TurdBurglar

I would not give Markov 6m a year. His speed has declined, His production is steadily declining. He has trouble defending speed and the league is getting faster. I'd be comfortable 4-4.5 for 1 year, but no more. Plus he is representing himself in the negotiations. As for Radulov, it sounds like he was 7-8 years, but nobody is biting at that term. Sounding like he may have to settle for 4-5.

I read somewhere the Blue Jackets are shopping Murray. I'd give him a shot if we could do a 2nd and something for him. I think if we are moving a forward for a defenceman Gallagher or Shaw needs to go. I don't think we need 2 of the same type of players. SMall agitators that can put up a few points. IMHO I think Gallagher's value is higher so from the perspective of getting a bigger return, I would package Gallagher for a center/defenceman. Would rather it be Shaw, but Gallagher has higher value. Don't get me wrong here, I love Gallagher on the team.

I'd sign Yakupov, to either a 2-way or $950k or under, so if it doesn't work he can be 100% buried. I've been a fan of reuniting Yak and Galchenyuk for awhile. Sounds like Vegas is shopping Emelin. Wouldn't it be great if we could get Emelin for like a 2nd and Vegas retaining 2m of his salary? One can only dream I guess.

With some really good negotiating, We could get Markov re-sign $4m, Galchenyuk for $5m. King for $1.5m. Flynn for $1m or less. Radulov for $6.5m. Leaving $5m to entice Alnzer?

Whats the chances we could sign Alzner? With Weber, it would make for a solid shut down top pair, LHD to boot.

All rumors aside of his off-ice activities. I'm not sure how solving scoring issues are solved by replacing and trading Galchenyuk. So far Galchenyuk has been more proven than Drouin, which don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of that trade. I actually think with Emelin getting picked, there's even more chance for Galchenyuk to stay on the team. The only coach he has ever had was Therrian, and Therrian is terrible at actually developing players. We have the cap space to sign Galchenyuk, Radulov and a FA defencman, paybe ever Shattenkirk @ 7 per for 5-7. I really believe that if we trade Galchenyuk now it'll be a McDonough type mistake unless we can bring a solid, young top 2 defenceman in return.

I like the lineup changes. Two centres on the 4th line and a far more dependable 3rd pairing.

I 100% agree and that's the problem. By not increasing suspensions and not suspending players for injuring other players on deliberate plays, it is a wrong by ignorance.

I'm starting to think players should be starting to take the game in their hands again. I'm totally on board with a mentality of; you run price, you lose teeth and/or consciousness, then someone flies shoulder first into your netminder. This Methot/Crosby thing has me pissed beyond belief. Took the top off of Methots finger and not even a penalty. Someone needs to step in, knock Crosby the fark out, concuss him and look into a camera and say, "player safety isn't being player safety, so I'll serve my 8 games happily knowing I did what they should of." Maybe then the NHL would be a little more serious about some of the happening around the NHL.

Noticed a few things last night. Missed the first game here in Mexico, but wasn't missing the 2nd. When chucky was upgraded to the 3rd line, we looked twice as dangerous. Let the 4th line be crashers and bangers. Julian's patented 4th line in Boston didn't have a 30 goal scorer on it. They went out, hit, crashed the net and irritated defenders and goaltenders. The problem with beaulieu and nesterov isn't beaulieu. It's that they are the same type of offensive defenseman and nesterov is worse. I understand why nesterov was dressed, but beaulieu looks better with Benn. He needs the stability defensively. Davidson is capable of being better than Benn. Watched him a lot in edmonton. What was up with the one-sided calls? Radu's first call was a result of 3 previous missed calls after the whistle by the Rangers. So how is it radu gets called first? I'm still never going to understand the officiating. 3 blatant calls ignored in ot because it was ot? lastly the habs need more puck support. All game long it was 3 rangers on the puck to 1-2 Canadiens. The idea of having an outlet for the puck battles is great, but useless when you lose 90% of those undermanned battles. Really need to be more aggressive in those battles and at least match numbers. The absolute worse is on the pp. Up a man and still out manned in puck battles. There's no excuse for that, none. That's why the pp sucks so much. Too much time trying to enter the zone because of the unwillingness to battle to keep the puck in. The dump ins are atrocious because of the unwillingness to match or outnumber on the puck. If we can make that minor change, we will have a dangerous pp. Sorry for the lack of caps and spelling mistakes. I hate typing on iPhones.

I think it does. For many years we have been too small and got out-hit. While speed is great, it's a time proven strategy that physicality wins series. We disappear in physical games, it's why we are horrible on California road trips with 3 big physical teams. While led I would like to see another 2nd line guy with some scoring touch added, I think these little tweaks will make us a better team for the rest of the year.

Think that's too high, by a lot. Maybe Gallagher + a 2nd. If that were even in consideration, and I know your price is only speculation, we could easily pull duchene or landeskog out of Colorado for that. if there is any merit to drouin, it's going to be cheaper than you expect due to the fiasco last year with him.

The Weber call was brutal. Funny how Boston thinks Montreal are divers, Marchand was testing out his new scuba gear end of the 3rd I guess. Watched the replay 4 times, Weber made no effort to change his direction or contact Marchand, Marchand just bumped Weber and flailed. Just pathetic.

Nice to start the season with Price and Petry on the sidelines. Good thing both look very temporary.

Rumor has it Oilers can't get a 3rd round pick (which is what they are asking) for Yak. A roster player is more than a sweet deal for Yak right now. His value is divebombing fast, think if we can dump salary in DD or Emelin with the trade, it's win/win for us.

Isn't shaw also Center? NHL.com lists shaw as a Center. Couldn't we conceivably trade emelin for yak and DD for a case of gatoraid? Flip yak to LW and have an all Russian line of Yak, chucky, radulov?

So after thinking on this more, I realized something. Weber doesn't have a NTC/NMC. For everyone worrying about the cap hit for 9 more years, if Weber doesn't work out, don't protect him for the expansion draft. Without a NMC/NTC there's nothing forcing us to protect him. We have a 1 year test period to see if he really has declined, if he has, he will be picked up in the expansion draft. Seeing more upside to this now.

Forgetting when Price was playing how many stellar saves he had to make or goals let in because of a PK blunder? Just looked it up and if Weber retires before his contract is over, the Predators get the cap recapture penalties, not the Canadiens.

I was one of the few that were ok with this trade. While PK is younger, faster and more offensive skill, we need to be better defensively. Everyone forgot last season already? Yeah, we couldn't score, neither could PK. At the same time PK couldn't help keep the puck out of his own net either. Yeah he racked up points, in meaningless games, but didn't help much during those tight games. Everyone forgot why PK isn't ever on any team Canada starting roster? He can't be trusted defensively. in the long run, this trade is going to hurt us, unless Weber has something build into his contract where we are free of the cap when he retires because it was signed before the new CBA. Short term, we gain cap space, got better defensively and apparently got a dressing room cancer gone. If we can land Fowler and drop Markov to the 2nd pair I think we will be fine. With cap relief I think we could pull some top-6 guys in, move Emelin and DD and we will be fine. You guys forget we are 1 year removed from a 110 point season. Subban didn't single-handedly make that season, it was Price, and we need to support our best player, make his job easier. Relax, it'll be fine, and if it's not we have to live with this. At least it wasn't Subban for Larsson......

If thats the case I think we have a good chance of landing Stamkos if we can offer same term and money. I really think his relationship with Subban and the chance to play with Price is more attractive than what Detroit or Toronto can offer. What we've seen in the past couple of years, buyout players typically sign cheap and short term. If the trend continues, Vanek for 1 year @ $1.5m-$2m, I think thats a great move. It'll be Semin all over again, low risk high reward.

Well we have $12m in cap space, Shaw, Danault, Carr, and Lessio as RFA. I would imagine 3 if not all of those would be resigned. Be surprised if Shaw gets less than $4m whether we like it or not. Tack on another $2.5m between Danault, Carr and Lessio. Leaves us with $5.5m in cap space. Best case Scenario is Shaw @ $3.5m and still looking at $2m with the other 3, so $6.5m cap space. I really don't see Stamkos in our future. That being said, maybe a Pleks and DD buyout would open the cap. Doubt we are gonna be able to shed those 2 contracts for nothing. Still realistically I don't see us fitting another $11m under the cap, which is what Stamkos is going to get. The Subban and Price factor is intriguing no doubt, but I can't see him taking a pay cut for that.

Pretty sure thats the plan for Price and Patch's raises. Use Markov's cap space for it.

Sportsnet saying he is NHL ready now. Could mean Emelin is gone as well. NB and Petry 2nd pairing, Sergachev and Babreio/Pateryn 3rd pair?

Sportsnet was saying earlier that Sergachev was probably the only NHL-ready defenseman in the draft. I think I like this over trading this for Fowler.

Looks like we are picking 9th.