Lovett's Magnatones

Like you, I want to see this team win, or at least compete for the Stanley Cup. We've had two conference finals in the past decade that weren't competitive. There's some great fans on here, but I think as a collective base, that we've accepted mediocrity. I would like to hear somebody make the argument that we're contenders. Then, if not, to explain why we should keep a core and a management team intact after five seasons that can't get it done. I've said a couple times, this faux optimism over a team that can run the table in a terrible division...it's very Leafy. Signing Carey Price was a big mistake. They should have gone all hands on deck last season and next and rebuilt. The problem is that no general manager gets to rebuild a team after a five year plan.

I think fans are reacting to expectations in different ways. For some fans, like someone astutely mentioned earlier, a Saturday night win against the Bruins, a dominant Carey Price, and a shot at the division lead is more than enough. Maybe they even feel greedy? Or it can be an age issue...I'm 30 and my mother put me to bed during the 1993 playoffs. For me, the Habs of yore are a figment of my imagination, and I've followed arguably a bottom-5 franchise in the last two decades.

But he signs Ales Hemsky as the 10th top 9 guy with Hudon in the minors.

Team needs a rebuild now. It wasn't good enough at its peak in 2014-2015 and it's only gotten worse. The defense is a billion years old.

Urban planning/red lining and HUD project housing that created the suburbs, which drew businesses out of the cities.

"Murders/60"

Another retirement deal. The Habs are a soft landing for middling fogies. Maybe MB wants friends?

Murder capital of America. It's a great city, but it has serious problems.

Yah...current iteration peaked three seasons ago, traded most dynamic player last year, lost most dynamic player this year, and Ales Hemsky wasn't even off the bus when GarbageBin signed the second coming of the Luongo deal. So much winning we will all get tired of winning soon enough.

Sometimes I daydream about being the guy that gets to fire GarbageBin.

We can conclude this group doesn't have it...MB will hold on for one, and probably two more years...then a rebuild. So realistically, 2025 is the next shot?

He's not dumb, but like DON, he doesn't have the confidence to form his own opinions. Whatever management does is manna. Bergevin could fart under these guys noses and they would compliment the breeze.

Donald Trump, is that you?

I'm going to say TSN, on the authority of making this autocorrect mistake every day trying to look up TSN690 while driving. The search pulls up a gaggle of trigonometry sites...each one probably better at development than Marc Bergevin's reenactment of a player development "Romper Room."

I don't think that's a good deal for Edmonton, but PC is willing to lose a 1v1 swap to improve his team.

The cash cow doesn't keep crapping gold bricks in South Florida when Viola goes full ...

Viola and the Computer Boys of West Point were much, much worse last year. Much worse. They did almost as much damage to the team and the prospect pool in a year than Rejean Houle in the mid-90s. That was some stupid shit even for the Panthers. Thankfully, Tallon is back in charge. Not kidding with the moniker. If you look at the backgrounds of Joyce, Werier, Caldwell, et al, they're analytics guys that went to West Point. Some of them have never been involved with hockey on any level. Tom Rowe is such a loser that they put an AHL winning streak in his biography on the Panthers site. We're a few clicks north of that level of stoopit.

How about Rene "a rat, a roach, and skunk's baby" Bourque?

This comment is even funnier because I spent the long weekend in Savannah.

I think we're being dramatic in the vein of entitled fans looking at an also-ran, second round max team. But there's no doubt this team isn't capable of winning a Stanley Cup, and isn't a few moves away from being a contender. However, as early as 2-3 years ago, the team was well on track to that goal, and that's where the angst lies.

Radulov has a bad deal, sure, but overpaying in term shouldn't matter if the team is in "win now." With Marc Bergevin's moves, who knows if that's a direction, or if there's a direction? Hemsky is a joke. Yet another washed up journeyman clogging up the pipes for young players.

I'm going to share the same thought about Jumbo Joke in regards to Tavares. Big name free agents never sign in Montreal. They sign: 1. Where they grew up, or where their wife's family lives. 2. NYC 3. LA 4. Toronto Why on earth would John Tavares sign in Montreal? Chance to win? No. Culturally similar? Nein. Tax break? Non. Fan of the Habs as a kid? Nyet.

Christ, that's true. Fans are already looking at this year as a write off in August.

Boston sports, especially the Bruins, are famous for that. Every athlete on their way out that signs elsewhere, or a fan favorite that gets traded gets smeared, big time. I remember after the Red Sox fired Terry Francona, there were bogus stories about prescription drug abuse and screwing a NESN info-babe. As things get ugly, hopefully the Habs don't go in that direction.

At this point, they might as well rehire Michel Therrien.