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Habinator33

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  1. 33 minutes ago, illWill said:

     

    I guess it depends what the deal with Stastny will end up being, I didn't want to overpay him too much. But I definitely want some semblance of a hockey player that can play center. 

     

    Is getting Armia fair value though compared to other cap dumps? I remember the Hawks giving up Terravainen and I'm sure there are other examples. 

     

    Chicago was a little more desperate in clearing cap space than Winnipeg was right now.  They got back a 2nd and a 7th round pick though most people were kind of surprised they had to give up Teravainen.

     

    All habs gave up was Bourque and got back Armia (3rd line NHLer, former 1st rounder), a 4th round pick, and a 7th round pick I wouldn't just ignore those picks. 

     

    I'm not a big MB fan but he definitely reached out to a lot of the free agents, he's known as someone that is constantly working the phones and is always active.  Keep in mind as well if Statsny signs with Winnipeg that same deal probably wasn't available to Montreal.  It's easy to say I wish Montreal signed x player for the amount they signed but have to remember it's a two way street.

  2. 6 minutes ago, illWill said:

    So rather than pursue Stasney tomorrow, they help Winnipeg clear space to sign him? And all we get is an overpaid goalie and Joel Armia? 

     

    I guess I'm in the minority on this one, not that I'm not used to that. 

     

    With the interview period Montreal probably was already told there was no shot at Statsny.  When you look at the rest of the free agents there weren't that many that are appealing and instead of sitting on $8m+ in cap like last year they decided to use it.  They basically got Armia and 2 draft picks for cap space(they wouldn't be able to use) and Simon Bourque.

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  3. 1 hour ago, Habopotamus said:

    The @CanadiensMTL management had dinner in Buffalo a few days ago with Brady Tkachuk. No final decision yet on who’s going to be the Habs first pick, but Brady is still a candidate. #tvasports

     

    Slow habs news day for them, I'm sure they have taken out a few guys that could potentially go no 3.

  4. 8 minutes ago, Stogey24 said:

    I said it in pre season. They have him setup in the slot. He would literally go the entire power play without a touching the puck. 

     

    Who was Galchenyuk playing with when he scored 30 goals. Who was he playing with when he was top 10 in scoring to start last season?

     

    Put the kid where he's meant to be. 

     

     

    At center? :)

  5. 51 minutes ago, dlbalr said:

     

    I guess he's next in line - I actually thought Holland would start with the Habs, to be honest.  Mitchell's odds of making the team went up with Holland going on waivers though.

     

    After last nights game I definitely thought Galchenyuk-Holland-Hemsky were going to get a look tonight and possibly start the season together.

  6. Considering the lines at practice it seems that Audette has jumped over a lot of players in this camp.  While that is good for Audette it's probably whats frustrating Julien right now.  De La Rose, McCarron, and Scherbak really haven't shown anything thus far outside of a good shift here and there.  The way I see it between those 3 and the AHL vets no on really has earned the 13th forward spot or done enough to push out someone from the 4th line.

     

    Lets see if Julien calling them out yesterday and a few cuts wake anyone up.  If they keep this up and Mete breaks camp I wouldn't be shocked to see them go with 7 D in a few games if a forward is hurt.

  7. Since Therrien isn't really doing anything with his time he wants to keep up with the game and asked MB for a pass to see the florida area games.  He's not an actual scout but Bergevin said he could always ask him for some advice on those teams.  Bergevin made it pretty clear though he's not scouting for the habs.

  8. The whole mobile ticket helps with the environment and prevents scalping is all a marketing scam. While it does help those two areas it's really 90% about collecting consumer data. This allows the venue, promoters, ticketing agencies, sponsors, etc better market to you. What they don't tell you is that slowly the mobile ticket is going to turn into a tracking device. It's already been in testing in some smaller venues. This allows them to see where you are at all times during the event. Again the sole purpose of this is to collect data to be used in marketing. This can't be done with a simple print at home or hard ticket.

     

    I personally am not a big fan of mobile ticketing it does have it's perks but there are too many negatives associated with it for my tastes. Also I'm sure 90% of people would disagree with me on this but scalping(not scamming and selling fake tickets) is actually really good for the industry. My friends on long island used to get $60 islander tickets for $2-5 all the time. You look at Calgary flames 12/20 game min price is $51 but on resale it's $13. Part of moving to mobile tickets is to prevent people from getting those cheaper tickets and having to deal with only the primary. When you only have 1 real market things like Mayweather fight happen where face value all of a sudden turns into 10k a ticket.

     

    Another issue is what happened to the U2 concert in Vancouver and I think on the east coast a few weeks ago. The service went down that had the mobile tickets and no one could get into the venues.

     

    http://www.commercialintegrator.com/blogs/ticketmaster-mobile-outage/

  9. 13 minutes ago, Commandant said:

    Off-season Plan

     

     

    1) 6x6 for Radulov
    2) Order the coach to put Galchenyuk at Centre and don't #### around with it. Look you arent winning without a centre, you just aren't.  He's your only hope of having one. 
    3) Add a draft pick if you have to, ensure that Vegas takes Plekanec
    4) Sign Shipachyov.  If he won't sign in Montreal, it is what it is.  But if he signs elsewhere its cause he took less money to do so.  You make sure that your offer is the best one on his table. 
    5) Trade Emelin at 50% retained, or buy him out. 
    6) Draft Centres with 3/4 picks in the first three rounds, including the first rounder.
    7) Sign Price Long Term.

     

    I'd probably add in there some new coaches for Julien as well.  Namely JJ gone and someone else in.

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