BlueKross
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24 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
Based on my understanding of what's in the organization right now, that seems wildly unrealistic to me. A decent team? Sure. A heavy-duty contender? That assumes, I suspect, that we knock future drafting out of the park.
Yeah! I would add this to the conversation. Does anyone here believe that MB's ears have been clipped a little bit? Would you be surprised if Mark Hunter showed up in the near future? I have been after the Canadiens to address the center situation shortly after they won their last cup. At least now , they recognize the problem and are trying to do something about it.
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1 hour ago, Metallica said:
We were once a team on the cusp of maybe winning a Stanley cup. In 5 years Bergevin destroyed the window of opportunity.
As far as I am concerned, this one is on Molson. He had all the reason in the world to let MB go, and what does he do--- KEEP HIM ?????
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45 minutes ago, huzer said:
I will call your three, and raise you a dozen.
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8 hours ago, Machine of Loving Grace said:
Yeah, it was Eller-Mania for about 48 hours and then he had the game with like three straight penalties and suddenly it was very quiet on the Eller front. Another good game and it's back to Eller-Mania.
I do agree he has improved a bit but that's bound to happen. He's 29 now compared to when he was in his early-mid 20s with us. He doesn't really try to get out of his proper role at 3C. He was a flop last season and a spectacular flop whenever he played with Ovechkin. This season he isn't hurting their powerplay by being out there. He still holds the puck for way too long at times but it's nowhere near as bad as it could be in Montreal. Can't recall how many plays he murdered by just cycling around the boards when nobody needed a line change. Just wasting time, almost padding his analytical stats and not much else. Hope he gets his ring.
Regardless of what you may say, the real proof of the pudding is how Washington sees him. From what I have seen, he looks like a very important cog in the Washington playoff run. Best wishes to Lars, I'm rooting for you.
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12 minutes ago, Meller93 said:
About time!
It took six years to figure that out. Wow.
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2 hours ago, Commandant said:
What I see happening.
BackPhilip Danault - $912 500 (A)
Kerby Rychel - $863 333
Michael McCarron - $863 333
Daniel Carr - $725 000 (A)
Jacob De La Rose - $725 000 (A)
Logan Shaw - $650 000 (A)
Rinat Valiev - $778 333
Jeremy Gregoire - $633 333
Gone
Habs UFAs:
Antti Niemi - $700 000
Ales Hemsky - $1 000 000
Adam Cracknell - $675 000
Chris Terry - $650 000
Habs RFAs:
Tom Parisi - $717 500 (A)Zachary Fucale - $714 167
Markus Eisenschmid - $642 500 (A)
I'd like to see Niemi, Cracknell and Terry back but i doubt it.Think you are pretty close. I seen the exerts from the press conference - nothing earth shattering . MB blames year on attitude-- Don't know how he gets a pass. If they don't do a damn other thing , just pray that SLY is gone.
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20 minutes ago, Commandant said:
This is the first surgery.
The team was waiting for a particular surgeon.
Had the results (game) been different , we may have needed him by now? This surgeon must be world class?
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6 hours ago, Trizzak said:
This is the second surgery to fix the same problem? Why such a delay? Don't mind me, I am just annoyed at key Blue jays being chronically ailing at start of season.
Just in time for training camp.
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2 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
Offhand, I'd say Poile and Yzerman are the class of NHL GMs.
I said that about Yzerman a few years back and almost got my head bit off.
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10 hours ago, Metallica said:
If we are going to resign Plekenec, I don't see anyone from this core being traded. I think Plekenec is the first domino to fall, if he gets traded they're blowing up the core. If he doesn't they are retooling once July 1st starts.
I wonder what it would take to get pageau out of Ottawa, Always liked him as a player.
Hertl went down last night. Depending on the severity, does that make Plekanec that much more valuable?
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43 minutes ago, Commandant said:
Not sure the rangers are making the playoffs . Nor do they desire to. All reports are they are in full sell mode.
I think they will be a crossover team, at least they are in the mix. I appreciate a team that decides who they are at the deadline. Too many teams scrape into playoffs and concede their window of opportunity to get significantly better in the future.
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On 1/18/2018 at 1:24 PM, Commandant said:
Id put him on the market now. Trade him if the offer is good... keep him if its not good.
I think this is a rational way to do it.
Agree totally. Just going to spit ball here. We have heard about a McDonagh for Pax trade. What if we added Kreider (who is done for the year)for Petry. We become better for next year and the Rangers are better for the playoffs.
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I am in no way a Bergevin fan. I do think we are not that far away. We are forced to bring a half a team of young guys along just to make the payroll work. For six years now, our guys never got the experience other teams got in the playoffs in the AHL. Our guys are simply behind. This year we are taking our knocks. Next year, we should be a lot better. The deadline brings a time of year that you can get a premium value for most players. You take premium value if you get it and move on.
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11 hours ago, Commandant said:
Wont matter if the team is succesful or not... some posters will always see the glass as 1/4 empty instead of 3/4 full
In your HO, how full or empty is the glass today? Are we ready to break it down and reload ? Or are we going to get a couple bodies to top up what we got? Where does Bergevin fit in all of this?
Seems to me these questions have to be answered before we suggest what we need in return..
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8 minutes ago, Commandant said:
5 months of hockey before the playoffs. Just keep earning points and they will get in. If its late in the season, then you can worry about it being too many teams to pass.... as it stands, just need to keep earning points, especially with the opponents in the next 3 games being 2 of the teams you need to pass.
Absolutely. Things are looking rosy today. We are not good enough to just waltz into the playoffs. We got to bite and scratch all the way. The long season has a way of biting back. Go Habs GO
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4 hours ago, dlbalr said:
Patrick Roy as GM of the Habs looks terrible at any moment. The solution to Montreal's woes isn't replacing Bergevin with a hot-headed egoist who hasn't served in any managerial capacity in years, whose primary chip that was used to attract players in junior wouldn't be available to him, and who quit on his team because he wasn't getting his way. I'm sorry, but there is no scenario where it would be justifiable to hire Roy as a general manager. There's a reason he got no consideration whatsoever for any vacancies (coaching or management) last offseason.
Now we are getting somewhere---- keep Marc
----- replace him with another Francophone
------ defeat the notion that he must speak French, and hire the best person available
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7 hours ago, BCHabnut said:
Well you start rehashing the moves that this tool has made over the years to handcuff this team and it makes you bitter. They could have been a contender right now with the core he was handed. Instead that core needs to be blown up for a full scale rebuild.
Yeah-- MY first move is bye bye MARC ___ Sir Patrick is not looking too bad at the moment.
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44-27-6-5 for 99 pts
3rd in Atlantic
7th in East
234 goals
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Thanx Dlbair- better shape than I thought.
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2 hours ago, habs rule said:
Mark down marky strikes again. Let's try this no talent defenceman. He has been so successful so far. sarcasm
I think he anticipates to lose some on waivers. Laval can only have so many veterans. Must be over our limit by now? Dlbair need help to answer that question.
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4 hours ago, Stogey24 said:
Let the kids play.
Don't waste cap, just because you have it.
Exactly. I have been an advocate of keeping much more cap space if at all possible than we normally do; since the cap started. Teams have been rewarded some nice prospects and/or picks if you can help a team in cap purgatory. There is not truth to the rumor that you have to spend to the cap to be successful. We do know that you can spend to the cap and be unsuccessful.
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2 hours ago, dlbalr said:
The rookie tournament starts September 9th so I imagine the camp would start a few days before that. As for pending invites, there aren't any new ones I'm aware of yet (it doesn't sound like Tyanulin is accepting the invite either). They filled their development camp roster with players that are pro-aged and I imagine they'll look to bring a lot of those players back and use rookie camp and training camp as a tryout competition for a couple of AHL deals.
God, it can't come fast enough.
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On 7/29/2017 at 9:54 AM, dlbalr said:
The Habs are one of two teams (the other being Arizona) to offer 20-year-old undrafted RW Artur Tyanulin a rookie camp invite. He spent the last three seasons with Ottawa of the OHL and had 85 points in 67 games last season. He already has a tryout deal in place with Kazan in the KHL as well.
Rookie camp is probably a month away. Do you have the exact date/ Do you know of any more pending invites?
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Dynamo have released one way players, basically because they can not afford to pay them. Would there be anyone of interest to Montreal? - reference twitter HW - Slava Malamud
Finally, I like the plan and direction!
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We have been defense first as long as I can remember. We still may be. I do believe however there is recognition in the importance of a true number one center in the game that is played today.