Peter Puck

I do believe that Caufield was the player they wanted. That does not mean it was a no risk pick. KK was also the player they wanted. Many times the player they wanted fails to develop. Sure they were happy to pick Cole, but like any player it was a risk. Now it has paid off, there is no need to trade him away to bet on another prospect. Continually upping your bet will lead to a bust in the end.

My feeling is that if we trade Mailloux, his value to a new team will be reduced since the team taking him will be asked a lot off questions. Montreal has already had to deal with this, when we drafted him. Trading him now means we paid a price without gaining anything. We might trade him if he is part of some irresistible deal. However, I think he has significantly more value to us than any other team due to his history.

I'm going to predict that the fans choose "Yeti".

No the Hawks have only moved up once so far. They can still win one of the upcoming lotteries (but not two of them). Winning the lottery is defined as improving your spot in the draft order.

I think Colorado will beat Dallas. Took Edm, NYR, and the Bruins.

Would you offer sheet Necas? That would be exciting.

This is just deliberately misquoting me. It says the opposite of what I said in my post. I have no time for such dishonesty.

I never said that Subban never faced racism. Everyone faces racism, many face much more than others. My point was that we don't have any real evidence that PK's problems (which I interpret as his causing us to trade him) were due to his race.

Maybe it was a slip of the tongue? Is this proof Pang is racist? One time I heard Bob Cole say a player made a "dumb in" instead of a "dump in". Can we conclude that Cole was biased against that player? I certainly didn't. I forget who the player was but if he was from Newfoundland would that make a difference? Accusing people of racism just because it fits your narrative is very uncharitable.

Maybe Richards just thought Subban was uppity. Does every criticism of Suban have to be because he was black? Even if Richards is racist does this mean the reason we traded PK was due to racism?

I think its very lazy and unfair to just attribute (part of )PK's problems to racism. We have no evidence at all that his teammates or coaches mistreated him due to his race. The Habs exec I heard from indicated that his teammates felt he put himself ahead of the team. Whether he did or not, it is a problem in team sports if your teammates don't have your back.

Man is Lehkonen ever having a great series. I haven't seen much of the Aves since their cup run 2 years ago but I am really impressed with his play. This is a guy people said was good defensively but had very little offensive upside. Was that ever wrong.

For me we took pretty big risks choosing Caufield and Mailloux. Both risks look to have paid off. I think its a mistake to take those wins and exchange them for another risk (picking 3rd). Of course the third pick overall is a safer risk but its still a risk. When we pick Demidov and he turns out, will we be trading him and Newhook for the 2026 second overall? Take the win or eventually we end up holding a bust.

I hope Dominique Ducharme isn't holding his breath.

Yes @xXx..CK..xXx is the 2023-2024 winner having got the exact total of 76 points. There were a number of close predictions this year. Seems HabsWorld is becoming more realistic about our team.