Sean Monahan and Kirby Dach acquisitions make Kent Hughes look like a genius

The Habs were active in the off-season making three major trades, two of which become masterful moves by Kent Hughes.

During the draft, in a three-team deal, the Habs acquired Kirby Dach in return for Alexander Romanov and a couple of late draft picks.

Later in July, Hughes was able to trade Jeff Petry, along with Ryan Poehling, for Michael Matheson.

In the same month, the Habs GM got rid of Shea Weber's hefty contract for forward Evgenii Dadonov. Even though the Russian is off to a very difficult start in Montreal, the goal of the transaction was to get rid of Weber's contract and this was accomplished.

Finally, in a moment of urgency with the Calgary Flames, who wanted to sign free agent Nazem Kadri, the Tricolore pulled off a steal by acquiring Sean Monahan with a first round pick, for absolutely nothing.

Of the 32 players involved in a trade this summer who played at least one game in the NHL in 2022-23, Monahan is tied for 10th with Pavel Zacha and Jason Dickinson, while Kirby Dach is impressive at 3rd. Dadonov has no points so far and Matheson has yet to play a game in a Habs uniform this season.

Who would have thought that Monahan would have more points than Jonathan Huberdeau in this list?

Clearly, Kent Hughes is already a master at negotiating deals.

See the complete ranking here :

1. FLA - Matthew Tkachuk: 5 goals and 17 points in 13 games 2. LAK - Kevin Fiala: 3 goals and 14 points in 15 games 3. MTL - Kirby Dach: 4 goals and 12 points in 14 games 4. OTT - Alex DeBrincat: 2 goals and 11 points in 12 games 5. CAR - Brent Burns: 2 goals and 9 points in 13 games 6. PHI - Tony DeAngelo: 2 goals and 8 points in 12 games 7. SEA - Oliver Bjorkstrand: 1 goal and 8 points in 14 games 8. CHI - Jason Dickinson: 4 goals and 7 points in 10 games 9. BOS - Pavel Zacha: 2 goals and 7 points in 13 games 10. MTL - Sean Monahan: 2 goals and 7 points in 14 games 11. SJS - Luke Kunin: 2 goals and 6 points in 14 games 12. CGY - Jonathan Huberdeau: 1 goal and 6 points in 11 games 13. NJD - John Marino: 1 goal and 6 points in 13 games 14. PIT - Jeff Petry: 2 goals and 5 points in 13 games 15. ANH - Dmitri Kulikov: 1 goal and 4 points in 13 games 16. CGY - MacKenzie Weegar: no goals and 4 points in 12 games 17. NJD - Erik Haula: no goals and 4 points in 13 games 18. DAL - Nils Lundkvist: no goals and 4 points in 13 games 19. NSH - Ryan McDonagh: no goals and 4 points in 13 games 20. NYI - Alexander Romanov: no goals and 4 points in 14 games 21. PIT - Ryan Poehling: 1 goal and 3 points in 13 games 22. SJS - Steven Lorentz: 1 goal and 3 points in 14 games 23. VAN - Jack Studnicka: 1 goal and 2 points in 5 games 24. ARI - Patrick Nemeth: No goals and 2 points in 7 games 25. ARI - Zack Kassian: 1 goal and 1 point in 8 games 26. VAN - Ethan Bear: No goals and 1 point in 5 games 27. TBL - Philippe Myers: no goals and 1 point in 7 games 28. CBJ - Mathieu Olivier : no goal and 1 point in 10 games 29. WSG - Connor Brown: No points in 4 games 30. CAR - Dylan Coghlan: No points in 6 games 31. VAN - Riley Stillman: No points in 8 games 32. MTL - Evgenii Dadonov: No points in 10 games

Credit: HabsolumentFan

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