NHL rumours 4

26 Jul 2025 21:57:42
Rare Boston Montréal trade
Montréal sends : Newhook
To Boston for zacha
Newhook went to Boston college
Zacha would be great as second line center and could slide in the 3rd c if habs finally get Crosby
Slavkosky Suzuki Caufield

Demidov zacha (Crosby) laine

Gallagher (dach) Dach (zacha) Bolduc

Veleno(Gallagher ) Evans Anderson

27 Jul 2025 17:14:45
This isn't horrible, however I prefer what Newhook can bring. I think he can be a Swiss Army Knife type player for the Habs.

27 Jul 2025 23:50:43
To me Newhook is like Michael grabner, can skate like the wind but his vision and hands don’t match his legs

28 Jul 2025 12:19:07
I can understand your comparison to Grabner.

24 Jul 2025 01:17:32
Habs should shoot their shot at Anaheim, offer sheet mctavish… 5-6 years at 9- 9.3 per
Would only cost a 1st, 2nd and 3rd round
If it works mtl is set for a long time, worst case is ducks matches
Habs then trade prices contract and still have laine , matheson as trade bait maybe Josh Anderson and Newhook too

24 Jul 2025 12:17:54
I would go via Sign and Trade. Anaheim will more than likely match an offer.

Slaf, Laine and a 1st.

Laine to get Anaheim to the cap.

24 Jul 2025 16:26:23
If you made that offer for 5 years, it would cost a 1st, 2nd and 3rd. If you do it over 6 years, it would cost two 1sts a 2nd and a 3rd.

It's always the total value of the contract divided by the years of term. If the term is more than 5 years, you divide the total contract value by 5.

24 Jul 2025 22:28:05
I’m sure there is a team that would take Hage as compensation for Laine.

25 Jul 2025 03:03:52
Ok 5 yrs 9.3 per … costs 1st,2nd and 3rd I
Im not sure ducks would love to matched ( career high of 22 goals, 52 points ) ducks also have : Leo carlsson, Ryan Stromae, granlund, poehling , gaucher, Roger McQueen , all centers
I believe if they match, it’s because they’re not happy with the compensation.
It’s also a risk for habs 9.3 per for 50-60 points don’t look good but 75 plus would be game changer

26 Jul 2025 17:12:54
That Comp would be 2 1sts, 2nd and 3rd.

AAV Range (2024–25)
Compensation Owed
$9,145,457 – $10,973,716
2 First-Round Picks, 1 Second, 1 Third
$10,973,717 and up
4 First-Round Picks.

26 Jul 2025 22:47:57
SIDEKICK: ANA has the most cap space in the league. They’ve said they’ll match any offer, and I believe them because there’s no reason not to.

NASHAN: Laine is in his last year. You’re not using an asset like Hage as compensation to trade a one-year contract.

26 Jul 2025 22:57:45
Nope..don't want any part of this as a Habs fan

26 Jul 2025 23:29:08
has McTavish proven himself enough Toronto $9MM?

27 Jul 2025 00:39:18
Nop vbbbvvbb, actually the threshold for 1 1st ,1 2nd, 1 3rd is 9,360,153 $ per

27 Jul 2025 13:52:07
Chickenfoot : I get it , but what does habs really have to lose besides one week or less of waiting to see if ducks match … like I said 9.3 is a lot of dough for career high 52 points !

27 Jul 2025 19:16:22
I can tell yah for free if the Habs offer sheet McTavish that Hutson and Demidov are both getting them too when the time comes. And that's not a game you want to play with a team with young cost controlled talent and cap space to burn.

27 Jul 2025 23:53:07
If you put that way mg69 , I’ll pass on the offer sheet

28 Jul 2025 12:20:34
I 100% agree MG69.

12 Aug 2025 18:31:31
Hage isn’t much different from giving a first round pick………. that is what it will cost you to dump Laine as nobody wants that cancer in their locker room.

22 Jul 2025 05:03:34
2 trades mtl should do
1 MTL trades with Columbus
Habs get : chinakhov
Blue jackets get : Farrell and a 2nd

2 - MTL trades with Pittsburgh
Habs get : Crosby and malkin (50%retained)
Pens get:1st round (26or27), Newhook, kapanen, Roy,

22 Jul 2025 16:08:51
Unless both Crosby and Malkin say "We want out and only want to go to the Habs" this trade aint happening. Crosby continues to fight against father time and put up 91 points last year which would have had him as #1 on the Habs and Malkin would have finished 1 point behind Slaf with 11 fewer games played at 5th on the team.

Until the Pens' hands are tied and restricted where they can deal em you are going to have to come back with a much better deal and at this point where the Habs are at they shouldn't entertain that at all.

22 Jul 2025 16:41:46
I don't mind the Columbus trade.

22 Jul 2025 17:42:52
Add price contract , laine for cap reasons and engstrom
Lineup
Slavkosky Suzuki Caufield
Demidov Crosby Bolduc
Dach malkin chinakhov
Anderson Evans Gallagher

Guhle dobson
Hutson carrier (reinbacher)
Xehjaj Matheson
X

21 Jul 2025 21:11:16
J. Robertson & I. Luybushkin for M. Rielly, B. McMann, E. Cowan & 2nd rounder.

Stars sign Olafsson.

Leafs dump Jarnkrok & Kampf then sign Kunin.

22 Jul 2025 13:41:43
Leafs need to send more.

16 Jul 2025 18:06:31
Ana - Zellweger and Strome

Tor - Reilly, Cowan, Peksa and Kampf and 3rd.

Reilly may waive for a good young up and coming team in sunny California.

The Ducks could use a little more experience on the blue line. Kampf could a decent 4th center and PK guy

The Leafs could use an offensive man. Strome could play 3rd line center.

19 Jul 2025 13:21:31
So I do think Anaheim is a up and coming team, but they need defensive Improvents and I don't think that means Rielly.

19 Jul 2025 16:39:06
This trade would only be doable if the Leads would retain $3 mil a year on declining Reilly's contract.

19 Jul 2025 21:38:24
I’m taking Rielly at his contract over Provonov, Gavrikov, Darnel Nurse and Keandre Miller in a heartbeat. He has value for sure. Still better then those guys.

22 Jul 2025 02:17:19
Rielly is clearly in decline, and he’s not waiving. He and his wife have a new baby.

The leafs have 3 picks left in the upcoming draft, which is going to be a deep draft. Years of mismanagement have left them with holes to fill and no real options to build the current lineup into a winner. It’s time to rebuild again.

14 Jul 2025 01:09:55
Mtl: Hutson, Gallagher

Ana:McTavish, Gauthier, 2rd 2026

14 Jul 2025 03:54:44
There are maybe 10 players in the game id take over Hutson, and those guys aren't them.. im not saying hes a top 10 guy yet, but hes the perfect player for the Canadiens. Without him the players up front aren't nearly as dynamic.. Hes the engine that runs that team and will he for next decade

16 Jul 2025 10:27:48
This is a significant misjudgement of talent.

I don’t believe MacTavish gets traded.

But it would be reckless and foolish to trade a talent like Hutson after one season in the NHL for a 2C. No GM in the league would propose such a trade.

16 Jul 2025 23:29:39
Cutter>McTavish. Cutter will be a beast.

23 Jul 2025 12:50:35
isn't Cutter the guy who whined and had to be traded? no thanks.

23 Jul 2025 15:34:01
That's the same Cutter, and I agree, no thanks!

13 Jul 2025 17:15:27
VB, been thinking about Toronto adding Karlsson like you said. The only way I take him is if Reilly goes the other way.

Pens - Karlsson (no retention) and Rust

Leafs- Reilly, Cowan, Robertson, Peksa and Jarnkrok.

I read that Jarnkrok actual salary this year is about a million.

14 Jul 2025 00:02:44
Rielly won’t waive his NMC.

15 Jul 2025 17:07:02
Yah I dont see Rielly waving. Maybe to Vancouver to be home or to a top team. But I dont seem him doing so for the Pens and tbh I dont think many teams are in the market for what he brings at the price he is at unfortunately. Can only hope a full year of him and Carlo pays off at this point.

16 Jul 2025 11:49:56
I don't think Reilly is as bad as people are making him out to be. it is just his turn to be the whipping boy. personally, Karlsson may be better offensive but never found him to be a stalwart defenseman that actually defends.

16 Jul 2025 23:31:04
I would do that from a leafs POV.

17 Jul 2025 23:23:23
Reilly tries to play like an offensive man, but lacks the big shot from the point. Only really scores off the rush or coming into the high slot when the Leafs have control of the puck. His passing is meh at best and he lacks the foot speed he use to have to be effectively evasive. It is what it is at this point. He has great games and he has awful ones. He scores some clutch goals and is the cause of some being scored on us as well.

19 Jul 2025 21:40:08
@MG69 in his “awful games” he’s still a very good player compared to someone like Holl.

19 Jul 2025 22:58:14
Oh absolutely. Holl is awful. He's a double edge sword kinda player who has about the same amount of good games as he does bad ones. It is what it is at this point. Hopefully a solid off-season and full year with Carlo will have him playing good more times than not.

22 Jul 2025 10:54:42
EVERYONE is a good player compared to Holl.

22 Jul 2025 16:13:35
I sometimes sit with a drink and wonder what could have been had Dubas not protected Holl and instead protected McCann. We'd have a versatile forward still, capable of playing all three forward positions effectively. *Sigh*.

26 Jul 2025 22:55:19
That McCann move was absolutely bizarre, and ruined whatever credibility Dubas had left in the eyes of many.

He was a terrible GM. A poor judge of talent, overspent in negotiations, and when his job was on the line he traded a ridiculous amount of assets to keep his job. He should never have been allowed to trade away all those assets in his final year.

13 Jul 2025 02:15:46
Mtl: Reinbacher

Win:Perfetti

Straight up hockey deal

13 Jul 2025 17:08:59
Montreal adds.

14 Jul 2025 00:03:25
Agree with CC, MTL adds👍.

14 Jul 2025 01:06:33
As nice as Reinbacher would be the Jets can't lose another top 6 forward.

14 Jul 2025 18:33:19
kYROU FOR hAGE AND REINBACHER.

16 Jul 2025 05:03:59
Habs shouldn't do this... Dont need Perfetti . Dach will be just fine.

16 Jul 2025 17:29:45
Yeah dach will be just fine. crickets chirping.

13 Jul 2025 01:55:38
Montreal: Matheson, Hage

Tampa: Anthony C

Montreal gets a good second line center. Tampa gets a replacement for Sergachev that is cheaper but also not as good and older than Anthony. So Hage acts as a sweetener and could make a good top 6 center in 3 years

13 Jul 2025 17:09:29
Montreal adds.

14 Jul 2025 00:09:09
Cirrelli definitely wouldn’t be let go by TB. He’s too valuable and on too team-friendly of a deal.

TB needs to think about rebuilding soon, but they’re not doing it yet.

12 Jul 2025 22:59:51
Couple proposition for the habs to get a Center:

Dallas vs haha:
Matheson
Hage
1st Pick 2026
Vs
Robertson

Seattle va habs:
McCaan
Vs
Roy or kapanen
2nd Pick 2026
2nd Pick 2026 CBJ

Edmonton vs habs:
Nugent-Hopkins
Vs
Matheson
Roy or kapanen
Struble

13 Jul 2025 00:53:35
none of these hold value. too much going one way.

15 Jul 2025 23:11:06
Can you expend? Which offer is Too Much given from the habs?

20 Jul 2025 12:50:12
really? you don't see it?

12 Jul 2025 17:04:43
DET: Sends A. Copp, J. Breggren, N. Danielson, 1st 2027.

PIT: Sends E. Karlsson (2 million retained) B. Rust.