TurdBurglar

While, don't get me wrong, I agree that the series should be evened, I don't think even a 50-game suspension to Krieder would be adequate. When you have 2 world class goalies squaring off and in the first game one gets injured "accidentally" the other goalie should be forced to sit out. It wasn't an accident Krieder went into Price that way. I don't care who you are and what your views are on the situation. There is no, zip, zero, ziltch, way you can accidentally start sliding feet first when going at full speed. No way at all, on the replay even if it was a trip, your feet would go backwards or sideways as per the motion of your legs skating. The ONLY way it is remotely possibly to go feet first is attempting to stop or turn and loosing your footing, of which Kreider did neither. He went into Price feet first intentionally, laws of physics support this fact. Because of him intentionally injuring Price, Lundquist should be sitting out, but Lundquist didn't do anything wrong, see the problem? My solution is a real dirty one, that will warrant a suspension but the Rangers deserve it. If we are on the brink of elimination and no chance of winning. One of our forwards needs to start at the blue line, skate full speed into Lundquist and make 100% sure the contact would take Lundquist out for the rest of the playoffs. Is it dirty? yeah, but it's fair. Why should the rangers get and easy path to the finals and potentially win the cup because they injured the biggest impact player on the opposing team? A player that isn't easily replaced.

No. We lose a better overall defenceman. One of the 2 Staal brother centers would be OK for me, but it would make Plekanec expendable as Galchenyuk is a future top 6 center. So we lose a better defenceman and gain an unneeded center and our 1st round pick. Plus the 2 wingers we get in return only takes away 1 of our 4 midgets. We need to be looking at relieving ourselves of at least 2 of our sub 5'10 players and imho Gallagher is a must keep.

So what is everyone opinion on Ehrhoff? has 8 year remaining on a 10 year deal @ 4m per cap hit. Money wise starting next season his actual salary is 3m per until the final 2-3 years which is 1 per. I would like to see us make a play for him, afterall TSN reporting we are looking for a defenceman.

I've learned not to believe what Eklund says, I check it out for entertainment. It's better than nothing when there's not much of anything coming from TSN.

If there's any truth to Eklund's Parenteau rumor, it'll be done when the roster freeze lifts tonight at 11:59pm est. Supposedly whether it's for Briere + pick or a defenceman, the deal is in place waiting for nothing more than the roster freeze to lift. That being said, I doubt it's as ironclad as Eklund is reporting.

It's Briere and a pick OR a defenceman. I'm not sure I believe it. We are fortunate to not have any injuries on defense,so Boullion isn't playing, but to trade away any roster defenseman without a roster defenseman coming back is odd. Especially when it's not our defence that is the problem. When it comes to Briere and a pick, I'm not sure a 1-for-1 roster swap is wise. For one, it appears we will be making the playoffs barring a collapse, so Briere is undoubtedly an asset going into the playoff until proven otherwise. Also Briere is starting to play better, so why ditch him now? Wouldn't it make more sense to trade Eller/Gionta/Bourque(Who IS confirmed to be on the block)? The only thing that makes sense about Briere for Paranteau is there would be equal cap hits being traded. I guarantee MB is not looking to take on any additional cap unless it's for a key piece in return, like the Kane to Montreal rumors.

Rumor had it he was considering out a few weeks ago when he was healthy scratches and wasn't producing at all. "Considering" might be a strong word, but the general feeling was he would be ok leaving. What's up with players signing NTC or NMC from free agency? I think the CBA should of added a rule saying only teams re-signing players can have these clauses. Free agents could not have any protection from being traded. It seems more and more with these NTC or NMC players start to feel too safe and don't play up to expectations.

What were the better offers for Diaz? I would like to know honestly. The way I'm looking at this trade is Weise is something we need. Are there other thing we need more? Yes. Were any of those things going to be acquired for Diaz? No. While Trizzak may be right that we had better offers from eastern conference teams, were the "better" returns something we were looking for? Or was it another struggling small forward? We got a 4th liner with size. This looks more like a preemptive trade to work on our bottom 6 to see whats expendable at the top 6 (Briere, Gionta, Eller, Bourque) to package to get the best return that meets our team's needs.

How about Bourque, Diaz, Leblanc + possibly a pick for Kane? Bourque is Bourque, but Diaz has offensive potential and is coming into his own defensively which is very attractive, plus Leblanc still has potential to be good but doesn't seem to want to put the extra effort in to be an NHL player on Montreal. This trade will be near even salary wise (5.25m for 4.55m), Winnipeg gets a LW under contract for a couple of years, a solid 3rd pair defenceman that can play on their PP, plus a possible future 2nd/3rd line center. We get a goal scoring RW to put with Chucky and Eller or Patches and DD, with Gally filling out the other line's RW. Give us 2 full scoring lines.

Insider trading on TSN said we're listening to calls on Patches, but are not shopping him. Likewise with Kane and Winnipeg, except Noel and Kane aren't seeing eye-to-eye, old story, Kane wants out of Winnipeg. How about a Kane for Patch swap? To Winnipeg: Pacioretty + DD + prospect/pick To Montreal: Kane + Setoguchi Money wise, it's about even (8m for 7.750m), plus we get a 25+ goal scorer and a 20 goal scorer, both right wings. We could look something like this: Galchenyuk - Eller - Kane Setoguchi - Plekanec - Gallagher Bourque - Briere - Gionta Prust - White - Bourvinal

I approve of this idea. Rotate a winger back to Murray's spot after the entry/faceoff and Murray just park himself in front of the net. It's not going to affect the PP as Boullion doesn't do much to generate offense anyway. He doesn't have a booming shot or pin-point accuracy. I wouldn't mind seeing Chucky rotate back with Diaz, he is probably the best passing forward we have.

I like the idea of putting Briere at center. If you look at his stats, they never dropped dramatically until he was shifted to winger on Philly. Would be interesting to see if he could still produce as center after playing 2+ years on the wing. I'm more than a fan of DD in the pressbox. How many chances does he need to get going? Especially when there's little positives you can take from his game this season.

Colour me confused. I watched the Emery-Holtby "fight" like 5 times now and something becomes apparent. Holtby wasn't a willing combatant in that fight. Emery goes the entire length of the ice. Emery throws off his helmet, glove and block, then grabs Holtby. Holtby still has his helmet, glove and blocker on. Emery knocks off Holtby's helmet and unloads on him. The ref does not stop the "fight." Holtby still isn't punching and his blocker falls off trying to not get mauled. At no point does Holtby attempt nor get his glove off. At no point does Holtby throw a punch. At no point does Holtby appear to be a willing combatant. Emery fails to get a helmet penalty, automatic fight stoppage. The ref lets the fight go when one of the combatants is clearly NOT fighting. Instead the ref stops other players and officials from getting involved. I'm not against fighting in hockey, I actually encourage it. This was a clear example refs have no idea what they are doing. That is one ref that just wanted to watch a fight, not do his job.

While I agree with what your saying, this is not the same situation reversed. Galchenyuk isn't on the block for us, nor would he be if we were in Edmonton's shoes. Yakupov is the odd man out on a team with great young talent. He has been publicly on the block for the last few weeks. I think your over estimating Yakupov's value just a tad. The kid can put up points, but is a defensive liability. He is a modern day Havlat, early in his career. He is severely lacking defensively, so unless he's putting up points then he isn't an NHL player. Hence why he has been sitting in the pressbox on and off so far this season. Galchenyuk can play without the puck, Yakupov cannot.

Edmonton is having problems keeping the puck out of their net. If we were to trade for Yakupov, and I think it would be a brilliant idea, The price tag for Yakupov alone shouldn't be any more than Gorges + Moen. Which is what Edmonton is looking for. They want team defense concept, those 2 guys are exactly what they are looking for. Only huge hole in that trade is the cap space So to make it work, it would have to look something like this; To Edmonton Gorges Moen Prospect (Mid-level, like Holland or Bournival should suffice) To Montreal Yakupov Smyth 5.7m going Edmonton's way, 3.2 coming back, so we'll be at 2.5m cap space and they will have about 1.5m.

Desharnais should be given this game to try to get something going. If he can't, he should be put in the pressbox. His line progression went from starting on 1st line, to starting on 2nd line, now starting on 3rd line. By the 3rd period of the Oilers game he was playing on the 4th line. Without improvement he'll end up there again. I do like Desharnais, believe it or not, but he really needs to be reminded that he is replaceable, and if not performing his role, he is of no use to the lineup. The only thing he has going for him is he's not bad at all in the faceoff dot, but is that enough to warrant his lack of fight when after the puck?

Gonna be at this one, 6 seats away from the habs bench, first time I see Desharnais on the ice, I'm gonna yell at Therrian to bench his ass and put Eller or Galchenyuk between Patches and Briere. Let the other center Gallagher and Prust. Desharnais needs to be put in the pressbox for a few games. Ever since his signing he's been useless all over the ice. Need to get a new perspective on his role as his current perspective is go out there and collect a paycheck. We just got rid of Kostitsyn and Gomez, now we have another one in the development. Stop him before it's too late.

I'll be 3rd row 6th seat over from Habs bench tomorrow night in Edmonton. If you want to find me, look for the guy yelling at the players, double-fisting a couple beer, rocking a habs jersey of course.

TSN saying Bournival is gonna draw in in Pacioretty's (Wolvie, we should get that going again) spot. Projected lines listed up top say it's Prust. Personally I like the idea of Bournival playing in Wolvie's spot, gives the kid a chance to shine offensively. At least give him a couple of shifts with DD and Briere.

First goal I'm gonna say is Pacioretty. He had a great pre-season, I'd expect him to come out with a purpose tomorrow night. Got a feeling we're still gonna drop the game 4-2.

Tinordi solidifies a roster spot. Patches breaks 30 goals again. Eller breaks 50 pts. Price has another Vezna nominated year. Markov and Subban finish the year both in the top 15 defensemen for points, leading Montreal's PP to top-5 in the league. I refuse to book any of these predictions, because if I do, it'll surely go sideways.

I'm living in Alberta, so blackouts wouldn't apply. I checked the guide for NHL Center Ice and they don't seem to be televising any Habs games for at least the first 2 weeks. Hoping the games will appear as it comes closer to gamedays. If it doesn't televise many Habs games, I'm gonna cancel it. Looking forward to the 10th when their playing Edmonton, gonna be 6 seats away from the Habs bench. So stoked.

I know we're not allowed to post links on the forums, but if you PM me, I can give you a couple places to look. If this violates the no posting streams, by all means erase this dlbalr. On a side note, I got NHL Center Ice for the first time and no preseason game by Montreal have been televised on it, anyone else with Center Ice know if it's gonna be like this during the season or it's just pre-season, as I'm chalking it up to that. I'm assuming it's just preseason.

If Tinordi can keep up this physical pace and continue to improve his defensive game, I would imagine he's pretty much a top-6 lock for this year. Throw Emelin and Tinordi out together and watch bodies fly. Will make any team think twice about trying to carry the puck in.

Except he spent most of the season in the press box, on the payroll, but not playing because we had better players to put on the ice. His contract had little to do with why he wasn't playing games.