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  1. An interview with a certain Potato Head favourite:
  2. No changes to the lineup tonight beyond Primeau so Gallagher will play and Pezzetta sits; Harvey-Pinard is still on IR.
  3. Considering that Gallagher was banged up pretty good last night, they could just as easily go to him and say we'd like to place you on IR for a week, just to be safe. That opens up the Harvey-Pinard roster spot and after the trade deadline, there aren't any roster size limits. Gallagher gets a few days to truly rest up and they avoid any roster issues in the process.
  4. So this is one of those 'entirely out of context' reports. Here's what LeBrun actually said (emphasis mine): It's not a 1st, a young player, and multiple picks, the reported asking price is one of the three. Basically, the anticipated value is that of a first-round pick, not a smorgasbord of valuable picks and a young player.
  5. Peeke has been on the block for most of the season so it makes sense that he'd be higher on the board than Savard, a player who isn't believed to be getting shopped around.
  6. Nice goal from Suzuki to tie it up. A pretty good period overall although the late Evans penalty stings.
  7. Yep. But is that point this summer? That one I'm not so sure about. And if it's the Winnipeg pick they trade and not their own, I don't think the Habs would be getting a proven piece back, it'd be another project type acquisition where there's still lots of development needed, just like Dach and Newhook.
  8. That's the one that stands out to me as he's in the exact spot Dach and Newhook were contractually. RFA this summer but instead of four years of control left like most first-rounders coming off their ELCs, he has five. He also might be acquirable for a later first-round pick which is where the Winnipeg one is bound to land.
  9. I would have been shocked if it was saying otherwise. That was one of Montreal's lousier games in a while.
  10. I think it should have been Primeau (this was a good spot to play him) but it turns out they needed Montembeault to get the win. Tonight's postgame: https://www.habsworld.net/2024/02/10-thoughts-montembeault-shuts-down-coyotes/
  11. There's a reason I've brought up Mikheyev a couple of times in this recent discussion. He might be the match. $4.75M for one less year and his style might be a better fit for Montreal's system than Anderson while Anderson's might fit Vancouver's better. Mikheyev has dropped to the fourth line as of late so his stock is down (and his tendency to get injured would fit right in with this roster...).
  12. Will the law of averages make an appearance tonight after the Habs lost some games they arguably should have won?
  13. Kaskisuo is week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Condotta isn't with the team on the road with the pending birth of his child.
  14. I think there's a bigger market for him than many think. I'm not saying he has top-end value but I think there are some teams who would do a player-player swap. Is someone on a similar contract who's also underachieving who might be a better fit with this style a good enough return to move Anderson now?
  15. A frustrating first period for me despite Montreal having the lead. Can someone please remind the Habs that, you know, shooting the puck every now and then would be useful? They have it in their heads that they must complete several passes before thinking of attempting a shot and keep passing their way out of shooting areas.
  16. I think you've skewed too far the other way. Why does Montreal eat 50% on Anderson and lose one of their better veteran trade assets for one of Raty or Hoglander, bottom-six guys at best? Mikheyev is a bad-value contract, not someone the Habs should be asking for in a Savard trade. A Mikheyev-Anderson swap with no retention on either side makes some sense as veterans that are underachieving. Keep it simple, that's the bulk of a semi-viable trade right there. It doesn't need a lot of other elements and certainly not either team moving a strong trade chip.
  17. So Vancouver takes on money for the next three years and doesn't send any out beyond this season? That's still basically a non-starter for them and they're still not moving Lekkerimaki for him. And there's a case to make that their defence is still weaker which doesn't address the area they're looking to address. If you're putting Anderson in a Vancouver proposal, one of Garland or Mikheyev needs to be in there to match money for a couple of years. Expiring contracts will not do it. Otherwise, it's not an option for them; they have to offset the money or at least the majority of it for a trade to be remotely feasible. And even with that, Lekkerimaki is a pipe dream, they're not moving their top prospect for a change-of-scenery guy. It just makes zero sense for them to do so.
  18. Several of those players won't be available (Boldy/Pettersson/Cozens). Johnson is one I could see the Habs kicking tires on and Zegras they've already been linked to. Kakko doesn't make a lot of sense and Mittelstadt will have a high asking price (both acquisition and as an RFA) which might price him out of there range.
  19. We live in a cap world, you always have to look beyond this season (unless it's only UFAs on expiring contracts). You know how hard it is to clear money so a smart team wouldn't look at the cap problem and go 'we don't know how to fix it but we'll figure it out in the summer'. That's a recipe for disaster. When I mentioned Vancouver was looking to upgrade on defence, I didn't mean defensive depth. They're looking for a top-four guy. (More specifically, they're looking at Tanev.) Harris helps the third pairing but adding him and losing Myers is a net drop-off in talent at the position they want to improve. That means they're not going to do it. I agree that Anderson could rebound with another organization and Vancouver does make some sense. But your proposal has to make sense for them - they're not taking on money they can't afford long term, losing their top prospect, and weakening the position they want to improve at just to add Anderson and a third-pairing guy in Harris. That's not a smart proposition for them.
  20. Anderson to Vancouver makes some sense in terms of fit. But they would need to move money out beyond this season for it to make any sense for them. (Think Mikheyev or Garland who would match most of the money for a while.) That's probably the crux of a viable trade, not one that sees them weaken their back end (an area they're looking to upgrade) and trade their top prospect. They have ~35 million for next year in cap space for 10-12 players, one of which is Pettersson who will be 12+ while Hronek will need a big boost as well so there goes more than half of it to two players. For them to take on any long-term money, they have to offset it.
  21. That's not overly shocking with how chippy last night's game was.
  22. I've noticed a bit of a lag lately but after a few seconds, it has appeared.
  23. That was an eventful third period for Matheson. Beat by Hischier on the PPG, beat by Bratt on his goal, but then helped make up for it with the diving poke at the blueline to set up Suzuki's goal. He pulled it off a second time after that but they couldn't tie it. Anderson's back to not being able to buy one after cranking one off the crossbar when it was still 3-2. He's more than due again. That had to be one of the least energetic games of the season. That was tough to watch.
  24. He has looked fine in this one. Nothing too noticeable one way or the other which can be said for a lot of players. Someone needs to remind both teams that there isn't a minimum pass rule, they're allowed to shoot without completing three passes first. So many times we've seen both teams pass their way out of scoring lanes.
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