Habs Fan in Edmonton

The Yotes are listening to you. A great night for draft positioning.

I agree about staged fights. That fight last night was not so much a staged fight as it was Reaves being a bully and picking on a middleweight. When you look at the reply Pezzetta very reluctantly agreed. Last night sucked on a lot of levels.

Of course, the momentum of the fight was not the reason the Habs lost, not all. My point was that on a night when we were getting smoked by Toronto, it was also embarrassing to get your ass kicked in a fight. Having Arber in the lineup would have made the 2nd part a lot less likely.

He wasn't thinking. It was a little embarrassing. We missed having Arber in the lineup.

Tij Iginla leading the WHL playoffs in goals (7 in 5 games). His progression this year has been pretty remarkable. WHL 2024 WHL Playoffs Official Statistics (chl.ca)

That's certainly part of the reason he won't last, Olivier destroyed him. Plus he is a lousy player. He is big and willing, that's about all he has.

Goons are a dying breed, I don't think Rempe will last. That's why a guy like Arber is valuable, a real tough physical presence who can actually play the game.

No question having Reaves on the ice does not help the Leafs win, just making the point that Reaves has nothing to gain by starting crap against the Habs, especially Arber.

I think everyone on this board and I mean everyone would agree with that sentiment.

I am disappointed Arber is not playing tonight. I don't think Reaves would be chasing him around, he didn't last game. At this point in the season Reaves has much more to lose than Arber by getting in a fight. Easy to get hurt in a fight, Arber would miss the last 6 games of the year, Reaves has playoffs coming up to think about. The Leafs don't want to get pushed around by Florida again.

Arizona scored 6 unanswered goals in the 3rd to beat Vegas 7-4. I didn't see that coming. Now only a point behind the Habs.

A couple weeks ago I thought Pittsburgh was dead in the water, now they are back in the thick of it. What a race now for 3rd in the Metropolitan and the last wild card spot.

Yup, Armia is now 3rd on the team in goals. Just like I predicted at the beginning of the year. LOL

Actually Armia just scored his 15th goal in his 59th game. Joshua is having a good year. Considering he is becoming a UFA the timing is good for him. Just a coincidence?

Is 15 goals for Joshua an anomaly or something that can be counted upon going forward? Armia got 16 goals in 58 games one year. But, you know Joshua a lot better than I do. He might be a great 3rd line guy for the right price.

This is very recent, Zayne Parekh and Tij Iginla have been very fast risers. Elite Prospects' pre-U18 top 96 prospects 2024 NHL Draft ranking (eprinkside.com)

Of course, part of the due diligence process is meeting with the players. If they meet with a player multiple times then it could mean they have a serious interest. They have to meet with everyone in their range as they simply don't know who will be available when they draft.

Yes, that would be a more accurate way of putting it.

I'll be honest. I really don't want 2 points tonight. Would prefer they not catch Calgary. However it's the 2nd game of a back to back for Tampa and I think they will very likely be resting Vasilevsky so the Habs have a very reasonable chance of winning. A 6-4 regulation loss with the young guns continuing to score would be fine with me.

Likely not a big deal as I assume they meet with most prospects in their draft range. Anthony Martineau @Antho_Martineau Deux autres infos en rafale: -Le CH a tenu au minimum deux rencontres avec le défenseur (très offensif) Zayne Parekh jusqu'ici; l’une via zoom et la deuxième en personne à Saginaw. -Même chose pour l’électrisant Berkly Catton, que l'équipe a rencontré à Spokane. Translated from French by Two other bursts of information: -The CH has held at least two meetings with (very offensive) defender Zayne Parekh so far; one via zoom and the second in person in Saginaw. -Same thing for the electrifying Berkly Catton, whom the team met in Spokane.

I think I am the same way. My short term expectations are pretty realistic but my longer term expectations are somewhat dreamy and glorious.

I don't remember being overly excited about that team but that's what fan's do (short for fanatic). We hope and dream because we long for the day when the Habs are on top again so we sometimes become a little unrealistic in our outlook. I am a Habs fan and will continue to hope and dream and pray that HuGo makes all the right moves to get us back where we belong.

It may been a close call at the time but looking back I am glad they didn't sign him. Where would we be now if they had signed him? No doubt in the short term we would have been better, stronger up the middle, maybe a bubble team for the playoffs. Certainly not a contender. Danault is a good player. We wouldn't have been able to draft Slafkovsky and instead we would have a 31 year old center making approx 6M a year for the next few years. I think the pain was worth it.

Yes, I consider that the best, most likely scenario as I doubt the Panthers drop so much next year that they are near the bottom. Florida is a very good team but stranger things have happened. (key injuries can happen) The trade conditions don't specifically mention if they both finish bottom 10 so I would assume (could be wrong) that they would simply get the Flames pick if they both finished bottom 10 because they traded for the Flames pick. That's a good point you brought up and I wondered the same thing but if it's not mentioned in the conditions then it likely just reverts to the Flames pick.

Yes, it was posted on this board. Would he be a good pick? Only time will tell. He is a fast riser in this draft. Also one of the youngest players available in the draft.