Habopotamus

He got the best out of a make shift team in Vegas

Well when a player like Galchenyuk is playing 4th line, he's not being put in a position to succeed. I feel like we're arguing about the same thing?

48 32 24 56 78 51 28 79 Still solid numbers for a guy being bounced around positions. When I said "position to succeed" in my previous post, I was more referring to a coach giving players opportunities and the right line mates to succeed.

Great players are going to succeed no matter who the coach is. It's the border line players( like the Galchenyuk's of the world) that need to put in specific positions to succeed.... That's when you see how good a coach is...(Gerard Gallant)

Rumour floating around that Drouin hurt his knee playing summer hockey. His agent said not true, but who knows

Ya, time to go

O, ok. I was gonna say...

Did Pacioretty just put his house up for sale?

Scherbak will have a tough time with Julien as his coach

This was a prime opportunity to give the reins to a new g.m.

Arizona is a sleeper. Maybe not this year, but that team has some solid pieces. Ya, Raantaa put his game together down the stretch

I sure as hell hope he gets more than 9 goals. I bet Galchenyuk puts up 60+ pts in Arizona

He's under appreciated

Pacioretty isn't taking a 3 year deal. This will be his last big pay day

I would be calling L.A back up and trying to get Vilardi. He's going to be a stud. If it was a 6x6 contract L.A was looking for, I would be negotiating with Pacioretty to take a 7x6 deal, with Montreal retaing a million of his salary the next six years. I know that sounds stupid, but I mean this team isn't going to be contending in the next 3 years.... half of Pacioretty's term is being ate up in the down years If Vilardi is off the table, than I wouldn't be willing to retain salary. If that's even possible with a sign and trade.