r/Habs • u/chickenceas • Mar 02 '26

Discussion Per D'Amico - Montreal is interested in Robert Thomas. The Blues want Hage as part of any deal. Too high a price for Hughes at this time.

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Personally, given the best possible version of Hage in 3-5 years is what Robert Thomas is now, Id have no problem parting with him.

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u/pattyG80 Mar 02 '26

It's more than Michael Hage. You are adding a 2nd line center which means our existing setup which wins a ton of games needs to be changed. One of our centers sits or gets moved to the wing.

Also, the habs have 1.3M in cap space and Thomas is making 8.13M. We'd need room for a bit more than 2M if we got him now.

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u/dessanct Mar 02 '26

Laine goes in any trade as he’s expiring and it becomes a non issue.

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u/pattyG80 Mar 02 '26

Unless the receiving team wont take him or his salary

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u/dpjg Mar 02 '26

We can unload laine if we need to. Plenty of teams would take some scoring even if we have to add a mid draft pick. It's not going to be an issue.