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2023-24 Montreal Canadiens Discussion Thread
The Chicoutimi Cucumber replied to GHT120's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
I'm pretty sure he will stop getting a pass next season. MSL may also have been aware that his own attempts to improve Anderson contributed to getting him off track. If your own meddling results in a player regressing, then you probably are going to give him some leeway. It also helps if you have a dearth of talent at W anyway. It's not as though Josh's ice time came at the expense of some elite prospect we're trying to develop. But next year will be a new page, and JA had better pull an Armia and come back with his A game. And I agree with you that Josh Anderson's A-game - while limited - has a lot of value. That player hits, is physical, grinds along the board, carves guys up, drives the net relentlessly with alarming speed and power, and scores 20 goals. I'd love to get him back. -
2023-24 Montreal Canadiens Discussion Thread
The Chicoutimi Cucumber replied to GHT120's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
He knows he sucked. From HEOTP: Josh Anderson has no excuses for his play this season. -
Signing Luke Tuch signed (2 years ELC @ $925K AAV)
The Chicoutimi Cucumber replied to GHT120's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
Seems like a future Armia type? Hopefully "good " Armia, not like the bum we saw prior to January. -
Year-End Press Conference: Stay the Course
The Chicoutimi Cucumber replied to GHT120's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
I think "being in the mix" next season is the exact right formulation. After three straight seasons of very high draft picks, the Habs should start becoming a relevant team again next year. Start converting some of those one-goal losses into one-goal wins; or maybe another way to put it is: start learning how to win. But it's obviously quite premature to say "playoffs or bust," or to make "win now" moves. The exact timing is impossible to predict but yeah, a big move for an impact FW is surely in the Habs' fairly near future. -
Signing MSL Extended Through 26-27 Season
The Chicoutimi Cucumber replied to GHT120's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
It's not my money, so fine by me. But I would observe that, while MSL has made an excellent case for himself as a developmental coach, we still have zero evidence of how effective he will be in coaching a team that is expected to win hockey games. I love the idea of him as a defining feature of an entire, sustained era of glory, like Babcock in Detroit (minus the pathologies), but the odds strongly suggest that he will be fired long before his term ends. -
GDT Game 82 Detroit at Montreal 7pm April 16
The Chicoutimi Cucumber replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
His contract is brilliant both in number and term. Hopefully two years from now Hutson or some other young D is emerging as his replacement - at which point we ship him out at the deadline for, potentially, significant returns. Trading him for Petry was a catastrophically stupid bit of business by the Pens. -
GDT Game 82 Detroit at Montreal 7pm April 16
The Chicoutimi Cucumber replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
Yeah, I saved the dough knowing this season would be mostly drudgery, but might make the investment again next season. -
GDT Game 82 Detroit at Montreal 7pm April 16
The Chicoutimi Cucumber replied to Prime Minister Koivu's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
I regret having missed what seem to have been two electrifying final games. Detroit cannot be a fundamentally strong team if they had to claw back twice and scrape out OT wins against us under those circumstances. Looked to me like Primeau was stinko tonight. A pity to end things that way. Lots to like in Montreal but as many have remarked, we'll need a LOT more to be a serious threat to make the playoffs next year. Could be a lively off-season! -
2023-24 Montreal Canadiens Discussion Thread
The Chicoutimi Cucumber replied to GHT120's topic in Habs & Hockey Talk
I can't stand Therrien, but even a stopped clock is right twice a day. Asked about Drouin, he commented that with him, "there's always something." Some injury, some issue, some problem - some excuse. Same pattern with Armia. When everything goes just so, he can be tremendous. But when it doesn't go just so - when he gets a hang nail or whatever - whoops, he vanishes. Maybe something transformative occurred this year. Anything is possible. But it would be folly to make longer-term decisions based on 6 months of aberrant performance. The plan has to be to trade him - whether now, or later, or at the deadline.