Habs27

Yeah I am hopeful but realistic. I know going from a bottom 5-10 team to a top 10 team is tough to do. But this is the first time in a lot of years I can see a direction and a competitive window. Bubble playoff team is how I see them if they continue this growth and asset management. When I try to calculate cap it seems like they have 19 million (with price on lite)to use. It already has me looking at a potential fit on the wing from the ufa pool. Think marchessault could be a short term option at wing? Toffoli again? And the options of young talented players that could be available seems interesting. Zegra Rossi Necas and Johnson. With the assets we have and management doing a nice job of buying at the draft I could see us grabbing one of them. We are very close to being a 3 line team. And two goalies that can win games.

The end of this season has me hopeful for next year as we are competing with some top teams and only 1 or 2 lines going. With Dach Dvorak Roy possibly 1 forward ufa and one potential Dach/Newhook trade. Our forward lineup looks very deep and matches our def depth. Anyone else hopeful for playoffs next season?

If someone told me when the season started we would get a 1st + for Monahan I would have been surprised. If we waited until the deadline we could have got someone to pay a little more but also had a chance of him getting injured and receive nothing. I’m happy with the return. Another way to think about is which player will sign for more on the open market after this year. I feel Lindholm will get a couple more million per year and a few extra years of term. Kinda shows the confidence teams have in them. But that’s just my opinion.

Does anyone feel better if I word it like this : Montreal has acquired New York's 2nd round pick in 2010 (40th overall) for Montreal's 2nd round pick in 2008 pick (56th overall). Haha......Oh well it was worth a shot

I could not agree more, i felt last night was just like a playoff game, and if we do somehow make it to the second round it sure would be nice if boston and pitsburgh were playing against each other in the other series, so if we happened to meet pittsburgh in the 3rd round they might be a little banged up. But i do realize a lot can happen from here until the end of the season, just getting a little excited, becaue i really like our team.

i was thinking more on the lines of curtis glencross, he is not a very flashy player but might fit in very well with our top 9. He has 21 points in 28 games this year and seems to average about 40 + points over the previous 4 years (40,33,43,48). He has a cap hit of 2.55 million for the next 2 seasons, not sure if calgary is willing to deal a guy like him but he would help give us a more balanced attack. What do you think it would take to get him? would it make sense to get jackman also as a 13th forward and to fill in on the 4th line for a few of the more physical games down the stretch?

Thats a good point, but it sure is tough not to go for it. And Ryder hasnt really messed with chemistry yet.

I really cant see us selling the farm this year at the trade deadline but i can see us trading a few of our 2nd or 3rd rounders, so on that train of thought would you rather morrow for a 2nd plus a prospect if they would trade him or clowe for a 3rd plus a prospect and on the d side of the puck douglas murray for a 3rd or ryan whitney for a 3rd I know the trades would be a lot more complicated and i am probably wrong on what it would cost, but i could see us doing a couple of trades similar to these if we are still looking this good come trade deadline. Just wondering what fellow fans would rather have.

I will start this by saying I have zero sources, and I know we have a logjam on d, but one " insider" I follow on twitter has been talking about Montreal and Chicago doing a trade something like Hjalmarsson to habs for bourque Diaz and some picks And I have not watched hjal play much so I looked his stats up and at first I felt that's a lot to give up for a d who only got 15 points last season. But then I compared his stats to gorges and they are quite similar and I sure like the way gorges plays and I feel having another mostly 5 on 5 and pk specialist would really stabilize our d. So I think I would do this trade. What do you guys think?

I really like huselius to fill in for a year or two and who knows he might just be able to complement the plek gionta line. Is he healthy or whats his deal? What do you think it would cost to sign him ?Also I think this is the strongest I have seen our bottom 2 lines in a long time, and i know thats not the biggest thing for winning games but it sure doesn't hurt.

Ya I think I like this line up and I feel we might not have the best quality NHL d men but we do have lots of them and that could a big asset after training camp when teams are looking to for some depth d men, plus we do tend to do go down with odd injury over the season

I know he is not the give all he has every shift player we would all want and MB is looking for but with little interest in him, would he not be perfect to fill our 2nd line LW position sure makes plek and gionta more of a threat. i think i would do a 2 year 10 if he would take it would you take him? how much for how long?

ya its fun to dream that its that easy

3 trades totally nhl 2012 kaberle/weber to nashville draft picks those picks and bourque to nj for 1st gomez and 2 firsts to cal bouw sign semin and doan if not doan, grab ak on a cheap deal to fill in??????

ya your right probably a very low estimate