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Man, do we have to be critical of EVERYTHING, or side-eye all of Bergevin's signings? This isn't Plex at $6M a year. It's Byron, at $3.4M. If it's not dollars, it's term. If it's not term, it's dollars. He's a hard working vet. It's not like that's a bad thing to have on the team. He's not at a debilitating salary. CC and Commandant, I used to enjoy your posts as insightful, thoughtful and interesting reading. But the absolute 100% glaring negativity of EVERYTHING Habs has worn thin.

So now, Domi is the new shiny toy to try at C, and Drouin is moving back to the wing? I feel likes it's an 8U hockey team where every kid gets to try every position. Drouin-Domi-Gallagher Lehkonen-Daneault-Armia Byron-Plekanec-Tatar Stuff-Peca-Stuff

Not gonna lie, seeing "Max Pacioretty, Vegas Golden Knights" as the byline at the bottom looks weird.

I’m in the nobody camp. If they name Drouin, though, I may die of laughter.

Might want to read this thread, then.

My enthusiasm for the trade is tempered. Last year, the praises were sung of the Drouin/Sergachev trade, Habs getting an experienced legit young star player for an unknown in Sergachev. I guess one year isn't enough to evaluate that one, but it seems people have cooled on that one a bit. Now, we're on the flip side of that type of trade. I won't pretend I'm some all knowing prospect follower, it's hard enough following the Habs even at just the NHL/AHL level to keep tabs on hundreds and hundreds of JR players and prospects. I HOPE the young C prospect works out. It seems the Habs should hit on at least ONE of the C prospects they have now. Whatever Patches extension is, my guess is it'll look good for the first 4 years, then be buyout worthy the last 4. He's not a terribly physical player, so he may last a little longer than say, Erik Cole. But LVGK gets a good player for those 4 years to maybe get a cup. Good spend, there. Now, who's the next "Attitude" to get sent packing? Who is left that pre-dates Bergevin? Plex, Gallagher and Price I think are it.

There, the dismantling of the 2007 draft class is complete. Right now, I just feel bad for Max, the person. This was a crappy situation all around for him. Hopefully, he enjoys his time in Vegas.

Mt Rainier. Maybe we could trade man mountain to Seattle.

I'll watch them this year. Maybe not as fervently as I have in the past. I struggled through the late 90s and early Aughts, this is just a similar type of punishment for the upcoming year. I watched then, I'll watch now.

Our billet kid is heading up to Calgary for the Hitmen training camp this weekend. Good kid, and he's fitting in well. They make 15 year old kids big now. He's 5'11", and there are a couple of kids over 6' on his team. When I was 15, I think I was 5'6 or so...as fate would have it, I had my growth spurt AFTER high school. He's been on the ice with the squirt kids at a couple of practice sessions, as his coach ran a "graduating to squirt" weekend camp this summer. Speaking of squirts, things are about to get busy as my son tries out for a competitve team. The "skills and drills" as they call it is a solid two weeks of skating. He's already surpassed my expectation of him, so I just hope he continues to have fun out there. He was on a dominant team last year, so very few losses to deal with (they lost 4 out of 48 games), so it'll be interesting to see how he deals with adversity this year.

Yep. If you’re up for having me, I’ll come back for SK.

I don't think I'll return this year. I haven't been very good at staying as active as I have been in the past.

We took the plunge and will be housing a teen this year. Curious to see how it goes!

Wait, i thought I read that he was looking for 1c/2c money? Seems like a bit less than most were expecting by a little bit. I’m happy with it.

Filppula reportedly nixed a trade to the Habs on deadline day when he went to the Flyers a year or two ago. I’d say he had no interest in coming here.