Was he the one that Engel's said was the best cap guy in the league as soon as he left the Habs?
- weirdoh

Yup.

And today he says they shouldn't bring him back...
go figure!

Sure if the monkeys at your zoo like to get off on other peoples fingers.
- Oilhab

If the Habs want a proven GM who speaks French, Francois Giguere. If they want a guy who is going to attack the draft and rebuild who speaks French, Pierre McGuire.
- Unholy_Goalie

Just imagine how long it will take McGuire to make the pick at the podium ( the NHL might institute the music ala the Oscars), there will be 15 minutes explanation and info on the pick, in two languages!

He should be.
- Unholy_Goalie

Of Course...we'll have found a buyer for Phaneuf. McGuire would do Phaneuf for their first.

Marc Bergevin AGM in chicago
Brisebois AGM in Tampa

There are a few candidates....Serge Savard and Molson will pick their guy soon enough.
- Symba007

I've seen the lists. If you are going to poach Chicago, go all the way. Get Bowman. You know the Leafs regret not doing it. Or at least they should.

"Hey Scotty, you want this job? Full autonomy? No, sorry, we don't do that around here."

"Hey Brian, how does full autonomy sound to you? Great! Six year deal it is."

Right off the plantation
- Oilhab

seriously, negro jokes...

Just imagine how long it will take McGuire to make the pick at the podium ( the NHL might institute the music ala the Oscars), there will be 15 minutes explanation and info on the pick, in two languages!
- LeafMan

Just anything to get him off TV for the other 364 days a year.

Twenty-six goalies were selected in the first 30 picks in the 10 drafts I considered, a little under three per season. Of that group, 10 went in the first 10 picks of the draft. Here’s the list:





For a goalie pick to be considered a success, he had to be a starting goalie. For the sake of fairness, all the guys who have yet to lock down a starting job but have a decent shot at doing so (Dubnyk, Rask and Schneider) were counted as starters. My reasoning on what a successful goalie is couldn’t be more simple: each year, the market is flooded with a high quantity of cheap and capable backups. Martin Biron is playing in New York for less than $900,000 per season, Jean-Sebastien Giguere is in Colorado for $1.25 million, and so on. Since teams can add these guys for minimal dollars and spend no draft picks or development time on them, a goalie drafted in the first round who five years down the road turns into a serviceable backup goalie is considered a failed draft pick.

Five goalies were taken with top-five picks, and outside of Rick DiPietro (injuries being a significant factor there, though in four full seasons as a starter he really only had one good year and one serviceable year) all of them turned into capable starting goalies. Five others were taken in the top-10; they range from outright busts (Finley, Krahn) to more debatable busts, but none of them were worth a top-10 selection.

In the end, 18 of the 26 goalies selected ended up providing minimal value in exchange for the high draft pick and years of development their respective teams spent on them. Looking at the selections, I remain convinced that spending high picks on goalie prospects is generally a mistake.
- noename09

Bingo!

Just imagine how long it will take McGuire to make the pick at the podium ( the NHL might institute the music ala the Oscars), there will be 15 minutes explanation and info on the pick, in two languages!
- LeafMan

He'll also explain to us what the pick's parents do for a living, and give us information on their family.

Was he the one that Engel's said was the best cap guy in the league as soon as he left the Habs?
- weirdoh

Yes, he is the guy who figured how to fit Gomez in the Habs payroll

Of Course...we'll have found a buyer for Phaneuf. McGuire would do Phaneuf for their first.
- p_zub

Given his problem with Price, Phaneuf for Price.

DONE!

Just imagine how long it will take McGuire to make the pick at the podium ( the NHL might institute the music ala the Oscars), there will be 15 minutes explanation and info on the pick, in two languages!
- LeafMan

Only to realize that everything he said about that pic was completely erroneous and said pic is a bust.

So he doesn't fit the Americano Dream that Burkie is trying to Build then.
- Oilhab

Definitely not. Galchenyuk however...

If Burke expected full reins on controlling the Leafs, surely he would give that same respect towards his coach.

Right now, it doesn't really matter though, seeing as there isn't a single body on the team that deserves the C.
- Juice

I certainly agree there.

Just annoyed having to listen him after every game.

He's sure good at winning those ceremonial faceoffs though!



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Only to realize that everything he said about that pic was completely erroneous and said pic is a bust.
- Pecafan Fan

If McGuire was the GM back in 2005.....Habs would have picked Gilbert Brule...not Price
- Symba007

To bad he wasn't, that means you'd still have Halak and maybe win a round in the playoffs.

He'll also explain to us what the pick's parents do for a living, and give us information on their family.
- jbold

I can see that, haha

To bad he wasn't, that means you'd still have Halak and maybe win a round in the playoffs.
- Leafland

Yeah, Halak was amazing in the playoffs last year!

Oh... wait, his team didn't make the playoffs last year....

Yeah, Halak was amazing in the playoffs last year!

Oh... wait, his team didn't make the playoffs last year....
- Pecafan Fan

They might this year.

Trade our number 6 overall pick plus Mike Komisarek for Tampa Bay Number 9 and number 25

Trade number 9 plus Clarke MacArthur to Washington for number 13 and number 15 overall

Draft: Derrick Pouliot, Brendan Gaunce and Malcom Subban

http://www.mynhldraft.com/NHL-Mock-Draft/

Given his problem with Price, Phaneuf for Price.

DONE!
- Unholy_Goalie

Not sure... he did admit that Price is a "Big Body Presence"

They might this year.
- daeth

Dunno is Halak will be doing much though.

Trade our number 6 overall pick plus Mike Komisarek for Tampa Bay Number 9 and number 25

Trade number 9 plus Clarke MacArthur to Washington for number 13 and number 15 overall

Draft: Derrick Pouliot, Brendan Gaunce and Malcom Subban

http://www.mynhldraft.com/NHL-Mock-Draft/
- steve362

Wake up from your dream: Eat Cheerios.

I certainly agree there.

Just annoyed having to listen him after every game.

He's sure good at winning those ceremonial faceoffs though!



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- robin_steele264

Dunno is Halak will be doing much though.
- robin_steele264

The Blues play a very effective defensive system, really hard to play against them.