Lovett's Magnatones

My take from the office of Dr. Mark Recchi is that concussions are such a varied injury to try to predict lasting effects. There's severity and the different parts of the brain that are affected. Which is why you can have Patrice Bergeron on one side of the fence and Simon Despres on the other. I also think that they (players) aren't being honest and are trying to play with them or hiding them. “Well, I was sensitive to light,” Despres told the Orange County Register’s Eric Stephens before the season began. “Sensitive to noise. More emotional. I had headaches. Dizziness. Close to fainting. Stuff like that…It was a challenge. It was dangerous.” He came back in this condition and played in the playoffs...not good.

Total garbage. A week after trading for the pre-eminent Quebecois superstar, the jackals of the French Media complain about not drafting a Francophone. http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2017/06/24/sombre-page-dhistoire-pour-le-canadien

I agree with you here. Tiger Woods was really tearing it up and tearing up sluts, but when his wife found out and he had that accident, his career unraveled. I do wish people would stop craving the downfall of the best people in society. Nowadays, a hero can't be a hero. There has to be a sinister angle to their personal life.

You almost have to laugh as they list players like Pavel Datsyuk and Erik Kalesson as comparables. They should try Patrik Stefan, Hugh Jessiman, and Louis Leblanc for laughs.

Yeah, I mean, he played an indifferent game or two with his next vacation in Sunny Isles on his mind, and then went out and groped some strippers at Chez Paree. Which of us would have done any differently? What the hell is wrong with that!

They don't call him "Comrade DeBlasio" for nothing!

This has been the lousiest draft I can remember. My takeaway will be all the Finns. Uhro this, lainen, kainen, painen, that. After the second pick, I was lost. And it's not all to do with the draft, but moreso the circus of the expansion draft and the NHL Awards that stole the entry draft's thunder. I feel for the kids. The league usually sets them up with a few PR spots to showcase the top picks and maybe help those kids relax. They looked more like B celebrities at an expo center than top hockey prospects. What a sorry state of affairs.

He doesn't have the same ceiling. At his age, Seguin already had two PPG seasons and a Stanley Cup. What I'm grappling with here is that Galchenyuk had his best year, and the best part of that season when the Habs were almost a lottery team. I think he's a 20/50 winger. He's barely a first liner and he's lousy on the other side of the puck. If NJ will trade Severenson and the #1 overall for him and Petry, I take it in a heartbeat.

Maybe that's part of the maturity issue? He's dumb enough to make it into "a dinner thing."

Isn't it "full contact" in Montreal? You would think he could just pay for it.

I think the Panthers have a shot at Kovalchuk. They have a lot of cap space, and they just moved out two forwards.

Dreger now reporting (after Pierre LeBrun yesterday) that the Devils have interest in Galchenyuk. This one puzzles me. To the naked eye, they only have three pieces that could interest the Habs: -#1 overall, of which the player selected might not be NHL ready next year. -Pavel Zacha, who played left wing last year and got 25 points in a decent rookie year. -Adam Henrique, a solid #1B/#2 center. They don't have much in the prospect pool. Don't see a deal happening that is a win for the Habs.

You know....you can draw a straight line from the development woes to Lefevbre's hire. The Habs never had issues before Sly, Breezer, Farty Lapointe and the rest of the know-nothings.

You would think this is the limit for everybody. I can't think of one reason Sylvain Lefevbre should be retained. Bergevin is his presser today said "we need help everywhere." That's not a good look for a GM after five years. What's worse, tying this back to the debacle of development, is that nobody is coming to help the big club.

Louis Jean is reporting that Sylvan Lefevbre will be back next year. Yeah baby! Schlemko and Sly on the same day. Thrill me, Bergy!

Bergevin has his eye on Mean Matt Greene. If only he was a Chicago guy...

Maybe not, but he's new! That's the next best thing to "good."

I'd prefer one year of a mediocre defenseman to three. There's a reason five teams have gotten rid of this guy.

He's old...he stinks...he's signed until 2020. Queue the yearly influx of third pairing D and 4th liners. They got backed into a corner by the expansion draft, and downgraded from N8 and Emelin.

Lots of hype around Jordie Benn. Can anybody think of a reason why, besides his cap hit?

Who brings physical play now? Byron?

I think they should have announced it immediately after the players found out they were being selected. I'm sure angry players were all too happy to leak. Or perhaps the US State Department and 97 intelligence agencies got a hold of the list.

I'm sorry to see Emelin go. He was one of my favorite Habs before his knee injury. Since then, he hasn't been as effective. PS...all of these leaks are a serious buzzkill. Couldn't they have just waited? With the draft being what it is, hockey fans have free agency, and that is it until preseason.

Ugh. Another guy under 6 feet.

Didn't Mario Tremblay have the same problem?