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Timmins always said he will draft the best available player, in his team's view, and not draft based on short term needs, position, of anything else. Personally I like that mentality, and have no problem with it, you never what will happen moving forward including trades, injuries, surprises (ex. Byron, Danault), disappointments, etc. For example back in 2005 many criticized the Habs for drafting a goalie with the 5th overall while we had a young Jose Theodore coming off some strong seasons, and just entering his prime at 26 years old; they wanted either Gilbert Brule or Anze Kopitar. Well Jose Theodore sort of collapsed immediately after that, Gilbert Brule was a bust, and granted that Kopitar became an excellent player, however Carey Price has become arguably the most impactful player in hockey, and his presence alone makes the difference between being a contender and having trouble making the payoffs.

Eklund is basically #fakenews he just keeps throwing out Habs rumors hoping one will eventually stick. Yesterday he mentioned habs doing something big but just left it vague. It's hard to see Montreal doing anything big(he mentions subban news big) with the cap situation. Today he's back to the Doan rumor he's been mentioning for about 3-4 years now. I can't see Bergevin wasting prospect and cap space on someone like Burrows and to pull off something big it's going to require moving either or both of Plekanec/Desharnais. I could see him trying to make a big move but end up coming around to cost efficient rentals. *just for the record I consider a big move something along the lines of Duchene not Doan, Hanzel, Iginla, Vrbata, etc.

Well, that looks like the game. Habs aren't going to score. they are just floating around out there.

How do you not score against the wings, going through the motions. Atleast they didn't give up 4