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  2. Annual game with my 6yo. I want a win... but I don't want the points in the standings
  3. OHL playoffs fire up today. March 28 games Owen Sound Attack at Saginaw Spirit 7:05 pm - OHL First Round (best-of-7) Cédrick Guindon - Owen Beck - https://habsprospects.com/
  4. Tuch is a player whose style is better for the pros than college. They'd be crazy not to try to sign him. He's a legitimate NHL prospect, albeit a low ceiling. Kapanen - I don't think he'll be in Finland. He'll either go to the SHL (one team is believed to be ready to make an offer) which is a bit of a stronger league or North America. Biondi is a forward, not a d-man. Also, while it wasn't mentioned in the article, he opted for a fifth college season last week so the deadline doesn't apply to him.
  5. Yeah I hated Hextal and Billy Smith because of their shenanigans. They both exploited the “can’t touch the goalie” rule. I wished they’d both get knocked out.
  6. My foggy ol 80s flyers memories; I remember watching this swing by Hextall. Buttend just missed Chelios. But this hit on Propp was a 'bit' excessive.
  7. I absolutely hated the Broad Street Bullies but that was a different time. The Flyers have been a huge surprise this year and Tortorella has done a fantastic job. I never thought they would be in a playoff spot this late in the year. I won't lose any sleep if the Flyers take 2 points in regulation tonight. The Habs might have a bit of a hangover after a successful end to a long road trip but I won't sell them short either.
  8. I don’t hate the Flyers org in the way I hate Toronto (first with a bullet: hatred and contempt), Boston (hatred tempered with respect for a great opponent), and, a distant third, Ottawa (contempt curdling into intense dislike)…but I don’t like ‘em either. The Broad Street Bullies were a disgrace to the game and the Habs dynasty had to thump their asses in order to save hockey itself from sheer thuggery. Then there was the Hextall teams in the 1980s. Then that drooling jabbernowl Houle gave them Leclair and Desjardins in a disastrous overpay for Recchi, and they owned us for years. It’s been a pretty quiet 21st century between the two franchises, though, I’ll admit.
  9. Journal de Montreal article on which draft picks the Habs will be signing: SOON: Adam Engstrom But may not make it to Laval this season, depending on how his SHL team (Rögle) does in the playoffs Lane Hutson Even if BU makes it to the Championship game, Hutson could sign and play in one or both of the final two games of the season with the Habs. Luke Tuch This one surprises me slightly in that his offensive progression has been modest but he his size/physicality may translate well to the pros, albeit in a grinder role, that the Habs may see as a need. SOON... or ... NEXT SEASON (i.e., not using a 23/24 contract slot) The contract slot could a factor to allow freedom to make trades before July 1st ... the Habs currently have 5 available ... for that reason, I would slide Tuch into this category ... if Engstrom can't join Laval for their playoff run/playoffs I wudl slide him in this group as well. Oliver Kapanen Habs could wait until June 2025, but his production as a 20-yr-old in a mens league has been solid (tied for 50th in scoring), he has also shown a strong all-round game ... he has had a strong playoff thus far (9pts, 4g in 6 games) ... but another year in the SM-liiga might fit both his and the organization's needs. MAYBE Cédrick Guindon Habs have until June 1st to sign him or lose his rights ... his stats didn't take a big jump from his draft year and have now regressed slightly from last year ... may be a candidate for an AHL contact. Jared Davidson Also needs to be signed by June 1st ... his occasional flashes in Laval this season may not be enough for an NHL contract but they may extend another AHL offer. Miguël Tourigny Another June 1st deadline ... spent the season in Trois Rivieres ... likely at most an AHL contract LIKELY BYE-BYE-BYE Petteri Nurmi Another June 1st deadline ... 2022 7th rounder (194th) Blake Biondi As an NCAA player, Habs have until August 15th to sign him ... 2020 4th rounder (109th) out of high-school ... his second/sophomore season was promising, but his production has regressed ... last season he played through a left shoulder injury until mid-season when a right-shoulder injury ended his year and he had surgery on both ... slight uptake in production this season ... how much was recovery from the surgeries a factor ... but with the Habs depth in D-prospects there seems little urgency to sign him ... but RHD depth might be a factor in offering an AHL contract NOTE: Italicized text taken from Journal article, non-italicized my comments
  10. A single goal allowed by Akira Schmid--who got sent to Utica after the Devils acquired Jake Allen. Unintended consequences ...
  11. Montreal Canadiens' win is a sign of progress — and a gift for coach St. Louis (sportsnet.ca) "...Linemate Juraj Slafkovsky assisted on the play for his 40th point of the season to make this the most productive campaign a teenager has ever had in the 115-year history of the organization. No player has benefited more from St. Louis’s coaching and influence than the 2022 first-overall pick, except for maybe Cole Caufield, who once again displayed the complete game St. Louis has worked so hard to help him establish."
  12. https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/catching-up-with-owen-beck The next #62? Mr. Potatohead likely already has his jersey on order.
  13. Fair match-up; but got little faith that the Habs show up to play. Canadiens @ Avalanche: Game preview and how to watch (habseyesontheprize.com) Canadiens Statistics Flyers 27-32-12 Record 36-27-10 44.8% (28th) Scoring-chances-for % 51.1 (15th) 2.70 (28th) Goals per game 2.92 (23rd) 3.37 (26th) Goals against per game 3.05 (17th) 17.5% (25th) PP% 13.4% (32nd) 76.5% (23rd) PK% 84.1% (3rd) 0-0-1 Head-to-Head Record 1-0-0
  14. A disappointing effort ends Laval Rocket’s winning streak (habseyesontheprize.com) "Emil Heineman received a pass along the boards, and just flippantly threw it to the centre of the defensive zone, with none of his teammates around. Ryan Schmelzer was there however, and he made no mistake as he put the Comets on top with just over four minutes left to play. The Rocket never got remotely close after the tying goal, as the nonchalance and disjointed play led to the Comets burying the empty-net goal and ending Laval’s winning streak." Rocket Weekly: Taking Care Of Business On The Road – HabsWorld.net
  15. Haha, that seems significantly worse than the 2011-12 roster you (?) shared earlier. Although if you take a closer look… Hamrlik was a quality D-man, certainly a legit top-3 guy. Despite a lack of pedigree, Streit proved to be an excellent offensive defenceman who we stupidly threw away. Nothing wrong with that bottom pairing either. The real outlier is Komisarek, a #5 being used in a top-pairing role. Poor Markov, carrying that bag of shite on his back. FW unit is even more of a mess. Drunken Bum Kostitsyn on the 1st line, Higgins on the 2nd, Fats and Lapierre being bumped a line above where they should be, Other Drunken Bum S. Kostitsyn in a significant role. We basically had two fourth lines and whole lot depending on the mercurial moods of a certain Alexei Kovalev (who I loved, but who should never have been relied on to drive play on the nightly). What probably made this lineup seem better than it really was, was the youth involved. Guys like the Kostitsyns, Pleks, Higgins, Latendresse, Lapierre, and Komi were all young up-and-comers (Price too). Some, like Price, A. Kostitsyn, Higgins, and Fats, had good pedigree. They were the subject of much fan excitement. Much as our young guns are today. So as I think about it, this roster is really a cautionary tale. We should keep in mind that our reaction on this very board to this lineup was pretty similar our reaction to our current team: “we have loads of young talent, our window will open soon, just wait 2-3 years!” Hopefully this rebuild works out better than that one.
  16. How about this old roster? A.Kostitsyn-Plekanec-Kovalev Higgins-Koivu-Ryder Latendresse-Lapierre-S.Kostitsyn Bégin-Smolinski-Dandenault Chipchura, Kostopoulos Markov-Komisarek Hamrlik-Streit Bouillon-Gorges Brisebois, O’Byrne Price-Huet What a dog’s breakfast on defence 💩 Habs are certainly looking MUCH better on defence now.
  17. 1st game at home after road trip, i am not putting a lot of money on the Habs to win this one.
  18. 1-0 after 2 periods. Perreault scores his 8th of the season and stops a long drought. Barron continues to play well (as per play-by-play guy). IMHO he looks more at ease on the ice and is not forcing plays anymore. The Rocket is taking too many unnecessary penalties, but Dobes has been strong
  19. My GUESS is that with a trade involving an unconditional pick it would count against the Habs as the pick transferred when the trade was registered ... but if the Habs had the option of the Jets' 2024 or 2025 pick it might not as the pick might still "legally" be Winnipeg's until the Habs make the decision to use it and likely therefore it still belonged to Winnipeg at the time of the lottery.
  20. I'd have a hard time thinking they'd penalize a team who doesn't have their own draft pick further by counting it as one of the two improvements for the team who didn't have it. That's just rubbing it in. That said, I don't think I've seen the wording of the rule either so I suppose I can't be sure on that one.
  21. Yesterday
  22. Sens up 4-0 in the 1st 10 minutes? WTF Like it. However they are weak defensively so not counting my chickens.
  23. They most certainly would take it but the odds of Winnipeg missing the playoffs are incredibly low. I was just dreaming a bit.
  24. Kapanen 2a 20:55 up 3-1 in series Engstrom/Eriksson 0pts but both sweep their series
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