alfredoh2009

Amen

Those are two major injuries for Teasdale. I hope he is not another prospect that is lost to the Hab’s voodoo curse that mangled Ikonen’s, Juulse’s, Bournival’s, Geoffrion’s and so many others

Some notes on who may be left unprotected and that (a stretch, but my take) may also be left unsigned: TBL-Savard, FLA-Montour, EDM-Barrie

Well, according to the Athletic https://theathletic.com/2532436/2021/04/27/seattle-mock-expansion-draft-6-0-protected-lists/ Dougie Hamilton may be left unprotected and available for the Expansion draft Carolina Hurricanes (7-3-1) Protected forwards: Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, Vincent Trocheck, Teuvo Teravainen, Nino Niederreiter, Warren Foegele. Protected defence: Jaccob Slavin, Brett Pesce, Jake Bean. Protected goalie: Alex Nedeljkovic. Prominently available: Dougie Hamilton, Brady Skjei, Jake Gardiner, Petr Mrazek, James Reimer.

If MB survives this season and does not get fired, and that is a big if; that is what I expect him to do: improve the D. the forwards group is much better and the prospects are progressing well enough. If Allen is lost to Seattle, the D core will be too crowded and MB will have lots of assets to trade or resign. === If a new GM comes in, I am sure the D core will change too because of all the faults we all see there. So yes, I think it is possible to get a top 20 D in the league through free agency or trade

which is why evaluation on players very so much. I usually check LWOS before posting here because the analysis on players is usually right-on.

which is a god lead into the argument I am trying to make. Habs need a top D like Victor Hedman and Petry is not it. I am weary of arguments made that we should build around Petry and dump Weber. That is so short sighted and will lead to a catastrophic crash of the Defensemen core. The Habs need to get a top pair D that can dominate a game and then see how to fit the rest of the D-core around him. Be it trading Petry or dumping Weber or giving up on Romanov, Harris, Norlinder, Brook, etc. Why are we putting Petry on a pedestal when he has not won anything yet. He is good, but not elite.

In the KHL? No, Markov does not even play there anymore when Markov was still with the Habs, Petry was not very good. their best years never overlapped

I know I wil never win this argument. That’s fine still, I am of the opinion that the team’s D will be adequate during the playoffs despite the season because the new system will help the type of players we have and also the fact that the overall talent level has improved to the point where we can sit Weber to let him heal that is improvement over the last we years and reason to hope despite the shortcomings of the structure of the team

Petry is not elite, he is an excellent #3 that can carry the load for short periods of time, but he is not able to take over a game. I want an elite D on the Habs. A dominant scoring D than is solid on defense. The brain cramps Petry has every second game are too much for me to crown him THE best possible Dmfor the Habs... better should be possible

This year, Chiarot-Weber was the best bet for top 4 minutes; Edmundson-Petry have shown that they are a very good top-4 I find the criticism of Weber’s play overly negative. It is true he has been terrible some nights and just ok most nights; but no other D from the rest of the roster could have taken his spot on the lineup Development wise, seeing Romanov play top-4 for the last two games shows his progression and where the team sees him. Romanov-Weber may be an option this playoff with Chiarot getting PK minutes. It gives a good option for managing Weber’s minutes The bottom pair can now be more solid with Chiarot-Kulak-Merril or any other D they want to use there So, why the need to be so negative , the team is getting better

I got my wish

One point salvaged in that comeback Let’s see if the b-team can get the win in OT

Shortening the bench, that old fox DD

Wouldn’t it be a perfect time for Caufield’s first goal?

Toffoli scores!!!

I am liking Evans more and more

Coach’s chalenge I hope will lead to another pp

Habs b-team with another comeback !

Finally, a power play !

Petry scoring on a nice play down the middle

Caufield with a nice shot although a bit too far

Chabot makes it 2-0 Kulak behind the net following a player and no forward picking the trailer

Do they have to make it so hard on themselves dumb penalty Danault

1-0 after two, and I am glad the Sens didn’t score on that bad between the legs back pass by mini-me Caufield seems to still be adapting and manages to get scoring chances none the less. I do not want to see Romanov fighting, wish we had a less important player do that type of thing I agree that the oldies goldies line seems to feed off each other, just need a bit of puck luck to score not liking the lack of speed, but optimistic they can come back if they show more urgency