If looking to acquire a roster player, the Montreal Canadiens really only have futures to offer up
The Staar & D’Amico Show: The Montreal Canadiens really only have futures to offer if they’re looking to acquire a roster player. Marco D’Amico talks about the gap the Canadiens have between their core players and their next wave. They have a history of making a big move when no one expects it.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Starr: “I mean, if you’re dealing with the Montreal Canadiens. Are the Canadians not more well positioned in terms of their roster strategy, of well, if we want one of your NHL players, the best we can kind of do are our futures, and, and whether it’s a (Michael) Hage or a (Alexander) Zharovsky or a (Jacob) Fowler or whatever, no?”
D’Amico: “The issue is how soon can these guys get to the NHL.”
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Starr: “Right.”
D’Amico: “And I feel like we talked about this: the Canadians’ prospect pool and the Canadians’ core. The core evolved faster than the pool, the second wave of that prospect pool was ready to, to make its way into the NHL. I think they, you know, they’re a year ahead of where they were supposed to be, and unfortunately the prospects are not.
And so that means you know, would a full season in the NHL make David Reinbacher an attractive piece? You bet your bottom dollar. Does seeing Michael Hage play in the NHL make him a more valuable asset? I think so. Does Zharovsky coming over from Russia make him a more valuable asset? Absolutely.
But does that also make other players that are playing in the NHL more expendable, like an Alex Newhook? Like, you know, we talked about Kirby Dach, like, if he comes back to form. Alex Texier, you know, Oliver Kapanen. That’s what I’m talking about.
Where it’s NHL-ready pieces with upside. That’s what teams are looking for. And right now, the Canadians don’t have a plenty of them. And the teams that do have those kinds of big-name fish that the Canadians are looking at aren’t in a hurry to trade them right now.
But I will say one thing.”
Starr: “Yeah.”
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D’Amico: “The Canadians have made a nasty habit, which has come in my detriment, by the way, because they did this twice on my honeymoon. But they have a nasty habit of making these trades that no one sees coming. In, in August, they have a nasty, nasty habit, or the beginning of September, as we saw with Carey Price.”
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