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Our current lineup scares the shit out of me no matter who is on the other side of the ice.

Nothing about that lineup screams exciting team to watch. I could handle not-exciting when the team was winning, but when you combine not winning and not exciting, count me out.

You know what gives people good attitudes for the most part? Winning. If you're losing it's hard to have a good attitude. I just in good conscience can't understand how MB is allowed to touch the CH roster. I attitude change that's needed that wont come was already mentioned above, there is a great coach available right now, that could never be hired by Montreal because he doesn't speak french, the media and fans are hamstringing this organization.

This is the kind of thinking that keeps letting the Montreal management off the hook for their terrible trades, this isn't the worst move they've made, but this is the straw that broke the camels back.

Montreal was one of the worst teams in the NHL last yeah too, eh?

I have to ask why you think that? The current coaches have proven they cannot work well with youth players, this move is like treating the symptoms not the cause, and the cause is the coaches. Changing to Julien from Therien didn't seem to do anything.

I mean Julien, Therien, was there really much difference between the two? Also, I didn't downvote you, I welcome different opinions even if I think they are full of crazy. As with all habs players that have been moved because they weren't the 'right fit', I hope he does very well in Arizona, and I wont boohoo Domi, that doesn't mean I will be happy with this trade. The whole 'trust the management' line has been so overplayed at this point, any trust that may have been there is gone, way gone.

I wish I could say I was shocked to hear the return for Galy, but I'm not. This management team has fumbled their way into decision after decision, I can't see how Molson keeps letting him do this. This team is plagued with old thinking dinosaurs in the management and coaching side. Sometimes I feel like this org is strangled by the past successes and traditions: old french speaking coaches, players have to act a certain way (see: Subban).

Everything was changed when the Bergevin nation attacked.

I remember when the trade deadline was full of "who are we going to get!?", now it's "what deadweight can we cut".

The issue people rightly are having is the issues from pre-season, the issues people said the team would have when the roster was made in the summer is happening. It's not the team lit it up in pre-season and is just having a rough patch. Some people think this is the level of the team, some think it will get better, we will see who right very soon.

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This is the perfect emote for the season

Who knows what it'll look like going into the playoffs, the management doesn't fill me with confidence like some others here, so we'll see. The bar is certainly low for expectations though.

For that reason this season doesn't excite me, I'll still watch..just wish no expectations.

This is a crazy good article about Nashville from Rinnes' perspective. https://www.theplayerstribune.com/pekka-rinne-nashville/

Ahh ok i get it.

Maaan come on...killing my buzz, can't we pretend MB is not going to ruin the team further?

Sort of off topic, but with offer sheets, does a player have the right to refuse the offer? Is the offer made to the player or the team and team has to pass it along. Can a team make an offer to a player, the player turns it down and the other team never finds out unless the player tells them?

RIP my entertainment

I expect nothing, so I wont be disappointed, but might be surprised. I really just want this team to go back to being exciting to watch, I hate the way the team played last season.

Brendan Gallagher is a 6g scorer, whats your point?

We can make it a drinking game: 1 shot for the following phrases/words: - character guy - prices too high - believe in our core - team toughness

It seems every year our deadline improvements are "Players will just get better", haha.