GHT120

Dos that mean Shanahan/Treliving get ONE more year to get it right ... or do they just have to face the music before getting fired Saturday/Sunday/Monday/etc. morning?

Not disagreeing ... and was predicting nothing ... just discussing a possibility and merely responding to your "I can't think of any reason he would want to come back to Montreal".

NOBODY is advocating giving him a Top 6 role ... most likely a 4C role with a chance to earn TOI ... it would obviously be predicated on moving Dvorak and/or Evans ... or starting him in the AHL ... and nobody is assuming/saying a 4C/AHL role would be an enticement to sign in Montreal. But if I read between the lines ... you wouldn't want KK in any role.

Depends on how deep the Habs believe the draft is ... if they, for example, rate 8-11 players as desirable then trading down to #14 is quite a risk that one will still be available ... depending on what else SJS (in this hypothetical) offer.

The ASSUMPTIONS in the trail of posts to which mine related are that KK is bought out, therefore becomes a free agent, that the Habs make an offer and the expectation that he is likely to receive more than one ... by the nature of free agency, it then becomes his choice ... but I understand that you do not want the Habs to make the offer.

I expect it could/would be worked out in advance, but conditional on whether the Habs want to make the pick or the trade.

Me too ... but think Colorado would make for a more entertaining semi-final and/or final.

Not necessarily an unambiguous emoji in this case ... laughing at the idea ... or ... laughing in glee at sticking it to Dumbdumb ... err ... Dundon.

And yet, the "experts" commentating on the draft will be amazed that someone slipped to (for example) #7 because THEIR ranking is obviously the one that is correct.

Because of the lack of 2-10 consensus, it would I-M-O have to be a "when the Habs go on the clock" deal in case the players the Habs value most are quickly coming off the board.

If it was easy it would happen more often ... I was being somewhat sarcastic including CC ... but I expect It would take Winnipeg's pick and Mailloux to get teams to listen ... I don't expect Harris or Struble, or even Xhekaj, with the Jets pick are likely to get a Top 10-12 pick.

Maybe he liked the city and likes what he hears about the new administration/coach.

Another HC spot open

Should only cost CC and Mailloux ... 😉

If it was a "buriable" contract ($1.15M) I would still consider it ... see what MSL and/or some time in Laval can do with him ... of course, that would be contingent on Carolina buying him out ...per CapFriendly, 'Canes still have the 1/3 buyout option for 2025 and 2026, so they may be patient for another year unless they have a specific need for the almost $4M they would save next season ... they have $27M in cap space for 24/25 (per CF) but have Teräväinen, Guentzel, Necas, Jarvis, Skjei, Pesce and some other UFA/RFAs to re-sign/replace.

Will Thursday be with Shanahan and Treliving or Pelley and the New President? I'd bet on the latter, but nothing from TO surprises me.

Do teams start targeting 2026 first rounders in trades?

Wasn't suggesting a first rounder for Kaliyev ... neither did Lazary.

Treliving's fate likely rests with what Pelley decides to do with Shanahan.

Two interesting names from Saturday's Spectors Hockey ... Arpon Basu (The Athletic) directly linked Cole Perfetti to the Habs ... Spencer Lazary (The Hockey News) mentions that the LAK may look to move Arthur Kaliyev, who with his size might be a nice fit ... ***if*** the LAK were truly only looking for a pick/prospect, HuGo might be able to do both.

Hopefully the "it was a coin-toss" loss is enough to convince the Leafs that no major changes are required since they were missing Nylander for 2 games and Matthews for 2 1/3 ... plus, they've found their future HoF goaltender (Woll) ... last thing I want is competent management in TO actually looking to fix what is wrong instead of patching perceived holes with duct tape.

Gretzky maxed out at 370 lbs ... he had McSorley glued to his hip.

Agreed

Averaging is nice for budget purposes, but not salary cap purposes ... PLD's "1/3" buyout would have a cap hit ranging from a low of $1,530,952 to a high of $3,820,952 over the remaining term of the contract, then flatlines at $1,130,952 for the "extra" 7 seasons.