zumpano21
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4 hours ago, Scott462 said:
Honestly Tavares to Boston scares the shit out of me.
Tampa?
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Tavares ain’t coming. And he wouldn’t fix our system wide deficiencies
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There’s a lot of certainty on how the Habs did here.
Wish I could be as “certain”.
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3 minutes ago, dlbalr said:
Habs trade their 7th next year to Philly for their 7th this year.
*inserts Hail Mary gif*
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Did Carolina just become Calgary’s farm team?
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10 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:
Very wise words.
These GMs are supposed to be the elite, the best hockey minds on earth. In fact a huge percentage of them are Good Old Boys, hired by ignorant owners due to contacts and schmoozing, and aren't any brighter or better-informed than some of the people on this site. In some cases, markedly less so, because they allow personal biases and ego to get in the way of winning.
As for the draft, it is usually a mistake to be either too excited or too angry. The single biggest problem with discourse around the draft is the tone of certainty that informs it. Machine is quite right to note that this is mostly guesswork, and a whole whack of things can go either right or wrong for each of these picks over the next 3-4 years. As Mr. Price once said: chill.
Haha!
As we enter the dawn of AI, we still have GMs talking about character and intangibles.
Any team that’s isn’t exploring AI for roster development is a team destined to lose in perpetuity.
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21 minutes ago, Machine of Loving Grace said:
Overall, not very happy with this draft.
But hey, time will tell.
Important to keep in mind.
This is the same group of GMs that agreed to give Vegas a Stanley Cup finalist roster. They don’t really know what they’re doing.
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This Romanov narrative..... did he truly drop out of concern for his allegiance to the KHL or did he drop because that's where he should be talent wise?
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4 minutes ago, dlbalr said:
102 to SJ for 123/139.
Interesting.... in the later rounds, might be best to take as many shots as possible rather than loading up on 1 or 2 bullets.
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These rounds are also where you can make a team.
Lots of scouts firing blanks now but pick up an nhl regular in the 3-7th rounds and you’re one step closer to Stanley.
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With the lions share of draft picks done, do we see a PACs trade now?
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Best part of the season! Right now - up until July 1.
Cross your fingers. Here we go....
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I don’t like this trade either but....
so many rumours of rehab, partying, etc.... the waters on #27 may run deeper than we know but yeah, I understand the hate
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Weber and Tavares seen together at the F1 race.
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I think the brotherhood of sports should run deeper than anything a WH visit could possibly offer.
This is historically where NHL leadership is weak so as not to rock the boat. We shall see.
As an aside, why not get the MLB, NFL, NBA and NHL champions together for a BBQ at Barack’s? The photos would be epic!
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Might get into trouble for this:
Should the Caps go to the White House?
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Haha.... I hope Eller and DSP send a blank postcard to Habs mgmt from Vegas today.
”WISH YOU WERE HERE!”
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We are so far from this level of hockey. Hang on boys, it's going to be a marathon - not a sprint.
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1 hour ago, Commandant said:
Discussion isn't the same as putting him in the position and seeing if he can succeed.
with Drouin they are allowing him to work through and correct mistakes.
with Galchenyuk, the first bad game meant going back to wing.
Thats the difference.
At best, tribal politics.
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Closest thing to a generational skater the Habs have had since Lafleur.
Hes a funny guy though. If you asked him to define himself as a person, I’m not convinced hockey player would be the first thing he says.
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53 minutes ago, BCHabnut said:
Like I said before though, when you look at them on paper, how deep are they? I guess you could look at the top 9 forwards and say that they have a 2A, 2B, 2C and a good 4th line. Or is it overall team balance, defensive mobility, speed and coaching?
This is nailing it on the head.
When end you look at it on paper, it doesn’t look that good. That says to me that we don’t fully understand what’s happening.
This is a good thing though. Prior to this season, it was an unknown unknown when it comes to dramatically rethinking and improving roster construction.
We have at least now realized that it is a known unknown. We know that there are others ways to improve a roster without doing the same thing that we’ve doing for a generation now.
Advantage goes to the franchise that can figure out the “new” formula.
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To me it’s a strong link vs weak link phenomenon.
Vegas has no weak link. They come at you in waves with no readily identifiable weakness.
Montreal is a strong link team by contrast where we have Price in net and Weber on D but also an Alzner etc.
The other thing that has to be mentioned is that strong link teams probably have a polarized dressing room. Guys like Price and Weber get way more attention and maybe perks from mgmt then guys like Froese etc.
That is to say when a golden knight walks into the dressing room he sees 21 other guys or so that are just like him, get treated the same way (with the exception of maybe MAF), and he has no problems buying in to Gallant’s system. Can’t see it being the same in other dressing rooms.
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I don’t think anyone wanted Vegas competing for a cup from the outset. Competing for a playoff spot and making the first or second round - that makes sense.
What we’re seeing is a collective misunderstanding of the game by the entire league. Most teams try to sign big time players and then plug whatever is left over with journeyman/borderline players.
The Vegas formula debunks what the entire league has been emulating for years. If you’re not re-evaluating your entire approach to roster construction right now, your GM is failing.
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Late to the party.
I’m going to emphatically announce that Vegas’ success is a direct result of 30 GMs not understanding the game - despite being paid millions to do exactly that.
Love the Peg but if Vegas wins it will basically dismantle the mythology behind the GM position.
Could our lineup look like this
in Habs & Hockey Talk
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To paraphrase LOTR:
Bergevin: I will not risk a rebuild.
Habs faithful: A rebuild is upon you whether you would risk it or not.