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  1. I lost respect for Craig Button. His "mock draft" has the Habs picking two left wingers, Colby Barlow and Eduard Sale.  I doubt Button has looked at their depth chart lately, because this team has a much bigger need at center and right winger, over the left side.  Also, Craig must have forgot that Slavkovsky is the left winger they drafted first overall last summer.

     

    I don't have anything against these two players, but with so many good centers at the top half of this draft, I would seriously question Hughes judgment if he used both of his picks to take two left wingers.

     

    Also, Button is terrible as a colour man during this game. Too many times, he interjects to talk about something unrelated or little related to this game while the play is in action. One time the guy calling the game had to interject to quickly describe a scoring chance.  I used to think Pierre Mcguire was a terrible colour man for the Habs, but Button now has risen past him. 

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  2. 3 hours ago, alfredoh2009 said:

    I have not read those articles, but on your other point: the Habs have reported on the work they are doing with Mailloux. They are giving him a real chance

     

    I am glad to hear they are working with him; hopefully that will build him up into a better person,  instead of tearing him down like the "cancel culture" would prefer be done.  I don't condone what he did, but he was an immature kid when it happened. 

     

    Bergevin also eff-ed up by drafting him, when he asked not to be drafted.  I wonder if that debacle will get discussed at an NHL GM or governor meetings.  I would think if a kid decides to opt out of their draft year, then that should be allowed.

  3. On 3/26/2022 at 6:23 PM, dlbalr said:

    I'm happy he signed although I don't like seeing that many bonuses in there.  It won't be an issue this year but next season, it will be something to watch for. 

    That's a good point.  I wonder exactly what his bonuses are?  Other than the something tied to winning the rookie of the year award or finishing in the top vote-getters for that, what other types of bonuses could they be?

  4. I am late in posting this, but our newest podcast (episode 89) was recorded the evening of the trade deadline, March 21st.  Quite a lot of Habs topics were discussed, and many laughs were shared too.  You can listen to it at the Habsworld URL below, or from your favourite podcast feeder.  Please note, if you use Spotify to listen to our podcast, you will have to scroll to the bottom of the list to find the newest episode.  This is due to a bug with the Spotify app; I am working with their technical staff to get this worked out.

     

    https://www.habsworld.net/2022/03/habsworld-podcast-episode-89/

     

  5. On 2/21/2022 at 1:00 PM, Plutarch said:

    Are the podcasters regular posters on the forum?

    Yes.  As Brian mentioned, Paul and I are active in the forums. Jonathan, not so much. 

     

    Feel free to ask any questions about the podcast, and/or give me feedback.

  6. Good day everyone

     

    Our newest podcast, #88, is now online.  We had a lot to discuss given the news of the hiring of interim head coach Martin St. Louis (and why there is the interim tag), the recent trade of Tyler Toffoli, the play of the Canadiens since the coaching change, and much more.   Feel free to give us feedback (bad or good) here, on our Podmatic host, or any of the many podcast feeder services you use.

     

    -Norm

     

     

    http://www.habsworld.net/2022/02/habsworld-podcast-episode-88/

  7. Hey everyone

     

    A new Habsworld podcast is now online.  Jonathan Rebelo, Paul Macleod and I had a lot to talk about including Geoff Molson's front office clean out, Marc Bergevin’s regime with the Habs, some potential GM replacements, Alexander Romanov and much more.  I hope you'll give us a listen, and rate us through your favourite podcast feeder.

     

    http://www.habsworld.net/2021/12/habsworld-podcast-episode-86/

     

    https://habsworld.podomatic.com/enclosure/2021-12-01T10_53_47-08_00.mp3

  8. Clague is an interesting pick up.  He was pushed down the King depth chart after Sean Durzi arrived; from what I can tell he was their #8 defenceman not including injured veteran Sean Walker.  He's just in his 3rd season as a pro, and spent most of that time developing in the AHL with a few call ups the first two seasons. He's supposed to be very mobile, a good skater, and mindful enough defensively. He's only 6' 00 in size so he will struggle against larger opponents like all small-ish offensive blueliners do.  I think this is a good move, since he's a much better pro prospect than Corey Schueneman. I hope this move is not at the expense of Norlinder, as I would like to see him given more of a look with the Habs.

  9. On 11/5/2021 at 5:09 PM, Neech said:

    I have no idea who the best candidates are out there, but it would be nice not to limit ourselves to French-speaking candidates with at least one of our next GM or coach.  The coach speaks to the media more often so let it be the GM.  Get Serge Savard or Brodeur as the president who can deal with public relations and a modern-thinking GM who will make us a top-class organization with a coherent developmental philosophy from the ground up.  I don't have much hope for this, unfortunately, as we are a backwards-facing organization with unrealistic standards based on our glorious history, and knee-capped by our singular language politics.

     

    Neech, I agree with you, and said pretty much the same thing in the latest Habsworld podcast (#85).

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