Max Pacioretty to Las Vegas

[Steve_v3 289]

Knights acquire Max Pacioretty

[215BroadStBullies610 435]

Had no idea this went down till I saw an ESPN alert on my way to work haha. Good for Max. We'll see if the Habs' management group can make something out of this trade. I do like Suzuki as a prospect though. I don't know if its fair to factor in what GMGM originally gave up to get Tatar but there are a lot of draft picks that have left the VGK stable over the last couple of months. Interesting to see how this all pans out.

[althoma1 575]

I haven't been happy with a lot of Bergevin's moves over the past couple seasons, however; this trade is pretty good considering everyone in the league knew Montreal wanted to move Pacioretty and he'll need a new contract at the end of the year. They get a great prospect who plays centre, a good current NHL player, plus a pick. It's more than I thought they'd get. I think Pacioretty will have a good year for Vegas, but he'll also be looking for a big raise next summer. 

[clarkiestooth 235]

Vegas paid waaaay too much for a one year rental player who seems to be on a fairly precipitous decline. They must feel they have a good shot at the Cup. I'm not so sure.

[215BroadStBullies610 435]

Pacioretty signs extension with VGK for four years @ $28 million

That should help justify the trade somewhat more (from a VGK standpoint).

[chippa13 1844]

I had read somewhere today that Pacioretty signing an extension with VGK was a condition of the trade.

[Hills 720]

1 hour ago, clarkiestooth said:

Vegas paid waaaay too much for a one year rental player who seems to be on a fairly precipitous decline. They must feel they have a good shot at the Cup. I'm not so sure.

He has scored 30 goals a season except for the last on an hilariously bad team in which he still had a 21 goal pace. He scored 35 the year before... one meh season is hardly proof of a decline. Not to mention they traded for him knowing they'd have an extension signed.

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19 minutes ago, chippa13 said:

I had read somewhere today that Pacioretty signing an extension with VGK was a condition of the trade.

It was. Same reason the trade to the Kings fell apart. Couldn’t reach an agreement.

[adam14 182]

I'm sure Suzuki's brother playing at McGill may have factored into him being one of the pieces included.