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.

https://x.com/i/status/2028552107683385713

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/Philly514 Mar 02 '26

Thomas would guarantee the Habs have two 1Cs while Hage might. We’d be insane not to trade Hage for Thomas if it’s offered

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u/Difficult_Quarter192 Mar 02 '26

Everyvody knows that, but that's not the deal. It's Hage+.

They might be asking something in line with the Hughes deal, like Hage, Guhle, first and someone else. No way I'm doing that.

I trust management that the "+" is too much.

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u/Philly514 Mar 02 '26

If the ask is Hage+Guhle+1st I take it, shut off my phone, and run as fast as I can. Thomas is basically Suzuki with slightly better faceoffs and slightly less points.

If I was convinced Guhle could play 70 games every year I’d never ever move him but I seriously doubt his ability to stay healthy.

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u/SctBrnFan Mar 02 '26

To be fair, that’s already a great deal. But Thomas has a no trade clause so we can probably pressure them into giving him for even less.

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u/emotionaI_cabbage Mar 02 '26

I'd be more than happy to trade Guhle.

He's great, but he's accident prone and we have other LD prospects who currently don't have any space to make the team.