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  1. I don't see why he wouldn't. I have him as a longshot candidate to break with the Habs next year, to be honest. He has shown enough to be signed so I imagine Montreal would want to get him in their system.
  2. That screenshot says his contract in Finland ends April 30th (next month). He signed a one-year extension in December 2022 that covered this season so his deal is up.
  3. They're still playing pretty well. A couple of bad bounces on the Calgary goals didn't help things.
  4. It certainly was a pretty good period. Both teams are in similar situations so the play has been a bit sloppy but that has led to some good back and forth chances for both sides.
  5. Granted, I was pretty young when the Nordiques moved (though at least alive at that time unlike Pelletier) but I don't think too many logical-thinking people could think the Habs unilaterally had the ability to make a team move. That's pretty naive on his end.
  6. Both are legitimate options. I think they'll stick him in Laval and let him get his feet wet down there over being put into the defensive rotation in Montreal. Having said that, if they decide it's better for him to be a lock to play at the Worlds, they could opt to put him with the Habs, play him nine games or less (to not burn a year of his contract), and then give him a couple of weeks off before that tournament begins. Then he goes and plays 20 minutes a night for Austria through mid-May.
  7. This is not an option. If a player is claimed off waivers now, he's ineligible to play for the remainder of the season. This is also not an option. If Pezzetta was to clear waivers, he wouldn't be eligible to play in Laval since he wasn't on the AHL roster at the trade deadline. (He wasn't papered down like Roy/Struble; they're the only two eligible to go down now.)
  8. Speaking of Reinbacher, his team won't have to play the relegation series after all so his season in Switzerland is now officially over. He could be recalled to North America in the next couple of days.
  9. Big loss up front, Xavier Simoneau is having season-ending shoulder surgery. That Durandeau pickup just got a whole lot more important.
  10. That was a pretty boring second period. I'm on the recap for this one, that's about the only thought I can string together from that stretch...
  11. Good start, 3-0 Laval early in the 2nd. Some bad news on the injury front though, Davidson is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury.
  12. I'm not sure how many were wowed with that glove save. Despite Mudryk's attempts on the call to make that play seem like the save of the season (as he does several times every game pretty much, sometimes on shots that don't even hit the net), I think most saw it for what it was - a solid glove stop off a bad rebound.
  13. Something worth noting is that Allen admitted today that he vetoed a trade to New Jersey earlier in the season, citing concern about having enough playing time with them.
  14. Montreal is on that list as Hughes admitted during an interview on the broadcast yesterday that they'd like to go BPA but if there isn't one that distinguishes himself above the rest, then they'd go by need.
  15. Very much so. Jenner had him fooled twice (including right after the Gallagher goal) and got the post on one and whiffed on the other. Columbus had some other posts as well, I believe. Primeau certainly played well but had some good luck along the way too.
  16. So the Habs made a trade today, sending Nathan Legare to New Jersey for Arnaud Durandeau. Looks like a typical change of scenery trade with the target once again being more offence. https://www.habsworld.net/2024/03/habs-trade-nathan-legare-to-new-jersey/
  17. Tuch is the type of player who should have some success playing a heavier game. He profiles as someone who might be a better fit in the pros than in college (just like Struble in that sense). I don't think his ceiling is too high but there's a bottom-six winger profile in there.
  18. Not much reason for him to take an AHL ATO and risk injury when he can hit free agency in August and have several teams offer him an entry-level contract. It'll take an NHL deal, perhaps one starting this year, to get him to sign. And I'd give it to him.
  19. They can both come when their seasons end. Reinbacher's fate is tied to whether his team needs to play in a relegation series. If not, I think it could be late this week. If they do, closer to the end of the month. Hutson's will be dependent on when his team finishes in the Frozen Four tournament. It starts March 28th and ends April 13th. Reinbacher can (and almost certainly will) be loaned to Laval. If Hutson signs a contract that begins next season, he can also go to Laval. If he signs and burns the first year now, he won't be able to go to the Rocket, similar to Farrell last season. Two others to watch for prospect-wise to come over somewhat soon are Adam Engstrom and Oliver Kapanen, players who I expect will sign ELC's for next season. Their regular seasons end soon (SHL on Monday, Liiga on Tuesday) so it'll be dependent on their playoffs as well.
  20. He is the fourth NCAA defenceman since 2005-06 to have multiple 40-point seasons. Of the four, he's the only one to do it in his first two seasons.
  21. If it's late in the season and Laval has a few days off or is well out of the playoff mix, they might give him a game or two just to get his feet wet.
  22. I see it the exact opposite way. Technique is one of his problem spots and I find him more of a react type of goalie than one who's always in the right spot position-wise. That's part of the reason that consistency has largely eluded him as he doesn't have the base fundamentals and thus his success is dependent on making more of the scramble type of saves. He's not as aggressive as Dobes, mind you (few are though).
  23. That's putting it lightly. Way too much passing, looking for the can't-miss play. At some point, when you have multiple players in front, shoot for the rebound, getting the defence moving. They played right into Toronto's hands in that final stretch.
  24. St. Louis may need to juggle the defensive rotation to keep Xhekaj/Savard away from that 3rd line and try them against the 2nd line instead. By the way, Toronto has a power play from that late scrum.
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