Travis Moen joined the Montreal Canadiens back in 2009 after winning the Stanley Cup in 2007 with the Anaheim Ducks. At that time, Moen was a pretty solid third line player; he could get some points in as well as being an enforcer. He even scored the series' winning goal in the 2007 Stanley Cup final. He managed to keep a record of four goals and five assists for nine points in 16 games during these playoffs. He also had a pretty good year in 2006-2007 with 11 goals and 10 assists for 21 points in 82 games, spending 101 minutes in the penalty box. That definitely was his best season overall. Back in the days, he was a little bit like what Brandon Prust is nowadays. Between 2008 and 2011, he spent most of his time being an enforcer, with a record of 24 goals and 35 assists for 59 points in 319 games, as well as getting 325 penalty minutes. In 2012, that's when things started going downhill for him; 13 goals and 21 assists for 34 points and 124 penalty minutes in 160 games. He basically went from a ratio of 0.18 points/game and 1.02 PIM/game to 0.21 points/game and 0.78 PIM/game. Now, one could say he actually improved in points per game, but Moen hasn't been signed to score goals. The alarming statistics is the straight downward progression of his penalty minutes per game. What it basically means is that whenever the Canadiens signed him, they were expecting a guy who could deliver solid bodychecks as well as dropping the mitts to defend his teammates, and he has been a huge letdown in the last three seasons. Not only is he refusing to scrap, he even starts throwing sucker punches on the back of an opponent's head while keeping his gloves on as we could see earlier this year.
Since that fight against Kevin Miller during which he sustained a concussion and miss some action, Moen has not been the same player.
Since that fight against Kevin Miller during which he sustained a concussion and miss some action, Moen has not been the same player.
At the moment, Moen is pretty much taking the spot of a young player who could do better by either bringing speed and points like Michael Bournival, or hitting hard and fighting like Dale Weise. Worst, Moen still has a cap hit of $1.825M for the next two seasons, while Bournival has a salary of only $660,000 and Weise has a cap hit of $1.025M.
The rumors are that Habs GM Marc Bergvin is currently shopping Moen, but that nobody is interested in the grizzled veteran. It is more likely that a contending team comes knocking at the trade deadline to add size and experience to their line-up in prevision of the long playoffs. Still, the best the Canadiens could probably receive in return is a late-round pick.
What would you do with Travis Moen?
The rumors are that Habs GM Marc Bergvin is currently shopping Moen, but that nobody is interested in the grizzled veteran. It is more likely that a contending team comes knocking at the trade deadline to add size and experience to their line-up in prevision of the long playoffs. Still, the best the Canadiens could probably receive in return is a late-round pick.
What would you do with Travis Moen?
3 comments:
send him to the minors
He don't have a two way contract he is a full time playe . He would have to clear waivers and we then would prob just lose him for nothing
What Brad said is about right. I still believe we could get a late round pick for him, which sometimes can turn out in good players (Halak, Moulson, Streit, Rinne, Pavelski for example).
Post a Comment