Machine of Loving Grace Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Presuming Galchenyuk makes the team, the Habs will have 12 healthy forwards on the roster. I imagine a 13th will be named if for no other reason than to be an extra until Nokelainen is ready. Who gets the spot? Dumont? Gallagher? Someone currently on the waiver wire? (Although there aren't many good options available...) One of the later callups? With Gomez now gone, the team has 5 contract spots available, I wouldn't mind them taking a flyer on a waived guy tomorrow but if not, my guess would be Dumont. Final cuts are going to be made by late tomorrow morning for those wondering. Blunden is the best choice if we just want a guy to sit in the press box. Dumont is the best choice if we want a center. Leblanc is the best choice if we want him to sit and rest his ankle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurdBurglar Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Good point by Antichambre: Not a good idea having the players welcome the fans at the doors and shake hundreds of hands, you don't want players to catch the flu or worse. There will always be complaining, but still true. lets hope they sanitized properly afterwards. That is a good point except for one thing. They were in a labor dispute arguing over fan's money. I think the flu should be the least of their concern, as a matter of fact they almost should be kissing boots that fans are coming back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 As for fans chanting for PK, in a weird way I like it. If Bergevin lacks the stones to coldly ignore the baying fools of the Montreal fans and/or media - if he fails the test of ruthlessly doing what he thinks is best for the team no matter what the masses say - then he will not survive as GM in Montreal. Period. We may as well find out sooner rather than later if he's got the requisite ice in his veins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronthab Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 As for welcoming the team and owners back... I'm such a slut.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Blunden for 13th forward. Even though he was waived today he doesn't have to be sent down right away. He can be sent down at any time up to 30 days after he clears waivers (assuming waiver rules are the same as last CBA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Gallagher and Blunden are sticking around for now. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=13004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Gallagher and Blunden are sticking around for now. http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/blogpost.htm?id=13004 Gallagher is a bit of a weird one, no? RW is the Habs deepest position... is he really worth having on the ice on the 4th line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 As for fans chanting for PK, in a weird way I like it. If Bergevin lacks the stones to coldly ignore the baying fools of the Montreal fans and/or media - if he fails the test of ruthlessly doing what he thinks is best for the team no matter what the masses say - then he will not survive as GM in Montreal. Period. We may as well find out sooner rather than later if he's got the requisite ice in his veins. I think given the way he handled the Gomez situation that Bergevin has the requiste ruthlessness....as for handling the public pressure we will find out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Gallagher is a bit of a weird one, no? RW is the Habs deepest position... is he really worth having on the ice on the 4th line? If Plekanec can't go, maybe a top-9 opening opens up? Go with Bourque-Galchenyuk-Gionta, Moen-Eller-Gallagher (I know Bourque is a natural RW but someone needed to move to that spot...). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brobin Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 By the way, how did Markov do in the Khl? Did he look like his old self? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted January 18, 2013 Author Share Posted January 18, 2013 Blunden and St. Denis both clear waivers and the Habs don't claim anyone today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebo64 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I believe Bourque needs to play on the right side to build back his confidence. Therrien keeps him on the right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Super to hear the 2 skilled forwards made the cut. More scoring is needed. I hope Bergevin-Molson can simply ignore the Subban chanting. He is a super player, but no teammate has ever mentioned him as a future leader or character guy (which maybe irrelevant if he performs and isnt a big distraction), but if he was sent packing for a super young centreman/forward to play with Galchenyuk, may be best long term anyways? Should be interesting to see who blinks first? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I wonder if Gallagher can be effective at LW Gallagher Eller Bourque as the third intrigues me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 To me it's just the Canadiens establishing Galchenyuk and Gallagher as our top forward prospects. Which I'm cool with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I wonder if Gallagher can be effective at LW Gallagher Eller Bourque as the third intrigues me. As long as Eller gets 1 skilled winger and not 2 grinders, i am happy. Gallagher does most of his best work around the net, so may not matter too much? I am sure he is itching to "accidently fall" into his first NHL goalie, take/draw lots of PIMs and just generally be pain in ass for opponents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 As long as Eller gets 1 skilled winger and not 2 grinders, i am happy. Gallagher does most of his best work around the net, so may not matter too much? I am sure he is itching to "accidently fall" into his first NHL goalie, take/draw lots of PIMs and just generally be pain in ass for opponents. Although Bourque is not a grinder. Barely hits anyone. His assets are his shots and ability around the net to finish plays. I'd like Gallagher too on that line, but I'm not sure it would work. There would be no physicality on that line. Gallagher is a quick wiz who could complement 2 bigger/intense guys. I'm not worried. With Prust and Armstrong around, there are countless lines combination possible. And there will be injuries in this short season. Not that critical to find absolute lines combinations. I have the feeling lines will shuffle a lot. Habs have lots of skills but no established superstars. And with the confidence level in our offensive abilities not being very high, it won't take long drought before we see lineup shuffles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbp Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Although Bourque is not a grinder. Barely hits anyone. His assets are his shots and ability around the net to finish plays. I'd like Gallagher too on that line, but I'm not sure it would work. There would be no physicality on that line. Gallagher is a quick wiz who could complement 2 bigger/intense guys. I'm not worried. With Prust and Armstrong around, there are countless lines combination possible. And there will be injuries in this short season. Not that critical to find absolute lines combinations. I have the feeling lines will shuffle a lot. Habs have lots of skills but no established superstars. And with the confidence level in our offensive abilities not being very high, it won't take long drought before we see lineup shuffles. The only thing we can count out is a line with two of Gallagher, Gionta, Desharnais haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Although Bourque is not a grinder. Barely hits anyone. His assets are his shots and ability around the net to finish plays. I'd like Gallagher too on that line, but I'm not sure it would work. There would be no physicality on that line. Gallagher is a quick wiz who could complement 2 bigger/intense guys. I'm not worried. With Prust and Armstrong around, there are countless lines combination possible. And there will be injuries in this short season. Not that critical to find absolute lines combinations. I have the feeling lines will shuffle a lot. Habs have lots of skills but no established superstars. And with the confidence level in our offensive abilities not being very high, it won't take long drought before we see lineup shuffles. No not Bourque as a grinder, i meant more Moan-Armstrong-Darche-Prust types on Eller's wings. Eller is physical enough, no? Bourque never gets pushed around neither. Also curious, do you know, is there an accurate size/weight listing for players? Or do teams keep that to themselves? Wondering if Eller is bigger this year, or just seemed that way yesterday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 They were updated a couple of days ago on the Habs' site. (Although when I checked then, I thought it was just the AHL'ers who had been updated but a few of the Habs saw their info change...off to update the site profiles...) http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/roster.htm Some of the more notable changes were Eller (+6 lbs), Emelin (+18 lbs), and Pacioretty (-12 lbs). Leblanc had a drop around 15 lbs when I updated his info a couple days back. Price had no change listed which is a little odd (the talk of camp early on was how slimmer he looked), maybe they're not all updated yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 They were updated a couple of days ago on the Habs' site. (Although when I checked then, I thought it was just the AHL'ers who had been updated but a few of the Habs saw their info change...off to update the site profiles...) http://canadiens.nhl.com/club/roster.htm Some of the more notable changes were Eller (+6 lbs), Emelin (+18 lbs), and Pacioretty (-12 lbs). Leblanc had a drop around 15 lbs when I updated his info a couple days back. Price had no change listed which is a little odd (the talk of camp early on was how slimmer he looked), maybe they're not all updated yet? Cool thanks, Price being very thin was one i forgot was the real reason i asked. i just didnt think some of #s they posted seemed accurate? and were soaking wet #s and high heel heights for the smaller guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Cool thanks, Price being very thin was one i forgot was the real reason i asked. i just didnt think some of #s they posted seemed accurate? and were soaking wet #s and high heel heights for the smaller guys. Here's one with some different numbers, ones that more likely reflect the current situation (Eller and Pacioretty bulking up, Price trimming down). I'm not sure if these are from camp or not though. http://espn.go.com/nhl/team/roster/_/name/mtl/montreal-canadiens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habs rule Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Here's one with some different numbers, ones that more likely reflect the current situation (Eller and Pacioretty bulking up, Price trimming down). I'm not sure if these are from camp or not though. http://espn.go.com/nhl/team/roster/_/name/mtl/montreal-canadiens just looking at the raw numbers and not analyzing them, it seems the smurf thing is kinda going away. No huge guys but a lot 6- 6'2" guys. am I wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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