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The Habs haven't played that poorly so far. I didn't have high hopes heading into this one but they're hanging in there. They're going to need to figure out how to get some more quality shots through though, those have been few and far between. And on the randomness of the giveaway stat, Matheson and Laine have combined for one. That feels more than a little light.

He sort of does have it, just not as a performance bonus. If he wins the Calder, he will get $212,500 (unless that went up in the CBA extension). He'll actually get something even if he doesn't win but finishes in the top three. The amount will be paid by the league, however, not the team, and it won't count against the cap.

Hutson reaching 3/3 A bonuses. (He hit ATOI, assists, points, points-per-game, and I think plus/minus but only had three in his deal.)

There's a lot more than just Hutson's bonus on the carryover penalty for next season. The current number is $1,727,500, subject to go up further with Demidov having playoff GP bonuses for this year.

I could see him getting a one-way at the minimum from someone as some third-stringers have started getting that lately.

1) I think he went from no chance he'd be re-signed to getting one more shot. 2) It makes no sense for the Habs to issue a $1M one-way qualifying offer for an AHL player. Regardless of his play, he's probably not getting qualified. 3) I wouldn't mind that but if he's going to be a full-time AHL player, it probably makes more sense for him to go back to Sweden. 4) See #2, just change the number to $1.068M. I could see Primeau following Lindgren's path but it doesn't make economic sense for the Habs to pay him a seven-figure one-way deal to platoon with Fowler in the minors. Other teams know that and will wait for him to be non-tendered and sign him for closer to the minimum.

Agreed. He's not the type to willingly take that steep of a pay cut that early. He'll want the year to prove he's worthy of a hefty long-term deal.

Given that they pulled out of pursuing Zegras when they got Demidov out of concern of too much duplication of player-type in the top six, there's a very real chance they could have opted for a different type of player over Demidov.

If Montreal wins tonight (or Columbus loses tomorrow), I think there's a good chance Pezzetta will play on Wednesday to give someone the night off.

If Washington cooperates, it wouldn't shock me if the rest day is tomorrow rather than Wednesday. Laval plays Wednesday night so the Habs can't steal too many players from them for that one. But Laval is off tomorrow so if they were going to 'create' a few day-to-day injuries, it might be better for that to happen for the Chicago game as whoever was recalled could be sent back without an issue. And then some of the guys who get a day off then play Wednesday to stay somewhat fresh for the weekend.

Forget about next year, with the hype he's getting, I'm worried about the critics will react if he's held off the scoresheet for a few games next week.

The math checks out based on pure probabilities. I'll guess it based on the standings/matchups: Montreal: 56% chance of beating Chicago, 42% chance of beating Carolina Columbus: 38% chance of beating Washington, 53% chance of beating Philly, 50% chance of beating the Islanders For all of those outcomes to happen, the odds would be 56% x 42% x 38% x 53% x 50% = 2.4% chance of that happening. 98.7% implies a 1.3% outcome so I don't quite have the right percentages in my guesses but that's the general gist of it.

Exactly why I brought that up, some context for Primeau's strong performance. Playing well on a top team in the minors doesn't mean that the goalie is NHL-calibre. That was a really bad shootout, some pretty mediocre moves as both teams were putting out players without much of a track record of scoring in them.

I'm surprised he's this overwhelmed, it's not as if this is his first NHL game - he got into four last season. He's also the reigning AHL goalie of the year, an award he won't come close to getting this season as he hasn't been that great with Hershey either.

And as I post this, Columbus scores yet again so it's 4-0. I don't think they're going to give Montreal the back-door way to clinch today.

The Capitals aren't putting their best foot forward for that one. Ovechkin is a healthy scratch for rest while their third-string goalie starts. On the other hand, I think Columbus is also starting their third-stringer.

They pulled the offer when they got Demidov so they won't trade for him now. And Zegras already makes $5.75M; he'll cost more than that in the 2026 offseason when his deal is up.

Was it ever. But it was about the only memorable part of his time with the Habs. For people of my generation, there's no memory of that. I was six during that Cup run and have zero recollection of it and since the only other player in franchise history to wear 93 was Gilmour, that's the number that associates for me right off the bat.

Revisiting an older rumour, Elliotte Friedman had an update on the offer supposedly on the table for Zegras back at the draft. Seems like the offer was Mailloux and the later first rounder for him. But as we know, once Demidov fell, that was pulled. https://thehockeynews.com/nhl/anaheim-ducks/latest-news/report-rumored-zegras-to-canadiens-trade-at-2024-draft-clarified

I didn't realize the Doug Gilmour smashed glass incident in the penalty box was held in such high regard... Anytime I see a Montreal jersey and 93, that's the first thing I always think of.

That takes Rohrer off Laval's radar for a couple more weeks at least and at that point, will they just opt to keep him overseas to play a regular role for Austria at the Worlds? WMU won in 2 OT so the season has come to an end for Harris.

No Sorokin or Varlamov has hurt them big time in this one. 3-2 Blue Jackets now.

His case is weird. It's the knee but the fact he continues to skate makes me think it's nothing serious. Perhaps they realized they put him back in too early and opted to go back into rehab mode for a few weeks? The issue is that they've burned a regular recall on him and that post-deadline limit of four extends for however long Laval is in the playoffs for. It's hard to give up one of those if you need the body since the Habs don't have a lot of spare players but I think he will be back down at some point though.

I feel like around 10 years ago, the general estimate was that a home playoff game was around $2M in revenues for the Habs. While capacity has dipped a bit since then, it's probably a fair bit higher than that now.

The numbers were good for Kuznetsov in the KHL but he looked slow and that was part of the problem last year in Carolina, the pace of the game was too fast for him to play on a scoring line. While he might want to return to the NHL (he might also just want to go to another KHL team), I wouldn't want the Habs showing interest in him.