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Post by Captain Obvious on May 16, 2022 9:34:31 GMT -4
Going to be an interesting off season with the #1 overall pick, plus 2 others in the top 33 overall. Also with the cap staying relatively flat, will need to move out a couple of bodies. www.capfriendly.com/teams/canadiensPetry is a likely candidate, he had a nice finish to the season under MSL and his family prefers to live in the US. I would like to see them retain 1-1.5M of his cap hit and get a nice return(2nd rounder plus a solid prospect), at 4-4.5M over 3 years he becomes a very good value. Teams like Detoit, NJ, Dallas(assuming Klingberg moves), CBJ could all be interested plus others. I could see them try and move a winger with 8 under contract plus Ylonen, RHP and maybe Roy knocking on the door. I heard they may buy out Drouin, that would save about 3M this year and use up 1.5M next year. Ideally you move Hoffman or Armia. Drouin and Byron could be good TDL trade chips. If Petry was to stay I might see what I can get for Edmundston, good contract with tons of playoff experience and 2 years left before UFA. If you move one I would try and bring in a solid vet like Edler/Braun/Hickey/Schultz on a 1 year deal for not a lot of money. I would bring back Wideman if possible, he played well the 2nd half and helps the PP. In nets Price's health is the big question mark, can he keep playing or is the knee an issue that will prevent him from being at his best? I would bring back Montembault regardless, if Price is good to go, shop Allen to a team needing a 1B or quality back up.
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Post by jimmy on May 16, 2022 10:09:49 GMT -4
Going to be an interesting off season with the #1 overall pick, plus 2 others in the top 33 overall. Also with the cap staying relatively flat, will need to move out a couple of bodies. www.capfriendly.com/teams/canadiensPetry is a likely candidate, he had a nice finish to the season under MSL and his family prefers to live in the US. I would like to see them retain 1-1.5M of his cap hit and get a nice return(2nd rounder plus a solid prospect), at 4-4.5M over 3 years he becomes a very good value. Teams like Detoit, NJ, Dallas(assuming Klingberg moves), CBJ could all be interested plus others. I could see them try and move a winger with 8 under contract plus Ylonen, RHP and maybe Roy knocking on the door. I heard they may buy out Drouin, that would save about 3M this year and use up 1.5M next year. Ideally you move Hoffman or Armia. Drouin and Byron could be good TDL trade chips. If Petry was to stay I might see what I can get for Edmundston, good contract with tons of playoff experience and 2 years left before UFA. If you move one I would try and bring in a solid vet like Edler/Braun/Hickey/Schultz on a 1 year deal for not a lot of money. I would bring back Wideman if possible, he played well the 2nd half and helps the PP. In nets Price's health is the big question mark, can he keep playing or is the knee an issue that will prevent him from being at his best? I would bring back Montembault regardless, if Price is good to go, shop Allen to a team needing a 1B or quality back up. I could easily see them bundling the Calgary pick and the #33 pick to move up in the first round if there is a player they like in the mid to late teens. Wouldn't be in a big hurry to move Petry unless someone really makes it worth my while ... he was pretty good after the coaching change, and had been pretty good for several years prior to that. Wideman doesn't excite me - I view him as the kind of player a bad team throws over the boards to eat minutes until a better option presents itself. With Price's health, to me you bring back Allen, as for Montembault, you will need him or someone similar to be a #3 guy ... I don't hate Montembault, but IMO he also hasn't shown me much that suggests he is anything other than #2 in a pinch ... so if you think there is a better option on the market for that role, so be it. Guys like Monty are a dime a dozen. There was some mention of a Russian FA that the Habs were in on ... so he could be in the mix for Monty's job as well.
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Post by bois on May 16, 2022 11:22:25 GMT -4
should be interesting to follow
i'm okay with another bad year but after that we gotta start moving back upwards
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Post by Captain Obvious on May 16, 2022 11:30:06 GMT -4
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Post by Captain Obvious on May 16, 2022 11:38:36 GMT -4
Going to be an interesting off season with the #1 overall pick, plus 2 others in the top 33 overall. Also with the cap staying relatively flat, will need to move out a couple of bodies. www.capfriendly.com/teams/canadiensPetry is a likely candidate, he had a nice finish to the season under MSL and his family prefers to live in the US. I would like to see them retain 1-1.5M of his cap hit and get a nice return(2nd rounder plus a solid prospect), at 4-4.5M over 3 years he becomes a very good value. Teams like Detoit, NJ, Dallas(assuming Klingberg moves), CBJ could all be interested plus others. I could see them try and move a winger with 8 under contract plus Ylonen, RHP and maybe Roy knocking on the door. I heard they may buy out Drouin, that would save about 3M this year and use up 1.5M next year. Ideally you move Hoffman or Armia. Drouin and Byron could be good TDL trade chips. If Petry was to stay I might see what I can get for Edmundston, good contract with tons of playoff experience and 2 years left before UFA. If you move one I would try and bring in a solid vet like Edler/Braun/Hickey/Schultz on a 1 year deal for not a lot of money. I would bring back Wideman if possible, he played well the 2nd half and helps the PP. In nets Price's health is the big question mark, can he keep playing or is the knee an issue that will prevent him from being at his best? I would bring back Montembault regardless, if Price is good to go, shop Allen to a team needing a 1B or quality back up. I could easily see them bundling the Calgary pick and the #33 pick to move up in the first round if there is a player they like in the mid to late teens. Wouldn't be in a big hurry to move Petry unless someone really makes it worth my while ... he was pretty good after the coaching change, and had been pretty good for several years prior to that. Wideman doesn't excite me - I view him as the kind of player a bad team throws over the boards to eat minutes until a better option presents itself. With Price's health, to me you bring back Allen, as for Montembault, you will need him or someone similar to be a #3 guy ... I don't hate Montembault, but IMO he also hasn't shown me much that suggests he is anything other than #2 in a pinch ... so if you think there is a better option on the market for that role, so be it. Guys like Monty are a dime a dozen. There was some mention of a Russian FA that the Habs were in on ... so he could be in the mix for Monty's job as well. In order to bundle the 27th(approx) and 33rd pick for one pick, there would need to be a heck of a player slide to 15(approx). Based on what I have read, the draft is pretty deep in terms of guys that could be top 6F and top 4 D. They should have a shot at 2 of those guys late 1st/early 2nd...Del Bel Belluz Kasper Luneau McGroarty Mateychuk Ohgren Snuggerud Korchinsky Chesley Nelson etc From 11th to 35th, depending on which list you look at the names are quite different. The reason you bring Wideman back is, it means you don't have to rush young guys, plus he gives you a cheap PP guy. The biggest mistake rebuilding teams make is to rush guys that are not ready, there is ~some~ development at the NHL level, but it's just the last 10-20%, most development happens at lower levels. If you rush a kid not ready, he gets into the cycle of trying to survive instead of trying to thrive and development stops or slows to a crawl.
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Post by Captain Obvious on May 16, 2022 11:42:22 GMT -4
should be interesting to follow i'm okay with another bad year but after that we gotta start moving back upwards I think they will be better next year if for no other reason than they can't have as many injuries as this year, plus assuming MSL is coach he likely gets more out of the team. I would be fine with 22-24th overall and a lottery pick.
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Post by Captain Obvious on May 31, 2022 10:37:19 GMT -4
Carolina Florida and calgary losing bumps the Habs 2nd 1st rounder up to 26th, had Calgary won it would have been 29-32. Should be some pretty good players left in that range...
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Post by Score on May 31, 2022 14:03:52 GMT -4
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Post by Captain Obvious on May 31, 2022 14:24:16 GMT -4
Things don't sound promising for Price, he got operated on last August and was still having knee issues in April. It sucks but would be better for the team if he "retires" like Weber did unless things change dramatically. It seems every time he ramps up activities, the swelling returns.
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Post by Score on May 31, 2022 17:56:02 GMT -4
www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/canadiens-hughes-says-no-urgency-to-decide-on-first-overall-pick-before-july/Hughes and the Canadiens met with the one who’s been projected to be at the top of this class and came away “impressed.” “He’s a mature young man,” the GM said of Shane Wright. “And he’s a very intelligent young man, too.” That much was gleaned over dinner, which provided an opportunity for the Canadiens to get to know Wright a bit better than the 15-minute interview at the combine would allow them to. “It was good to just chat with Shane, and not just to ask him questions we had but to know what kind of person he is,” Hughes said. He’s scheduled to do the same with Logan Cooley — another projected top-3 pick — this Thursday, and he’ll interview Europe’s top prospect, Juraj Slafkovsky, (among others) as well. Hughes knows Cooley quite well already, with his son Jack (another projected first rounder in this year’s draft) having played on the same team with him prior — and he has a good sense of what Slafkovsky is about on the ice, having just watched him live at the world championships in Helsinki, where he scored three goals and nine points in eight games. Hughes said the decision will not be based on position or need, that there’s no urgency to rush that player to the NHL and that the Canadiens will choose the one with the most potential to eventually make it and thrive for several years.
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Post by Score on Jun 1, 2022 10:33:18 GMT -4
3 yeat deal for Martin St.Louis!!
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Post by Score on Jun 1, 2022 14:17:48 GMT -4
www.nhl.com/canadiens/news/st-louis-eager-to-solidify-the-culture-at-training-camp/c-334415860?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=CHCcontent&utm_content=EN-0601-MartinStLouis-RecapArticleSt-Louis on focusing on player development, so winning isn't necessarily the top priority: I think I'll always have that pressure [to win], my own internal pressure. I don't like to lose. But, do I want to win in the short-term, like mindset, goals, so to speak, at the price of not developing the young guys that are going to help you win for years? No. I don't want to risk that. I want to have the young guys, the prospects, the players that are here now reach their full potential, and sometimes you've got to put those guys on the ice and make them feel confident on the ice. In the short-term, does that help you not win as many games? I don't know, but I'm not going to go into the season and just think about 'I have to win every game at the price of not developing the young guys.' I'm not doing that. If I develop the guys the way I know I can, and have them reach their full potential, winning is just going to be a side effect of what we're doing. Once you get that, you sustain success for a long time.
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Post by Score on Jun 6, 2022 8:44:23 GMT -4
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Post by Score on Jun 6, 2022 9:20:50 GMT -4
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 6, 2022 9:25:11 GMT -4
I'm surprised they got him that cheap, he did a good job as a #5-6 guy who can run the PP.
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