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Even 15 points in 50 games isn't good. Its not even a good 3rd liner and thats combining the three together. So what did we get, 3 fourth liners. The lowest scoring team in the NHL in February needed more than fourth liners. In fact with Andrighetto and Desharnais out the door, we were a less offensive team after the deadline. This is NOT to stay that we should have kept those two. They needed to go. However, they also needed to ADD better players than them. Not replace them with fourth liners.

Nashville is getting this done with a legit #1 C in Johansen, but.... their #2 C in Fisher has 0 points in the playoffs, and their #3 C in Jarkrok has 2 points in the playoffs. Which makes me think that a centre group of Galchenyuk XXXXXXXX Danault Is not that bad and is better 1-3 than Nashville is rolling out (but obviously won't have Nashville's D) The acquisition doesn't even have to be that great, but it still needs to be made.

I'm not crazy about the #3 pick in a two-player draft. If it comes cheap, sure. But I think if we are trading serious assets it should be for immediate Centre help given this team's window.

"We can quote their stats but no anyone would have predicted that the 3 players acquired would have combined for the same amount of points that Bergevin had himself in his 98-99 season with the Blues." There were many people who stated on trade deadline day that he didn't get a scoring winger. It wasn't a huge surprise that Steve Ott and Andreas Martinsen, and Dwight King didn't score a lot of points. Many people said that on deadline day he didn't get scoring. "Did we really need just a little less help than every other team?" We scored 1 less goal (non empty net) than the New York Rangers in our series. Yes it wouldn't have taken much to put us over them.

The "Bad February doesn't mean anything" doesn't hold water when the habs issue for 3-4 years running has been not having enough scoring. It shows that October was the mirage, not vice versay. 2014 they didn't have enough scoring and brought in Vanek. 2015 were eliminated because of lack of scoring 2016 their offence blew chunks for everything but october/november. so the 2017 has a month where they can't score... its not a small sample size, its an issue with this group not having enough depth. And as I've gone over many times. there was scoring depth traded at the deadline. Eaves, Vanek, Iginla, all scored with their teams. Vrbata cost a second per freidmann and lebrun.

Heading into the season he had Danault playing LW on the fourth line, and Desharnais centring the third. So no, I don't buy the argument that he knew what he had in Danault. Danault being a surprise, and his development being quicker than expected mitigated (somewhat) Plekanec and Desharnais falls. But it still wasn't enough. As for blaming chuck on therrien. Still fair game. You don't develop the kid to play the role of a centre and then you wonder why he can't do it? Should have put him there years ago, and developed him, and let him learn through the mistakes. Also, the deadline was March 1st. This team (goals per game) was the lowest scoring team in the entire NHL in the month of February. A blind man could see they needed scoring.

We'd kill for a centre as good as Kyle Turris right now.

Bergevin's three trade deadline forwards.... 50 GP 1 goal 1 assist, 2 points.... COMBINED>

I thought there was a store where I could redeem my internet points for free prizes.

Again if he wants to come in and have a real conversation, i have no issue removing the -1. That one line post as a first post, and the very generic nature of it, and it being on a dead thread, all look bad. The fact he filled out his profile makes it maybe that he's a real person.

I think he's a spammer. Comes in. Makes one post in a thread that no one has commented on in 2 months, and says "Thanks for sharing" on a news article that is over 2 months old. That looks like classic bot-spam to me. z i mean if he added something to the discussion, thats fine. If he does add to the discussion I'll take that minus and put him back to even, but as of right now, I strongly suspect its just a bot.

And that conference rival won 2 more cups with that "screwed up" payroll. there is a long history of teams using offer sheets in various ways. I have yet to see one that achieved the goal.

Yes, Draisatl is better than Penner. They also didn't give an offer sheet that equated to 4 first round picks either.

Also offer sheeted was Dustin Penner, and the Ducks didnt match. How'd that work out for Edmonton?

And what did it get Wilson. Chicago matched the offer on Hjarmalsson. He got Niemi who the Blackhawks were forced to let go. Niemi was overpaid and sucked.

Id rather have draft picks to surround Draisatl with going forward. No player can win a cup without a supporting cast. Without the draft picks, you can't acquire cheap talent to surround Draisatl with.

1) They have to be left unprotected. 2) They count as Vegas' draft pick from that team.

I'm not a fan of the offer sheet. 1) Most teams match anyway. So you tie up your money for 7 days, taking you out of the UFA market, and all the good UFAs sign in the meantime. 2) You have to overpay so that they don't match, crippling your own cap. 3) You have compensation, which is based on what you paid.... which from points #1, 2, has to be an overpay so they don't match. Your compensation is now based on that overpay. You cripple your farm system for years. Fact is that these don't work.

I think he's done, but it is silly to look at this world championships for reasons why. We just saw him have a 28 point regular season, while playing decent minutes and with good wingers. I don't need to follow what he does at the World Championships. Nothing about that 2 week sample size is relevant compared to his shit season.

Yes, i think goalies can get hot in the playoffs, if they have a good team in front of them. You need that goalie to get hot though, you can't do it without it. I'm still betting on Price being good over a guy getting hot, but thats me. As for your list, I agree with most, but as much as I made fun of him, and as much as he's a douchebag human, and as funny as his style was, it wasn't one playoff. Tim Thomas was an Elite NHL goalie for a five year stretch, including his cup win.

I want to see PK win a cup, not cause of anything it means for Bergevin, but because I like PK as a player. I don't think he is at fault for being traded, and I applaud all the work he does for kids.

At 1 - 1.5 million as a roll of the dice, sure. But not as a move that precludes you from getting other centres.

I think its a very funny piece to write about a team that has two legit #1 centres in Nick Backstrom and Evgeny Kuznetsov. Grasping at straws here to prove the narrative that Bergevin needs a centre. Yes, we need a ####ing centre. We all know this. We all agree on it. Using Washington to prove that thesis is just asinine though. They don't have that problem, they have a different problem. Washington needed Holtby to play better, and they needed Shattenkirk to play like a legit #1 dman. Neither happened and now they are out. Had nothing to do with a weakness at centre.

Spitfires Coach Rocky Thompson on Sergachev“He didn’t join us until November because he started the season with the Canadiens, and then we lost him again for the world juniors,” said Thompson. “But he had a strong second half. We asked him to play a greater role defensively. We had the best penalty-killing record ever and he was a part of that.”The Spitfires’ reliance on Sergachev increased early in the new year when Logan Stanley, Winnipeg’s first-round draft choice last June, suffered a knee injury.“Mischa (Sergachev) became our shutdown guy,” said Thompson. “We used him in every role and he played like a guy who’s going to be a No. 1 defenceman for the Canadiens.”http://montrealgazette.com/sports/hockey/nhl/montreal-canadiens/windsor-spitfires-counting-on-canadiens-prospects-in-memorial-cup

Dreger says Eberle has played his last game in Edmonton. Again though, I don't think adding wingers is the way to go here.