Lukas Reichel traded for a 4th round pick: the Habs may have missed the boat

The Vancouver Canucks have acquired Lukas Reichel, a 23-year-old player with great potential. He never blossomed in Chicago and wanted to start over.but the Hawks only got a fourth-round pick in exchange for a forward…

CEO Patrick Allwin announced today that #Canucks acquired forward Lukas Reichel from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2027 NHL Entry Draft. pic.twitter.com/PeZEU8YOKt

– Vancouver Canucks (@Canucks) October 24, 2025

My question is: did the Habs miss the boat given the low price the Canucks paid for the deal? Reichel is 6-foot-0, 170 pounds and the 17th overall pick in the 2020 draft. He's had some struggles since the beginning of his NHL career, but he's also shown some really interesting results. flashing at the same time. For example? At 22-23, he scored 15 points (seven goals) in just 23 games in Chicago. And in just five matches since the beginning of the current season, he had four points, including two goals…

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Lukas Reichel is still young. He has time to blossom in the NHL because he has already had success at times in the big leagues. However, on the Canadiens' part… perhaps the idea of getting another “project” wasn't an attractive one.At the moment, the club is doing well.forwards already in the lineup are tough to beat… and even if Reichel is loaded with talent, the Habs may not need him right now. However, it would be interesting to inject another truly talented forward into the current group. It wasn't a huge risk because the Canucks only had to part with a 4th round pick…so that remains to be seen. But the Habs, like 29 other NHL clubs, may have missed the mark on this one. spacer title=”Overtime”]– Oh.

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