Chris Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Yea, maybe they want to look outside of the 5 french coaches they recycled over the past 10 years, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 15 hours ago, Chris said: he'll be the next habs coach after CJ. Habs seem to like recycling coaches Both Vigneault and Julien are quality coaches. No shame at all in 'recycling' them. Therrien is an ignorant pusbag who should not have been given a first NHL job let alone the third his bum buddy Bergie saw fit to give him. A fourth should be out of the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 We're still in April and we have preseason news already. The Habs and Panthers will play in the annual Hockeyville game which will take place on September 18th in Renous, New Brunswick. Good news, that's one game that will likely be nationally televised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzer Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 In a surprise to no one, Yzerman GM of the Wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Daniel carr wins ahl league mvp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 4 hours ago, huzer said: In a surprise to no one, Yzerman GM of the Wings. One assumes it'll work out better than for Hextall with the Flyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Buffalo & Ottawa supposedly interested in Jacques Martin for head coach. An idiots tweet, just Bouchard's take on young players these days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 Adam Fox's rights traded from Canes to Rangers, for a 2019 2nd and another conditional 2020 2nd. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=177791 Another 5'10" quick d-man. 48pts in 33gms at Harvard this year..but is a RH d-man so no loss to Habs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 48 minutes ago, DON said: Adam Fox's rights traded from Canes to Rangers, for a 2019 2nd and another conditional 2020 2nd. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=177791 Another 5'10" quick d-man. 48pts in 33gms at Harvard this year..but is a RH d-man so no loss to Habs. Kid wanted New York, even if we traded for him, we were never signing him anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted April 30, 2019 Share Posted April 30, 2019 2 hours ago, Commandant said: Kid wanted New York, even if we traded for him, we were never signing him anyway. I guess another example of picking a good NCAA player backfiring...is this a new type of "Russian-like factor" that must be factored in during drafting? (One reason why Primeau was signed early?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 It feels like the NHL is taking let them play to a whole new level this playoff. Whoever cheats the best wins I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 8 hours ago, BCHabnut said: It feels like the NHL is taking let them play to a whole new level this playoff. Whoever cheats the best wins I guess. How well-positioned are the Habs to succeed in such 'anything goes' playoff series (assuming they could make the playoffs)? Guys like Domi and Gallagher will feel right at home, but is the team on the whole gritty/heavy enough to survive? Not a veiled criticism of the team; I'm honestly asking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMAC Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 39 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: How well-positioned are the Habs to succeed in such 'anything goes' playoff series (assuming they could make the playoffs)? Guys like Domi and Gallagher will feel right at home, but is the team on the whole gritty/heavy enough to survive? Not a veiled criticism of the team; I'm honestly asking. Unfortunately, I don’t think that they are very well positioned in that area given the way they were manhandled by “heavy” teams at times during the regular season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Their 5 on 5 scoring was near the top im the league. They seem better against the heavy teams this year to me. It's hard to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link67 Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 It is obvious they wouldn't be "Heavy" enough to deal with the teams built that way, but are those teams fast enough to keep up to the pace we are built for? You build your team a certain way, and you run with it, you can't expect to be a great team in every facet, there is no such thing. Some teams are built fast, some heavy, some teams are built around a couple really high end skilled players, some are built deep and play a hard working team oriented game. The list goes on of the variety of ways these things get put together, one thing is for sure, there is no team that has great speed, really heavy, Is very deep, has a couple high end skilled guys, and works extremely hard at both ends of the ice. That team, if it existed, would be a cup winner every season, no point even playing. I am not convinced in the slightest that a team with smaller, very fast guys, who have a bulldog, hard nosed,mentality, would get moped up by a heavier, slower team in the playoffs. A bunch of smaller guys who shy away from contact, sure that team will suffocate when the game tightens up. Guys like Domi, Gallagher, Shaw, Byron, Danault, not really in their DNA, i'm not worried about entering a playoff run with those kind of warriors. What would worry me about them in the playoffs currently is the fact they are an incomplete team, missing some key pieces to truly tie it all together as a team who can do some damage and go on a run. But certainly not how they play the game and who they have playing it that way, these guys are built on speed and tenacity, and tenacity is as important a stat, not on paper, during the playoffs as any. There are simply big holes that need filling holding them back from reaching their potential, but it is certainly a model that can work when fully constructed, properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DON Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 This team missed the playoffs as all expected, but pretty darn good year for more players than not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 Ken Holland is expected to be named GM of the Oilers after he was offered a 5 x 5 contract. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehjay Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 58 minutes ago, Trizzak said: Ken Holland is expected to be named GM of the Oilers after he was offered a 5 x 5 contract. As a Habs fan I like this move, I think the Tar Sands would hv been better with Ron Francis lollll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 GMs and coaches are the one area where a team can freely spend on talent, with no cap restrictions. I think many teams (though not the Leafs) are hesitant to "go big", though. If your choice doesn't work out, you can simply buy out the contract and move on. It's only money, and not THAT much money in the context of the total team budgets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlbalr Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 2 hours ago, ehjay said: As a Habs fan I like this move, I think the Tar Sands would hv been better with Ron Francis lollll Francis is still technically a minority owner of the Hurricanes for a few more months from what I understand which is part of the reason he hasn't come up in any GM search. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link67 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Trizzak said: Ken Holland is expected to be named GM of the Oilers after he was offered a 5 x 5 contract. Well, that would likely be the best non-player personnel acquisition they have in at least a decade, I expect Holland will right that ship in ways no one before him could figure out, the man is a brilliant GM really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 3 hours ago, Link67 said: Well, that would likely be the best non-player personnel acquisition they have in at least a decade, I expect Holland will right that ship in ways no one before him could figure out, the man is a brilliant GM really. My own guess is that his rep for genius is exaggerated. He got really lucky in drafting two franchise cornerstones at #190 and #224 (or thereabouts) in the draft and basically feasted off that for 15 years. Notice that once those guys got old, the Wings ground into mediocrity. Now I'm not saying he's not a good Gm and that he won't turn Edmonton - at long last - into a truly well-run operation. He will. But he was at least as lucky as he was good in Detroit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomh009 Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 18 minutes ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: My own guess is that his rep for genius is exaggerated. He got really lucky in drafting two franchise cornerstones at #190 and #224 (or thereabouts) in the draft and basically feasted off that for 15 years. Notice that once those guys got old, the Wings ground into mediocrity. Now I'm not saying he's not a good Gm and that he won't turn Edmonton - at long last - into a truly well-run operation. He will. But he was at least as lucky as he was good in Detroit. Tambellini, MacTavish, Chiarelli ... the bar is pretty low for a post-Sather GM to be considered "good" in Edmonton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Commandant Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 5 hours ago, Link67 said: Well, that would likely be the best non-player personnel acquisition they have in at least a decade, I expect Holland will right that ship in ways no one before him could figure out, the man is a brilliant GM really. Detroit's salary cap situation disagrees that he's a genius right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link67 Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 3 hours ago, The Chicoutimi Cucumber said: My own guess is that his rep for genius is exaggerated. He got really lucky in drafting two franchise cornerstones at #190 and #224 (or thereabouts) in the draft and basically feasted off that for 15 years. Notice that once those guys got old, the Wings ground into mediocrity. Now I'm not saying he's not a good Gm and that he won't turn Edmonton - at long last - into a truly well-run operation. He will. But he was at least as lucky as he was good in Detroit. 1 hour ago, Commandant said: Detroit's salary cap situation disagrees that he's a genius right now. He's no genius, every GM is capable of mistakes, but he is among the top of his class, and no GM can be lucky enough to keep a championship caliber team for over a decade without some pretty good skills at his craft. Now did he string his team along for too long when his main catalysts were starting to fade? Of course, i'm sure if you talked to him he would admit the same, but he learned something from that I am sure. If he could do it again I bet he pulls the plug and goes into rebuild mode right around when Babcock's contract was expiring and Datsyuk and Zetterberg were on the edge of the twilight zone. Instead of being forced into a rebuild now like they are with little to show for. Still, they were lucky enough, if you want to call it that, to add guys like Larkin and Mantha to their young core moving forward. He still remains the most qualified and competent exec that team has hired in quite some time. I expect to see him do like he did in Detroit, surround himself with good hockey guys, take this roster to new heights, draft well, hire well, and be a big factor in whether they finally jump the hurdle and start turning into a championship caliber team themselves. Is he slightly overrated because of the success in Detroit? Surely, never as good as your best, and never as bad as your worst, but that is still one hell of an upgrade for the Edmonton organization. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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