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Why is he in Holland?

Assists don't count as points for "GOAL" CAUFIELD!!!!

He loves tulips and canals.

I find this bunch so hopeless that I am mostly disinterested in tonight's game. I will probbably be flicking back and forth between the Titans - Ravens game and the Habs - Sens, rather than watching hockey exclusively. Sad state of affairs. It's depressing to have your team pretty much playing out the string when it's Jan 11 😫

Which is why you should be more conservative in bringing a guy back.

This is where I disagree: 2010 was Gainey's core rebuild of a contender, they contended 2014-2015 was Bergevin's contender from the core he inherited that he "ran into the ground" (your point most of the time) they contended and came short. They have since entered into a soft-rebuild. 1993 is a long time ago, there is no way of knowing if Savard would be a good manager in the 2020s salary cap era. St-Louis is an example of a perennial contender that never that never manged to win until last year; Calgary, Winnipeg and Tampa Bay are teams that in recent seasons have contended but have become "abortions". The Habs organization is not as rotten and incompetent as you put it, you an above average organization that is in the middle of a third rebuild of a contender in it recent history

Keep dreaming, kid. I heard this sort of thing around 1996, and again around 2005, and again around 2011. I guess one of these rebuilds it might actually turn out to be true, but Bergevin inherited the core of a near-contender and managed it into the ground. Rational analysis suggests this should temper our optimism that he will be able to manage the upcoming generation into a Cup. I disagree with the last sentence. This has been my main criticism since last July - that management did not meaningfully improve on last year's team. I'll stand by that. On the other hand, I absolutely agree that this year's group is "not that bad." They've been decimated by injuries and Price has been mediocre. When reasonably healthy, this is a solid bubble team. But that's the problem with being a bubble team: hit significant adversity, and you end up where the Habs are. By definition a bubble team has minimal margin of error, no crumple zones.

That's still not making the 'rumour' (which I'd still call speculation at best) any more legit - it's a columnist saying they should think about trading for a goaltender.

You are what your record says you are. # Bottom feeder

While that site looks like a click bait fest I am all for trading Price and both Calgary and Colorado make sense. The only way this happens IMO is if Price does indeed want out of Montreal and the consistent "build for the future" that never happens. We have been a crap team for the majority of his career and we haven't been anything close to a contender since his early days. Maybe he will accept being a bottom dweller/bubble team for the next while because he believes that with our prospect pool we will be a contender in no time. Maybe he is sick of MB's bullshit and is ready to move.