https://youtu.be/wiC1CC9GWHY
- obie

If he tries that in the NHL, he will end up in the 3rd row before getting the pass off.

you need this don't you?
- twiztedmike

Please elaborate. Why would I need this?

Why are people still saying there's no home rink? They are at Barclays until the 2021-22 season, when their arena in Belmont on Long Island will be ready. This is in the bag already. Plus, with Lou Lamoriello firing the incompetents, you can't argue there's no stability anymore.

They're one trade away from having a goalie, and it's not like other NHL teams don't have on-ice holes to fill.

The deal is waiting on the final cap number; he wants a certain % of the cap, so once that's announced, there could be a signing. It could also be that he's waited this long and just wants to see what's out there (scary for Isles fans, but have to have confidence that he hasn't been lying for years about wanting to stay).
- isles10289

So Lou is going to suddenly do miracles & iron out all the wrinkles for the Isles organisation?

I don't know. The Devils seemed a lot better after seeing him wave goodbye - & that had more to do with their new gm than Lou. The Leafs have now seen enough of Lou & brought in a young guy at a huge risk rather than continue on with Lou.

I think the hope is outweighing the facts at this juncture in my opinion. I could be wrong & Lou makes some moves & gets the Isles to round 3 or better, but for now I'm thinking sacking Garth & Weight will be his biggest moves.

Pacioretty Drouin Zadina
Domi Danault Gallagher
Lekhonen De La Rose Scherbak
Byron Shaw Hudon

Mete Weber
Reilly Petry
Alzner Juulsen

Benn, Schlemko & Deslauriers


Price
Niemi

This roster costs approximately 65.44 million dollars and is probably good enough to finish bottom 5

So Lou is going to suddenly do miracles & iron out all the wrinkles for the Isles organisation?

I don't know. The Devils seemed a lot better after seeing him wave goodbye - & that had more to do with their new gm than Lou. The Leafs have now seen enough of Lou & brought in a young guy at a huge risk rather than continue on with Lou.

I think the hope is outweighing the facts at this juncture in my opinion. I could be wrong & Lou makes some moves & gets the Isles to round 3 or better, but for now I'm thinking sacking Garth & Weight will be his biggest moves.
- Aussiepenguin

The one thing you're consistent with

Pacioretty Drouin Zadina
Domi Danault Gallagher
Lekhonen De La Rose Scherbak
Byron Shaw Hudon

Mete Weber
Reilly Petry
Alzner Juulsen

Benn, Schlemko & Deslauriers


Price
Niemi

This roster costs approximately 65.44 million dollars and is probably good enough to finish bottom 5
- obie

Don't think they'll draft Zadina. Also think Bergevin will make a couple more dumb trades this summer. In the end they'll still be a bottom 5 team though...

Don't think they'll draft Zadina. Also think Bergevin will make a couple more dumb trades this summer. In the end they'll still be a bottom 5 team though...
- BashCH

Dumb trades and bad signings are a guarantee, I fully expect Jack Johnson to be added to the D core, which will come at the expense of either Mete or Reilly, which is BS by itself let alone when you consider the terms of a JJ contract... I was just putting up the "as it stands" lineup!

As far as the pick itself, who knows? I believe Zadina is the obvious choice, so I fully expect him to draft Tkachuk or Kotkaniemi.

Dumb trades and bad signings are a guarantee, I fully expect Jack Johnson to be added to the D core, which will come at the expense of either Mete or Reilly, which is BS by itself let alone when you consider the terms of a JJ contract... I was just putting up the "as it stands" lineup!

As far as the pick itself, who knows? I believe Zadina is the obvious choice, so I fully expect him to draft Tkachuk or Kotkaniemi.
- obie

I think JJ needs to keep as much money as possible, so maybe he won't sign in montreal

I think JJ needs to keep as much money as possible, so maybe he won't sign in montreal
- mr.peanut

I hope you're right but don't underestimate Bergevin's ability to overpay!

Pacioretty Drouin Zadina
Domi Danault Gallagher
Lekhonen De La Rose Scherbak
Byron Shaw Hudon

Mete Weber
Reilly Petry
Alzner Juulsen

Benn, Schlemko & Deslauriers


Price
Niemi

This roster costs approximately 65.44 million dollars and is probably good enough to finish bottom 5
- obie

One top center and that is a play off team. Doesn't look that bad.

One top center and that is a play off team. Doesn't look that bad.
- DutchSenators

They need a 1st & 2nd line C + a top pairing LD and to get rid of lots of deadwood... They also need to give Scherbak and Rychel legitimate shots at becoming NHL players

They need a rebuild

Feels like a bad trade right now, I really liked Galchenyuk, when he was on his game he was pretty exciting to watch, problem is he was inconsistent. I hope Domi pans out with the habs, a change of scenery could do him some good...

It gives the impression that MB is more concerned of getting rid of "problem players"(i.e.all the rumors around Galchenyuk concerning his partying) than acquiring a player that will fill an actual need, such as a (frank)ing center... Guess it's part of the attitude revamp

Please elaborate. Why would I need this?
- DutchSenators

http://www.hockeybuzz.com...153098&page=last#18832344

Pacioretty Drouin Zadina
Domi Danault Gallagher
Lekhonen De La Rose Scherbak
Byron Shaw Hudon

Mete Weber
Reilly Petry
Alzner Juulsen

Benn, Schlemko & Deslauriers


Price
Niemi

This roster costs approximately 65.44 million dollars and is probably good enough to finish bottom 5
- obie

Hmmm playing Zadina offwing coming of the draft sounds like some déjà-vu...
The price to get O’Reilly seems too steep while the Habs couldn’t afford to give up the assets needed to make this works. Besides, Stastny’s PPG over the last 3 years is 0,74 and O’Reilly 0,78. I would be looking at Stastny (in the obvious eventuality that the Habs won’t sign Tavares) and another RW, James Neal being the best candidate out there. They also need to work on a trade that would land Hanifin for Patches.

This would make the Habs competitive as early as next year and would allow the kids to grow. I would also trade down and draft Kotkaniemi, th center with the higher upside/ceiling.

What is the difference between boxers and feminists?

There are some boxers classified as lightweight.

A Paki dude at work showed me his tattoo.

"Isn't that one of those that washes off?" I asked.

"I don't know," he replied.

Looks like Pete created himself a new account

Hmmm playing Zadina offwing coming of the draft sounds like some déjà-vu...
The price to get O’Reilly seems too steep while the Habs couldn’t afford to give up the assets needed to make this works. Besides, Stastny’s PPG over the last 3 years is 0,74 and O’Reilly 0,78. I would be looking at Stastny (in the obvious eventuality that the Habs won’t sign Tavares) and another RW, James Neal being the best candidate out there. They also need to work on a trade that would land Hanifin for Patches.

This would make the Habs competitive as early as next year and would allow the kids to grow. I would also trade down and draft Kotkaniemi, th center with the higher upside/ceiling.
- Habsody

Zadina played RW plenty last year in Halifax, he's no stranger to the position... Like I mentioned, this is the roster as it stands now, sure if Pacioretty is moved out and Drouin kept at C, Zadina could move to the left side

I really don't think O'Reilly or Stastny are guys the Habs should be targeting and I doubt Pacioretty gets you Hanifin unless you add much more

Zadina played RW plenty last year in Halifax, he's no stranger to the position... Like I mentioned, this is the roster as it stands now, sure if Pacioretty is moved out and Drouin kept at C, Zadina could move to the left side

I really don't think O'Reilly or Stastny are guys the Habs should be targeting and I doubt Pacioretty gets you Hanifin unless you add much more
- obie

An extended multiple 30 goals scorer will get you Hanifin for sure. But for some reason you undervalue Patches and overvalue every prospect of others teams (Vilardi, Glass and Steel come to mind).

As for Zadina, i watched him play twice this year (in Shawinigan and Drummondville) and let me tell you that he is a natural LW. But yeah, it isn’t too far fetched to move him to RW. As for Stastny, i really like his game, rare are the centers willing to drive the center like he does and park in front of the net. If he is your 2nd line center, he shouldn’t a concern by any stretch of imagination.

An extended multiple 30 goals scorer will get you Hanifin for sure. But for some reason you undervalue Patches and overvalue every prospect of others teams (Vilardi, Glass and Steel come to mind).

As for Zadina, i watched him play twice this year (in Shawinigan and Drummondville) and let me tell you that he is a natural LW. But yeah, it isn’t too far fetched to move him to RW. As for Stastny, i really like his game, rare are the centers willing to drive the center like he does and park in front of the net. If he is your 2nd line center, he shouldn’t a concern by any stretch of imagination.
- Habsody

With an extension maybe but as it stands, not a chance... I don't undervalue Pacioretty, I'm just realistic about what a 29 year old winger on his last year can bring back in a trade! And I guess we'll see in a couple years if I was overvaluing Vilardi and Glass as both have the tools to become very productive C

And Stastny is exactly that, an aging 2nd line C, for Montreal to grab him without an actual 1st line C would be like making beds in a burning house, pointless!

An extended multiple 30 goals scorer will get you Hanifin for sure. But for some reason you undervalue Patches and overvalue every prospect of others teams (Vilardi, Glass and Steel come to mind).

As for Zadina, i watched him play twice this year (in Shawinigan and Drummondville) and let me tell you that he is a natural LW. But yeah, it isn’t too far fetched to move him to RW. As for Stastny, i really like his game, rare are the centers willing to drive the center like he does and park in front of the net. If he is your 2nd line center, he shouldn’t a concern by any stretch of imagination.
- Habsody

His production didn’t decline during the last 3 years though. I agree that vilardi has the potential to be a top line player, but i’m really not a fan of Glass’ game. A soft perimeter player who struggles to create space for himself. Sam Steel has no more upside than Poehling. ✌️

His production didn’t decline during the last 3 years though. I agree that vilardi has the potential to be a top line player, but i’m really not a fan of Glass’ game. A soft perimeter player who struggles to create space for himself. Sam Steel has no more upside than Poehling. ✌️
- Habsody

Steel/Poehling are very comparable, I see nothing wrong with adding players with that kind of potential at a position that has been haunting the team for a very long time!

Vilardi will be a stud! Jury is still out on Glass but word is if Vegas had been willing to part with him at the deadline, Erik Karlsson would be a Knight, still too early to tell.

Steel/Poehling are very comparable, I see nothing wrong with adding players with that kind of potential at a position that has been haunting the team for a very long time!

Vilardi will be a stud! Jury is still out on Glass but word is if Vegas had been willing to part with him at the deadline, Erik Karlsson would be a Knight, still too early to tell.
- obie

Agreed for Vilardi, he has a lot of Ryan Getzlaf in his game. I don’t believe the bolded for a second though, simply because you don’t give a rat a$$ about Glass when you can get a player like Karlsson. 😂

Agreed for Vilardi, he has a lot of Ryan Getzlaf in his game. I don’t believe the bolded for a second though, simply because you don’t give a rat a$$ about Glass when you can get a player like Karlsson. 😂
- Habsody

Considering what they gave for healthy scratch tatar, if that deal were on the table ek65 would be in vegas

Agreed for Vilardi, he has a lot of Ryan Getzlaf in his game. I don’t believe the bolded for a second though, simply because you don’t give a rat a$$ about Glass when you can get a player like Karlsson. 😂
- Habsody

Yea it's just something I read, not trying to pass it on as factual, I'm not sure I believe it myself to be honest