tomh009

Really? Do you think Hughes has already decided that between Guhle, Hutson, Reinbacher and Mailloux he can't come up with a first pairing?

I didn't know you were a Mesar fan! 😂😂😂

He would definitely be an upgrade from White ...

Mesar 3a in 7-4 loss to Erie (second star of the game). The series now tied at 1-1.

A team filled with NHL prospects is not the way to succeed in the AHL, though, that's a different type of team construction.

I think that most likely at least one of Hutson or Mailloux will be an excellent choice for PP1. Both are solid prospects and both have strong PP skills, we just need to wait and see whether (at least) one of them can transfer those skills to the NHL level. Konyushkov is still much further away, so realistically still a much lower probability of reaching this level.

The D looks very promising, with a strong pipeline, but it's only a promise so far; the proof of the pudding will be in the eating, and we are not there yet. The forwards need more work, but between trades (D pipeline will enable some of those), drafting and future UFA signings, it looks possible, if Hughes continues his good work. So, absolutely agree that it's not all there yet, but, to me, it has the potential, and it is moving in the right direction. Maybe next year or two we can start to see what a contending version of the Habs will look like.

Just before his penalty? One of those turnovers was Suzuki. They were basically panicking in their own zone at that point…

Yeah, I thought the Struble-Kovacevic pairing was quite good, as little time as they have spent playing together.

And he's not on a top team, either.

2-1 final, 36/37 saves by Dobes. After a bit of a shaky start to the season, he's now up to .905 for the full season.

I suspect it was the run Konecny took at Slafkovsky less than a minute earlier.

It is ... add to that how much Price (41 games) and Dryden (64!) played, though, and Primeau's sample size looks rather smaller.

One game it is. Guhle got lucky on this one.

I expect he was upset at Konecny's run at Slafkovský--which surely should have merited a penalty. But stupid followed by another stupid is still stupid.

Yes, they have.

A single goal allowed by Akira Schmid--who got sent to Utica after the Devils acquired Jake Allen. Unintended consequences ...

Nine seconds to tie it up! 😮

Right. The buyout would be cheap because he's not yet 25. And maybe another team would give him a shot at a much lower salary. Or maybe he'd take his money, move back to Finland and be a top player in Liiga.

MaxPac and Plex were indeed good. But Cammalleri's, Gomez's and Gionta's salaries added up to $18.4M, 28.6% of the cap. That's equivalent to $23.9M with today's cap. Ouch!

I think the lines must be from 2011-12. At that point Cammalleri was already down to 9+12 in 38 games (Gionta 8+17 in 31 and Gomez 2+9 in 31!). Eller still looked like he had potential though ...

Apart from Markov-Subban and Price-Budaj that made pretty grim reading! 😢

I'm quite OK with other people being excited about it now, and I'll get excited about it myself come draft day. But, for now, I'm not going to invest a ton of time learning about prospects that may never pull on the CH sweater. That's just me. 🙂 And I'm still keenly following all our prospects, and especially those that might be joining the team for the final games of the season. That's excitement enough for me!

Well, there is that. 😂

Wheeler has 11 prospects in his "tier 2", ranked from 2 to 12, seems like there are many options at a fairly similar level once you get past Celebrini. I'm not going to get excited about any prospects (unless the Habs win the lottery) until they actually make the picks since we really don't know what Hughes will do.