I think any addition to the top six as a big big need.
- Pecafan Fan

Hard to disagree with that. Ladd is a guy i would target to play on the 2nd line.

I can't see it. Trading him is one of those one step forward 2 steps back moves. Ok, get a centre. But now you're missing your best offensive dman and your PP will completely go for a poop.
- weirdoh

What best describes it the last few years??

So which 3rd liner are the habs gonna pick im the first round this time around?
- Pecafan Fan

I'm guessing a defenseman...Juolevi maybe, but probably Sergachev. He's a fast puck moving defenseman, with good hands and size (code)

Then there's that Tyson Jost guy, hard to say where he'll get picked. Some people dismissed him since he plays in the BCHL, but his recent performance at the U18 made him move a few ranks up on some scouts lists.

bon matin
- -davies-

Good morning.

11 years of watching a complete poophole of a team that didn't have a sliver of hope in anything. I sure as (frank) have earned this.
- weirdoh

you sure have actually

So Habs didn't win the lottery

Go (frank) off somewhere sadumbrella . Every since you started blogging nothing good has happened for the Habs. And your material makes me wanna stab my eyes out

I'm on the Yost Keller Sergachev train. Honourable mention to Logan Brown

But we all know it'll be German Rubself

Or only Jew living

you sure have actually
- dt99999

no kidding

Hard to disagree with that. Ladd is a guy i would target to play on the 2nd line.
- Habsody

$6M per for 6 years for a guy who is a 2nd liner NOW and will rapidly get worse. Excellent choice

Just going to leave this right here:

Murray would have no use for Matthews, a center, because he is already stacked at that position with Ryan O'Reilly, Jack Eichel, Samson Reinhart, Zemgus Girgensons and Johan Larsson

Just going to leave this right here:
- muffin_man

yes who needs Matthews

Just going to leave this right here:
- muffin_man

The odds were stacked against the Sabres, who entered the proceedings with a 6% chance of winning. Last April, the 30th place Sabres held a 20% chip in the poker game and finished second overall. Murray converted that chip into generational talent Jack Eichel, who shut the mouths of his skeptics and doubters performing off the charts in his NHL rookie season. From the time he puled his Bauer blades on at rookie development camp in July until the time he cleaned out hi s locker stall two weeks ago, Eichel flat out dominated the true rookie class of forwards in the NHL.

The 30th place Leafs held home ice advantage for the NHL Draft Lottery. Watching the who spectacle unfold, one could not help by wonder if it all was just a waste of every other team's time. Like Tim Murray, I have had a snaking suspicion about this particular draft and which team would be awarded the first overall pick. I like conspiracy theories. I'm leaning towards the Leafs getting some corporate welfare by being selected first overall. I can't prove my theory. It's just a hunch. My take all season long is that the Leafs selected the wrong season to tank in. Their president Brendan Shanahan said that he, his staff, coaches and players "worked hard" this season to earn the number one slot in the 2016 NHL Draft Lottery. Why didn't he lead his group to win McDavid or Eichel in April 2015?

I like Auston Matthews as a player, however, he's not Connor McDavid and he's certainly not Jack Eichel in terms of his overall skill set. Matthews has a chance to be special like McDavid and Eichel. Matthews has a lot to prove at the NHL level. He played at a high level is the Swiss Elite League, however, that isn't as tough and rigorous a league as Canadian major junior, NCAA, or the Finnish Elite League.

The odds were stacked against the Sabres, who entered the proceedings with a 6% chance of winning. Last April, the 30th place Sabres held a 20% chip in the poker game and finished second overall. Murray converted that chip into generational talent Jack Eichel, who shut the mouths of his skeptics and doubters performing off the charts in his NHL rookie season. From the time he puled his Bauer blades on at rookie development camp in July until the time he cleaned out hi s locker stall two weeks ago, Eichel flat out dominated the true rookie class of forwards in the NHL.

The 30th place Leafs held home ice advantage for the NHL Draft Lottery. Watching the who spectacle unfold, one could not help by wonder if it all was just a waste of every other team's time. Like Tim Murray, I have had a snaking suspicion about this particular draft and which team would be awarded the first overall pick. I like conspiracy theories. I'm leaning towards the Leafs getting some corporate welfare by being selected first overall. I can't prove my theory. It's just a hunch. My take all season long is that the Leafs selected the wrong season to tank in. Their president Brendan Shanahan said that he, his staff, coaches and players "worked hard" this season to earn the number one slot in the 2016 NHL Draft Lottery. Why didn't he lead his group to win McDavid or Eichel in April 2015?

I like Auston Matthews as a player, however, he's not Connor McDavid and he's certainly not Jack Eichel in terms of his overall skill set. Matthews has a chance to be special like McDavid and Eichel. Matthews has a lot to prove at the NHL level. He played at a high level is the Swiss Elite League, however, that isn't as tough and rigorous a league as Canadian major junior, NCAA, or the Finnish Elite League.


- mr.peanut

What a complete (frank)ing imbecile. (frank)

captain incipid

- stinger67

So Habs didn't win the lottery

Go (frank) off somewhere sadumbrella . Every since you started blogging nothing good has happened for the Habs. And your material makes me wanna stab my eyes out
- QuickSCF

$6M per for 6 years for a guy who is a 2nd liner NOW and will rapidly get worse. Excellent choice
- muffin_man

Nice terms lol. He is 29 not 32. I love how you make it personal every time i post.

25M$/5 years look more accurate.

Nice terms lol. He is 29 not 32. I love how you make it personal every time i post.

25M$/5 years look more accurate.
- Habsody

Quite sure Ladd will jump on the opportunity to play with David Desharnais.

Good day to be a Jet fan

So...with the lottery out of the way, I guess the focus will be on contracts and who's up, who is going to be let go of, etc...

Here's who's up for a new contract

Sven Andrighetto RW (RFA)
Mark Barberio D (RFA)
Victor Bartley D (UFA)
Mike Brown RW/LW (UFA)
Daniel Carr LW (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Phillip Danault C/LW (RFA)
Darren Dietz D (RFA)
Morgan Ellis D (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Tom Gilbert D (UFA)
Joel Hanley D (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Bud Holloway D (UFA)
Lucas Lessio RW/LW (RFA)
John Scott (UFA)
Ben Scrivens G (UFA)

Mac Bennett D (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Michael Bournival LW/C (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Gabriel Dumont C/RW (UFA)

EDIT: cue the OMG LOLZ and THIS IS DEPRESSING

Good day to be a Jet fan
- stormey

Very.

Lucky bastards.

Nice terms lol. He is 29 not 32. I love how you make it personal every time i post.

25M$/5 years look more accurate.
- Habsody

Don't think he'll settle for a deal like that, but one can hope.

So...with the lottery out of the way, I guess the focus will be on contracts and who's up, who is going to be let go of, etc...

Here's who's up for a new contract

Sven Andrighetto RW (RFA)
Mark Barberio D (RFA)
Victor Bartley D (UFA)
Mike Brown RW/LW (UFA)
Daniel Carr LW (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Phillip Danault C/LW (RFA)
Darren Dietz D (RFA)
Morgan Ellis D (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Tom Gilbert D (UFA)
Joel Hanley D (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Bud Holloway D (UFA)
Lucas Lessio RW/LW (RFA)
John Scott (UFA)
Ben Scrivens G (UFA)

Mac Bennett D (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Michael Bournival LW/C (RFA, Arbitration eligible)
Gabriel Dumont C/RW (UFA)

EDIT: cue the OMG LOLZ and THIS IS DEPRESSING
- stinger67

I really can't see anyone I'd be happy to see re-signed. One or two I wouldn't be upset about, but definitely not happy.

Worst part is they don't represent any of the teams bad contracts, so letting them all walk doesn't really help much