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  1. A single goal allowed by Akira Schmid--who got sent to Utica after the Devils acquired Jake Allen. Unintended consequences ...
  2. Right. The buyout would be cheap because he's not yet 25. And maybe another team would give him a shot at a much lower salary. Or maybe he'd take his money, move back to Finland and be a top player in Liiga.
  3. MaxPac and Plex were indeed good. But Cammalleri's, Gomez's and Gionta's salaries added up to $18.4M, 28.6% of the cap. That's equivalent to $23.9M with today's cap. Ouch!
  4. I think the lines must be from 2011-12. At that point Cammalleri was already down to 9+12 in 38 games (Gionta 8+17 in 31 and Gomez 2+9 in 31!). Eller still looked like he had potential though ...
  5. Apart from Markov-Subban and Price-Budaj that made pretty grim reading! 😢
  6. I'm quite OK with other people being excited about it now, and I'll get excited about it myself come draft day. But, for now, I'm not going to invest a ton of time learning about prospects that may never pull on the CH sweater. That's just me. 🙂 And I'm still keenly following all our prospects, and especially those that might be joining the team for the final games of the season. That's excitement enough for me!
  7. Wheeler has 11 prospects in his "tier 2", ranked from 2 to 12, seems like there are many options at a fairly similar level once you get past Celebrini. I'm not going to get excited about any prospects (unless the Habs win the lottery) until they actually make the picks since we really don't know what Hughes will do.
  8. PTO does not prevent a player from signing an NHL contract with someone else, so he really would not lose anything by doing a PTO.
  9. I don't think anyone claimed he was a victim, although he was certainly frequently scapegoated by fans. But his circumstances are different now, and he is showing himself as a credible top-six winger. I wish this had happened in Montreal, but as Commandant noted, the situation had become toxic. I wish him all the best in Colorado, or wherever he may be next year.
  10. I think so, too. The chorus of complainers was extremely strong, and Drouin would have been unlikely to ever be able to meet those fans' expectations.
  11. Three goals with the first or second line one the ice enough? In one period? (The fourth line did add one, too.)
  12. This is a quote from ColHockeyNow from the beginning of January: Since the article, Drouin is 6+20 in 31 games, and in total 14+32 in 68 games. Top-quality linemates and surely a more relaxed environment is working for him.
  13. 3-3 after two! Oilers are outplaying Ottawa but Pickard has allowed three goals on 12 shots.
  14. And that kind of versatility is why they have been giving Guhle right-side experience even if he is weaker playing on that side. Even if he will normally play on the left in the long run ...
  15. Right. But unless Hughes starts micromanaging players' ice time, I don't think that's going to happen. At least not once St-Louis is back.
  16. The discussion I was replying to was about potentially testing Ylonen for the rest of the season. not about the D choices for next season. And St-Louis has given Ylonen minimal ice time when he has been playing, usually on the fourth line. Whether he is that bad or not, either way it sure doesn't look like St-Louis wants to give him a look in the middle six, whatever his rationale is. So, not much point in inserting him in the lineup now, I expect he'll be somewhere else next season, as much as we have a dearth of middle-six wingers.
  17. I think the big question will be whether he thinks he can crack the Habs' lineup (whether immediately or later) or whether he worries about getting stuck in Laval. Sweden is probably preferable to riding the bus for the Rocket at $70K/year.
  18. Joshua Roy is still out of action, and so is Martin St-Louis. Will Struble and Ylonen sit in the press box again? Check here tomorrow to find out that answer and more.
  19. That's also his third game-winning goal in four playoff games. Let's hope he makes the move to Canada after the season is over.
  20. That +46 was on a Bulldogs team that finished the season with a +89 goal differential, whereas the Rocket is currently at -9. And that, too, will impact an individual player's +/- score.
  21. If St-Louis won’t give him ice time then there is little point in doing that. Although he’d likely at least do better than Anderson …
  22. Odds are stacked against it but there is always hope!
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