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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
Down year for Pacioretty last year, but even with it since the last lockout he's been one of the most consistent goal scorer in the league. Top 10 behind only:
Ovechkin
Seguin
Tavares
Crosby
Kane
Benn
Paveski
Tarasenko
Marchand
Between 2012-2017 he was top 5:
Ovechkin - 219
Pavelski - 161
Kane - 159
Crosby - 159
Pacioretty - 156
Somehow, despite being on the Candiens, I think he's really an underrated player. He's still on the right side of 30 (for a couple months) and if he bounces back this could look like a really lopsided trade by the Knights. I don't know why people think the Candiens got the better end of this deal.
Suzuki is a strong prospect, but Tatar was a healthy scratch during the Knight's playoff run and a 2nd round pick is peanuts compared to a UFA player like Pacioretty.
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I like Pacioretty a lot, don't get me wrong. But the Habs other option was to hold on to him and either lose him for nothing or hope a mid-season or deadline deal would get them more. Pretty risky in my opinion.
This way, they get to start off the season without that distraction. If the Habs are competitive this season and they needed to hold on to him, it seems like there was enough bad blood that he was going to leave as a UFA.