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Post by Score on Jun 19, 2023 14:54:23 GMT -4
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Post by bois on Jun 20, 2023 9:09:14 GMT -4
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Post by Score on Jun 20, 2023 9:24:41 GMT -4
Sean Monahan has signed a one-year, $1.985 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens
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Post by jimmy on Jun 20, 2023 10:12:31 GMT -4
Sean Monahan has signed a one-year, $1.985 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens Good signing at that price IMO. Worth the gamble.
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Post by bois on Jun 20, 2023 11:08:08 GMT -4
Sean Monahan has signed a one-year, $1.985 million contract with the Montreal Canadiens Good signing at that price IMO. Worth the gamble. it's an amazing signing gives player a chance to actually put up a full season and cash in if he can gives Habs a solid player that is familiar with the team and systems now to at least start the year and now could be worth a very big price if dangled as a rental at the trade deadline if he can stay healthy
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Post by jimmy on Jun 20, 2023 11:22:16 GMT -4
Good signing at that price IMO. Worth the gamble. it's an amazing signing gives player a chance to actually put up a full season and cash in if he can gives Habs a solid player that is familiar with the team and systems now to at least start the year and now could be worth a very big price if dangled as a rental at the trade deadline if he can stay healthy I figured that Monahan would have had a deal similar to this available to him from a contender, and that the only way the Habs would get him would be by going a second year on term, or a higher AAV. This would seem to indicate the rest of the league doesn't place much value in him at this point, or at least in his ability to stay healthy.
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Post by Score on Jun 20, 2023 16:09:38 GMT -4
With the signing of Monahan.....where does that leave Dvorak.....hopefully on his way out.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 20, 2023 17:00:35 GMT -4
With the signing of Monahan.....where does that leave Dvorak.....hopefully on his way out. I would play Monahan with Caufield and Suzuki, leave Dach at C. I like Dvorak but he needs better wingers.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 21, 2023 11:28:48 GMT -4
www.thefourthperiod.com/jun-2023/edmundson-hoffman-in-play-for-montrealThis is not a surprise, moving both would open up room for younger guys at deep positions. Edmundson has solid value assuming the medicals are good. Hoffman they may need to retain 1-2M to get a pick back. LHD they have Matheson Xhekaj Harris and Guhle. On the wings they also have Caufield Slafkovsky Monahan? Gallagher Anderson Armia Pitlick Pezzetta etc plus the young guys in Pinard Ylonen Farrell Roy and Heineman
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Post by jimmy on Jun 21, 2023 13:54:40 GMT -4
www.thefourthperiod.com/jun-2023/edmundson-hoffman-in-play-for-montrealThis is not a surprise, moving both would open up room for younger guys at deep positions. Edmundson has solid value assuming the medicals are good. Hoffman they may need to retain 1-2M to get a pick back. LHD they have Matheson Xhekaj Harris and Guhle. On the wings they also have Caufield Slafkovsky Monahan? Gallagher Anderson Armia Pitlick Pezzetta etc plus the young guys in Pinard Ylonen Farrell Roy and Heineman There could be a market for Edmundson if he is healthy. As for Hoffman, I take exception to the comment that he could "add value to a contending team" ... he doesn't "add value" to a bottom feeding Habs team. No contending team is going to want to roll him out for a regular shift, even at 50% of his cap hit. IMO zero chance anyone trades for him this summer unless the Habs pay them to take him away.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 21, 2023 15:20:27 GMT -4
www.thefourthperiod.com/jun-2023/edmundson-hoffman-in-play-for-montrealThis is not a surprise, moving both would open up room for younger guys at deep positions. Edmundson has solid value assuming the medicals are good. Hoffman they may need to retain 1-2M to get a pick back. LHD they have Matheson Xhekaj Harris and Guhle. On the wings they also have Caufield Slafkovsky Monahan? Gallagher Anderson Armia Pitlick Pezzetta etc plus the young guys in Pinard Ylonen Farrell Roy and Heineman There could be a market for Edmundson if he is healthy. As for Hoffman, I take exception to the comment that he could "add value to a contending team" ... he doesn't "add value" to a bottom feeding Habs team. No contending team is going to want to roll him out for a regular shift, even at 50% of his cap hit. IMO zero chance anyone trades for him this summer unless the Habs pay them to take him away. He is a lot more valuable as a 3rd liner where you can control his minutes and matchups versus top 6 playing against the best D and lines. He has always been a great PP guy and streaky scorer.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 22, 2023 9:13:49 GMT -4
The Bob Mckenzie draft list will be out today, usually it most reflects how the draft will play out, his list is a consensus of 9-10 scouts he knows and not HIS list from seeing prospects.
It will be interesting to see where Michkov sits. There seems to be a drop after the top 5 with Bedard Fantilli Carlsson and Smith...if it plays out that way and the Habs DON'T want to draft MM, hopefully they are smart enough to trade back 3-4 spots and get a similar player anyways at 8-9-10. The Benson Leonard Reinbacher Barlow Dvorsky Wood and ASP group should most likely go in the 6-12 range...after that it's pretty wide open. Get an extra 1st if possible.
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Post by jimmy on Jun 22, 2023 12:40:58 GMT -4
There could be a market for Edmundson if he is healthy. As for Hoffman, I take exception to the comment that he could "add value to a contending team" ... he doesn't "add value" to a bottom feeding Habs team. No contending team is going to want to roll him out for a regular shift, even at 50% of his cap hit. IMO zero chance anyone trades for him this summer unless the Habs pay them to take him away. He is a lot more valuable as a 3rd liner where you can control his minutes and matchups versus top 6 playing against the best D and lines. He has always been a great PP guy and streaky scorer. According to Frank Seravalli, Hughes is offering Hoffman around the league for free. Appears he is not willing to pay a draft pick to someone to take him at this time. Buyout is possible, but more likely scenario is they keep him if no one wants him and he spends most of the season in the press box.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Jun 23, 2023 7:44:37 GMT -4
He is a lot more valuable as a 3rd liner where you can control his minutes and matchups versus top 6 playing against the best D and lines. He has always been a great PP guy and streaky scorer. According to Frank Seravalli, Hughes is offering Hoffman around the league for free. Appears he is not willing to pay a draft pick to someone to take him at this time. Buyout is possible, but more likely scenario is they keep him if no one wants him and he spends most of the season in the press box. There is also the option to retain up to 50%...in a flat cap(1M increase), moving 4.5M is not easy. LV gave away Pacioretty last summer. Cgy paid the Habs to take Monahan. Even if you have to retain 2M to trade Hoffman, it still clears 2.5M of cap room and opens up a spot in the lineup. There was talk yesterday of bringing Gurianov back for less than his QO.
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Post by jimmy on Jun 23, 2023 8:59:39 GMT -4
According to Frank Seravalli, Hughes is offering Hoffman around the league for free. Appears he is not willing to pay a draft pick to someone to take him at this time. Buyout is possible, but more likely scenario is they keep him if no one wants him and he spends most of the season in the press box. There is also the option to retain up to 50%...in a flat cap(1M increase), moving 4.5M is not easy. LV gave away Pacioretty last summer. Cgy paid the Habs to take Monahan. Even if you have to retain 2M to trade Hoffman, it still clears 2.5M of cap room and opens up a spot in the lineup. There was talk yesterday of bringing Gurianov back for less than his QO. Even if you retain half - I don't see there being a market from a contending team tight to the cap wanting to pay Hoffman $2.25 million for next season. I am honestly skeptical that any contending team would want him on their roster even at league minimum - contending teams have better players, period, or else they don't contend. Best case maybe you can pawn him on off on a rebuilding team that could use some cheapish scoring depth ... say for example the Blackhawks ... could Hoffman potentially score 20 plus goals playing with Bedard? Perhaps ... but the problem is, if I am the Blackhawks, this is not a guy who has a reputation of being a "good pro" ... he is not a guy who does the little things right. Is he the kind of veteran you want around your young guys in their formative years? Probably not. The Hoffman deal was a terrible one from the get go ... he had languished as an unsigned free agent the year before, took a one year show-me deal, had a bad year ... then Bergevin raced in on the first day of the free agent period and signed him to a multi-year deal for $4.5 million/season. Who was he even bidding against? Even if he liked Hoffman (when it was apparent few if any other NHL GMs did), he almost certainly could have waited him out and signed him later that summer for far less money and term.
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