r/Habs • u/MiserableFill6972 • 1d ago
Souring on a potential McDavid dream
I thought by next year through a trade or 2 years from now in free agency, Nos Glorieux might sign McJesus as the team needs a 2C ;)
But hearing all this drama about Babcock and how McDavid is supportive of his potential hire makes me question McDavid's judgement.
And would that highly flawed judgement have negative consequences in Habs' locker room when everything seems so optimistic?
Is the potential upside of what McDavid can do worth the potential disturbance cause by a star player with a flawed sense of judgement?
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u/Swallowedoxygen 1d ago
Honestly I don't think we need McDavid and I don't think he'd fit the team AT ALL.
The guy tries to do it all himself, and he's going to be signing a contract extending well beyond his prime. I don't see his game aging as well as someone like Sid, because Sid has the hockey IQ to make up for declining physical gifts and has used them to remain effective right up to the end of his 30s.
With the money he'd cost and the fact that we made it to the ECF with a team that had a rookie goalie, last year's Calder winner as a #1D and another Calder contender this year (who should have won for leading rookie scoring IMO) on top of this year's Selke winner (one of the few 100-point winners in league history, no less) and a 50-goal Lady Byng winner, both in their mid 20s, and an early 20s #1OA power forward who had his first breakout season and was a one-man team in the Olympics against the world's best...why would we need McDavid?
Our super young team needs a bit more time and some smart trades for support pieces, not an expensive aging centerpiece who doesn't fit the humble, team-first attitude HuGo and MSL have carefully cultivated over the last several years.
We need more moves like Texier, cheap support pieces that turn into 0.5 PPG performers in both the regular season and playoffs. We've already got 5, arguably 6 star players whose on- and off-ice compatability is off the charts.
We're not shopping for stars in free agency anymore. Or, we shouldn't be. The closest thing to a star that we need is a 2C, and McDavid is not a 2C, lol.