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It just feels so good after all I've been through

Good thing Bergevin makes great trades, otherwise we'd be a lot worse off

Okay great, I thought we lost you to the looney bin. Can you post that sarcasm emoji next time before you give someone an aneurism Believe it or not there are people that would actually want him back AND would trade Shea Weber back for him.

Nashville literally just dumped Subban for a bunch of bums and he is currently on pace for a 16 point season for 9.5 million...and you want to "overpay"? Good lord

To Vancouver: Kotkaniemi To Montreal: Hughes Montreal gets the LHD that they need, Vancouver gets who they should have got when the Habs picked Quinn Hughes at #3

I don't believe it was an issue with Hall as much as it was Chiarelli painting himself into a corner needing a young RHD. When your cards are showing the sharks will eat

You're aware that there are 31 teams in a salary cap right? We aren't the NY Yankees that can spend a trillion dollars on players and pay a luxury tax. Parity. Get used to it or be miserable

So do we want Bergevin to overpay for players to get them to sign here and to fill a hole or do we want more Alzners? Either way he sucks eh?

Battle of the mascots? We take this all day

Can someone a bit older or wiser than me explain how Guy Carbonneau is a Hall of Famer? I barely remember the 93 Cup run but I always thought of him as a 3rd line plug. I met him one time at the Playground Poker Club and didn't even care to get a pic or autograph.

Cousins, Armia, and Weal on the Power play in a 2-2 tie. I have to say that I am intrigued with the strategy

Walk into the top team in the league's barn and dominate them. Also, sHeA wEbEr Is TOo SlOw AnD oLd #iLoVePkSuBbAn4LiFe

1. Boom? 2. So your argument is that Turris isn't getting the job done, the same Turris that Poile was able to convince to an overpayment in free agency? And hey everybody, Habs29 would trade Weber for Subban right now. I'd love to throw a poll up on that 3. See my point above about how he was able to sign Turris to a deal that nobody would touch now. Sort of like how he had to dump Subban to the only team that would take him

So much to dissect from the original post but I don't have all day so I focused on one of my favorite topics. 1. Weber's "stupid cap hit length salary" Poile is the one that matched the offer sheet. And Nashville is going to be decimated in cap recapture if Weber retires early. 2. Trades for Subban when they had a stacked defense already, but trades him because of the same stacked defense? How "stupid" is Subbans contract that he had to salary dump him and the only team that would take it without salary retention was NJ? Would you trade Shea Weber for Subban right now? 3. Bergevin "failed" to sign Duchene? You say that as if Mark Bergevin single handedly is the reason why Matt Duchene is in Nashville. Like Duchene is picking between GMs and was so wooed by David Poile the man that he made a decision for himself and his family to go with Poile. Tell us how MB could have sealed the deal. Change the income tax in Quebec? How about creating a warmer weather system? Buy some guitars for the entire city so they can learn country music?

The first thing in like 10 years that I agree with you on

What is the going rate for a 21 year old who was drafted 100th overall, made the team unexpectedly out of camp as a 19 year old, went on to play in a top pairing but also set the Habs record for longest streak without a goal to start a career and creates virtually no offense? Anywhere from 1m to 4m seems reasonable to me

Bergevin is "stupid" for signing Subban to a team friendly bridge deal? Is Tampa stupid for signing Point to a bridge deal? How about Laine with Winnipeg? Boeser in Vancouver? Or should we have thrown all the money at a young and unproven Subban at the time? Do you know how the negotiations went, did Subban even want that? Tell us again how stupid Bergevin is. Or how about how Bergevin was "reluctant" in locking down Radulov. I could have sworn that Bergevin was one of the only GMs to even offer him a contract from the KHL. And then he even offered him a multi-year deal when he was a UFA that was similar to what he signed with Dallas. What's the problem again? Let's get our facts straight It is sort of like how Montreal seems to be able to always have an elite goalie, but other teams can't get someone to stop a beach ball. All of the #1 centers in the world can't stop the puck. I'd like to think that 70+ point Max Domi has something to say about your argument. How about Kotkaniemi in a couple years? Could it be that some realize that it isn't 1977 and now there are 31 teams in a salary cap league? All things being equal, there is a 3.22% chance that any particular team will win the Cup. Even making the playoffs is a coin flip, but yes, let's dump on a GM that has actually been above average since 2012. Please tell us how you would fill the holes and tag Bergevin so he knows how to do his job. Is it through the draft? Well we got a few high picks, we drafted a "potential #1 center" in Galchenyuk, how did that work out? When he had another high pick, he "seen the hole" and reached a bit and picked Kotkaniemi. Do you hate that he tried to fill a hole and selected him? How about the hole at LD, do you hate how 4 out of his first 5 picks this draft year were LD? How about reaching for Romanov the year before? I could have sworn he also drafted Ryan Poehling as a center and he looks like he is a player. Let's talk UFAs. Do you remember just a couple months ago how he offered a contract to top center Matt Duchene AND left defenseman Jake Gardiner? Maybe you conveniently forgot that he tried to address the holes but sorry he didn't hold a gun to the player's head to sign here. He was however able to sign Ben Chiarot and Nick Cousins though, and they are NHL players so that helps "fill the holes". How about trades. Traded for Domi and Danault, our top two centers. Did he not come out ahead in those deals? He also traded a left winger for another left winger, plus Nick Suzuki who was drafted as a center. "But he didn't try to address our needs!!" He has offered contracts to UFAs, he has literally drafted to fill holes and he is on the winning side of pretty much every trade he has made, yet there is still a myth that he doesn't know what he is doing. This team right now is young, entertaining, has cap space, a top prospect pool and is competitive but yet that's not good enough to some. And no matter how much time I spend on a post like this, I will never change their mind. My advice is to watch the games, have fun, cheer loud and talk trash to other team's fans Otherwise not being a "serious contender", whatever that means, will make you a very cynical and depressing person.

So like Claude Julien who coached them to their most recent Stanley Cup?

Can someone explain to me how basically every other team improved in the off season but Montreal hasn't? The NHL has the same amount of points up for grabs every year. Every team adds and subtracts players from the previous season, how does the net result mean an improvement for most of the league? Does growth from the youth factor into this calculation? I need to know the secret formula here

39-36-2-5 = 85 points 5th in the Atlantic 11th in the East 237 goals for I'm predicting the injury bug hits pretty hard this year. Not really based on anything just a guess

This should be an exciting team to watch, especially with so many young players on the roster. Can't wait to see how Suzuki does in a real game, how much KK has developed since last year, if Domi can continue his pace, Drouin either dangling around everyone or making smarter plays, Gallagher tiring me out just by watching him, TATAAAAARRR, big Shea Weber clappers, Mete's gotta score his first goal sometime, Chiarot cross checks and of course Price highlight reel saves. Lots of story lines to follow this season.

"Please don't trade for Laine, please don't trade for Laine" - Nick Suzuki

How do you know he didn't? Why do people assume the highest offer automatically gets the player?