Helmethead

First bomb

Lots of chatter here about Michkov’s contract being bought out and him coming over sooner. take it with a grain of salt.

Well.. My kids are Twitter famous! https://twitter.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1674172105917620228?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^embeddedtimeline|twterm^screen-name%2Fslug%3Ahabsworld_net%2Fsources|twcon^s1

Oh I’m totally with you. But if the ducks go off the beaten path I expect a lot of attempts from others to move up. If he can get quality assets and secure Leonard I totally cool with that.

I’ll be there! Come on Kent, give us some fireworks!!

Love it! Kent is all business. And he might not be done.

I’m just a guy who owns a pizza shop!!

Well since you wanted an update.. I sat next to David Abrutyn on the flight from Weschester NY to Nashville. Here’s a bit about him:https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2017/04/26/People-and-Pop-Culture/David-Abrutyn.aspx He saw my 10yr reading The Hockey News Draft edition magazine and talking to him for a bit he pulled out an autographed photo of Ovechkin and handed one to each of my boys. After talking draft for a bit he mentioned the following: He’s not 100% convinced Anaheim takes Fantilli at #2. He insisted Verbeek likes to think outside of the box and that he believes Michkov is the second most talented player out there. If Michkov doesn’t go at 2, he expects him to be available at 5. My kid told him he wanted MTL to take Smith. He told him he doesn’t believe Smith will be there at there at 5. He also mentioned that he expects Washington to make a strong push to move up to 5 if Michkov is still on the board. When I asked him what he thought it would take he said it would be expensive but didn’t divulge anything more.

Let’s hope so. Just landed in Nashville!!

Booked my flight to Nashville. Draft (and awards ceremony) here we come!! My two boys gonna lose it when I wake them up at the crack of dawn on Monday to surprise them.

As much fun as it is talking about PLD I would not trade anything of premium value for him. 8yrs at 8+ mil is enough of a risk in itself let alone forking over assets. The initial allure was on the basis that he had a semi tarnished reputation, an hard on for wearing la sainte flanelle and that Winnipeg had no leverage. Let Bergevin and Robitaille have him.

Debating flying out to Nashville with my two boys for the draft. Would be awesome if Kent has some pre 4th of July fireworks for us!

Is that why I’m drawn to them?

For what it’s worth Brian, if I ever get my hands on an NHL team I’m hiring you. And I’m not kidding.

that would be a sneaky sneaky move

I’d almost rather try and swing a deal with the devil (the leafs) who are in a dire position and need to do something.

Party pooper!! Why you gotta be a voice of reason??

The pedigree is Careyesque. And we have a history with goalies of his ilk. He'd be leaving a toxic environment. Idk. It smells like something Hughes would do.

Lots of chatter about Carter Hart moving imminently. I'd put money on him coming here. What it would cost? I have no clue.

I mean I love the kid but you guys are outta whack!!

Finnish Bambi might be the perfect descriptive for his a$$

Welcome back stranger!!

How can you not root for Florida. Totally deserving of a spot in the final. Matthew T. is an absolute gamer.

As someone who’s been living in Connecticut for the last 14 years I can GUARANTEE you there is no chance in hell that the NHL would consider putting a team at the XL center in Hartford of all places. Costs the governor nothing to spew such bullshit.

As someone who’s been living in Connecticut for the last 14 years I can GUARANTEE you there is no chance in hell that the NHL would consider putting a team at the XL center in Hartford of all places. Costs the governor nothing to spew such bullshit.