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I tried to see who you had pegged at 8, but had issue saying security warning for site? Likely just me laptop or something?

Ahh, he seems to of played fine or OK lately and given the circumstances, I wouldn't worry about his play. He is still a 45-50point d-man, which is worth...? (Yes shoud pair him with a quicker skater for sure and not make him kill penalties)

But why was he fired? Do you remember? (or best speculation why)

Nylander wont be available at 7th or 8th will he?

No Lehkonen? (Hudon, McCarron?)

Danault, McCarron, Hudon, Carr, Mitchell, Flynn, Rose, Byron, Eller, Desharnais, Lessio, Matteau, Andrighetto, Lehkonen; that is about it for bottom six depth for the fall eh? Who of them will play vs Leafs in season opener?

Chychrun 7gms 2g 8pts Mcleod 7gms 3g 9pts Gauthier 6gms 2g 5pts Dubois 5gms 3g 5pts

Like with Vignault, I don't have a clue why either were fired by Habs in 1st place? And who is a good, average or poor coach seems hard to judge.

Sakic can keep Roy, I think his ego would be too big to deal with; but, I would be all for adding Duchene to Habs.

Thought were kidding but more that 'you were proven right' that should sit Price even if 100%. that's all.

Captain Pacioretty was nominated by his teammates for King Clancy trophy (for leadership and community service/involvement). Poor Subban...snubbed again! Price had MCL strain, which simply never healed, he said is would get better, than 'plateau' for awhile and still not quite 100%.

Don't wanna tease myself with that! 1 in 20 chance seems OK But am I correct in that is also a lottery draw for #2 and #3 picks...or something like that? One guy said he ran lottery simulator 100 times and Habs made top three picks 25 times and 1st 7 times.

Hey, you came around and seemed to not be a total 'hater', especially in Oct-Nov, then jumped on the 'trainwreck is all on Therrien' bandwagon with the rest of mob.

HR, it sounds like is simply a matter of neither is 100% and ready to return.

Is part of coaches job to try and sway officials isn't it? Only gave up 19 shots. They played Hanley more than Pateryn and even some time on the PP, he had 3 shots. Actually they only played 74-79-71 on the PP, with 4 forwards some of time. Habs now sitting with 8th pick and 6% to win 1st pick. Go Coyotes Go!

Duchene would look good in the lineup and if cost Beaulieu, that wouldn't be a showstopper to adding a solid centre (even though a portion of Habfandome no doubt will curse him as another top-6 Smurf).

If hoping for a win I suppose; but, I say roll the 4 lines & 3 pairs (until another injury happens) and let chips fall...

dlbalr, got a guess whether he is canned or returns for next season? Or could he be moved into another role in Habs mgmt. to make some use of his salary? (Will Bergevin stick with your favorite AHL coach for another season?)

No Plekanec can centre the 4th line and 'rest up', should of let McCarron play #2 centre and 18+minutes (Brown-Scott, well would prefer both didn't dress)

Yes, they do do those exit interviews don't they, forgot about those.

I like to see how the youngsters play in these exhibition games and some of older players reach some milestone or other.

No Stogey, if he is axed, so be it. Bergevin actually knows what Therrien and players relationship really is, where we all simply speculate. But, I wouldn't bet a lot that he will be fired. 50-50

Well, here is last week with 6 points up for grabs vs Panthers-Hurricanes-Lightning to finish off season. Arizona & Buffalo are 1 point behind Habs in the standings, so if all goes well and John Scott is given a top six role, we can kinda hope for zero points in the three games. But at least hope are entertaining high scoring games and maybe Galchenyuk and/or Pacioretty can get to 30g and Gallagher gets to 20. (just don't do as Canucks have done and go on late winning streak.)

Do NHL coaches who are being fired at end of season, normally get turfed right away on a 'black monday' type of mass firings?

Nice! How many AHL games are left, 4 or 5? 4 games left eh.