Crap trade. And, I say that in hindsight.

This is why MTL should not trade Matheson. They will regret it.

may very well be the only trade to date that KH got severely swindled...

No do overs. I thought the price was really steep but man alive does he fit in COL

Trade Matheson and he will probably turn into Dan Boyle for a contender. You don't trade those kind of players for magic beans.
Habs fans saw what those magic beans were worth from Colorado despite everyone saying it was too much for Lehkonen.
Most here, they would rather trade 95% of the league for 1st rounders when only the real difference makers are in the top5-10 of the draft and those picks dont get traded, ever!

Good NHL players should not be discarded especially with Matheson's skating and puck moving or Lehkonen's ferocious 200 ft game and timely scoring

i think that's kind of a bit more older mentality, as there seems to be more and more gems from 20 onward nowadays but yeah for the most part that is true. I wouldn't move matheson he is a great leader, good west islander who can appease the fr-qc market, and fills a need for more puck moving on the back end.

Lehkonen would have looked soo good on a line with Suzuki-Slafkovsky which coulda left Newhook-Dach-Caufield to round out the top-6... urghh sigh

Always remember, people said Lehkonen was garbage and not worth a 1st. I tend to underrate 1sts maybe but I don't underrate as much folks here overrate 1sts. If 95% of the forum were GMs they'd trade every single player in the league for a late 1st, Johnny McNobody and some random Ahl guy that puts up a PPG but can't actually make a pass in the big leagues.
It would be a battle of who's salary cap looked the most clean/flexible in 5 years and Stanley Cups wouldn't even matter LOL