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Your logic is crushing my dreams.

I don't usually listen to rumours but it's fun to fantasize during this slump

There's a rumour floating around that there is a deal in place for Wayne Simmonds but can't announce it till after the roster freeze.

Trade one of the best contracts in the league,the best goal scorer we have and the newly appointed captain while the team is struggling to score goals? Makes sense

The lineup for the game tonight: Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Dale Weise Tomas Fleischmann - Tomas Plekanec - Paul Byron Lars Eller - Alex Galchenyuk - Daniel Carr Brian Flynn - Torrey Mitchell - Michael McCarron Nathan Beaulieu - P.K. Subban Andrei Markov - Alexei Emelin Jarred Tinordi - Tom Gilbert Dustin Tokarski Mike Condon The lineup on opening night: Max Pacioretty - Tomas Plekanec - Brendan Gallagher Lars Eller - Alex Galchenyuk - Alexander Semin Tomas Fleischmann - David Desharnais - Dale Weise Brian Flynn - Torrey Mitchell - Devante Smith-Pelly Andrei Markov - P.K. Subban Alexei Emelin - Jeff Petry Nathan Beaulieu - Tom Gilbert Carey Price Mike Condon Look how much better the lineup looked on opening night compared to now. Up front we have Byron, Carr and McCarron instead of Gallagher, Smith-Pelly, Semin. Throw in a Kassian rehab stint on top of that just for fun. Four proven NHLer's have been replaced by a waiver pickup and two rookies. That is going to hurt any hockey team no matter how good they are. 25% of the team is different than the group that was on fire to start the season. And I don't think we have to discuss how important MVPrice is to this team. He literally is the most valuable player to his hockey team. This is likely just the low point of the season and things will turn around at any time.

Now that's a GDT. I do my first one and we get shelled, it was not meant to be. Just take a look at the right side of the projected lineup: As a hockey team you are in trouble if your best winger on the right side is Dale Weise, nothing against Dale Weise. Bundle that up with the fact that the most valuable player in the entire league is missing from this hockey team and that equals losses. Injuries and rehab have really taken a toll on the team but yet they are still leading the division somehow, but just barely. Some good is bound to happen sometime

1. They're doing well, I like their team 2. Glad to hear about your pup and sorry about your other one 3. I could have picked the other post tonight where you called both of our active goalie losers. I guess I'm the type of fan that looks at things objectively and my posts reflect that, which is probably why you don't have a problem with my posts. We're all Habs fans and we want them to do well, and they are. So let's build on that

Don't you have a free Panther game to watch and an expensive dog to pet? I could have sworn you quit this board because you wanted to move to one with "more than 3 members". Speaking for myself, your negativity certainly wasn't missed when you were gone. If I want to read constant Hab bashing I go to the TSN comments section, not a fan forum.

The slumping Habs limp into the Big D to try to right the ship that was sailing so smoothly to start the season. They face the highest scoring team in the league that will look to feast on a goalie not named Carey Price. The Habs will look to pepper the Stars netminder and you have to believe that a puck will find it's way in somehow. Montreal has called up Big Mike McCarron to strike fear into the opposition, whether it be on the ice or from the pressbox. I'm not sure of any lineup changes or how to find out the lines because I get my information from this forum. Puck drops at 7 Eastern and it doesn't appear to be on HNIC, the mighty Leafs must be playing. Here's to hoping that this first time GDTer is good luck.

I am of the belief that Therrien has full reign and makes decisions based on winning the current hockey game.

I can't see MB trading Galchenyuk for Johansen. It's sort of a sideways move in the sense that they both have high ceilings. RJ is more established but more expensive. I also think that MB is building a home grown core and Chucky is his guy.

I am a GDT virgin, perhaps that's what it takes to end the slump. I will try to figure out how

Yes, the need is a solidified top 6 winger, not a meddling back up goalie just put on waivers. The current losing stretch isn't about missing Price as much as it is about the glaring holes on the right side. It was weak even before our best went down with a finger injury. Gallagher out, Smith-Pelly out, Semin gone, Kassian out. THAT IS THE PROBLEM! Paul frigging Byron playing on the top line, who the hell would have guessed that at the start of the year?

No chance Yzerman trades Captain Stamkos to the rival Habs, even if he says straight up that he won't resign in Tampa. Plus he wants to be a center and our need is a RW

I met Shayne Corson today and he had a Leafs jersey on. Don't worry, I gave him crap about it

That's like saying the sun will rise tomorrow

It has to be all those coaches not being able to properly harness the awesomeness of Phil the thrill. Back checking and effort is for scrubs, leave the goal scoring to him.

3 game losing streak, 3 games that could have been won. Not the end of the world. This game and the Washington game were similar in that we ran into elite goalies that played a great game. The only thing I think that could be concerning is the giving up of the leads. Hopefully it is just a blip and not a problem moving forward.

I didn't think that he played that bad. I suppose the coaches were looking for different things out of him than I was. For Semin it is a crazy fall from grace, going from one of the league's premier snipers to clearing waivers at a bargain price.

I'd much rather add Iginla at the trade deadline for picks and/or prospects. Keep the roster as stacked as possible for a deep run this year.

I wouldn't mind throwing Fucale in for a game, see how he looks at this level. I watched him a ton in junior but haven't seen anything from him this year. I think he would do well playing behind one of the best defenses in the league, even at such a young age.

No, it's not a guarantee that he will now have those attributes, but those are things that can be affected by someone with addiction issues. My point is, IF he stays clean, we can almost safely assume he will be a better hockey player because of it. Someone that is out on the town all night has a different frame of mind than someone sober in bed early. You cannot be consistent if you are hungover every other day, you cannot be disciplined by definition if you are boozing it up in excess and the work ethic will not be comparable to a sober counterpart. Seemingly Kassian is the type of person who goes over the edge in terms of drinking and or drugs. There is no moderation or just having a few. It will be a difficult challenge for him travelling around the world with his teammates, who will be drinking and going out on occasion, it's all that he knows. He needs to be totally clean for it to work out for him and I hope for his sake that it does.

I would say odds are that a totally clean Kassian would be a better player than a party animal Kassian. The only questions are how much of a better player would he be and can he stay clean?

I wonder if the draft wasn't in Montreal that year if they would have bypassed Louie and taken someone like Kreider. Things could have gone much different, no Price injury in the playoffs for example.

Maybe this 3 on 3 thing isn't so bad....