TurdBurglar

If that’s the consensus, why wouldn’t we retain part of Allen’s salary, up to 50% to get it done, and use that as a starting point for Puljujarvi? Oilers are in the market for a goalie, are strapped for cash and Allen has better numbers than Smith and Koskinen. He only has 1 more year left but so does Koskinen so if they do decide to resign him, they will have $6 mil plus from just Allen and Koskinen next offseason. We get a RFA top-9 winger, potentially top-6, they get a cheap goaltender better than they currently have.

Just read Kessel is on the block with 2 years @5mil per left i know he has attitude issues and his defence is suspect, but a Domi + picks to get him for 2 years may be worth it if Arizona will have Domi back.

I wholeheartedly agree that at this moment I time Danault is more valuable to us than Domi. For not other reason than, as Commandant pointed out, to insulate our up and coming centres. Thanks not saying long term Domi wouldn’t be better once Suzuki and Kotkineime(I butchered the spelling) develope further. Having to choose one or the other right now, it would be Danault. That all being said, Danault is basically Plekanec. He will be, at best, a 2nd line center on a good team, but more likely a really good 3rd line shutdown guy. It’s fine if he believes he’s a 1st line guy, because on this team at this moment he is. He’s still basically Plekanec.

As a straight trade, you are absolutely right. A top-6 forward RFA for a top-4 defenceman UFA is insane. I would imaging a trade like that would be on the back of a pre-negotiated deal with Krug. So that 4th would just be a 3rd.

So we traded a 3rd and a 5th for a goalie that’s a decent starting goalie, that should reasonably be a real solid backup goalie that’s capable of lessening Price’s workload without much worry? We have cap room to spare and he has 1 year left on his deal. The only downside is the cap hit, but if it wasn’t for that, he would of costed a 2nd plus. Goaltending solved. That should almost guarantee playoffs next year. Can you imagine a well rested Price the entire season?

Vigneault had his panties in a bunch after Muller threw out the first PP line at the end of a 5-0 blowout in game 2. Now he’s swatting at the hornets nest with his Gallagher comments and doubling down on them after finding out the extent of the injury. I think this series may be may be far from over as it seems Montreal with motivation is the better team right now. All Vigneault is doing is giving the habs motivation.

Thanks for the link. I updated my original post to reflect it. I’m going to jump on the optimist train for this. In the 5 games played, habs are 2-1 when they score, 2-0 when they score more than 1. Philly doesn’t appear to be a scoring juggernaught. If the habs can keep from being blanked, by skating and driving the net, there’s still a legitimate shot at winning this series. More so than most series that are 3-1. Philly’s smothering defence is crippled by speed, something the habs didn’t bring in game 3 and 4. If they are going to take penalties, make them penalties from getting in Hart’s kitchen. The kid is good, but he’s been real fortunate with all the posts that have been hit that only 1 went post and in.

The NHL department of player safety and drinking on the job suspends result not action. It’s sad but true. If Sanheim played the rest of the game and starts next game, which there’s no indication he isn’t, there won’t be a suspension. If Gallagher doesn’t play another shift until next season, the punishment they deem to be fair would be maybe a fine for Niskinan. At this point there hasn’t been an announcement they are looking into it, so he got away with it. EDIT: just found out they are in fact looking into the cross-check. Could be a game or 2 in my opinion.

So, not only is Drouin not scoring goals. He's getting goals taken away from his team. I vote bench.

I'm the bad call hater. I think the blood on Sanhiem's face sealed KK's fate.

Absolutely not. I knew to stop bitching in this forum and watch the game lol

My feed is about 45 seconds slow. I saw your comment and got glued to the TV.

Good start, driving the net and coming with speed. Don't mind the Chairot penalty, should of been getting in Hart's face earlier in the seires.

If I expect a win they lose. Let’s hope this works.

I expect the habs to score but fall apart defensively. 4-2 flyers.

You know, I’m ok with them taking penalties if it means they start scoring again. Just saying.

Without a massive change. Stick a fork in them.

I agree with the penalties, but it’s kinda hard when philly dresses Chris Lee. I know Petry’s interference was a penalty, but was it something routinely called in the playoffs? There has been an abundance of real soft penalties called against us this entire return to play.

Well last game when we had price out at the end of the game, a big juicy rebound popped out in the slot off of Hart and all 6 red sweaters were touching the boards. That could be an issue. Too much perimeter play, not enough traffic to the net. At some point you just need to goto the tried and true traffic at the net and throw everything towards it.

It’s scary to think what this series would look like if even Drouin and Armia got going. If we can get 2 of our 4 top-6 wingers going, we have a legitimate shot at winning the series as it’s been played so far. Gallagher, Domi, Armia and Drouin are virtually invisible most, if not all, the time.

Since when does a shot block get a whistle for an injury that's not blocked by a face?

So many soft giveaways,

The big difference between this game and the last is we aren't skating. Philly doesn't really look like their into it, but neither does the habs.

Vingeault made a great decision by dressing Chris Lee tonight. Gonna have a huge impact. Hart looked shaky on the 2 posts in a row. If they get some volume at him, I'm not sure he wouldn't crack again.

I know I'm late to the party, watching the replay of the game now. If anybody is left thinking the officiating in the NHL isn't rigged, watch the 3rd period of this game. First minute, Guentzel hooks Petry's foot out from under him obvious, blatant and deliberate, with 2 refs looking at it, 1 with unobstructed view 6 feet away, no call. Seven minutes later, the first chance they have to call anything, it's a stop up by Weise in which his foot clips McCann, PENATLY! Its atrocious.