MOAR BOOGER!!!!
- Pecafan Fan

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quote please?

I never said that.

If that is what he is demanding, then of course he has to go. I don't think any team pays him that, at this point.

For a more reasonable price, I am a big fan. I've wanted a guy like him on the Leafs for a while now.
- Aetherial

Sorry about that, my bad. It was somebody else talking about giving 7M to ROR (wich I don't think is a good idea either).

Galchenyuk has to make the move as a center man, Habs need cap space and Pleck is not so good in the playoffs. And he is getting older. And the Habs have too many C.

He could be the one to go.

...and Markov plays on the left, so it makes perfect sense
- Pecafan Fan

Yeah, not my best work obviously i thought he was playing right.

Sorry about that, my bad. It was somebody else talking about giving 7M to ROR (wich I don't think is a good idea either).

Galchenyuk has to make the move as a center man, Habs need cap space and Pleck is not so good in the playoffs. And he is getting older. And the Habs have too many C.

He could be the one to go.
- deadpoulet

More than anything, Plekanec has value. DD and Eller not so much.

Love how fans are crying to have Chucky play center while the organisation thinks he might never do so and even the player feels better playing the wing.

Sorry about that, my bad. It was somebody else talking about giving 7M to ROR (wich I don't think is a good idea either).

Galchenyuk has to make the move as a center man, Habs need cap space and Pleck is not so good in the playoffs. And he is getting older. And the Habs have too many C.

He could be the one to go.
- deadpoulet

Would love to have RoR, but damn 7 million is tough to pay for that skillset.

Sorry about that, my bad. It was somebody else talking about giving 7M to ROR (wich I don't think is a good idea either).

Galchenyuk has to make the move as a center man, Habs need cap space and Pleck is not so good in the playoffs. And he is getting older. And the Habs have too many C.

He could be the one to go.
- deadpoulet

I think he could go, because he has considerable value for a team lacking a #2 center and winning in the next couple years.

The problem is that I think the Habs feel that loss if the trade him.

More than anything, Plekanec has value. DD and Eller not so much.
- Habsody

I think DD has some value. He had what, 60 points this season? And not a lot of $$ for him.

A perfect second line center.

edit : 48 points. Still, a lot of teams would take him on their 2nd line.

I think he could go, because he has considerable value for a team lacking a #2 center and winning in the next couple years.

The problem is that I think the Habs feel that loss if the trade him.
- Aetherial

The guy could walk as a UFA at the end of the year. You always have to get something for your assets.

Desharnais could go as well, but Galchenyuk needs to step in for that to happen. Nobody will pick Eller.

I like him. He's a very good player.

Problem is he doesn't seem to have an extra gear.
- Pecafan Fan

Never understood that reasoning. We blame some players when we feel they don't put 100% effort during the season, but then cut them some slack when they "get an extra gear" during the playoffs, when they DO decide to play at 100%?

Maybe Plek don't get an extra gear in the playoffs because ... he always put near 100 % effort year in and year out out ? How can that be a negative?

When I hear "that player get really better in the playoffs", in my mind it's always "then that player must not give his 100 % during the year". That's a bad thing, not a good thing.

Never understood that reasoning. We blame some players when we feel they don't put 100% effort during the season, but then cut them some slack when they "get an extra gear" during the playoffs, when they DO decide to play at 100%?

Maybe Plek don't get an extra gear in the playoffs because .. he always put near 100 % year in and year out out ? How can that be a negative?

When I hear "that players get really better in the playoffs", in my mind it's always "then he's not a player that give is 100 % during the year?". That's a bad thing, not a good thing.
- Popofjc

There's a difference playing 7 games against the same team and playing an 82 games season.

Plekanec doesn't seem to be able to adapt.

There's a difference playing 7 games against the same team and playing an 82 games season.

Plekanec doesn't seem to be able to adapt.
- Pecafan Fan

Maybe, but I think it's also a lot easier for team to adapt their system to cover our best point-making centre when we only have one that is effective (and able to play against the opposing best lines, so that exclude DD).

I think the Habs have so few offence-oriented players that it's really too easy to make a strategy to cover the few that does. And I'm pretty sure MT tells Plek during the playoffs"make sure Stamkos doesn't score" before telling him "go score some goals" (I'm sure he do not tel DD that).

Maybe, but I think it's also a lot easier for team to adapt their system to cover our best point-making centre when we only have one that is effective (and able to play against the opposing best lines, so that exclude DD).

I think the Habs have so few offence-oriented players that it's really too easy to make a strategy to cover the few that does. And I'm pretty sure MT tells Plek during the playoffs"make sure Stamkos doesn't score" before telling him "go score some goals" (I'm sure he do not tel DD that).
- Popofjc

Yeah I never mentioned that Desharnais was better or as good as Plekanec.

But this is PLekanec's last year under contract, and he'll be due for a pretty important raise. And I'm not sure it's something the habs should consider.

Yeah I never mentioned that Desharnais was better or as good as Plekanec.

But this is PLekanec's last year under contract, and he'll be due for a pretty important raise. And I'm not sure it's something the habs should consider.
- Pecafan Fan

Of course not; main issue with Plekanec isn't that he is struggling during the playoffs, it's that he plays the exact same game that in the regular season which is a perimeter game unwilling to take the puck behind the defenders and battle for it. Look at all the goals scored in the PO, and 90% come in the bell. Size isn't an issue, Gallagher and Johnson made that point pretty clear this year.

Love how fans are crying to have Chucky play center while the organisation thinks he might never do so and even the player feels better playing the wing.
- WaterBoy

link?

link?
- blarneylad

RDS since January

Guy Lafleur was wrong some years ago, the Habs now have 4 Third Lines.

Plekanec is a real bargain, has always play with the CH and is likely to accept a cap-friendly contract to stay with the team after next season. Even though I was a bit disapointed by his playoffs performance over the years, he still managed to be a really consistent player and he puts up numbers while often playing other teams' top lines.

For some unexplicable reasons, I kind of like Eller, but I think he could be traded even though we won't get much in return, because De la Rose will take his place in a few years. As for DD, I think he's more serviceable than what he would bring on the trade market. I'm always surprised of the effectiveness of his offensive zone backcheck and he creates a lot of turnovers that Pacioretty turns into goals. I think that we could compensante for our low scoring top two centers by adding a more threatening third line center and a more talented second line right wing. I think the CH can base their offense on a balanced and deep 4 lines line-up. It proved to be a good way to do things against teams like Ottawa or teams that spend a lot of salary on star players. The fourth line of Prust-Mitchell-Weise will outplay most of 4th lines in the league.

Also, we seriously need to trade Emelin for anything. Players comments have shown that Markov, even though he was horrible in the playoffs, scoring more often in his own net than in the opposition's one, was still a great mentor and was helping young D developping. He should play sheltered minutes next year because his skating abilities are "aging". I'd sincerly play Beaulieu with Subban on regular shifts. The would be a very fast pace duo, as both move the puck really quickly, with Subban having the ability to protect the puck more effectively.

And for now, I'll actually keep some of my opinions for one of the many CH blogs to come!

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- Pecafan Fan

y'est pas tusseul à rire dins zestrades.

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- Pecafan Fan

y'est pas tusseul à rire dins zestrades.
- yiri-sa-coche

- Pecafan Fan

japogne moétou.

hey guys do you know what happenned with the weird french habs blogger there was a few months or years ago. and i'm not talking about benny brunette nor patrice breakwood.

No one payed me attention for the last fifteen minutes. I quit hockeybuzz forums after one morning of egocentric logorrhea that had no effect on the continuance of the world and on those who will follow. I enjoyed being part of this but truly realized how the society is organized around exploitation and apathy. One's psychological life is fragile and should always be given more consideration than entertainment of the mass. I'm going straight away to Sylvain Guimond office to get adequate existantial help after such a traumatic experience in the social arena of virtuality. You may try to convince not to leave: but do we really choose in this world where partisanship is dictated by the mass media and the arbitrary location of our birth? Did I really choose to write english forum entries in english for a french canadian audience? Those questions might sow the seed of a cultural and metaphysical change right here in the democratic kingdom of Eklund's journalism platform, but I won't be there to see it. I'll miss you all.