Guest Stogey24 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 What about signing Del zotto. LHD who can skate and has the ability to bring some offense. He would probably come on the cheap.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Price (no relation) Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 We have 4 capable lhds, and only two rhds. (At all.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXx..CK..xXx Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 51 minutes ago, Jeff Price (no relation) said: We have 4 capable lhds, and only two rhds. (At all.) Most of the posts in this thread have slotted Benn in on the right side but you are right. The issue is that we only have one ideal top 4 on the left compared to two on the right. I think as a result acquiring a top 4 LHD is of more importance than a bottom pairing RHD. Markov could be a top 2 and Benn could slot in the top 4 on the left side but ideally Markov is on the 2nd unit and Benn/Jerabek are on the 3rd. I wanted to like Davidson but I don't trust him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Price (no relation) Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Hmm. we were using Emelin as top 4 last year (which I admit, is not ideal), and Schlemko is strictly an upgrade of Emelin across the board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaos Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Sportnet reporting Habs asked if Methot would waive his no trade clause. He said no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGC21 Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 I'm convinced a top-2 dman is coming: vacant - Weber Markov - Petry Schlemko - Benn Jerabek - Davidson Redmond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalhabs Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 We have to have the oldest defence in the whole league... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 2 hours ago, kaos said: Sportnet reporting Habs asked if Methot would waive his no trade clause. He said no I guess in a way he pulled a Gorges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 i have no interest in Methot, so thats fine by me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 8 hours ago, Dalhabs said: We have to have the oldest defence in the whole league... They have two signed players that are 30 or older right now - Schlemko (30) and Weber (31). Markov will up the average but they're not that old as a whole (yet at least). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 9 hours ago, Commandant said: i have no interest in Methot, so thats fine by me. Are you troubled by the fact that the Habs apparently did have an interest? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Price (no relation) Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 Weber is in the prime of his career, right now. 31 is not old in the nhl. 34-35 is where the big decline usually starts... unless you're Andrei Markov and you have the best season of your career at 38. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 17 minutes ago, Jeff Price (no relation) said: Weber is in the prime of his career, right now. 31 is not old in the nhl. 34-35 is where the big decline usually starts... unless you're Andrei Markov and you have the best season of your career at 38. Come come, that was not Markov's best season. He got the nickname The General for a reason - he used to control a great deal of the play out there, including defensively. That Markov was praised by Joe Thorton as 'a stud' and his excellence was a major contributor in inducing Cammalleri to sign here, so he could play with him. The Markov of age 38 is a #2 defenceman lacking footspeed; since his injuries and the emergence of Subban, he has not been 'the man' on the blueline any more. Otherwise put, your post makes me think that we've forgotten how excellent #79 used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Price (no relation) Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 It was said with a fair bit of hyperbole. I do remember the 60ish point seasons, quite well. The point was his resurgence this year was uncanny. He compensated for his loss of speed with perfect positional play. His feathered passes were uncannily accurate. He was the epitome of hockey smarts. If he stays healthy, this is the type of player who's going to play into his 40s and remain effective. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 20 minutes ago, Jeff Price (no relation) said: It was said with a fair bit of hyperbole. I do remember the 60ish point seasons, quite well. The point was his resurgence this year was uncanny. He compensated for his loss of speed with perfect positional play. His feathered passes were uncannily accurate. He was the epitome of hockey smarts. If he stays healthy, this is the type of player who's going to play into his 40s and remain effective. He's a smart cookie, all right. The question is whether he'll lose another step. If he does, then he's done, I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 1 hour ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: Are you troubled by the fact that the Habs apparently did have an interest? I'm not shocked. I wouldn't be shocked if the Habs make an offer for Dion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IN THE HEARTS OF MEN Posted June 24, 2017 Share Posted June 24, 2017 2 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: He's a smart cookie, all right. The question is whether he'll lose another step. If he does, then he's done, I think. We've been hearing this since 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 He's going to lose another step. And will still be the best left side defencemen the team has got. Honestly look at the left side without him. It's atrocious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurdBurglar Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Whats the chances we could sign Alzner? With Weber, it would make for a solid shut down top pair, LHD to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyberius67 Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 1 hour ago, TurdBurglar said: Whats the chances we could sign Alzner? With Weber, it would make for a solid shut down top pair, LHD to boot. I've got no issue with it, but to have the cap space to get him means something falls apart on the Radulov side of it, otherwise if you resign Radulov and Markov and Galchenyuk where is the money for a guy like Alzner? Certainly going to cost around 4 million to bring him in. I like him with Weber, though, just not sure how the money works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurdBurglar Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 With some really good negotiating, We could get Markov re-sign $4m, Galchenyuk for $5m. King for $1.5m. Flynn for $1m or less. Radulov for $6.5m. Leaving $5m to entice Alnzer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 33 minutes ago, TurdBurglar said: With some really good negotiating, We could get Markov re-sign $4m, Galchenyuk for $5m. King for $1.5m. Flynn for $1m or less. Radulov for $6.5m. Leaving $5m to entice Alnzer? Bergevin has confirmed that he won't be re-signing King or Flynn. But going with all your other salaries, and assuming the rest of the forward spots are filled with minimum salary players (Hudon, De La Rose), you'd have about 4 million left for Alzner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mineral Posted June 25, 2017 Share Posted June 25, 2017 Markov is apparently asking for $7m over 2 years and Bergy hasn't signed that yet. WTF. We've had him on the cheap his entire career and we can't give this last contract to him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 49 minutes ago, mineral said: Markov is apparently asking for $7m over 2 years and Bergy hasn't signed that yet. WTF. We've had him on the cheap his entire career and we can give this last contract to him? Jimmy Murphy gets some reports right but quite a few wrong as well. I suspect that if all it took to get a deal done was 2/7, it'd be done by now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 24 minutes ago, dlbalr said: Jimmy Murphy gets some reports right but quite a few wrong as well. I suspect that if all it took to get a deal done was 2/7, it'd be done by now. I can't remember a single Habs report that Jimmy Murphy has gotten right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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