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An admittedly flimsy rumour ... but it has been slow

 

DansLesColisees had already started the "search" this morning:

1. Mathieu Olivier 

2. Samuel Blais 

3. Samuel Laberge 

4. Jordan Greenway 

5. Garnet Hathaway

6. Nicolas Deslauriers 

7. Keegan Kolesar 

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That's a pretty strange list they've come up with.  Hathaway signed a contract extension recently, Deslauriers can't keep up, Blais is an unrestricted free agent at the NHL level, and Greenway fights like once a year.  Laberge, meanwhile, has six career minutes played in the NHL at 26, why would any site think he'd even make the team?

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Just dont bother.  This 2 or 3 games in preseason is an abberation.  We arent going to have all these dirty hits and fights by mid october and Xhekaj/Pezzetta will be enough to police it.

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22 minutes ago, dlbalr said:

That's a pretty strange list they've come up with.  Hathaway signed a contract extension recently, Deslauriers can't keep up, Blais is an unrestricted free agent at the NHL level, and Greenway fights like once a year.  Laberge, meanwhile, has six career minutes played in the NHL at 26, why would any site think he'd even make the team?

That's why they aren't even Clickbait30.

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50 minutes ago, Colin said:

Come on guys, Dans Les coulisses? Dans la poubelle. That site is tripe. 

For entertainment purposes only ... like ClickBait30

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14 hours ago, Colin said:

Come on guys, Dans Les coulisses? Dans la poubelle. That site is tripe. 

yes, I've been had in the past by that site

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Generally speaking the presence of other team’s scouts at Habs games is meaningless . 
 

Scouts are often there to help prepare their team for an upcoming game. 
 

The leafs however have had 3 or 4 scouts at the last two Habs games which is unusual. 
 

Is it possible the leafs are looking at one of our players? 

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7 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

Generally speaking the presence of other team’s scouts at Habs games is meaningless . 
 

Scouts are often there to help prepare their team for an upcoming game. 
 

The leafs however have had 3 or 4 scouts at the last two Habs games which is unusual. 
 

Is it possible the leafs are looking at one of our players? 

Almost everywhere I look I see Liljergen rumours.  A young RHD is something Montreal would be interested in.  He also has a 2x$3m contract that Toronto is interested in shedding and Montreal can easily afford.  It should be a fairly cheap acquisition if that is in the cardsJust pure speculation though.

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5 hours ago, TurdBurglar said:

Almost everywhere I look I see Liljergen rumours.  A young RHD is something Montreal would be interested in.  He also has a 2x$3m contract that Toronto is interested in shedding and Montreal can easily afford.  It should be a fairly cheap acquisition if that is in the cardsJust pure speculation though.


That’s actually a real possibility considering Montreal’s weakness on RD. I wonder if Hughes regrets trading Kovasevic?

 

For a cup run I could see the leafs interested in Dvorak or Armia for depth. Both guys on expiring contracts. 

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1 hour ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

For a cup run I could see the leafs interested in Dvorak or Armia for depth. Both guys on expiring contracts. 

Dvorak not likely much return is there?

He 'seems' pretty ineffective all round isnt he?

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1 hour ago, DON said:

Dvorak not likely much return is there?

He 'seems' pretty ineffective all round isnt he?


Dvorak is good at faceoffs and a reliable defensive forward. Habs use Dvorak to take faceoffs often. 
 

Dvorak can’t be relied upon to drive offence thats for sure. 
 

Not expecting a huge return at all but I can see the interest as a depth piece. 

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If the Canadiens were to move Dvorak, Savard and Armia at deadline, I suspect they will need to decide who gets the last salary retention spot.

 

Dvorak is worth a 2nd round pick with retention and a 3rd round pick without.

Armia is worth a 4th round pick with salary retention and a 5th or 6th without.

Savard is worth a 2nd round pick with salary retention and a 3rd without.

 

To me it doesn’t matter who you retain between Savard and Dvorak.

You still get a 2nd, 3rd and 5th for the three players with our one salary retention spot left for either Dvorak or Savard.

 

Let the market decide. RHDmen vs 2 Way Centers… whichever is in demand and gives us better picks. There are a few teams that think they have a legitimate shot at the cup. Rangers, NJ, Oilers, Toronto, Dallas, Colorado, Panthers…. maybe more.

 

Perhaps this will create demand and we can squeeze a little more juice than the above expectation.

 

If this is our net return at deadline, I’d like to begin boiling our picks down. Trade a bunch of later picks to get earlier picks in the draft to target certain needs. There are a few RHDmen in the mid first round for example. Also we need more guys who can put a puck in a net. We have enough guys who are good at shooting at goalies’ pads or gloves.

 

I do not think we need to get a fourth line banger/fighter. Why don’t we just teach Anderson to fight ?


 

 

 

 

 

 

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5 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:


That’s actually a real possibility considering Montreal’s weakness on RD. I wonder if Hughes regrets trading Kovasevic?

 

For a cup run I could see the leafs interested in Dvorak or Armia for depth. Both guys on expiring contracts. 

 

He should regret trading Kovacevic. In the very early going, it looks like a minor move with disproportionately negative consequences.

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4 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said:

 

He should regret trading Kovacevic. In the very early going, it looks like a minor move with disproportionately negative consequences.


I kind of get the vibe that Hughes hadn’t planned on trading Harris and if that trade had happened first then I bet Kovacevic would still be here. 
 

Just my own personal opinion 

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38 minutes ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:

I kind of get the vibe that Hughes hadn’t planned on trading Harris and if that trade had happened first then I bet Kovacevic would still be here. 
 

Just my own personal opinion 

Agreed

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18 hours ago, TurdBurglar said:

Almost everywhere I look I see Liljergen rumours.  A young RHD is something Montreal would be interested in.  He also has a 2x$3m contract that Toronto is interested in shedding and Montreal can easily afford.  It should be a fairly cheap acquisition if that is in the cardsJust pure speculation though.

 

Toronto's in a spot where they're going to need to clear money sooner than later.  They have three players on LTIR but when they return, their hand is going to be forced.  The idea of Liljegren in Montreal does make a bit of sense but they don't need to be scouting the Habs for a return; whoever (or whatever) they get is probably going to be a non-NHL asset for cap reasons.

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15 hours ago, Butterface said:

If the Canadiens were to move Dvorak, Savard and Armia at deadline, I suspect they will need to decide who gets the last salary retention spot.

 

Dvorak is worth a 2nd round pick with retention and a 3rd round pick without.

Armia is worth a 4th round pick with salary retention and a 5th or 6th without.

Savard is worth a 2nd round pick with salary retention and a 3rd without.

 

To me it doesn’t matter who you retain between Savard and Dvorak.

You still get a 2nd, 3rd and 5th for the three players with our one salary retention spot left for either Dvorak or Savard.

 

Let the market decide. RHDmen vs 2 Way Centers… whichever is in demand and gives us better picks. There are a few teams that think they have a legitimate shot at the cup. Rangers, NJ, Oilers, Toronto, Dallas, Colorado, Panthers…. maybe more.

 

Perhaps this will create demand and we can squeeze a little more juice than the above expectation.

 

If this is our net return at deadline, I’d like to begin boiling our picks down. Trade a bunch of later picks to get earlier picks in the draft to target certain needs. There are a few RHDmen in the mid first round for example. Also we need more guys who can put a puck in a net. We have enough guys who are good at shooting at goalies’ pads or gloves.

 

I do not think we need to get a fourth line banger/fighter. Why don’t we just teach Anderson to fight ?


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I get that centres are valuable but there is zero chance dvorak has more value than armia and the same as savard.

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This is being reported by all the hockey reporters such as LeBrun and it’s a little obvious that Hughes is working the phones. 
 

We sure do miss Kovasevic!

 

A top 4 RD is going to be very expensive and I certainly don’t want to pay a heavy price for a stop gap player. 
 

I think we are stuck with what we got. 

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The Kovacevic trade was intended to make space pm D, but it turns out that the Habs would have likely been better keeping him. More expensive to replace him now.

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53 minutes ago, tomh009 said:

The Kovacevic trade was intended to make space pm D, but it turns out that the Habs would have likely been better keeping him. More expensive to replace him now.

I dunno, is bit awkward in short term.

But, maybe Mailloux will do fine and Guhle will be back soon'ish' we hope.

Adding a RH-d and pushing Savards minutes down wouldnt hurt though.

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1 hour ago, tomh009 said:

The Kovacevic trade was intended to make space pm D, but it turns out that the Habs would have likely been better keeping him. More expensive to replace him now.

The Kovacevic trade was made at a time when the Habs still had Jordan Harris in the mix as well ... I-M-O it was made to make space for youngsters but ALSO to "do right" by Kovacevic ... the latter is something that will only bear fruit over time.

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4 hours ago, Prime Minister Koivu said:


This is being reported by all the hockey reporters such as LeBrun and it’s a little obvious that Hughes is working the phones. 
 

We sure do miss Kovasevic!

 

A top 4 RD is going to be very expensive and I certainly don’t want to pay a heavy price for a stop gap player. 
 

I think we are stuck with what we got. 

 

Hughes is not operating from a position of strength so hopefully he doesn't panic. 

 

Kovacevic was never going to be anything more than a 3rd pairing defensemen, it's amazing how much better everything thinks he is now that he is gone. No time to panic. 

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