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  1. Can always count on your comedic levels of rational analysis when it comes to anything Bergevin does. Guy turns a 4th round pick into a 2nd round pick with Scandella, then turns a free asset into a 3rd round pick with a more than decent chance to bring that asset back just a few months from now. Totally the work of an incompetent train wreck...
    3 points
  2. I never understand why we should move petry or Tatar for a pick that we HOPE in 3-4 years becomes at least as good as the petry or Tatar we now have. Those are exactly the types of players we’d need to overpay to acquire next year if we didn’t have them. Losing them creates holes. Losing them guarantees we’ve thrown in the towel on next year already. Keeping them means we can go for it next year and still move them should we eventually throw in the towel next year. this was not poor asset management. What it was was not giving up on next season before it even started.
    2 points
  3. Juulsen practicing in a contact jersey today.
    2 points
  4. It was done by Bergevin, therefore some people will never accept that it could be a success or even that there is a plan.
    2 points
  5. This was a successful trade deadline in that everything was expected. Bergevin recognized the team wasn't close enough to the playoffs, so he got value out of most of his pending free agents. Whether you agree with The Plan or not, the organization stuck to it.
    2 points
  6. Wouldnt that be sweet! Down to two top-4 d-men and down their top scorer, for picks. So next season will be looking for two top-four d-men and a couple top six forwards...smart plan. Those picks may one day, down the road, come close to the calibre of a Petry-Tatar, but till then will be gaping holes in lineup that should put the team battling Ottawa for basement seeding for next few years. Last team i know that had three 1st round picks, 1 made the NHL and the other two never played 1 game in NHL.
    1 point
  7. I just enjoy watching Habs play and really don't follow or watch any other teams. If is good or bad year I still pull for them just the same, not a fair-weather bang wagon jumper like some seem to be.
    1 point
  8. Hockey is entertainment, nothing more, nothing less. There are entertaining games in any season, more when they have a winning season then when they don't. But man... its just entertainment, if its really sapping the joy out of your life and you don't enjoy the sport anymore, why not get a new hobby. What keeps you watching and on a message board if you get no joy out of your entertainment option?
    1 point
  9. 4 out of 5 years and hasn't changed the core just isn't true. Why are we going back five years. ... its really 2 out of 2 years for the current core... not 4 out of 5. Not when 5 years ago.... PK Subban was our #1 Dman, Max Pacioretty was the top forward, Tomas Plekanec was the top C. Andrei Markov was the #2 defenceman. Alex Galchenyuk, David Desharnais, were core pieces. There is more too. The change over really started at the trade deadline 2018, and continued in that summer. So don't tell me the Core of this team is the same as the core was in 2016 when that 4 out of 5 years started. And while its 2 out of 2 for the current core, we have core pieces in Suzuki, KK, who are young and should be getting better. We have Domi and Drouin who also are just at the bottom of their prime years now, and so they should be getting better too. There are key prospects in Fleury, Caufield, Romanov, Harris, etc... who we hope will be part of the core too. Sot thats the plan.... you can disagree with the plan if you want... but the idea that he only has excuses and not a plan just isn't true.
    1 point
  10. I don't have a problem with his moves so far, with some high prices out there, i would have moved Petry and Tatar, if the deal made sense and maybe MB didn't get the return he wanted. Don'y have a problem building through the draft, i do have a problem with him saying other teams are bad at drafting too, so it's ok the habs suck at drafting because other teams do? That's not a plan, fix the problem I do have a problem with all his excuses and bad just bad luck excuses, give me a break. They have missed 4 out 5 years, what gives him any indication the core is good enough to make the playoffs? Replacing the plugs he traded this year for the plugs he will add next year does nothing. The coaching staff has no answers either, just we have to be better but they never are
    1 point
  11. There is a plan. It's to draft and develop. The plan takes no account of the slowly closing windows of Price and Weber, of course - two players of an elite standing who appear to have no analogue within the system. (That's to say, we seem to have no prospects likely to top out at their level). But you know, it's a plan. What I continue to wonder about is the time frame for when all these picks and prospects can reasonably be expected to be contending. Last year we heard a lot of fan talk about the Habs contending after a "three year" transition period. I notice that that talk has gone away now and that the timeline has gotten a lot vaguer, as has the aspiration of building a heavy-duty contender instead of just a "playoff team." When will Caulfield be a scoring star, Suzuki a 60-70 point C, KK a clear-cut top-6 C, Romanov a reliable top-pairing D, this year's top picks taking regular shifts and helping, etc.? Beyond these particulars: when, if current trends continue, will the Habs contend? Three years from now? Four or five? In other words, what are we being asked to expect, after swallowing hippopotamus excrement pretty much non-stop for a half-decade? Being a senile old man, I remember when Serge Savard took over. He said he had a five-year plan. In Year Five, the Habs went to the Finals (and sadly lost to the Flames). I understand that the league is very different now, but this is Year Two of the reset, and it'd be nice to have a realistic estimate of when to expect a switch from Reset to Contend.
    1 point
  12. He didn't say that, but I'm glad you know what he thinks. And I think its highly, highly unlikely that he makes no moves in the summer.
    1 point
  13. Julien's powerplay strategies are in shambles right now. Weal is gonna have to stay out there for the entire 2 minutes!
    1 point
  14. Habs don't seem to do this with players who have been in the NHL all season. Also I think there is a good chance Suzuki gets an invite to play for Team Canada at the World Championships. Hockey Canada ties in the past, and they always like to take a few kids with the team. Probably a better experience for him than the AHL Playoffs.
    1 point
  15. That comment was meant for Radulov choosing Dallas and showing no loyalty to an organization that gave him a 2nd chance or a fan base that fell in love instantly with his passion for the game...
    1 point
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