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huzer

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  1. Armia was ok until his various illnesses seemed to derail him. Hard to get a read on him fully the past couple of years since he was in and out so frequently. If we could have the Armia of his second season with us, that would be something. Anyway, the trade. I am curious about when/if Petry will be flipped. People here were plenty fed up with the quality of his play leading up to his ultimate departure. I guess there's a difference between Hoffman taking a spot for a young forward, and Petry taking a spot from a young defenseman? I"m assuming the lack of fervor surrounding Petry's return is that the expectation is an impending departure. If it sounds like I'm not impressed with the trade, that's not the case at all. I figured Pitlick was going to be waived and I have no issues with Hoffman being traded. Happy with a 2nd round pick, and no retention on Hoffman. DeSmith I'm neither here and there, but it would seem kind of bad juju to move Allen before he even plays a game into his new contract. I will say, full red eye Petry is still quite the haunting sight!
  2. I knew someone would focus on the player I randomly chose. It’s ok to disagree. Simply put, I don’t view Hoffman as the roadblock and roster liability that most here seem to. Doesn’t mean I want to extend him. Just means I don’t think the Habs need to go above and beyond to trade him, nor do I think they should try to assign him to Laval. Waive Pitlick, sit Armia, heck, sit Hoffman. RHP is a cool story and all, but folks are acting like him starting in the AHL is a massive disservice to a potential superstar forward. No youth getting a chance? There are what, 9 players 23 and under that will be on the roster opening day.
  3. I don't think anyone hates Gallagher, it's a poorly aging contract, which most people figured would be the case the moment it was inked. While Gallagher is not the same type of player as Armia and Hoffman, he is equally a cap hit that is not commensurate with his play at this point. Anyway, Hoffman was only behind Suzuki, Caufield, and Dach in scoring last season. I'm honestly baffled why he has been singled out as as issue for the roster. Signed for another few years? Sure, that would suck. But he's on an expiring contract. He's not keeping anyone significant out of the lineup. We as fans always talk about rushing guys to the NHL, but then complain when 19 year old Joshua Roy may not get an opportunity because of Hoffman.
  4. My point was not necessarily that he will magically be worth a high pick, more that the Habs are not in a position where they need to sweeten a deal for someone to trade for him. Retain salary, sure. Add a pick or prospect to take him? Heck no. Given their histories, Gallagher, Monahan, Evans, Savard, and Matheson will probably be injured before training camp even starts, and Armia will have a mystery illness. Oh well, after this season, we can stop whipping on Hoffman and turn our nastiness on Gallagher and his anchor of a contract. Although I guess enough are annoyed with Armia, too.
  5. Crazy how much ink has been wasted on a player on a relatively minor deal, on a team that doesn't require cap space, and whose contract expires after this season. The Habs aren't Cup bound this year. Play Hoffman, hope he pots some goals, and has some value at the deadline. But to sweeten a deal to trade him, or buy him out seems absolutely ridiculous. Waive/assign Pitlick, RHP, Pezetta, sit Armia. Do the Habs on Aug 2 have a lot of forwards on the roster? Sure. Will all of these players still be here come Oct 1, doubtful.
  6. Looking at the Athletic article from 10/22, they have the '19 draft as: 1 Hughes 2 Seider 3 Zegras 4 Cozens 5 Byram 6 Boldy 7 Caufield Dach 10, Newhook 16
  7. Our first rounders, especially the last two drafts, HAVE to convert into high end talent. A 1st OA, and a 5th can't be meh. They simply can't mess up acquiring high end talent for free when they have the opportunity in the draft. I certainly hope the gamble on Monahan returns a good draft pick at the deadline, and that they get another pick for Hoffman. Even if it's to keep flipping those picks for the Dach and Newhook types. I think it's looking up, but I've been down this road before of hyping prospects (Komisarek, Higgins, Perezhogin, Kostitsyn!)
  8. He’s still RFA at the end of the 4 year deal.
  9. You gave me a good chuckle with this one!
  10. Don’t get me wrong. My surprise-o-meter is barely more than a subtlety raised eyebrow.
  11. Edmundson out should please the “vets get too much ice time” crowd. I figured he would be a deadline deal. Now I’m curious what will happen the rest of the summer.
  12. I’m going to miss this by a day, darn it.
  13. Might, might, might. They didn't this year.
  14. https://www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/canadiens-submit-qualifying-offers-to-six-players/c-345149372 MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes announced on Friday that the team has submitted qualifying offers to six players. The offers were made to forwards Alex Newhook, Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, Jesse Ylönen, Lucas Condotta and Mitchell Stephens, as well as to defenseman Nicolas Beaudin. Doesn't mean the latter two can't be resigned, just that they didn't receive a QO. Nothing surprising overall.
  15. Well, he outscored Roman Josi in his draft year in the Swiss League. Had the most points for a draft eligible player in the Swiss League since Auston Matthews. Most points ever for a draft eligible Swiss League defender. I'm not ready to write him off yet as just a defensive defenseman. Vegas no top 50 scorers last year, Avs no top ten the year before, TBL, no top 30 scorer the year before. McDavid/Draisaitl top 5 scorers the last 5 years, where has that gotten them? It's interesting the people have already anointed Michkov as "an elite scorer" without ever having played in the league. He very likely could be another Yakupov. Fail for Nail!
  16. Man, Hughes has been pretty tight lipped overall. That creates a problem that when he DOES speak to the media, every nuance, every syllable, everything is interpreted and reinterpreted a million times. Anyway, I 100% don't care how any other prospect not drafted by the Habs turns out. If Reinbacher progresses as the Habs scouts and staff believe he will, the team will have a stud man for years to come. If both Reinbacher AND Michkov have successful careers, cool, I guess. It seems many fans are basing the success of Montreal's pick on the potential failure of the Flyers pick.
  17. You forgot Newhook. I see Edmundson, Hoffman, Monahan as deadline deals, not summer. I could see Wideman and Pitlick getting waived, low round picks if they hang until he deadline, but both shouldn't be kept merely for that purpose. I honestly have no clue what the summer holds. A Dvorak trade?
  18. I guess I'll get to watch Harris at DU a few times this year.
  19. Crazy where we've gotten with goalie size when 6'2" is small.
  20. The Habs selected the player I thought they would. My personal "in my head" mock draft, had them moving to 7 to do it. I went with the consensus and figured they would get 7/22, and had them selecting Sale with 22. Obviously a trade down meant Arizona taking Reinbacher, which forced their hand the stay put. Hughes did shoot himself in the foot a little with the "if he was lefty" comment. The immediately screams need no matter how hard he tries to backpedal. Of course, I say all of that, and my selections are basically based on various projections and scouting lists. I'm not a scout, and I watched a handful of various JR games this year, so my "mock" is worth absolutely zero.
  21. This reminds me of the reverse of when the Flyers took York over Caufield.
  22. Habs had their pick and were convinced he wouldn't be available later. That's all I can say about that.
  23. Bedard draft over. NHL draft starts now!
  24. I expect Habs roster players for later picks, more than I expect any movement around the #5 pick.
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