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Very true ... I think hab29RETIRED's point was that, until the draft order is established, the same would be true of a simple prospect ranking

Slight tangent ... don't know about Barron but:

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What do you to you think the market will be for White once he is an UFA if bought out?

6'5", 214 lbs right-shot defenceman Noah Warren was the fastest in the 30M forward skate at the NHL Top Prospects Game testing ... he was also 5th fastest with the puck ... he is ranked #59 by TSN/Bob McKenzie and #45 by TSN/Craig Button ... right in the area (currently) of Edmonton's 2nd rounder if the Habs get it (i.e., Oilers don't advance to the Finals or, if they do, Duncan Keith is not in the top 4 in TOI in the first 3 rounds) ... just struck me as interesting that a defenceman with that size won.

Barron can speak some French and undoubtedly will get better

Thanks ... I had not seen it ... their transparency was impressive ... nothing startling, but more open than the last few Habs GMs had been ... I am certain it was a learning experience for Chantal ... I expect the next time they do this she will have pre-edited/translated and organized the questions rather than doing it on the fly.

Vegas had teams pay them to take A or B or C but not X or Y ... Vegas got picks and the drafted ;layer who could then be used or traded ... that was my point ... Vegas would have received the 2nd rounder and Dillion, who they could have traded to Winnipeg for two 2nd rounders

Skaters can shelter/support a goalie ... goalies can save the odd defensive mistake but can't help the skaters score ... can't recall the last team that was built from the goalie out that won a Cup ... great goalies have won Cups but not certain their teams were built with them as the foundation.

Agree ... don't know how many teams exposed anyone that they would have given up draft picks to retain ... now WHO was selected by Francis is certainly fair game.

It will be interesting to see how he is used in Edmonton.

... I could find some great bottom six/third pairing players Kidding ... mostly ... not looking to relitigate TT's draft record ... but the "slam" was just sitting there begging to be used.

Agree ... he is not technically a rookie but it is his first extended time in the NHL ... makes projections somewhat difficult ... hopefully HoGo can strike a reasonable deal.

Open the below tweet and find some nice news about Guhle

I agree it doesn't force anything ... but as, I agree, TT wasn't part of their long-term plans then accommodating him builds respect and good will amongst both players and agents ... but I also agree it wasn't a "best I could get" dump but a "we think this is fair market value" trade ... also hard to say whether this value would have been higher at the deadline as he was not a pending UFA, the normal deadline profile.

Oilers beat the Habs to Twitter

I have to wonder if Toffoli had quietly and politely asked for a trade ... I know what he said about liking Montreal, and think that is true ... but he may have wanted a legit Cup run given his contract will be up before the Hand are a real playoff contender (i.e., not a wildcard chase)

Also, nice addition for The Rocket playoff chase.

I would look for a team with a $2.5-3.5M "bad" contract with 3+ years of term who hopes they can resurrect Gallagher ... rather than retaining salary ... you can more easily buy-out, or trade with retention, a smaller contract ...I say 3(likely++) yrs because by then the cap may be moving up and Brendan's AAV not be as much of a factor.

Hughes just said he had delayed his presser hoping to complete the "trade call" for Kulak ... TSN 690 a few minutes ago reported that another GM had said to "his press" that there was a 30+ backlog of deals with the NHL office

Interesting that the Habs confirm this deal but nothing yet on their Twitter on the Kulak trade

Not bad

*** Not confirmed *** EDIT Still not official ... but ... EDIT of EDIT