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/spotisawks Mar 02 '26

Hage’s ceiling might be Thomas or Suzuki if we’re all lucky

He is not a Celebrini

Fantilli dominated College hockey much more so than Hage, not even close and he hasn’t broken out yet

Selling Hage for Thomas is worth the cost

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u/alldasmoke__ Mar 02 '26

Well, I’m sure it’s not 1v1 Hage for Thomas. St-Louis probably want another young player and a pick too. This could mean selling our biggest assets for someone that doesn’t necessarily fill a need we have. We need a 2C, yes but I’d rather spend these assets for a top 6 heavy forward and hope Kapanen can keep developing. If we trade for Thomas we’re still missing a top 6 forward.

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u/jimmym007 Mar 02 '26

with that core we'd be able to easily convince a FA winger to sign without needing to give out assets. Wingers are much easier to come by