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I’m going to leave this great stat here because they are both going to score tonight

OK, we won a game yesterday. If we win today, it's called "two in a row". And if we win again tomorrow, it's called a "winning streak"... It has happened before. Last game of the road trip. Let's see if the Habs can end it strong, or if they're already thinking about going home to poutine and... not turning right at red lights... That's the best I can do for notable things about Montreal at 4:15am, ok?

I get that. But you can say O’Reilly was that guy in St. Louis, and he hadn't been part of a team that had much success in a lot of years. I’ll take a young skilled guy who is committed and works hard (doesn’t float), over an old cup winner, simply trying to pickup a player because he won before. we have Perry who has won before. Edmondson’s a guy whose won. We have enough filler players and have always chased has beens in the past. Let’s go get someone who wants to be a winner and is skilled and works hard - not just more plumbers that were part of a winning team. I still think that a top line Dman should be the top priority and after that an upgrade over Danault. I want elite talent, not a resume. I also don’t want to move a key young asset, unless it’s fir a guy with the skill level of Eichal (who unfortunately is injured).

I, too, would love to have an MVP-level forward who is highly skilled and a quick skater. But while quoting long-term numbers makes sense for the HoF, it is less relevant for assessing a player's current value. Hall has not been that 73-point player for two years, neither in Arizona or in Buffalo. Admittedly he is only 29, but he is well off that pace recently (60-point pace last year and 48-point pace this year). That is indeed not better than Tatar (73- and 48-point pace). Maybe he will regain his form. Maybe. But I think we already have enough veterans whose performance is flagging, and who we hope will regain their former performance levels. I'd rather not add another reclamation project.

I think this was obviously meant as a joke. Giving up all your top prospects for Hall, a guy who has scored 2 goals in 27 games and will play only 1/2 year for you. Giving up Caulfield alone would be too much.