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Machine of Loving Grace

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  1. Had a feeling he was. Different GM and he would have been on the list.
  2. Zub. Good name. Hope he wears a strange number to go with it.
  3. Trade the centre you refuse to play at centre for a winger you decide to turn into a centre. That trade is the gift that keeps on giving.
  4. Domi is doing faceoff exercises because Julien thinks they might need him at centre during the season. Ahhhhhh hahahahaha
  5. Marchand has back to back 85 point seasons and would have had one earlier had Julien let him play powerplay. Between 13-14 and 15-16 he played the 8th most amount of PP minutes among Bruins forwards.
  6. There isn't one yet. I'm nowhere near as sold on Kotkaniemi as Commandant is. Drouin still has the potential, he isn't done yet, but the clock is ticking. Domi certainly isn't. Scherbak isn't. Gallagher isn't. I don't believe this team has a forward yet that would be considered a franchise forward. Or defenceman (Weber used to be). Just a goalie.
  7. I would never say this guy got drafted here so he has to carry the team. Pacioretty already had his role defined as the top winger. He was expected to lead. He often went cold in the playoffs. I won't take the first Tampa series from him, but otherwise we had many other players who stepped up over him. Heck Lehkonen was better than him against the Rangers shift in and shift out, and Flynn outscored him. Not once did I expect Pacioretty to carry the Habs. I expected him to score more than 0 goals and 1 assist in 6 games against the Rangers as our team captain.
  8. Arizona is interesting too in that they are weak on the left wing, so if Tocchett said no we need him more on the wing than centre, it would be understandable. But no, he said right out the gate he has a shot at centre. And his GM supports him in a way Bergevin never did. I don't think he moves off centre for the whole season, good or bad. His wingers will change and that's it. If he and Strome look great, that gives Arizona three centres down the middle to build around with Keller, Perlini, Hinostroza, Merkley, and Fischer on the wing. Plus Crouse and Dvorak. Arizona is looking exciting if things fall into place. (Disclaimer: Arizona is 2nd team this year)
  9. Deslauriers in the top six, Hudon on the RW, Bitten on the fifth line... ah whatever it's scrimmage.
  10. I'm good with that. He doesn't have much hockey left in him but he'll be a good veteran at camp.
  11. Hmmmm if it was up to me Team A Hudon - Danault - Gallagher Tatar - Kotkaniemi - Lehkonen Shinkaruk - DLR - Bitten Deslauriers - Plekanec - Froese Team B Domi - Suzuki - Drouin Byron - Peca - Scherbak Vejdemo - McCarron - Armia Addison - Audette - Grenier
  12. So you expect Kotkaniemi and Drouin to carry the Habs to the Cup because of their draft position?
  13. Max Domi is a 12th overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft. In his post draft year he put up 93 points in 61 games for the London Knights. He had a strong rookie year with 18 goals and 52 points, but his numbers have declined since. In the following two seasons, he put up only 9 goals each season (9 in 59, 9 in 82) but last season he had a career high 36 assists. Alex Galchenyuk is a 3rd overall pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. In his post draft year he put up 61 points in 33 games for the Sarnia Sting. His best season so far was 30 goals and 56 points in 82 games. Max Domi has 36 goals in his NHL career. When you compare their last two seasons: Domi: 141 games, 18 goals, 65 assists, 83 points Galchenyuk: 143 games, 36 goals, 59 assists, 95 points Basically: Domi has to find his rookie season numbers again while Galchenyuk just needs to outplay Dylan Strome for the 2C position. Failing that, the top LW in Arizona is Richard Panik, so he could take that spot pretty easily and still be a top line player. If Domi still can't score 10+ goals in a season, he shouldn't be anywhere near the top line.
  14. He had a 10 team no trade list. Edmonton might have been on it. They certainly were not one of the favourites like Dallas and Tampa.
  15. I would contract the team and award Ottawa an expansion team so long as they find a new owner. Do a draft for their players and start fresh.
  16. Yeah if we trade Weber this summer I think we could get a better return than this.
  17. I'm just saying it hasn't been as bad as when Bergevin was trying to contend. When it was clear the 17-18 season was a bust Bergevin was angry and then he looked dejected and that's been his natural reaction since. The Galchenyuk trade was still dumb and we haven't seen enough guys replaced from Marc's golf crew but I don't feel the same as when Marc was the clear driver. It isn't an endorsement. Just an observation. I think Geoff wants to be hands on so when he picks a future GM he actually knows what the job involves and won't leave the next candidates to Bergevin and McGuire. Or maybe he's going to be control hungry and be like Richard Peddie and JFJ. I don't know, but the damage control process has been fine for the most part. Much better than I thought it would be. As for liking the Pacioretty trade I'll just pop this question: what was the last time at the trade deadline a team got back a player with the ceiling of Suzuki and drafted as low as he was?
  18. The only moves in 2018 I have disliked are the Galchenyuk Domi trade and drafting Kotkaniemi. Everything else has been out of character for Bergevin and been good returns or acquisitions for us.
  19. I was listening to Pierre LeBrun on some radio show (it was a TSN show) and they were discussing the fact that Molson is very hands on at this point, and possibly the most hands on owner in the league. That Bergevin is just doing what Molson wants at this point and that's why he still has a job.
  20. Armia is 205. Domi is listed at 198. Danault listed at 195. Scherbak might break 200 by opening night. It's light but they will be good little grinders with Domi, Shaw, Armia, Deslauriers, and Gallagher buzzing around. Eating at a couple buffets ain't gonna win this team any games.
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