JoeLassister

That's right. Maybe standing up on a Bullet train would be on my check list. But it's a little to extreme for me...

True Elias is way better than anybody the Habs had since Marc Recchi.

I think he did a good job for the habs.... as the president of the former candadien's club ...

If we want to sign Souray, it must be within the end of the season. If he happens to be UFA, there is no way he'll be back.

Good for Islanders. I remember the days when they had severals good offensive D men but they trade them all...

i didn't read all 17 pages... but did someone saw the Ryder's diving last night???

It will never arrive but does somebody can find a Russian coach who speaks french ??? I guess you wanted to say that New Jerseys don't have any scorers and won few cups.... Back in the days, a dumb ass let Roy take 9 goals during a game. 5 days later, we didn't have any chances to look like New Jersey because another dumb ass made the worst trade ever for our ONLY 10 years back all-star players.

They are not mentioned in the article. Not in the top 9 and not in the bottom 4. Somewhere between 10th and 26th.

Go watch a Liverpool - Man U game. Learn to scuba dive (and do it with sharks). Win 20 some millions dollars at lotery. Defenitly be involved in a threesome with twin sisters . Give a 100$ bill to a homeless guy.

it ain't funny The contact was hard dude. Even Knuble took time to stand up.

Now i begin to watch the games without thinking we're gonna win... Maybe the wind will turn...

This come from François Gagnon in La Presse of february 12 2007. When we make the average of points of the best scorer of the team during the last 10 years, the Canadian is classified very last one with only 65 points. And, if we add Columbus, Nashville, Atlanta and Minnesota, we are 27th. 27TH DAMN !!! ( top 3 teams are Pittsburgh 105 with Jagr and Lemieux, Colorado 95 with Sakic and Anaheim 86 with Selanne and Kariya.) That makes the point about what i was saying in the thread "we need to finish last couple of times". Our best players CAN'T COMPETE with the best players of the other teams. Bottom line. We need all-stars players on this team and by finishing 15th every seasons and by not improving with UFA's and trade (because we have nothing to give to get an all-stars...) we will never improve our top 2 lines. All the players but Selanne that i named upthere were drafted by the team and had a good career and will all be All of Famers (we'll see for Kariya) . Do you think Higgins, Komi, Kots, Fisher, etc will be one of those? Not me...

This is a remake of a Honk Kong movie called Internal Affairs. This one was nice too.

I go with the Ducks. Pronger and Niedermeyer this is too much experience and leadership.

If only Komi could smash Williams or Brind'amour. Would be awesome.

With Kovy and Huet injured, there is no way we can make a move that will upgrade our team. The only way to upgrade the team was to trade a goalie.

Souray wants to play in Cali. He's my favorite player but the rebuilding starts with him. A good prospect would come from Souray.

When's the last time the Leafs finished first? When's the last time the Leafs finished last? When's the last time the Leafs won the Cup ? So ok guys, i'll trust you. Let's continue to fight with our 8 forwards out ouf 12 who would have difficulty to play on the 2nd line of any other team and if they rock the house, then we're gonna be strong enough to have 6 or maybe 7 40 pts players, but none with 80 pts. Let's hope our 10th choices become VERY GOOD, very much better than Higgins or Komi, cuz if not, i think the Leafs will win the Cup before the Habs...

Damn true. And we drafted Price instead of Kopitar... Maybe Price will be amazing, I hope so, but we have Halak who's awesome and 2 good veterans. We missed the boat with our big RH center player.

I don't either wanna see it happen, but i think this is the only way to build a competitive team for the next 10 years. I don't want the habs to be competitive for one Stanley Cup and then miss the playoffs the next year. Name me only 1 guy in the whole Habs system who would be as good at the end of his carreer than Lecavalier, Sakic or even Iginla. I can't see none of them for the moment...

Maybe but most of these are players that everybody will always remember. I don't say if we draft the #1 he will win the cup. But he would certainly interest some UFA to play with him, then will be traded for a young prospect or another good player without giving several players and/or draft picks in return. You can't build a team by giving a good prospect and a 1rst rounder in exchange of a former #1 overall pick. It has to start with the #1 overall pick ON YOUR TEAM. And we never have this kind of player in Montréal, exept Patrick Roy, who wasn't even a #1 overall pick. Right now, Therrien in Pittsburgh could have any player in the league by trading his 2 stars in Crosby and Malkin. When Malkin will have done his time with the Pens, then he will be traded for a player AS GOOD AS HIM. Markov is the only one in the team right now that i would not be pissed if he was traded for a player as good as him. For ALL THE OTHERS, i'd not be happy to see them traded for an equivalent player. I want some players BETTER than them. Back to the red sentence : If I was Datsuyk right now where do you think i'd like to play next season as a centre player? WASHINGTON DUDES !!!! I would want to play with this guy tomorrow morning. Ovechckin will bring a real 1rst line center. Zubrus plays well, but it's much because of Ovechkin.

Oh i'm so please to see how Murray add some unity to the team. Got to agree on this, but i don't want to see Kovy traded, i'd rather want to see a real 2nd line center with him.

Normal because every top picks go to worst teams first, then improve the team, just like Pittsburgh and Washington are doing, and maybe, win a cup or two. You have a way better chance to win the Cup by being drafted 27th by the Red Wings and play your rookie season with Lidstrom, Shanahan, Fedorov and Yzerman. What you say makes no sense. On the other hand, this is a team game and it's not Luongo's, Jokinen's and Boowmeester's fault if the Panthers were strugling. A team win a Stanley Cup, not a player. But with better players, you have better chances to win the Cup. And Pittsburgh didn't caugh a miracle to draft Crosby, they were one of the 3 or 4 teams who had 3 tickets in the pot. Why?? because they finished last in the previous seasons.

Blue : you're a nice 36 years old player, let's say Bill Guerin or Marc Recchi. You want to have a chance to win a Stanley Cup before retiring. Where are you gonna sign ? I'm sure not in Montréal. Red : TOTALLY AGREE Strange pink and purple colour : You don't seem to understand my point. I don't care at all about all the picks before a 30th pick who become a superstar. I do understand the draft is sometimes pure luck. But.... Have you ever heard of : Thornton, Marleau, Olli Jokinen, Lecavalier, Legwand, Sedin's, Heatley, Gaborik, Dipietro, Kovalchuck, Spezza, Nash, Boowmeester, Fleury, Staal's, Nathan Horton, Ovechckin, Malkin, Crosby ? These players were all top 3 overall picks back to 1997 http://www.nhl.com/futures/. Now, let's compare them with Jason Ward, Eric Chouinard ( I KNOW FOR GAGNÉ AND GOMEZ), Ron Hainsey, Komisarek (don't forget Kovalchuck and Spezza on this draft), Chris Higgins (i love him), Andrei Kastsitsyn, Chipchura, i'll skip Price, and Fisher. You have a WAY BETTER chance to rebuild your team with top 3 overall than with 10th overall picks. Now, if these 10th or more overall picks become some superstars, we can be happy and claim we have good scouts. Good for Detroit, New Jersey and for the man who said "common boss let's choose Robitaille it's almost midnight". I'm not " looking back at the Drafts and identifying players after they have blossomed" as you said, I'm just saying it worth almost nothing to draft 10th and be eliminated in 1rst playoffs round instead of missing the playoffs and draft Ilya Kovalchuk or won the Crosby Lottery. Bottom line.

Would be a VERY nice start... Frolov is one of the most underestimaded players of the league.