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just another view of hab picks http://www.tsn.ca/radio/montreal-690/mccagg-stellar-draft-for-the-habs-1.788176

The 6th Annual Tradition is bigger and better than ever, A full review of how every team did in the 2017 NHL Draft. Let me know what you think. http://lastwordonhockeyprospects.com/2017/06/25/2017-nhl-draft-grades/

Crosby seems a bit off mentally since his concussion in the playoffs. In my opinion he is playing with fire by continuing his career

My take from the office of Dr. Mark Recchi is that concussions are such a varied injury to try to predict lasting effects. There's severity and the different parts of the brain that are affected. Which is why you can have Patrice Bergeron on one side of the fence and Simon Despres on the other. I also think that they (players) aren't being honest and are trying to play with them or hiding them. “Well, I was sensitive to light,” Despres told the Orange County Register’s Eric Stephens before the season began. “Sensitive to noise. More emotional. I had headaches. Dizziness. Close to fainting. Stuff like that…It was a challenge. It was dangerous.” He came back in this condition and played in the playoffs...not good.

I've been a fairly neutral observer of Crosby over the years. My first memory of him against the Habs was a game winning goal in a shootout which made me dislike facing him. On the other hand, I also hold dearly the game winning goal he scored against USA in the final in Vancouver during the 2010 Olympics. I know some people aren't a fan of Olympic hockey but I've rarely been as nervous as I was during that final. I wanted to win on home soil. As a player, it seems as though he's received a very mixed bags of followers when you take into account how great of a player he is. He receives a lot of hate but I have to admire him as a player and I think, if I may say so, we're watching one of the only players who will ever be comparable to Gretzky. I would hate to grow old myself and watch Crosby the human deteriorate similar to some other greats like Mohammad Ali have and I hope the blows he has received aren't as serious as people make it sound. I wonder, is it that he really has received it worse than 99% of the players in the league? or if he would simply being extremely precautions. If it's the former, then one has to think he wasn't really crying all along and like CC said, this type of thing needs to be relooked, whether it's the protection of the players, clearer rules of what is wrong, or stiffer penalties to those who violate. Edit: All that being said, I've only heard what I've read here and since it's simply a rumor from his native town, I have a good feeling he'll be back.

Ikonen from Frölunda... maybe they are hoping for another great developement like with Lehkonen. Since Lefebvre is horrible at it maybe we are using Frölunda as our development park? ?

There's a difference between being critical of a player you have nothing to do with and a key guy on your team that you have a vested interest in and how you handle the situation. Every player that has played for Robinson has nothing but respect for him and how he communicates. He has never gone on a public tirade the way MT does. As a hall of farmer, cup winner (player and coach), Robinson commands respect. He has been known for developing dman in particular (Stevens, Blake, vlasic, neidermeyer) to name a few. He would have handled the situation with much more finesse. MT on the other hand was a bafoon at his best but more often than not simply a loud mouth baboon. He has zero credibility. He is probably one of the few coaches in NHL history who was responsible for his team losing a playoff series, because HE took two bench minors that turned around the game. If MT had to perform surgery, he would use a sledgehammer, where a scalpel is required.