GHT120

His last as a Hab ? ? ? I doubt it, but possible.

Thin ... but it's there

Suzuki's $7.875M contract kicks in next season ... CapFriendly projects the Habs as having $1.7M in cap space and 16 NHL players (you have to add the IR players to the "12" they show in their team summary) ... I am excluding Weber as he will either be moved or just sit on LTIR ... Romanov is an RFA, and IMO more important to re-sign than Lehkonen ... HuGo will have to get creative in the offseason.

Or, more likely IMO, he has insider information but not from a "strong" source ... OR ... maybe he only reports without qualification what he has confirmed from two or more sources.

For two more season and then still an RFA.

18 goals and 35 points in 34 games as a sophomore ... so looks like he may be pretty good

At the deadline perhaps ... but there are always pre-draft trades.

In price and quality

Conceptually I get it ... but he is a LD ... that is the position at which the Habs have multiple prospects who should be challenging for positions the next two years ... I think he has played the odd game as a RD but not certain he would be helpful in the role on a regular basis.

Wonder if he will join The Rocket ... he will in order to get paid, but unlike Paquette, who is 28, the 34 yr-old Perreault ***might*** see this as the end of his career ... however, he strikes me as a player who might possibly go into coaching and could ***perhaps*** go down in a player/apprentice-coach sort of role.

But with the fabulous Inter-web you can remain a resident of Habsworld.

I agree it is good that he is having the opportunity to play "loose", not be worried about every little(or big) mistake, and show his best self ... but I too would trade him ... Hughes did say he liked him but only said he is not calling teams to try to trade Kulak, but it someone blows him away with an offer he would be open to a deal ... which is what a GM has to say to maximize player value (whatever value that may be) ... but he is honest enough to say they will trade Petry if a deal can be worked out because it is an "open secret" Jeff wants out ... clearly his enjoying playing under MSL has not changed that ... OR ... Hughes just doesn't want a player who seemed to quit on his coach and teammates.

Does the Metro have a frequent traveller rewards program?

Can never have enough "balls" in the "goaltender lottery".

True ... but for a sweep or to take it to the limit and giving them hope, only to see it stuffed out in a Game 7 trouncing and shatter Leafs' fans hearts?

We don't know how well Price will play ... his last four regular seasons have been Sv% of .900; .918; .909 and .901 ... and how long will a knee that took six months to rehab from a surgery the is usually takes far, far less time will last ... he is past whatever malady for which he went into treatment; hopefully that is a positive.

Unless you are the Edmonton Oilers (3 in a row, 4 in 6 years) ... even with the rules then in place it was odds defying.

Yup ... several years likely until we know if he can cut it.

Like the 2023 first, especially unprotected.