Habsfan89
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Finally looks like center won't be a problem for the habs for the next 5-10 years hopefully. But Suzuki sure reminds me of Koivu.
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Well lets try the reverse psychology again and say the words I hope they tank. Hopefully it works again tonight.
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Niskanen getting the Chara benefit of the doubt.
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When ever I say I hope they tank, they usually win. So.............. I hope they tank.
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Here's a question, should KM put back together the Tatar/danault/Gallagher line?
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We're being out coach, Philadelphia
made the right adjustments after game 2 and our coaching staff hasn't been able to find a answer for it. Last 2 games our d hasn't been able to keep the puck in the zone long enough for us to set up plays .
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6 minutes ago, BCHabnut said:
Petry is as good as anyone at carrying the puck up ice. He has looked great carrying the puck
Our D can't hold the puck in long enough to set up plays Too inconsistent .
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6 minutes ago, sbhatt said:
This. Roster is sorely lacking scoring punch. Too many pluggers, not enough snipers. Basically unless a team is dumb enough to get into a track meet with us, Carey has to pitch a shutout to have any chance to win.
I had said this in another post we have no D that can move the puck up and set up plays. Really miss Markov back their makes you really appreciate him more and more.
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1 minute ago, illWill said:
What a frustrating last 5 periods, nothing but missed nets and hitting posts.
I expect the Habs to come out flying this period, they aren't the most talented team but they never give up.
They have no D that are QB's. No one can move the puck up clean. Which is why our PP sucks so much.
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11 minutes ago, IN THE HEARTS OF MEN said:
Claude Julien was rushed to hospital yesterday after the game due to severe chest pains... unrelated to Covid.
Muller will run the bench for the series...
Just heard, hope all is ok with him.
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Man I have been very impressed by Mr.Suzuki. Looks more and more like a number one playmaking center in this league. Kind of reminds me of Mr.Koivu.
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1 hour ago, HabsWEST said:
Well, for everyone who was cheering for habs to lose. The MTL slot would be where nashville ball was placed. ( alphabetic order ). So there you have it.
Just a guess, unless the balls fell differently, all things equal, unless Nashville ball was out, MTL wouldnt have won the draft lottery.
A 12.5% chance or into playoffs we go. You always go for the win and keep team going.
There you have it, lets now all get behind our team! ( have a positive feeling about it..) very similar to the 1993 run in a different way!!
Let get after it!!!
No i knew their was a 12.5% , thought the odds would be better for us to get that 1st overall pick with fewer teams then normal and with a top level elite prospect available.
But what they didn't say and I didn't know was they where going to put the names in alphabetical. That makes the odds different, then if they just put the balls in all at once.
When ever their is a draft year where theirs a clear cut elite number one prospect, and you have a chance to get the first overall pick you should go for it and start fresh next season.
But it is what it is.
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46 minutes ago, Trizzak said:
New York Rangers get the #1 pick.
As long as it wasn't Pittsburgh, edmonton or Toronto I am ok with rangers wining it. Wish it was us but as long as it wasn't those other 3 I am ok with it.
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1 hour ago, alfredoh2009 said:
1. If you are tanking, you would want to lose against other teams that are taking so that they do not get a higher pick than you.
2. Taking bad contracts takes away contract spots for the handful of prospects and core players you want to build around
3. Taking sucks the life away from you team and makes free agents stay away from your loosing culture
Consecutive draft years do not yield quality draft picks. You need to also pick which years to tank and which years when not to tank because some years it is just not worth it
This is an opinion and not a hard fact, specially for goaltenders. 17 year old goaltenders are so far from the NHL that drafting them high and hoping to build on that expectation is not a sound plan. And Defenders out of the top 10 are hit and miss
I wanted the Habs to try to get Lafreniere, even suggested a few months ago to package draft picks and prospects just to be reminded that those trades are just not made: no team has traded a first overall pick (I have not checked, but I think it is true)
If is not ideal for the Habs future in 4-5 years to have won a spot in the series this year and to lose a 12.5% at Lafreniere. But as Eichel, McDavid and Draisaitl have shown this year: Lafreniere will not make the Habs a cup contender during Price's and Weber's cup window.
He would of made us better by adding scoring and playmaking abilities. Which Would of filled holes up front. Then you can use your cap space to add D depth through UFA signing, which would improve our odds at making the playoffs in price and Weber's cup window.
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24 minutes ago, Commandant said:
Torontos five year plan took 12 years. Edmonton's took similar
That's because both teams didn't draft for need but took best available player. They thought they could just plug in anyone to fill holes, which didn't work.
If your need is a top D or top goaltender and you can pick either one to fill your team's needs, but best available player is center which you're deep at what are you going to do?
Me I am taking which ever player is better for my team need. So if a D prospect is better than the goaltender i am taking the D. If the goaltender is better i am taking the goaltender. Or you see have far you can take down and get some extra pics or a player to fill a hole whos better then what you can draft.
Edmonton and Toronto didn't do that which is why they're weak on D.
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1 hour ago, Commandant said:
How do you sell off most of your best talent in one specific year, and rebuild that depth the following season. It usually doesn't work as a one-year thing.
Edmonton and Toronto were rebuilding on a 5 year plan. Which means you suck for 5 years and become a top 5 lottery pick team those 5 years which they did.
Thats what you do on a 5 year rebuild.
Bubble team's are different. We start the season In hopes of making the playoffs, but by the deadline we're usually out of it for some reason or another. So if by chance in a year were theirs a top level can't miss elite talent prospect, and you're in the bottom 10 by the deadline sell off your ufa's for picks and prospects and push for that lottery pick and a better chance at a 1st overall pick.
If you miss out on that 1st overall pick but still pick in the top five, you can always look at trading that pick for a star player to fill a hole in your line up rather than draft a player.
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45 minutes ago, Commandant said:
How.many teams have fallen to the bottom of the league... got 1 top pick and then bounced back?
The issue is that players dont tank. They always want to try to win. You dont make the NHL without a healthy competitive streak and even if the game is playing out the string players go for contracts.
So the only way to tank is for management to actively remove.the talent from the team.
This talent needs to be replaced and so the idea that you shed talent for a percentage chance at a mcdavid or whoever but then you go for it when its hischier or whoever isnt really realistic.
If you are tanking, its a multi year strategy. Not a one off.
Players don't tank but gm's do. If a team is out of the playoff picture by the trade deadline they become sellers to give themselves a better chance at a lottery pick. If a team is rebuilding and that year their is a elite level prospect going number one, they keep their team way below the salary cap and play mostly young guys or vets no one else wants. This way he his giving himself the best chance to get that number one overall pick and draft that elite player. Worked out for Toronto with Matthew, workout for edmonton with Mcdavid.
If you're a contender and favorite to make the playoffs yeah you're not going to tank for these types of prospects.
But yeah if you're out of the playoffs by the trade deadline you should sell off your ufa's and try and give yourself a better chance at the top leave prospect.
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2 hours ago, xXx..CK..xXx said:
Yes and the point is that had the Habs actually attempted to tank and been successful at doing so during that year, they would have done all that tanking work for Nail Yakupov. It’ll never make sense to me.
Or they could of traded the 1st overall pick to fill a roster need, since at the time we were considered a cup contending team. We could of gotten a top scoring winger or a top line center of which we needed at the time.
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8 minutes ago, GHT120 said:
If the Oilers win the second lottery ... do they want another top prospect or immediate help?
What do they need?
McDavid, Draisaitl and Nugent-Hopkins all played 22-23 minutes per game in the play-in ... only those three and Yamamoto played more than 11 minutes per game 5-on-5 ... they may be looking for top 6 forward depth ... on defence, Adam Larson has one year left @ $4.167M but was 4th TOI and Russell one yr @ $4M at 5th place TOI ... not to mention James Neal with 3 yrs @ $5.75M ...
AND ... Oilers are tight-ish with the cap if they want to improve their roster
If MB thinks he can either live with Neal on the third line, or move him with some AAV retained, that could be one way to approach it ... say Domi for the first overall, Neal and Puljarvi as a starting point for talks? Have heard/read talk of Edmonton being hot for Gallagher
They need a LW that can play along side McDavid so they can take Draisaiti off and put him 2nd line center to even out the scoring. So don't see them trading the 1st overall pick if they get it.
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44 minutes ago, Trizzak said:
Team Tank is in shambles right now. I know this because I am on it.
Proud of the players though.
We we're gift wrap a playoff spot. Next year same old bubble team missing the playoffs.
Would of been better to try and get a chance to finally draft an elite player.
I will always be in favor of getting an elite player doesn't matter which way we do it, tank, trade or UFA.
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I am happy yet at the same time kind of disappointed.
Happy because as a habs fan we won and move on. Happy for Price and Weber.
Also happy to see what the future of this team could be with the young guys stepping up and playing well.
Disappointed because as a habs fan we find it hard to sign or trade for elite players and their was one in the draft we could of had the opportunity to get. We just always seem to blow it and get a top 3 pick in draft years where their is no clear cut elite star.
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Good game but was hoping for a L not a W. Maybe I should hope for a W and see what happens🤔
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9 minutes ago, DON said:
Ya, I don't get that one. Statistically is it help with entries? I assume that is only reason why they all started doing it.
I know what you mean, but just ask 20+ current GMs with no rings how easy that is.
Way to simplistic ask, is not quite so easy to win a cup though.
I know as a habs fan just tired of the same old same old. Teams will kill to have a goaltender like Price for a playoff run and we're just wasting him away.
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3 hours ago, DON said:
Darn, why hadnt anyone thought of that?
Haven't seen anyone in management think of it over the last 8 years.
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