Seems underly optimistic, but understandable given the last 2 years
dadoudelidou
I was thinking this summer that Kent didn’t do much moves this summer but after reflexions, it is false. As a whole, he made some great things to fix the team.
Changed medical staff.
Signed Caufield 8 years.
Signed Monahan, Ylonen, RHP on great short deals.
Traded Eddy away to clear some place for the younger guys while getting some minor picks
Traded away Hoffman and Pitlick ( hello Petry! ), while getting some minor picks/assests for it.
Traded a late 1st and 2nd for a fast and NHL ready C in Newhook, we probably haven’t seen his ceiling yet. This move brings yet another player in the age group Kent wants .
In process : he will most probably getting us capcompliant WITH Price on the roster, permitting us to weaponize our cap and last retaining spot available later this year at TDL.
Puccimane
We definitely need that game breaking forward for our top line and PP1. I’m worried if we don’t draft one in the next 2 years, we won’t be able to push for a cup. We’re definitely loaded on D now so I hope we see a good progression on prospects and can get a top 5 pick next draft (not tank but competively lose lol).
MachineGunMaurice
I’m a fan, and I wholeheartedly endorse this. The new management team has made some savvy financial moves, has bought low on some high ceiling assets, and has moved out inefficient contracts and/or bad players (Lekhonen being the exception of course).
However, there are still many things up in the air, and yet there seem to be a lot of people in the fan base who think that this team has somehow arrived. There are still massive questions in terms of development of said assets, for example of all these young guys. This team still doesn’t have an established game changer at forward, which is absolutely necessary in order to aspire for the Cup. And it’s certainly not with the last 2 draft picks that that situation was addressed.
There is talent here, but I think it’s perfectly reasonable to hold judgment for another 3-4 years. B range is 100% correct in this respect with a plus or minus depending of your faith in the guys they’ve got so far.
eriverside
Management hasn’t been here for that long (1.5 seasons), so it 2 drafts, limited amount of time developing. So it should be unclear that they are that good (or bad) at it. But they’ve been doing pretty good on that front.
They’re also in a rebuild, so trading for established guys, picking up free agents isn’t what they should be doing at the moment, so they’re losing points for that, but they shouldn’t be. I think the roster building is spot on because they need to build a roster consistent with their development plan.
… which means their vision should be ranking much higher than it’s reported.
Where I disagree is trading 1st+2nd for Newhook and then drafting 2 goalies further down in the draft. Goalie is a bigger position of need for us. I would have use 1st + 2nd on the 2nd and 3rd best rated goalies of the draft. Its no guarantee they work out, but it’s the best chance we have at developing a goalie internally. There’s also plenty of players with good upside available so trading for newhook is expensive and too safe.
We also let Michkov slip away. We don’t have an elite player of his caliber projection in the organization. Maybe Hutson. So drafting David is a mistake. Yes, David fills a positional need, and I’ll cheer for him and hope he succeeds. Doesn’t change the fact that we reached for a player many scouts ranked 10th. (Mock drafts had him higher because it was a Habs position of need).
Last word: I think this management often overpays in trades (they did get some homeruns) to guarantee the trade works and they don’t miss their opportunity. That’s very pragmatic (consider Berg losing out on Markov and Radulov – would overpaying have been better than letting those guys go?) but also means we’re not maximizing value.
Key-Surprise-9206
I do really like what Hughes and Co. Has done. However I would say our development could use a little work (playing slavkoski fourth line and rushing him into the nhl) and that our draft choices have been… questionable. Passing up on jiricek or nemec for a winger, then passing up on Benson or michikov for a dman is a interesting play
mdlt97
I have a lot of confidence in this management 363 days a year
So that’s at least a good thing, they have made some great trades and asset management
They have hired some needed staff (developmental coaches)
However all of that is relatively meaningless since the only thing this FO will be judged on is their draft picks
WintertimeLivingEasy
I think fans are delusional.
Habs signed 0 important UFA I don’t see how that’s a B-, that’d be a C for me.
It’s too early too know about draft, development, roster building and vision, another C.
Cap management and trading should be pairing, and retaining half of Petry’s salary was kinda bad to get nothing in return, Hoffman was UFA at the end of the season, but we got a 1st for Chariot which was a game away from a 15OA pick, a free 1st with Monahan, B+ for trading, C for cap managment.
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Seems underly optimistic, but understandable given the last 2 years
I was thinking this summer that Kent didn’t do much moves this summer but after reflexions, it is false. As a whole, he made some great things to fix the team.
Changed medical staff.
Signed Caufield 8 years.
Signed Monahan, Ylonen, RHP on great short deals.
Traded Eddy away to clear some place for the younger guys while getting some minor picks
Traded away Hoffman and Pitlick ( hello Petry! ), while getting some minor picks/assests for it.
Traded a late 1st and 2nd for a fast and NHL ready C in Newhook, we probably haven’t seen his ceiling yet. This move brings yet another player in the age group Kent wants .
In process : he will most probably getting us capcompliant WITH Price on the roster, permitting us to weaponize our cap and last retaining spot available later this year at TDL.
We definitely need that game breaking forward for our top line and PP1. I’m worried if we don’t draft one in the next 2 years, we won’t be able to push for a cup. We’re definitely loaded on D now so I hope we see a good progression on prospects and can get a top 5 pick next draft (not tank but competively lose lol).
I’m a fan, and I wholeheartedly endorse this. The new management team has made some savvy financial moves, has bought low on some high ceiling assets, and has moved out inefficient contracts and/or bad players (Lekhonen being the exception of course).
However, there are still many things up in the air, and yet there seem to be a lot of people in the fan base who think that this team has somehow arrived. There are still massive questions in terms of development of said assets, for example of all these young guys. This team still doesn’t have an established game changer at forward, which is absolutely necessary in order to aspire for the Cup. And it’s certainly not with the last 2 draft picks that that situation was addressed.
There is talent here, but I think it’s perfectly reasonable to hold judgment for another 3-4 years. B range is 100% correct in this respect with a plus or minus depending of your faith in the guys they’ve got so far.
Management hasn’t been here for that long (1.5 seasons), so it 2 drafts, limited amount of time developing. So it should be unclear that they are that good (or bad) at it. But they’ve been doing pretty good on that front.
They’re also in a rebuild, so trading for established guys, picking up free agents isn’t what they should be doing at the moment, so they’re losing points for that, but they shouldn’t be. I think the roster building is spot on because they need to build a roster consistent with their development plan.
… which means their vision should be ranking much higher than it’s reported.
Where I disagree is trading 1st+2nd for Newhook and then drafting 2 goalies further down in the draft. Goalie is a bigger position of need for us. I would have use 1st + 2nd on the 2nd and 3rd best rated goalies of the draft. Its no guarantee they work out, but it’s the best chance we have at developing a goalie internally. There’s also plenty of players with good upside available so trading for newhook is expensive and too safe.
We also let Michkov slip away. We don’t have an elite player of his caliber projection in the organization. Maybe Hutson. So drafting David is a mistake. Yes, David fills a positional need, and I’ll cheer for him and hope he succeeds. Doesn’t change the fact that we reached for a player many scouts ranked 10th. (Mock drafts had him higher because it was a Habs position of need).
Last word: I think this management often overpays in trades (they did get some homeruns) to guarantee the trade works and they don’t miss their opportunity. That’s very pragmatic (consider Berg losing out on Markov and Radulov – would overpaying have been better than letting those guys go?) but also means we’re not maximizing value.
I do really like what Hughes and Co. Has done. However I would say our development could use a little work (playing slavkoski fourth line and rushing him into the nhl) and that our draft choices have been… questionable. Passing up on jiricek or nemec for a winger, then passing up on Benson or michikov for a dman is a interesting play
I have a lot of confidence in this management 363 days a year
So that’s at least a good thing, they have made some great trades and asset management
They have hired some needed staff (developmental coaches)
However all of that is relatively meaningless since the only thing this FO will be judged on is their draft picks
I think fans are delusional.
Habs signed 0 important UFA I don’t see how that’s a B-, that’d be a C for me.
It’s too early too know about draft, development, roster building and vision, another C.
Cap management and trading should be pairing, and retaining half of Petry’s salary was kinda bad to get nothing in return, Hoffman was UFA at the end of the season, but we got a 1st for Chariot which was a game away from a 15OA pick, a free 1st with Monahan, B+ for trading, C for cap managment.