alfredoh2009

Great list! My take-away is that I want the Habs to build a strong core of elite players like TBL and PIT and to a lesser degree CHI in their hey-day (let's avoid the contracts and A-h*le culture) Out of this list, CHI'10 had a strong core built on the old model of one elite player per skater position and the first time the cup run didn't rest on an established elite goaltender (Niemi 22GP, 16W-6L .910 GAA). Hossa won his cup and the team was disbanded and saddled with bad contracts. But they won 2013 and 2015 Crawfod played really well 16W-7L .932GAA & 13W-6L .924GAA. The top-10 scorers in the playoffs were the veterans The LAK'14 had size and a one-two punch at center, Doughty won his Norris later (2016) but made the rest of the D (Green, Martinez,Mitchell and Muzin) look great. Quick was 16W-10L .911 GAA Of the more recent teams that were in the finals, TBL and PIT had solid to-draft cores COL, STL. WSH and SJS have been cup contenders for years but have not been able to repeat performance (we'll see with the Avs)

Richard and Stephens are not performing to expectations. Will Slafkovsky help ?

Monahan and Edmundson: MoneyHands for their top draft pick and Edy to a cup contending team that needs the extra boost on D to get over the hump.

This is a great answer, thanks for reminding us. Despite loving to see the Habs win, I hope hey finish bottom 3 in the league this season, that they play .500 until the trade deadline and then go on a tail spin after trading away UFAs I do not wish an injury to anyone, so I won't hope for that. Regular Flu or a viral stomach flu like they had a couple of years ago would do it for me, they had to sanitize the dressing room to stop it and quite a few players were sick.

let's hope, he has shown flashes of great 1st-line NHL potential

I am sure he will, I just hope it happens without him being carried off the ice on a stretcher. That is the part that makes me wary of sending him to the AHL. He will have a target on his blind-side

he is not playing with blinders, does he need glasses?

let me dream a little, man. It is really boring in the capital. RR would make it bearable to "the city that fun forgot"

News article making the link to Wrexham: https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/is-ryan-reynolds-wrexham-fc-ownership-a-pre-cursor-for-the-senators-6052323 an his Ottawa Public Health announcement to get tested for COVID. He has a connection to the city:

… and in more recent history: Mete had a great season with Weber; I also liked Mike Reilly’s season when the Habs had “a development season”, he was “raw” but showed potential

fun loss, despite getting a point. Habs competed and made it entertaining * Montembeault was great * Edmundson looked good * Xhekaj didn;t look out of place on his off side * Suzuki, Caufield and Dach played great * despite all the criticism, I thought that Monahan and Drouin had a good game but couldn't finish. Anderson had flashes too * Gallagher saved his line from being MIA too bad for the looser point, makes it harder to tank

Drouin took a year off...

I believe that is the best fro Arber, he needs to play more in all situations. He is just "raw", like others have written but, yes: I like that they can manage the line-up like NHL'22. Just play whoever with anyone and go at it

I watched the Wrexham reality TV series and it was fun, I would love to see his French translator (a messed up situation with the Sens french speaking fan base):

This would make the Sens my second favorite team in the NHL:

f*ch, yeah! They are managing the lineup like I would on a game console! I like it

please note that the Habs lost this one, I am off GDT duties

Slafkovsky has played 7 games: 5 shots, 2 goals, 0 assists, ATOI 11.26 minutes. His 2 points are on par with Drouin and Hoffman. Looking at the next 10 games, I was wondering which games he plays before being sent down. But then I thought it would be fun to ask the forum: => I would play him in the next two home games , then send him down

@johnnyhasbeen, @Sir_Boagalott, I love your enthusiasm. I would like to share it, but I much rather see the Habs to win a Stanley cup in a near future. If they make the playoffs this season, I am not confident, by the spring, they would have built a consistent cup contending team that would compete for years to come. Despite loving seeing the team win and beat expectations, I would prefer they send the waiver exempt players to Laval (to go for a cup run) and for the Habs to roll the lines at the NHL level and let the young core develop. The D is doing great without Edmundson and Matheson. Allen and Montemeault have stolen a game each (if I remember correctly) which skews that view. The power play is not scoring at an acceptable rate yet; and overall, besides a couple of games, the forwards are not scoring to an acceptable level. The team is doing great, with a record of .500 so far; just like a Gainey/Berrgevin middle of the pack bubble team. I do not want that again

Ducharme, that bum!

I have no sympathy for the

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Watched in PVR, good game by Fleury and Kaprizov I liked Dach on the top line, in the PP in the third they were clicking. Slafkovsky skated into Fleury earlier and he got shoved to the boards late in the game. Evans should not be the one fighting for him, with his history of concussions On RDS, they showed how MIN plays the trap and how the Habs did not adjust after the loss in Montreal. The Habs kept Turning over the puck at their blue line, they could not generate offense without controlled entries Allen cough up the puck in the first goal and was not super human.

Klingberg (M-NTC)? Gotisbehere? Maatta? Kulikov (M-NTC)?

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