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Great to hear positive spin and hope you are correct, but as the coaching polls i saw, Terrian was at bottom of list, even amung just the french guys. But maybe Berevin sees something the public dosent, maybe RDS is building him a new pool of some other kickback, or just blackmailing him? haha

I appreciate you actually seeing as a super hire and somehow seeing the positive. And you could rant all you like, wouldnt change my opinion one bit. A sports organization managed to placate/pander to whims of media and politicians, as the first priority over team success; is doomed to struggle, or at best be handicapped to compete with 29 other teams who can actually have a rational and modern hiring process, unhindered by bigotry and 19th century language laws. My expectations for 2012-13 just took a kick in the nuts, but will hope for best as always, but seems just another Martin hire all over again, cept Terrian is a kookier dude isnt he? But, I really got nothing constructive to say on hire, so will get off my soapbox now.

And who said Carbo or Crawford are good coachs? No one cares who loses finals; but to lose finals and then get fired the next year, with your replacement winning cup and not coaching since; maybe he is not a loser (defitinely a Cull) but he aint a coach at top of my, nor any of 29 other teams list for any of a couple dozen hires since he was fired.

Bergevin "seemingly" has backbone of a squid ? very disappointing unless mediocrity is goal?

Murray, McTavish, Sutter, Gallant, Wilson, Quinn, etc etc, the list of better canditates is actually quite long...cept the all-important cup-winning necessitity of pandering to media. Must be one big party at RDS today, what a joke. Hope tis a quick fire. With this hire the odds of drafting Mackinnon or Seth Jones just increased; but cant see many other positives?

Back to back bottom of barrel choices, yee-haw. hopefully a quick fire JUst lucky the Habs got him before some other team snapped him up!

Habs are pretty bare in goalie department and seems to be numerous good tenders this year. Will Timmins burn a 2nd round pick to pick one, or wait till later round most likely?

6'0" or 6'1" Bigger than Plekanec and Desharnais or Big Enough. I would guess he may be Pacioretty sized down the road, as they say he is a gym rat and hard worker?

Can i quote a post from someone named "Habsy" from a day or 2 ago.."the whole lanuage thing is ..ZZZZZZZZZZZ Boring!" Funny eh?, or Ironic maybe how that dead horse now is fit to arise again. haha (no offense, just had to get that jab in there) Sweet Jesus i hope Therrian is not the man. Maybe he would be fine, but he just seems a bit "out there" and even Crawford would be preferrable wouldnt he? But as with picking a GM i really dont have a clue who is most qualified. We will see next week i guess?

Why is that? Cause media and politicians demand that, is that the one main reason, will it help win games or make a better team? Will it negatively impact the 200+ million french speaking people around the globe in some way? Do soccer/rugby teams in France demand french speaking coachs? just questioning logic is all

Minuta of each prospect seems relevant for this thread. Cant agree with your proverb and most threads on this website tend to centre on the minuta of Hab stuff, or am i off-base? Some can argue against info overload, but i think is great and is easy enough to ignore threads you havent an interest in.

Has Sutter been contacted by Bergevin yet for interview?

i know, just with he and Heatly, i have nothing good to say about (even if they do have one positive aspect worth mentioning)

ugg... Rat Boy Cammalleri! Winther back checks and aint a total egomaniac floater scared to take a hit, so not fair comparison, more an insult. (i aint a Squid fan at all)

Good breakdown, he is a shifty kid and as you say was on a crappy team, but i think would be a smart pick. Everyone seems so hung up on size stats, but i think are very overrated for skilled forwards and could list so many Hall of Famers who would of been smaller than 170lbs as a 17 year old, which would easily show "Size aint Everthing", and why i would stay clear of Tom Wilson's/Jamie Oleksiak's/Biggs type in 1st round. Exactly where Lucic got taken, at 50th, seems bout earliest to take a big bodied forward as one should, unless the offensive skills are there as well.

That is good, he is a very nice player and would be a dandy 32nd pick.

You stuck with program and dont have any "off the board" picks and seems pretty good? But there are always at least 3 or 4 2nd rounder ranked guys who sneak into 1st round eh; I think Sieloff/Kerdiles/Nieves or maybe Hart being taken by Rangers/Kings. And Tom Wilson as a 1st rounder? He will likley go 1st round but shouldnt (another Biggs type, who the Oilers used to pick in looking for that power-forward with zero luck) and Canucks would take the big Swedish-American before him i would hope. Just a couple diff of opinion is all.

So the combine has started eh? Do the Habs release a list of whom they interview or plan to at combine? I see some top prospects already know how many interviews and which teams want them and some, they say already have requests for 2nd interviews? Anyone know much about this?

Hockey central is reputable? You mean with that ol Super GM, Doug Mclean, he was a shrewd hockey guy and led Columbus to great things. Not sure if he or Milbury is brighter and has more insightful info? I just hope Therrian is voted off the list of canditates ASAP, he is just creepy.

But RDS has nothing else to bitch about, so will never end, sort of like Coach's Corner.

Worst case scenario, they can do the opposite of what they did with Markov and move Beaulieu from d to a winger. But he should be fine and a top 4 d-man in a few years. Bournival is likely a bottom 6 guy who may develop to a 2nd line guy way down the road, but he can really skate, works hard, good wrist shot and seems to have good vision, just lacking the top 6 skill at present. Tinordi just needs more skating work (as all big young guys do) and add some strength, but he is impressive as is. Ellis should be an all-round better version of Gorges, but i think Gormley is a cut above him for sure.

Is that the poor bastards name; a sucker born every day eh.

McKeens has him in final ranking at 91st, which is end 3rd round, but who knows maybe Habs already have group selected in that range to pick from? Can be many reasons they have "ignored" a specific player they have seen play often?

Yes, but i was considering McDonaugh/Pacioretty/Subban/Weber are all proven NHLers (Weber will be solid 3rd pairing/PP guy in a couple more years), and we are assuming Gallagher et all "should" do well; but still to be proven (is Gallagher a Cory Locke/Nigel Dawes type?, Is Beaulieu a David Fischer?, can Tinordi stay injury free (my biggest worry for tall players)?

I think all 4 Hab guys, pretty much played as expected. Bournival can really skate and hard worker, Ellis and Tinordi look to be fine defensive d-men in the making and Beaulieu has the tools to be an all-star down the road but..