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Subban's most matched against forward in each series: Malkin, Toews, Getzlaf, Tarasenko Number of 5v5 goals those four forwards scored in the playoffs with Subban on the ice: 0

Update 7 million approx to spend.

He wanted a 1 year deal. I'm good with 3

The point wasn't needing Johansson. It was that cap space can be used as a tool in making a trade to get a player that fans don't think is available at a relatively cheap price. No one saw the Johansson deal happening. No one was predicting it.

People didn't expect a 24 year old player with 58 points last season to be traded for picks. It happened last week, and between two teams in the same division no less. I'll wait to see the actual moves that are made before I criticize them. You know I've been at the front of the pack criticizing the Subban move, criticizing Bergevin for not getting a centre, criticizing drafting McCarron and in criticizing the deadline pickups. I'll join you if I don't like his next move. But I'm at least going to give him the opportunity to make that move before critiquing it.

And they had that number 1 centre and Weber the year before and didn't win. And they lost that number 1 centre to injury and still won a series with Subban one year later.

Did you see the Devils/Capitals trade this week? Cap space is a tool that can be used, when you are taking on someone else's contract and not taking any deals back. Detroit, Washington, Chicago, will all need to clear space still. Florida wants to dump payroll for budget reasons. There may be more.

I highly, highly, highly doubt the habs have 8 million in cap space when the season opens.

WHAT? How is lindgren 2+ years away? Ready now.... Hudon, DLR, Ready now but won't be on the roster cause no room.... Lindgren. Close... McCarron 1 year away, or 2 depending on how it goes.... Scherback, Lernout, Juulsen, Reway, 2+ years away Mete, Bitten, McNiven, Poehling, and the rest of the 2017 draft class

I don't see how it does. My 6-6.5 million includes budgetting 5.5-6 for galchenyuk. If we move galchenyuk that means acquiring 12 million in salary. Moving him 1 for 1 for a Dman would still leave the Habs drastically under the cap.

Markov yes Or use the 6 - 6.5 million wisely in a trade. Either way one LHD should be acquired. Its July 5th though. and Markov hasn't signed... I'm willing to watch this play out.

Alzner is also good at moving the puck and getting transition started with possession, he's just not a pp guy or a join the rush guy, so its not translating into points, but he moves the puck 1000x better than emelin and is not a chip and chase D.

He has missed 22 games in the last 5 years since he had those leg injuries. He was still the 5th highest scoring ppg defenceman 5v5 last year on those legs.

He was the 5th highest scoring defenceman 5v5 in the NHL last season. (points per game). Lets not get silly with these 2.5 million numbers. Speaking of guys who are older, he had better PPG as a defenceman than Patrick Marleau ($6.25 million) and Joe Thornton (8 million) had as forwards.

Scherbak has two goals already. I wonder what camp he sucks at 690 has to say.

I'd rather Hemsky at $1 mill and still have money left over for Markov. If Markov leaves you can use that $6 million to take on salary in a trade for a LHD or C

ok but there is this https://www.habseyesontheprize.com/prospects/2017/7/4/15917784/thoughts-impressions-montreal-canadiens-development-camp-habs-prospects-highlights-scherbak-poehling "The first thing that stood out to me is that Nikita Scherbak was the most talented player on the ice. He just looked better than everyone else. However, there were times when he tried to do too much and that ended with him turning the puck over. But Jake Evans and Scherbak were a dynamic duo almost every time they were on the ice. They both had several scoring chances and created two-on-one rushes throughout the game. Scherbak also helped Evans draw a penalty with a pass that led him on a rush, but Evans was hauled down. The fact that Evans, a 2014 seventh-round pick, didn’t look out of place confirms my thought that he’s among the top forward prospects in the organization." and he's also spending the summer in Montreal working with the Habs strength and conditioning staff again, saying that it improved him a lot last year and he wants to make another jump next year. He's still 21 years old.... I don't think we should panic at this point.

There was nothing in the article on Scherbak... just had to give him a thumbs down for what reason?

The more I think about it and look at the roster, radulov was a luxury. It all depends on what Bergevin does with the remaining money. We could have got another winger in radulov (and that means two of Hudon, Shaw, Byron, Lehkonen play fourth line) or we can spend it on a C or a LHD. If Bergevin spends Radulov's money smartly on Markov, another LHD, or a good C... we will be better off than having Radulov... honestly. My fear is Bergevin misses on Markov. Cant get a C even with his cap space... and doesn't find a trade partner on D either. If this happens, we are in trouble. So my answer right now is that I would have let him go and spent elsewhere. I do expect Bergevin to find a good player with that money though.

Before the draft.... If we traded the 9th overall pick in 2016 for a 21 year old forward with huge potential, aka Jonathan Drouin, would you have been upset? I wouldn't have.

We traded our best prospect, yes We got a 22 year old forward whose ceiling is just as high. If we got a 30 year old, or even a 27 year old I'd agree... but Drouin is the same age as some of the players other teams call "prospects" in their great prospect pools. Heck, how many people freaked out that we were going to lose a prospect in Hudon to Vegas? Drouin is younger than Hudon.

To me, and I say this every draft... if you rank two players at equal talent, take the forward over the Dman every time. So getting a young semi-proven forward where i think there is still potential and the sky is the limit instead of a yound unproven dman where the sky is the limit. I prefer the forward. Getting an elite dman later in a draft is easier than getting an elite forward outside the top 10. I don't know why we would ever compare sergachev to hemsky though, that makes no sense to me.

Who is Hudson? Why is he at Centre, when thats not his position? Why is Plekanec ahead of Danault? How did we go back two years?

RFA if qualified by the Avs https://capfriendly.com/players/nail-yakupov

Of consequence In Drouin Hemsky Alzner Schlemko Out Emelin Beaulieu Radulov Sergachev King Maybe Markov Drouin > Radulov. He's younger with a higher ceiling. I'm sure the 58 points Radulov got last year will be something Drouing brings again. Hemsky > King. Easy here. Alzner >> Emelin, Huge upgrade Schlemko > Beaulieu. Markov is the piece that has to be replaced. We either bring him back or we have 6 million to spend in a trade. Sergachev is the big loss, but its a future loss and he wasn't on the team, so in comparing last year's team vs this year's team he's a non-entity. Of course, His loss hurts for future years as there is no d to replace him... but keep in mind the Drouin vs Radulov comparison. We didn't just replace one year of radulov, we got a 23 year old who will produce effectively for many years and has not hit his prime, so consider that in any "futures analysis". Overall the off-season comes down to that $6 million. Can they use it to bring Markov back or improve at that position. if they can, then Bergevin did well. If they can't, then he didnt.