If Mike Matheson is traded, the Rocket and the Canadiens will suffer

The main thing to remember is that, in the event of injury, the Habs would be thin. I say that because, right now, we already know which seven defensemen – I don’t see the CH going with six or eight guys – are going to make the club. Unless there’s a surprise, it’ll look like this at the start of the season

• Lane Hutson
• Noah Dobson
• Kaiden Guhle
• Mike Matheson
• Alexandre Carrier
• Arber Xhekaj
• Jayden Struble

[content-ads]Imagine if Matheson were to leave and Kaiden Guhle were to get injured. Right now, the Canadiens have five youngsters who can be recalled from Laval

• David Reinbacher
• William Trudeau
• Adam Engstrom
• Marc Del Gaizo
• Nate Clurman

We agree that the last two are not really options. And we also agree that in an ideal world, the Habs will recall Reinbacher when they want to, not when they have to. Recalling two of these guys should be done if Matheson is traded and another player were to get hurt. That would be very hard on the NHL guys, since they’d be thrown into the lion’s den.And it would be horrible for the Rocket,too. Nor do I see the advantage of trading Matheson to replace him with another NHL guy. The Québécois wants to be here and he’s useful to the Canadiens as well as to his club-school, question of not putting pressure on the prospects.

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