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Pay Evans his money. Guy can go up and down from 4th to 2nd line in a pinch. He is our best penalty killer, which is ranked amongst the best in the league, good on faceoffs. He is a homegrown talent and now one of our veteran leaders. Pay him his money.

First you tell me that he has a no-trade clause, now you tell me he has already been traded. I'm starting to think that my trade proposal won't happen!

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I'm genuinely curious how a random guy posting here would regret anything he says to antagonize you, since you've been making all kinds of threats lately. Get him banned? Say mean things to him? Hack his IP address and set his house on fire? Either way, the threats are ridiculous for a hockey thread, especially from someone whose name is public, and I assume is a professional. I personally enjoy and look forward to your Habs opinions and analysis, so I think this place would be better if you stick to that.

I mean, the Habs did make the Cup final after barely making the playoffs.... I'll also add that some fans, including myself, view this team purely as entertainment night in and night out. I just want to watch the game and believe we have a chance to win. The more games we play in the playoffs (if any at all) just means more fun nights. And then you have fans that are adamant that we NEED to tank for X amount of years, and then it will all just magically come together to win a Cup. And if they don't win it all, then it was a failure of a season. I personally prefer the Bergevin years of mediocrity with a chance to make the playoffs, over getting blown out most nights and waiting for the June draft in November.

The worst of our 1st round picks and Barron, I'll even drive him to the airport.

I don't care how young Primeau is or what potential he might have, that stat line is absolutely terrible and not worthy of an NHL roster spot.

Yeah my proposal was a 2026 1st for that reason. Ottawa has a plan B if they are going to miss the playoffs, acquire a good pick for Savard and keep their high 1st this year. The extra year works out well for Montreal too with so much young talent coming in already.

To Ottawa: David Savard and our best 2024 2nd round pick To Montreal: 2026 1st round pick Ottawa fills a hole on D left by the Zub injury, can flip Savard at deadline if they are out of the playoff race. Habs keep adding high draft picks to their collection.

Shea Weber is exactly what this team needs. *Carey Price as well*

Alright, these are fun. Flame away To Pittsburgh: Josh Anderson, Mike Matheson, Owen Beck, and a 2nd To Montreal: Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang We help solve our righty-lefty issue on defense and Letang comes home. Malkin jumps into 2nd line center and everyone else falls into the correct place. Pittsburgh also gets help with righty-lefty with their offensive-defensemen, they also shed Letang's contract, and improve on D if Matheson can play like has has since he left them. They lose their 2nd best center but they get much younger.

Alright, I've seen enough of Primeau. Send him down, put him on waivers, who cares at this point.

Is expected assists per game a stat that exists? Hutson could have about 5 so far

It's actually incredible that it is so obvious that a rookie defenseman in his 3rd NHL game should be on PP1 over a 62 point veteran defenseman

A) 39-28-7-8 = 93 points B) 5th in division C) 17th in league D) 5 20 goal scorers E) 77 Suzuki points F) 46 Hutson points

I thought about having Wright as the piece coming back, but surely the memes of the past would come back to haunt us

I would agree with that assessment. Hutson may very well turn into a superstar that we regret trading for the rest of our lives. He may also just be an offensive specialist that is deemed redundant by having Matheson and Mailloux on the roster. My thoughts are that Guhle should be anchoring the first or second line as a LD, with Xhekeji and one of Hutson/Matheson filling out the left side. The odds of Catton being a point per game player in the NHL are not favorable, but he can potentially fill a need as a 2nd line center if Dach doesn't pan out, or perhaps even be a great 2nd line LW which seems to be a need moving forward at this point in time.

Alright, off the gummies but may as well be on them: Kraken receive: Lane Hutson Canadiens receive: Berkley Catton

Well that was fun while it lasted

Might be the gummies kicking in, but: Rangers receive: Mike Matheson, Josh Anderson, Filip Mesar, and a 1st Canadiens receive: Alex Lafreniere and Jacob Trouba

Immediately after they signed Laine I made a decent sized bet at +700 saying that they'll make it. *Edited - wrong odds*

I kid you not, this is literally the exact same trade that I came up with as well, I think it makes sense for both teams. Nashville can't really take on much salary and are all in this year, so they will likely be looking to add cheap roster players and/or replenish draft picks to possibly use to make a trade at the deadline. For Montreal, it's simply a case of utilizing the abundance of assets to upgrade at a critical position.

Amazing deal for the Habs. We clear out some of the log jam on D and also fill a much needed spot in the top 6. It's a high cap hit, but we have plenty of space and it doesn't hinder anything too important in the near future. We can either resign him, trade him at the deadline next year, or just let him walk to free agency. I fully trust Hughes in each of those scenarios. Man this team is going to be fun to watch

I go up from PEI at least once a year to catch a game. There's a Best Western that I usually stay at which is on Drummond street that leads directly to the Bell Center, it's maybe a 10 minute walk and super easy to find your way back after the game. Not the best hotel but it is pretty cheap in comparison to others and there is a Cora's right next door which comes in clutch the morning after. I've also heard there is a great massage parlour across the street as well if you're feeling stressed about the game In regards to the best seats, I've sat all over the arena and there isn't really a bad seat in the place. Even sitting in the very back row you have good sight lines and feel almost on top of the ice, but the downfall being you're not immersed in the sound of the fans. I tend to find seats in the 300s to be the best value. There a lot of bars and restaurants in the area to go to before the game. Le Cage is a great spot and is attached to the Bell Center, but you'll need to show up a couple hours early and you can expect to wait in line to get in. I usually go there but have also gone to a place called Bier Market or something like that, it's huge and you can usually get in no problem. I would recommend going on the Bell Center tour if you can. They take you around the whole place and you get to go up to the broadcast area, the Hab legends room, etc, and even get to see the dressing room (except on game day). I remember walking around town with my Habs jersey on for my first game, and the feeling of seeing so many likeminded fans is truly special. Don't be surprised if you are high fiving strangers or chanting Ole' outside after a win. Enjoy!

Man I haven't posted here in a long time and now I remember why