TurdBurglar

That same play happened in the second and Veleno was on the receiving end. There wasn't a call. The McDavid trip, I was at the game with a huge Oilers fan, and it happened right in front of us. The guy I was with immediately turns to me and says that wasn't a penalty. There was another botched call just after the Veleno hit where Dach were cloth-lined trying to get around the defenceman. Not only did the ref see it, he motioned to Dach to get up. It happened directly across the ice from me. Those 2 missed/ignored calls were early on so I didn't really think much of it, assuming it was a sign that the refs were going to let the team play, On the drive home, we listened to an Oilers post game radio show and even they were complaining how bad the officiating was against Montreal. One host even saying on the Anderson call that if a ref is so thin skinned and can't take someone slapping their stick on the ice and needing to call them for it, they shouldn't be a NHL official.

I agree with GHT. As good as Hutson's rookie season was, there's only realistically 2 scenarios. The first being he signs a bridge this off-season and the second being they wait to give him a bigger body of work to assess what he would look like on a longer contract, so a mid-season or next off-season deal. Signing a player to a massive deal after just a single season in the NHL is a bit reckless. He's going to be an RFA, so there's no real rush to get him signed now.

You'd be surprised at how many Oilers fans I've talked to that believe that will happen.

Sounds like all 5 players in the 2018 World Juniors case are being found not guilty. Hart, Formenton and Foote have the official verdict at this time, seems safe to assume all 5 will have the same verdict.

It’s not a bad offer, but I doubt Anaheim bites. They should be at the same stage of a rebuild that Montreal is, so trading a young promising NHL player for a pick and a player that’s a couple years from the NHL is more of a setback. They just traded Zegras for essentially the same type of package, so anything is possible.

After not being able to land a contract for 2 years, Halak announces retirement. https://www.tsn.ca/nhl/former-montreal-canadiens-g-jaroslav-halak-officially-announces-retirement-1.2336550

Just saw it reported, one year deal, no further details available yet. Veleno was bought out by Seattle last month.

"This doesn't necessarily mean that Canadiens management intends to turn Zachary Bolduc into a centerman, or at least to move him back to center for the first time in a long while."

Pagnotta reporting Montreal have let other teams know Gallagher is available.

Lebrun reporting Toronto may have interest in Pezetta tomorrow.

The #2C is where my head was at. He’s more than expendable at this point and does have the value to be a main piece of a 2C trade.

Wouldn’t this mean Matheson is probably being traded at some point as well? Dobson, Hutson, Guhle and Carrier as the top-4 until Mailloux/Reinbacher bumps Carrier out of that spot.

It'll be hard to speculate intent until the potential trade is done. On one side it could be insulation for Reinbacher, which he would need breaking in the NHL. On another side if Reinbacher is a part of that deal, it could either be low confidence in Reinbacher or just an acceleration in the rebuild. It could also be a case of intangibles, you know what you're getting with Dobson vs what you may or may not get with Reinbacher.

I don’t think it’s real, but it is about what the return would be. I have a feeling that if Montreal does get Dobson, it’s going to cost something most of us don’t want to give away. A Reinbacher/Guhle/Hutson type player. That being said I believe Hutson is nearly untouchable. In an ideal situation Matheson would be going to NYI, although I believe they will want prospects and picks, not a 31 year old defenceman.