alfredoh2009

I tend to be overly optimistic. I'll try to tone it down here. Another path to the very unlike scenario of landing Tavares and Dahlin would be: 1) Trade for a legit top2 LD defence 2) Have overall improvements from 27, 62, 92, 67, 24 and another good season from 11 That would get us to the playoffs Beyond that, we either hope that Poehling/Evans can play at the NHL in a year's time or we land Tavares; that would takes up a notch but not to the level of being contenders

At least it gives us a team to cheer for to win. Tanking sucks, it must be brutal being an Oilers fan

You mean, like Subban for Weber?

I was expecting Veleno to be higher because of some hype in the news not too long ago . What's putting him in tier 4 Commandant?

I thought you were going to say Drouin. He has been progressing as as 2C and may become a 1C

But why, what could go wrong ?

Houray!!!

he has been disappointing this season. DLR reminds me of Eller. I keep hoping that he would seize the opportunity

If Montreal had a cup contender, I think the players would want to stay. I do not know other teams well enough to play GM, let me say it this way: If we can land Tavares, the only draft pick I care to keep is 1st (to have a chance at oDahlin) and my core forwards would be John B's : Drouin, Gallagher, Pacioretty , Galchenyuk, Scherbak I would trade any of the rest (drafts and players) for a top LD to retool in 2018.

You are probably right. I don't really know. My preference in stead of Mete/Riley or drafting Dahlin is to trade: One of Byron/Lenkohnen/A.Shaw, Any D except Weber and two 2nd round draft picks to Arizona for Ekman-Larsson in Arizona or Colorado for Tyson Barry or Ottawa for Erik Carlsson . or something like that

Because Mete cannot cover for Petry's turnovers and neither of them are physical, Mete gets pushed around and a full season would wear him down. Reilly is bigger and hasn't looked out of place

He is the better of all the non-waiver excempt left-Ds in the roster right now. I am not joking, just stating the fact that we can use Mete's waiver excemptjon like we used Hudon's last year

I like that mix of top 6, I would play Reilly with Weber and I would let Mete bulk up and play lots of minutes in Laval. yes I am hopeful like you

Came to this thread hoping to read some comments on how the CH did, but felt like we had been trolled by bruins fans! For what Ian worth: another good game by Reilly. Carr and Juulsen wherenot that noticeable but played well. Lernout seemed better than Valiev. DLR was involved in the play and that got him to get penalized; but Indidnt tennis game.

Thanks commandant

Shouldn't Backlund also be inn that list before Pleks and Thornton?

Is he that bad?

Yes, its a lot of trading. Regardless how you mix it, 3 to 4 players that were on the roster most of the year will be moved.

That's on the demand side, I was trying to figure out what we have to offer: who we will keep and who will definitely be dealt or waived at training camp next fall. With current roster with the top 2 center spots open for new players: 67-(stud 1C)-92 27-(decent 2C)-11 41-24-65 20-25-43 I don't know where 62, 54, 38, McCarron, Rychel fit if we retool the forwards. Froese and L. Shaw are ok 4th liners

I'm getting there, having watched the CH suck for such a long time Instruggle to envision a lineup that could contend for the cup.

Ok, good point, a third line of Byron-Danault-A.Shaw would be solid. what I was saying is that from the names I mentioned the CH had to make a decision of who _is_ top-6 material, who makes the 4th line a solid 4th line and who needs to be shipped out. We have too many borderline players up front. In the back, the CH has a little bit of time and some assets to trade for upgrades.

I took a quick look at the current roster to check UFAs, RFAs and waiver eligible players for next season. It looks like there will be lots of changes coming. Players like Hudon, Carr, Lehkonen, McCarron, Rychel and Scherbak will be competing for a regular spot. L. Shaw and Froese are ok. If we retool the forwards, there will be movement there specially with the Seattle expansion draft down the road. On defence, I think Juulsen and Mete are still waiver excempt next year; so a tweak there seems more likely than a retool. I truly hope the CH can settle on a Byron-Delarose-A.Shaw third line so that all other players can be evaluated in their proper spots and a retool can bring in the missing pieces.

He played well in a hopeless night. Petry was aweful. DLR was also good. i liked Carr's game a lot.

I hope that 3rd line stays together and that it has a strong game A boring shut out loss would make me happy if the botón 6 F and the top 4 D have a good game I do not expect much

If there change I absolutely want to see is in the Laval Rocket's staff/coaching. Carriere, Lapointe, Lefebre, etc.