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My inclination would be to keep Evans with Anderson and Gallagher as that combo seems to work well together. But we'll find out what St-Louis thinks after the dog days of summer when the training camp starts ...

Is Evans strong enough or skilled enough for 3C? Laine - Evans - Newhook Anderson - Beck/Kapanen - Gallagher Beck looked decent at times and not great at other times in the few games that he played last year. Insulated between two vets Beck might do all right. My preference is a trade but this set up might work

to me, he'd have to be a stop gap. And I kinda like him. I'd do it. It would be a no-brainer if he was a lefty. the righty thing complicates things and the Habs may be waiting for the Lefty who can kill penalties at this point. I think management is thinking we can make do with Dach/Newhook in the 2 role to start the season, but we need to replace Dvorak.

Seems like the Leafs have cap space now, even if they didn't I believe they can go over a certain amount before the season starts. Don't see why the Leafs would be interested as they got an excellent 3c in Roy. I don't think Roslovic is Berube's type of player

Might be wrong thread.. but anybody know if they’re doing the Behind The Scenes thing again this year? it’s been so good the previous few years

He's been connected to the Leafs and is willing to wait to let them try to open up cap space. Considering it was suggested that the Habs felt they couldn't afford to keep Armia at 2.5, I don't think they're a feasible landing spot for Roslovic now who's likely to get more than that.

It's a bargain for the Habs if Dobes can maintain his form from the last season.

If roslovic was left handed Id be more interested.

Not really interested in Roslovic, would rather save the cap space for other opportunities that might pop up during the season. He was a healthy scratch in many of Carolina's playoff games, 14 points in 45 playoff games, .5pts/game during the regular season, only marginally better than Dach's output. I would rather go with Dach and wait for other opportunities.

To clarify, the comment about mental health was mine, not Commandant's.

No shaming. Just a perfectly factual comment: mental health is a very serious thing. We have had other players struggle with it in the past, both on the Habs and elsewhere--not to mention all the people outside of hockey. It's a real, serious problem and I think all of us should recognize that.

Roslovic still unsigned. He would be a good short term third line centre and to push Dach out of 2C possibly. Laine - Roslovic - Newhook as the third line. Habs probably want a 2 year deal but Roslovic probably wants 5.

In my scenario Hutson starts on RD cause thats where he finished last year and if Matheson is traded he moves back to.LD.

Agreed, this is how I see it playing out as well.

And I believe it was the correct choice between the two. Reinbacher projects to be an excellent compliment to Hutson, Mailloux and Hutson probably wouldn't have made a very good pair.

Id say maybe 15%. He needs an outstanding camp. I think its a much higher chance, he goes to Laval, dominates and we see him at midseason. Maybe we deal matheson for a centre.... or we deal struble as part of a package for a rental C ar that point and Reinbacher is ready. Part of it is just how many games he missed

Good question. On one hand Reinbacher is only 20 and hardly played last year so you would think some time in Laval would be good for him. On the other hand Savard retired and the Habs traded Mailloux which means they expect him to be a regular at some point. I think it depends entirely on what kind of camp he has. If he has a mediocre camp then he likely heads to Laval with one of the lefties playing the right side to start the year.

Agreed, once the Habs acquired Dobson it became clear that one of Mailloux/Reinbacher would be a trading chip and the Habs decided to keep Reinbacher. Mailloux will get a better opportunity to play and grow in St Louis.

And it's a fair question. My guess is that in time, this trade will be judged in conjunction with the Dobson trade, and Mailloux's development/performance will be the deciding factor for a lot of people. If Mailloux founders, this will be seen as a fantastic series of maneuvers by HUGO. If Mailloux turns into a legit top 4, many will question both trades. I personally don't think it will matter, I think it would have been very difficult for Mailloux to succeed in Montreal, so just because he finds success in St. Louis, wouldn't have guaranteed he would do the same here.

What are odds Reinbacher makes opening day roster?

Still question Mailloux's hockey IQ, in his own zone anyways. Will be interesting to see how it plays out for him; is his offense good enough to offset his defensive weakness? St Louis GM already said that has a spot to lose.

I think this is a trade that will prove to be a win for both teams. I believe that both players are set to have highly successful NHL careers, which will lead to many fans (on both sides) seeing it as a win, and many as a loss. But at the end of the day, with the acquisition of Dobson, I think it was the right move for Montreal.

Handedness matters.cause there are a few faceoffs every game that do matter. Those on the PP/pk. While i dont like faceoff percentage cause a lot of irrelevant faceoffs are included. We do need both handed guys. One issue is the rule is that the team going on the pp gets to choose which side of the ice to have the faceoff. With no lefties worth a.damn on faceoffs (newhook sucks) we are going to see every team force us to either have newhook take the draw on PK, or have evans/suzuki take that draw on their weak side.

Im not trying to say either of you have done something wrong. Not attempting to take either side just dont think this is the right place for the argument🤷‍♂️

Youve been here 3 months. Let @tomh009 or @dlbalr DM me if ive done something wrong. But i dont need your approval to post.