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  1. 24 minutes ago, Habs Fan in Edmonton said:

     

    Interesting proposal. I would think Anaheim would want more given that Zegras has proven himself more at the NHL level. They would want Guhle and something else. 

     

    Not sure Anaheim is ready to give up on Zegras but obviously negotiations aren't going well. Not sure what he is asking for. He would give Montreal's offense a shot in the arm and he is young. But at what cost (player wise and salary wise). Interesting to think about though as Montreal has a lot of good young defense prospects but Guhle is a good one for sure. 

    maybe Guhle and a 1st in 2027 top 2 protected then :)

     

    i would guess if u twin CC contract for Zegras, man would be cool with that ... well from the rumor numbers out in the interwebs :)

  2. On 6/29/2023 at 1:52 PM, dlbalr said:

     

    I see more 6'1 listings than 6'2 for him.  But yeah, it does seem odd that this is now 'small' for the position.

     

    i feel they took a page out of basketball player recruiting sometimes with goalies too ... they look at wing span see it cover the net maybe? looooooll :)

  3. i wanted to post some thoughts/feelings on a board where i like folks and Value their thoughts.

    i try not to rant too much or often but i got a small one...

     

    Habs draft time is; what i would guess, would be Easter for a Christian. The promise of the Glory of the Cup revived in the hopes placed in a future savior. I Absolutely Love this time of the year!! :)

     

    i still don't get why the KH made the pickS he made but i got Faith in the man to bring the Team to the Promise land of Flowing Champagne and Rings. I might have a little bias bcuz man initials same as mine backwards but i've liked most of his moves so far and i he seems as a Good maybe even Great General.

     

    thanks for putting up with my rant :)  

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  4. 3 hours ago, DON said:

    OK, thanks just curious.

     

    CBJ must be taking a centre at 3, after adding d-men recently.

    So what would new GM Mike Grier likely demand to swap picks with Habs, if a centre is on Habs wishlist?

    31st pick?

    37th pick?

    37th pick & prospect?

    Prospect?

     

    i wonder what it would take for Grier to trade the 4th OA pick out right??

  5. Just now, GHT120 said:

    Apologies ... misread the deal ... still don't want to move Hutson

     

    Not certain that Guhle and 31st and 2nd would get the 4th ... let alone Harris and Baron++

    tbh in my head it was Guhle or Hutson, but then i thought maybe SJS would want stock up on prospects and couple young NHL players .. it does seem like a top Heavy draft indeed :)

  6. 6 hours ago, Meller93 said:

    I recall nail Yakupov being a very animated interview as well. We all know how that panned out. 
     

    I would say the quality of an interview is not based on whether they are bubbly or not, but on the actual content of what is being said.

     

    Wright interviews like he plays - unspectacular but efficient, smart and methodical, confident but not cocky.

     

    I always come away very impressed personally, and see him and a great locker room, lead by example guy in the future. 
     

    He’s also not 100% serious. I’ve seen him crack a few jokes and have some fun

     

    6 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

     

    I can think of few worse ways of assessing a player than media interviews.

     

    Living in Van, I recall two guys who reliably said all the right things: Zack Kassian and Jake Virtanen. They were good enough at this that every time they opened their mouths, especially in camp, the sports shows would have a morning’s worth of material about how it sounded like they’d ‘turned the corner,’ ‘found a new maturity,’ etc.. And sure enough, they would proceed to be lazy, entitled bums out on the ice.

     

    Do I love a lively, charismatic PK Subban type in a league of robots? 100%. But media skills bear zero connection to on-ice merit.

     

    I was trying to talk aboot how they sounded while talking hockey not on the present skill or future levels reached.. I just felt Slafkovsky sounded way more lively aboot the game and Wright more of the between period quick interview type.. as i said idk much aboot the players other then what i read here

  7. i spent time in service jobs on the phone (A Lot of Collections Work) and did my fair share client experience/accommodations relations.. i think i got a pretty good dung meter gauge in my ears.. 

     

    This Slafkovsky kid move my needle on my meter ALL The Way to: TRUTH..

    well from this interview he did anyway.. https://www.rds.ca/videos/hockey/lnh/lnh-combine-mon-entrevue-avec-le-ch-etait-plus-succulente-qu-un-souper-hockey-3.1407785   

     

    Not knowing anything aboot their (Wright/Slafkovsky) game more then what i read here...IF their game is close  and if yall may think my non-hockey set apart matters:

    I would pick Slaflovsky from that interview 

     

    Maybe by the time Wright did his interview https://www.rds.ca/videos/hockey/lnh/canadiens/lnh-j-aime-tout-a-propos-des-canadiens-hockey-3.1407793 he didnt have much gas left in the tank for another round of questions and (boring) answers

     

    imho Slafkovsky seems more like a Romanov bubbly character and Wright pulls to me more as a Price low key... Then again there is a reason why Habs never even looked at me CV right? :) 

  8. Just now, dlbalr said:

     

    I haven't seen enough full game clips of Wright to really comment on the board battle stuff but on the faceoff side, he was at 49.9% during the regular season and is at 50.2% in the playoffs.  That won't translate well to the pros right away as there is almost always a drop from going from junior so I'd peg his rookie faceoff percentage in the 42%/43% range.  That seems low but it's fairly common for youngsters.  Wright's all-around game makes him very likely to stay down the middle though - he's not a real candidate to move to the wing.

    I like that FeReal tho .. if he got better game at dot then KK in 1st year i kinda see that as a win and if he a middleman at next level too.. double win :) 

  9. random old time memory...

    i had a friend i played hockey (fine, ball hockey) with back inda days and this foo never went digging for ball but holy dang this guy Always had the ball as soon some1 on the other side came out the corner... I aint never seen aLazyMan with such an Active stick. I saw my boy on ice with KK at times and then no more.. I wish him well tho (KK) :) 

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  10. 14 hours ago, GHT120 said:

    Only HuGo know for certain ... but I don't see how another year in the OHL really helps him and he can't play in the AHL because he is CHL eligible ... so my expectation is yes ... unless his TC and first 9 games are so bad that he clearly isn't ready ... but insulated as a 3C to start the season my expectation is that he will be able to handle it.

     

    13 hours ago, dlbalr said:

     

    I'd be surprised if he wasn't in the NHL next season.  Offensively, 34 points is a decent expectation probably, assuming he's eased in and plays limited minutes at the start.

     

    thanks guys for hitting me up :)

    so if he should play next year and 34 is a reasonable point total.. how aboot the parts that are puckless some peepo chatup all the time? 

     

    *going into the boards

    *coming out the boards with the puck

    *(they say he a center) can he win face offs, that kind biz ..

     

    bcuz to be honest i didnt think KK is an NHL center (ok top center), i see him more winger type but then again i saw the last 10 years play too so maybe i forgot what a (young top) NHL center on the Habs looks like, Thank The Divine for Nick Suzuki :)

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  11. On 2/24/2022 at 6:56 PM, tomh009 said:

    I wouldn't say "obviously" as none of us are privy to the discussions inside the Habs' front office. Bobrov didn't replace Lapointe but rather complements him, so I expect that Gorton and Hughes also value Lapointe's advice.

    sooo you think I heard wrong that Timmins draft plan was to clone Mario Lemieux the last 10 years and his resources went there and not in scouting the 1st round?? ;)

  12. 9 minutes ago, BCHabnut said:

    KK has an unknown ceiling right now. I'm not sure I would trade him straight across for Dvorak.  I think, barring an Eichel deal, MB should match the KK offer and work to to extend him before the end of the season. 

    I proposed a way to achieve this a few posts back (maybe pages ago) but i think it might still be too much :(

    (edit) I saw somewhere Suzuki said he understands KK for the sign bcuz its "life changing money" so if MB real high on KK I think 50 mil overall money will get him to stay

  13. 11 minutes ago, Habsfan89 said:

    I agree, I got a question can you trade a RFA if they've signed a offer sheet? Or are your only option to match or take the picks? Because if you can trade him I would imagine Bergevin is taking this time to looking to see if he can get more for Kotkaniemi in a trade than just a 1st and 3rd round pick. 

    that would make MB, King Troll!!! loooolll:rofl: trade KK b4 times up on offer sheet, He will go in my perso HoF for that!!

  14. 28 minutes ago, alfredoh2009 said:

    If the Habs offersheet for one of these centres for about 5.5M-$6.1M, they loose their 1st round pick and their third; but gain a decent centre back without loosing picks in the 2022 draft:

    Elias Pettersson, Casey Mittelstadt

     

    the Habs could offer sheet for these players, for less than $4.1M (second draft pick lost)

    Nolan Patrick, Logan Brown
     

    it seems to me the offer sheet is a play u pull for hate... since the start of it, Oil cans and Penner after he Ducks win. Yet I enjoy the h8 hockey clubs can get for one another alot :D

  15. 16 hours ago, GHT120 said:

     

    I believe that they can only match the offer sheet or let him go ... any extension could only be done in January ... who knows what would happen then.

    I would try a hand shake deal regardless... I dont think Canes wanna give up picks just to get a player 1 year and I dont think they would gv KK 18milly over 3 yrs either... If I was MB I would try the same, hand shake deal for an 8yr extension with Drouin money + the 6milly live this year

    (edit) well if the play is to absolutely keep him but I will hold to let him walk

     

  16. 15 hours ago, dlbalr said:

     

    I'll play devils advocate here.  Why does Kotkaniemi agree to 8 x $5.5M when he can just take $6.1 per year as a qualifying offer for three years (more if he had a good season and went to arbitration) and walk to free agency?  The idea of signing him for cheaper sounds nice in principle but in reality, it's a tough sell for the player knowing that qualifying offer is what it's going to be.

    i think he would be happy with Drouin money on a long term contract long term ... 6x3=18 but 6+8x5.5=50 ... i dont think he will hit 50mil career wise as quick... not tring to be a bum but yeah  

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