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I mean, even if he slots down in the lineup, he's paid less than Evans. Locks up another RFA, and leaves the Habs with what, 3 next year? Bolduc, Dach, Xhekaj. Only Laine and Blais as UFA departures. Team is in a decent space, cap-wise.

My son had a tournament in Chicago this past weekend. We went to see the Chicago Steel game on Friday night. Noticed a familiar dome behind the bench, Scott Gomez is their coach.

After that "Hartford/Quebec" match up last night, I think there should be a throwback Utah/Winnipeg game where it's the Wpg (Utah) Jets vs the Atlanta (Wpg) Thrashers. For even more confusion, have the game in Winnipeg. *Tongue in cheek post. I'm simply going by the franchise movement, not what team owns what other teams historical records.

It's no different from discussing the shortcomings of the team. It's not like anyone has opened a new thread about it, it's here, contained in the game thread in which the events occurred. I guess a game isn't worth discussing afterwards, all of the events are in the past, move on.

As the father of a ref, I am generally an apologist for officials. Last night would be an exception. 100% the officiating impacted the result of that game. The Anderson "penalty" happens about 5 times each game in youth hockey. I guess those young refs have thicker skins than NHLers. Looking at the box score, I didn't realize Evans got a misconduct, he must've had some choice words when Edm scored the go-ahead goal. Yes, you still have to play the game, but you shouldn't have to do it with poor professional officiating. When the story of this game from multiple outlets (national, local for Edmonton, local for Montreal) is the officiating, it's safe to say the officials were not good last night.

We just got back from this trip. Fun times, we did the float, several hikes, got out to Kalamalka Lake, which is a beautiful turquoise color. Overall, I was quite surprised. There were quite a few tourists, but very little activity on the lake itself. We rented a boat and enjoyed the lake in near emptiness. It was also how crazy how calm such a large body of water could be. Oh, and the goalie camp was pretty decent too. My son was in the spotlight briefly when he was highlighted on the Eli Wilson facebook page. I guess I should mention the fire. We were having lunch on a rooftop when I saw the first wisps of smoke for the fire that started in Peachland. Thankfully, no structures were lost and it was contained quickly. Those tankers were in action FAST!

Bigger kids are given a much longer leash, especially with a higher draft pedigree. McCarron's a perfect example. Draft picks in the first couple of rounds whose height starts with a 5 better be pretty special. Which is kind of funny, point me to that long list of successful 6'5" NHLers vs a 5'10" player, even in the modern era.

Blais had more PIM in the series against the Eagles than he did in the entire season! I think he got game misconducts in back to back games, we were at one of the game when he got tossed.

So only rounds 1 and 2 count, now? Or is it top 3, which, as @Commandant mentioned, the Habs are top 2 over the last 4 years in terms of quantify of picks chosen. Yes, I get the math. But discarding later rounds removes players like Gallagher, Anderson, Evans, Carrier, Montembeault, etc.

In the past 4 years, they've had 39 draft picks. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's 11 more than a team would have without any trades (1 pick per round, 7 rounds, 4 years, 28picks). My guess is that's at least top 5 in the league, I'm too lazy to go count. 16 of those were in the first 3 rounds of each draft. But hey, the cupboard is bare. Anyway, I guess it's bad when prospects make the NHL because that makes the prospect pool weaker. 🙄

He got hype? Seems like a good kid, but I don't think anyone projected him as a top 4. Most of the mentions on this site were around him being the odd man out most of the time.

Fowler backup? Feel like every NHL team has waived him at some point (yes, that's an exaggeration)

I feel like there's a Mailloux disconnect. Was he all of a sudden a top 5/can't miss pick? Did anyone watch him play? Granted, St. Louis must value his potential because Bolduc is not a throwaway player. This feels like the Lehkonen/Barron trade, but in reverse.

I wasn't super duper impressed with Mailloux when I watched the playoffs this year. I know some had good feedback from folks here, but he didn't seem very intelligent on the ice. Of course, take that with a grain of salt from a casual fan. I am intrigued with Bolduc. Finished the season pretty strong.

I knew about Pietrangelo, was mostly joking. Speaking of future LTIR, Marchand to play until he's 43?