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35 minutes ago, DON said:
Knowing training camp may be deciding factor if he plays in Laval or Europe, wouldnt another year there be fine for his development anyways?
It certainly wouldn't be the worst thing but at some point, I'd think the Habs would rather have full control over his development.
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Laval hangs on for the big 3-2 win.
They also became the first team to reach the 1,000 PIM mark this season.
https://theahl.com/stats/game-summary/1026139
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1 hour ago, tomh009 said:
That's also his third game-winning goal in four playoff games. Let's hope he makes the move to Canada after the season is over.
While I'm hoping he does, it sounds like a Swedish team is gearing up to make a run at signing him.
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Looks like no changes on the back end tonight, can't say I expected that when Trudeau was injured last night. Norlinder is expected to sit again.
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Blake Biondi enters the transfer portal and will stay for his fifth year (which won't be around much longer). This means Montreal should hold his rights for one more year instead of losing them in mid-August.
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27 minutes ago, Neech said:
On the broadcast, Mudryk is at least passable but Craig Button is absolutely dreadful. No chemistry with his partner, often starts a sentence without finishing it, and effusively praises mediocre players to the point of senselessness.
I think you're being generous with Mudryk but Button also doesn't do colour commentary most of the time. He does a bit internationally and a handful of West Coast Montreal games each year and that's it. I expect there will be some stumbles along the way as a result. But, generally speaking, that's not the type of role Button should do well in. The problem is that so few watch the English games so TSN can't justify putting any money into the broadcast; that's why they don't have a full-time colour guy and use the RDS feed for production/replays.
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12 hours ago, Dalhabs said:
Filip Eriksson called up to Växjo in the SHL-playoffs.
Interesting that they did that while his Allsvenskan team is still playing (though not for long). Back to limited minutes but it'll keep his season going if nothing else.
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17 minutes ago, hab29RETIRED said:
Who knows though. He could be looking at college forwards drafted by other teams, that they move for one of our young D.
I'm sure there's some of that as well but the quote specifically referenced college free agents stuff which means players who aren't drafted.
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7 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:
Jeff Gorton said on @sickpodnhl that he is currently in Montreal while others are accompanying #GoHabsGo on their road trip. He says that he and others are working to try and do "some college free agents stuff" and that "good teams find good NCAA fa."
Sounds like a long shot but perhaps Gorton finds a future star.
This isn't a bad college free agent class but a lot of players profile as just depth guys as usual. There's a young defenceman that intrigues me but I think he stays in college. Collin Graf is one of the top forwards of the group but he's a bottom-six profile. I'm not against free assets but I'm a bit surprised they're trying to do much in there unless it's of the ATO (for Laval) variety. The players they're likely to let go by not having contract slots for them I think might be better than a lot of the college free agents out there.
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22 hours ago, GHT120 said:
Always a chance they might want him on the NHL next season, à la Slaf.
That would be surprising considering how much time Lindstrom has missed this season due to injury. There's an easy and safe case to send him back for another year just to account for missed development time.
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1 hour ago, DON said:
Yes i know but, do you think the hope or plan is for him coming over for next season to Laval?
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.
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3 hours ago, DON said:
He has another LIIGA season before he comes over eh?
#91 Oliver Kapanen
Position: C Height: 6-0 Weight: 175 Shoots: Right Birthdate: 2003-07-29 Age: 20 Birthplace: Timrå, Sweden 
Drafted in the 2nd round (64th overall) in 2021 Contract (must be signed before June 1st, 2025) KalPa Kuopio - April 30, 2024 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.
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6 minutes ago, DON said:
Back in the game, at least.
They're still playing pretty well. A couple of bad bounces on the Calgary goals didn't help things.
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7 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:
The Habs PP was pretty terrible but the period overall was good. The Suzuki line is a legit #1 NHL line and I think Newhook did some good stuff too
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.
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50 minutes ago, GHT120 said:
Flames TV asked <Jakob Pelletier> if the CH was his favorite team during childhood.
“No, because I think they kicked out the Nordics. Most people in Quebec (City) hate the Habs. It’s going to be special for me to play against them” replied the native of the "Capitale-Nationale" - (Translated from TVA Sports)
His name is often mentioned in Calgary-Montreal trade rumours ... have to guess he wouldn't be pleased if that happened.
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.
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17 minutes ago, DON said:
To Laval or Habs?
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.
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7 hours ago, alfredoh2009 said:
Davidson is out too. It would be great if the Habs could pickup someone on waivers so that Roy can be sent back.
It would suck for the kid, he has earned his NHL minutes, but it would help the most the prospects being developed in LVL and it would not hurt Roy’s in the long run.
This is not an option. If a player is claimed off waivers now, he's ineligible to play for the remainder of the season.
7 hours ago, alfredoh2009 said:unless they take a risk and waive Pezzetta
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.)
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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.
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Big loss up front, Xavier Simoneau is having season-ending shoulder surgery. That Durandeau pickup just got a whole lot more important.
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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...
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Oh goody, Chris Lee is one of the refs tonight...
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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.
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6 hours ago, huzer said:
I only caught the first period. I will say, I wasn't as impressed with the early "miraculous glove save" as most. It was predicated by a really bad rebound on what was a mediocre save on the shot from the face-off dot. He basically cleaned up his own mess. Nice push to get there in time, but in reality, it shouldn't have happened in the first place. Of course, Anderson was complete crap on his back check, so Texier shouldn't have even been able to get the shot off, either.
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.
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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.
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Game #70: Canadiens at Kraken, 23 March, 9 PM EDT
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Nope, they're in while Kovacevic and Pearson sit.