dlbalr Posted July 2 Posted July 2 Kane and Tarasenko fit the bill of short-term deal guys. I could see Bunting having to settle for another short-term pact as well. Quote
Commandant Posted July 2 Posted July 2 Im fine with no UFA and keeping the cap space for a trade, even an in season trade if you dont like what is out there now. Quote
illWill Posted July 2 Posted July 2 25 minutes ago, Commandant said: Im fine with no UFA and keeping the cap space for a trade, even an in season trade if you dont like what is out there now. 100% This team just finished 6th in the NHL so I don't think there is necessarily a panic to just sign or trade for anyone. And by waiting for mid-season or the trade deadline, there will be more players available once some teams start to fall out of the race or maybe some players want out. Right now it seems that everyone is loading up and prices are sky high. And by all means, we very well could end up plugging some holes internally as well. Quote
WildTurkeyXX Posted July 2 Posted July 2 27 minutes ago, illWill said: And by waiting for mid-season or the trade deadline, there will be more players available once some teams start to fall out of the race or maybe some players want out. Right now it seems that everyone is loading up and prices are sky high. I'm not saying you're wrong, but this was pretty much our montra around this time last year as well. Turned out that not much opened up... Quote
GHT120 Posted July 2 Posted July 2 3 minutes ago, WildTurkeyXX said: I'm not saying you're wrong, but this was pretty much our montra around this time last year as well. Turned out that not much opened up... And it worked out pretty well 1 Quote
WildTurkeyXX Posted July 2 Posted July 2 5 minutes ago, GHT120 said: And it worked out pretty well Depends on what you mean. If you mean that it worked out well because we had a pretty good season, I'd have to agree. We definitely had a good season. But if we're measuring our prediction of how things would unfold in the trade market once the season got going vs the reality of how it actually unfolded, I'd say that didn't work out too well at all. Otherwise, I suppose we wouldn't still be having basically the same conversation. But I think those are just two separate conversations. Quote
GHT120 Posted July 2 Posted July 2 Just now, WildTurkeyXX said: But if we're measuring our prediction of how things would unfold in the trade market once the season got going vs the reality of how it actually unfolded, I'd say that didn't work out too well at all. Don't think HuGo, or anyone, ever predicted that the market would open up ... they are simply maintaining their plan and to be honest, despite the playoff success, I think they feel the Habs are still a year away from the time to make major moves to upgrade from a playoff team to a Cup contender Quote
WildTurkeyXX Posted July 2 Posted July 2 9 minutes ago, GHT120 said: Don't think HuGo, or anyone, ever predicted that the market would open up ... they are simply maintaining their plan and to be honest, despite the playoff success, I think they feel the Habs are still a year away from the time to make major moves to upgrade from a playoff team to a Cup contender Us, I mean us. Very generally speaking. Once the market started to dry up last year it was a pretty popular opinion amongst a lot of us online, opinion posting fans. Maybe not you, or anyone else specifically. It was just a general statement. Quote
GHT120 Posted July 2 Posted July 2 11 minutes ago, WildTurkeyXX said: Us, I mean us. Very generally speaking. Once the market started to dry up last year it was a pretty popular opinion amongst a lot of us online, opinion posting fans. Maybe not you, or anyone else specifically. It was just a general statement. I'll trust HuGo versus any fans, including me Quote
WildTurkeyXX Posted July 2 Posted July 2 22 minutes ago, GHT120 said: Don't think HuGo, or anyone, ever predicted that the market would open up ... they are simply maintaining their plan and to be honest, despite the playoff success, I think they feel the Habs are still a year away from the time to make major moves to upgrade from a playoff team to a Cup contender And honestly, I sure hope HuGo don't use "time" as a gauge. There are a lot of factors, many of which are time adjacent. But time, in and of itself has very little to do with any of it. Quote
WildTurkeyXX Posted July 2 Posted July 2 Just now, GHT120 said: I'll trust HuGo versus any fans, including me Me as well, haha also myself included Quote
GHT120 Posted July 2 Posted July 2 2 minutes ago, WildTurkeyXX said: And honestly, I sure hope HuGo don't use "time" as a gauge. There are a lot of factors, many of which are time adjacent. But time, in and of itself has very little to do with any of it. I was referencing it in terms of the progress of the rebuild and prospects, not literally the calendar Quote
WildTurkeyXX Posted July 2 Posted July 2 1 minute ago, GHT120 said: I was referencing it in terms of the progress of the rebuild and prospects, not literally the calendar Oh I know. My apologies, that came across a little crabby haha Quote
GHT120 Posted July 2 Posted July 2 7 minutes ago, WildTurkeyXX said: Oh I know. My apologies, that came across a little crabby haha Quote
illWill Posted July 2 Posted July 2 3 hours ago, WildTurkeyXX said: I'm not saying you're wrong, but this was pretty much our montra around this time last year as well. Turned out that not much opened up... They were reportedly one minute away from landing Matthew Knies out of nowhere Quote
WildTurkeyXX Posted July 2 Posted July 2 5 minutes ago, illWill said: They were reportedly one minute away from landing Matthew Knies out of nowhere True enough. Not exactly the center we were hoping for. But yes, that almost happened Quote
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