every possible trade or signing. If a player is available, he feels that he would be derelict in his duties without engaging in some discussion about it.
So, word starts spreading that Vegas is shopping Nicholas Hague, and Hughes feels compelled to make a telephone call – maybe Kelly McCrimmon is looking to dump players and Montreal can get an asset by taking on Hague's AAV. More than anything though, calling MCrimmon helps build a relationship with Las Vegas for future dealings.
Then, word leaks out that Hague is on the market and that Pittsburgh and Montreal have inquired. Nick Kypreos, despite the fact that the rumour makes absolutely no sense at all, publishes it in the Toronto Star in an effort to be relevant as an insider (with no source, let alone confirmation). Canadiens fans and media run with it and all of sudden a trade is in the works between Montreal and Las Vegas.
This scenario also explains most of the non-sensical rumours we are hearing about the Canadiens – Crosby, Marner, Horvat, Robertson, Rossi, etc.
Who ever trades for him has leverage over Vegas. I would not over pay for him.
I don’t think we’ll get a 2C this summer, maybe on the free agent market if the price is right, for a temporary solution. I think that Hughes will try to solidify right D, and try to advance in the draft, or draft 2 players that could become home runs, say Bear that would fall because of his injury. I think they will be comfortable this season watching what could Dach do with Demidov, and act in 2026 if it fails. I honestly can’t see why we’d have a worst season this year with Demidov in the line up and without the mess we had at the beginning of last season.
Trade Matheson? Not unless there is someone else who can eat those minutes. The disrespect Matheson gets is crazy. He didn't complain losing PP1 and became a good PKer.
I wonder if Hague could be acquired for Struble. Struble would be much cheaper that Hague for VGK.
I dream of the future Dline in MTL
Ghule Rienbacher
Hudson Hague
Xjekai Mailloux
Engstrom
Wow what power on D !!!!