TurdBurglar
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Arizona relocation could be announced as early as Thursday or Friday.
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Until Hutson is NHL ready, I don't see the left side changing much with Matheson, Guhle and Xhekaj as primary LD. As for RD, it'll come down to who grabs which spot. I don't see Savard, Barron or Harris here much longer. Savard is slowing down as you pointed out and Barron/Harris just seems to be a 3rd pairing guy. Would much rather give ice-time to the queue of higher skill-ceiling behind them than play them for the sake of keeping them, only if those players are ready.
Ideally, I would love to see Reinbacher and Guhle paired together, as I see them spending many seasons paired together. I would love to see the addition of a younger Savard-like RD acquired to slot in beside Hutson in the long run, or that's possibly what the Xhekaj RD conditioning could be about as well. I want to stay cautious about saying Xhekaj being a staple top-4D, realistically he will probably top out a bottom pair Gudas-type guy, but still holding out hopes
I really do see in the next 2-3 years a tough decision being made between which 2 of Matheson, Guhle and Hutson to keep. From a management standpoint, it's a great problem to have.
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Multiple sources saying Arizona is in preliminary talks to move to Salt Lake City.
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On 4/1/2024 at 6:54 AM, Commandant said:
KK is not coming back. End of story. Its never happening, not with all thats gone down.
That seems overly strong. With “all that’s gone down,” it was between the teams, not KK and Montreal.
I may of forgotten something but I don’t believe KK spoke bad about Montreal or his departure, so I don’t see why he would be blacklisted from playing for Montreal again. Not that I think he ever will for completely different reasons.
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23 hours ago, DON said:
Darn shame KK is the 14th highest scorer... on Carolina.
Smug smartass Carolina owner likely not so pleased with that deal.
I heard or read somewhere, and I can't remember where, that Carolina may entertain the idea of buying out KK. It would be a crazy buyout though, 6 more years @ $4.8m on his current deal. It would save Carolina $4m per season for the contract duration and cost about $850k for 6 more years after that, according to capfriendly
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10 hours ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:
Habs played a terrific game, tough penalty on Armia. I thought Evans and Armia were tremendous tonight. Oilers were fortunate to win.
Evans was very noticeable in a good way.
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Going to be in house for this one. If there's one last game they need to win, it's tonight. Going with an Oilers fan.
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7 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:
Colin White will take Michael Pezzetta’s spot in #Habs lineup tonight vs Bruins while Jordan Harris replaces Jayden Struble
Predicting an unfortunate 8-7 regulation loss 🎉
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Will update as more becomes available.
Montembeault to start.
https://x.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1767952557601669248?s=20
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1 hour ago, tomh009 said:
... and because Slafkovsky is another good option, Caufield will also get fewer passes and thus fewer one-timer goals. Good for the team, less good for Caufield's personal stats.
Not necessarily. This plight of the PP for a few years now is only having a single threat, Weber and now Caufield. PKs neutralized the PP by dedicating a player to that threat. With another threat on the other side of the ice the PK can’t dedicate a player to stoping the left circle one-timer. If they do, they risk being flat footed on the PK, beaten down low or opening the slot. All of which create more threats, which open up Caufield again.
It’s how all good PPs function. The more threats on the ice, the more open the biggest threat ultimately becomes.
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6 hours ago, hab29RETIRED said:
I think a big difference than earlier this year, is that Matheson is finally passing to Slafkovsky. Before he would be defaulting to Caufield and Suzuki, and seemed to be avoiding Slafkovsky.
I think the biggest difference is last year Caufield was on fire on the left side one-timer. This year, he's cooled off so the team has to look for other options. For development of the whole team, that's a good thing, especially if Slafkovsky becomes serviceable as a right side one-timer.
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Didn't see a GDT and the game was started.
Currently 3-0 Montreal, Primeau in net.
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The Montreal Canadiens acquired forward Jacob Perreault from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for forward Jan Mysak.
As per TSN.
Looks like a 1-for-1.
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1 hour ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
I expect a very quiet deadline from HuGo. Even the rumour mill is quiet. Next year, when expectations shift and some contracts are expiring, should be much livelier. But who knows.
I think the only names that are in the mill in any way now, are Allen and Savard. Both of which have another year on their deal, making less need to trade by Friday and for teams really interesting, it hurts their value.
The only one Hughes is actively shopping I believe is Allen or Primeau. Have read over the last couple of days Hughes is saying he's ok with carrying 3 goalies to the end of the season. That's probably posturing though.
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MSL saying Allen will get the start.
I would imagine the Thursday start will be between Allen or Primeau for trade deadline purposes
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3 hours ago, hab29RETIRED said:
Patersson is not signed. I’m not giving up Suzuki for guy that is a RFA for 1 more yr before being a UFA, and you have to sign, and are unsure how much that would be. $10m, $11m, $12m, $13m?
I didn't think it needed to be stated that it would come with a pre-negotaited contract extension, as almost every other trade of this sort, but that's on me for not explicitly stating that. Rumor is he is at $11.5m AAV for an undisclosed amount of year right now. I would safely bet he will settle around the $11m AAV mark.
3 hours ago, Commandant said:That said we might have one already.
So we may have a true franchise level centre on our hands.
Suzuki hasn't had a PPG season his entire career(0.78 PPG), possibly this will be his first. At 24 years old, there is nothing to indicate Suzuki is elite level, let alone a franchise center. He's no doubt a good top line or great send line center, which his career numbers clearly indicate. That comment is something you would jump over if someone else said it.
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59 minutes ago, GHT120 said:
You think VAN would have to add something of value along with Pettersson?
It would be an elite center for a top line center and a young top-4 defenseman with top pair/elite potential.
If Guhle wasn't an NHL mainstay, I would say it's about fair. A 22 year old current top-4 defenseman with 100 games of experience has significant value. Most defensemen are in they're mid 20's to be as far along in development. Guhle's current development certainly has him in the top pair/elite category, whether he reaches it or not is a different story. If he were put on Vancouver today, he most likely would be on the 2nd pair, even with how good Vancouver is. As much as I hate advanced stats, jfresh has him at 94% for even strength defense this season, so take that with a grain of salt.
I'm not saying Vancouver would have to throw the kitchen sink at the trade, but I do believe in that scenario they would have to add something else.
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1 hour ago, DON said:
An upgrade on Suzuki, but Habs have other holes in roster, why make a move like that now? A centre for a centre, still leaves Habs without a legit #2 centre but, if could add Pettersson for a winger (Caufield) and young d (Guhle) &/or picks would be more appetizing.
I would rather keep Caufield. Keep Caufield and Pettersson on different line as they’re both goal scorers. In theory it should spread out scoring and give Caufield easier opponents.
I don’t think Guhle and Caufield for Pettersson is a fair trade. Vancouver would definitely have to sweeten the pot some to get that to work.
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Sounds like Vancouver is entertaining the idea of trading Pettersson as extension talks have stalled. They still hope they can resign him. The rumors have it, IF they do in fact trade him, they will be looking to bring in players with term.
If he is in fact being traded, wouldn't offering Suzuki+ for Pettersson be a good idea? He's an upgrade offensively, Suzuki is having a career year, and Pettersson's value isn't has high as it should be because of the need to trade him. Vancouver will be looking for a replacement at center, and probably more. I don't see a scenario where it would happen without Caufield/Suzuki going the other way, with emphasis on replacing Pettersson at center. I have no idea the the + would entail.
Just tossing out the idea here.
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When did the rules change that if you make contact with a player carrying the puck, they fall, it's now a penalty?
Calling that a trip because of Caufield's back foot is like calling any hit elbowing, because the elbow makes contact.
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Left Wing Centre Right Wing #22 Cole Caufield #14 Nick Suzuki #20 Juraj Slafkovský #89 Joshua Roy #35 Alex Newhook #40 Joel Armia #11 Brendan Gallagher #71 Jake Evans #17 Josh Anderson #70 Tanner Pearson #36 Colin White #56 Jesse Ylönen Left Defence Right Defence #8 Mike Matheson #21 Kaiden Guhle #72 Arber Xhekaj #58 David Savard $54 Jordan Harris #26 Johnny Kovacevic Starter Backup #35 Samuel Montembeault #34 Jake Allen Courtesy of Habs Eyes on the Prize. Only slightly stolen this time.
Leap Year Game! I looked at the date a long time before I realized it's a leap year.
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Left Wing Centre Right Wing #22 Cole Caufield #14 Nick Suzuki #20 Juraj Slafkovský #89 Joshua Roy #35 Alex Newhook #40 Joel Armia #11 Brendan Gallagher #71 Jake Evans #17 Josh Anderson #70 Tanner Pearson #36 Colin White #56 Jesse Ylönen Left Defence Right Defence #8 Mike Matheson #21 Kaiden Guhle #72 Arber Xhekaj #58 David Savard $54 Jordan Harris #26 Johnny Kovacevic Starter Backup #35 Samuel Montembeault #34 Jake Allen Stolen from Habs Eye on the Prize.
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39 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:
I would be surprised Anderson rebounds under MSL. I doubt that happens
I'm not sure MSL is Anderson's problem. MSL puts Anderson in positions to succeed. Anderson has been getting some great chances, he's just severely snake bitten and it's not from lack of effort. He's a bit of an enigma. With his playstyle and the chances he's been getting, he should have more points.
His career shooting % is listed at 11%, but has been 12%+ the last 4 years. He's shooting at 6.5% this year. Granted, he's spent the majority of this season in his own bubble on the ice, with his lack of awareness of his teammates.
I see Anderson as just snake bitten and having a bad year. Sure we give him a hard time on these forums, but I honestly doubt this is the Anderson we see next season. I have been wrong before though.
Year-End Press Conference: Stay the Course
in Habs & Hockey Talk
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As much as it pains me to see another year of rebuilding hockey, it's been way overdue in Montreal. It's been about 20 years of just ok teams, that may or may not make the playoffs, but had no real shot at a cup. The shots they did have, nobody really saw coming. For the sake of 10-15 years of high quality hockey as the prospect, I'm happy they're staying committed to the full rebuild.