Hard to keep getting impact players when you always draft in the 20's.. They have historically done a good job of drafting replacements but it will be very difficult to replace Lidstrom, Zetterburg etc when they go.
- RENATO6

They will replace Lidstrom with Suter and be set for another 10 years.

Well, to be fair, we can't know who the BEST candidate is without the benefit of plenty of hindsight. I did say he was the best "in my opinion".

And who the (frank) is suggesting Jennifer Botterill?
- 3M

Truthfully he'd have been my first choice to for every reason you said, but i also know I have no clue.

http://habsloyalist.blogspot.ca/2012/04/calling-all-candidates.html
- habby

LOLz.

Hard to keep getting impact players when you always draft in the 20's.. They have historically done a good job of drafting replacements but it will be very difficult to replace Lidstrom, Zetterburg etc when they go.
- RENATO6

How many first or second round picks on their team? It hasn't seemed to matter and it's one of the few places we've seen players take less to sign in.

LOLz.
- 3M

Bob Gainey's resume wasn't better than Botterill's

That's where I stopped reading.

They will replace Lidstrom with Suter and be set for another 10 years.
- 3M

They will sign Parise as well.

Truthfully he'd have been my first choice to for every reason you said, but i also know I have no clue.
- habby

Well, I'm glad they at least spoke with him. It's more than they did with Yzerman before hand picking Gauthier.

They will replace Lidstrom with Suter and be set for another 10 years.
- 3M

That would not be fair... heard that Suter and Parise are a package.. ala Kariya and Selanne... don't know how true that is and who could make $13-15 million available in the cap.

Yup but very early, we will see how they do when called up. Detroit has been very good for so long because they had a stable nucleus, that is now old.. we will see how they are able to continue while replacing them, it will be interesting.
- RENATO6

They were old before, Yzerman, Fedorov, Shanahan...then they got younger when those guys were complemented by Datsyuk and Zetterberg and Fransen...

The problem now is that Lidstrom is old...and might be retiring. Holmstrom is done...Cleary is old too, and probably finished...

They should have moved a few veterans in the last year or so...

Bob Gainey's resume wasn't better than Botterill's

That's where I stopped reading.
- habby

I skimmed slightly further down. I stopped when I got to Vicky Sunohara.

That would not be fair... heard that Suter and Parise are a package.. ala Kariya and Selanne... don't know how true that is and who could make $13-15 million available in the cap.
- RENATO6

The wings can.

Well, I'm glad they at least spoke with him. It's more than they did with Yzerman before hand picking Gauthier.
- 3M

It's amazing how big of a cluster (frank) Gauthier was. It would be interesting to know how he ended up on Gainey's staff, they don't seem to have a history.

One of my biggest concerns about the next GM isn't so much about who it is, but who they bring in with them.

That would not be fair... heard that Suter and Parise are a package.. ala Kariya and Selanne... don't know how true that is and who could make $13-15 million available in the cap.
- RENATO6

Gomez, Kaberle and Bourque to Hamilton?

How many first or second round picks on their team? It hasn't seemed to matter and it's one of the few places we've seen players take less to sign in.
- habby

True... I do think that a lot of the success has to do with the system they play. They are very disciplined and know where the other players are. As a result, they hold onto the puck really well. They are able to play this system because of the stability of their core players that have been there 10+ years. When those players (esp Lidstrom) leave will they still be able to play that system? Perhaps.

http://habsloyalist.blogspot.ca/2012/04/calling-all-candidates.html
- habby

Bob Gainey's resume wasn't better than Botterill's, only he played in the NHL, while she was played at the highest level of competition in the women's game.




Dear God...

It's amazing how big of a cluster (frank) Gauthier was. It would be interesting to know how he ended up on Gainey's staff, they don't seem to have a history.

One of my biggest concerns about the next GM isn't so much about who it is, but who they bring in with them.
- habby

Yeah. My biggest concern is that it will ultimately be someone with relatively little front office experience, who has an equally limited professional network of contacts, that will be hard-pressed to assemble a good management team.

Gomez, Kaberle and Bourque to Hamilton?
- habby

Yes please.. even if they don't need the money.. just get them out of my face..esp Gomez and Kaberle..

Bob Gainey's resume wasn't better than Botterill's, only he played in the NHL, while she was played at the highest level of competition in the women's game.




Dear God...
- Pecafan Fan

That is what happens when you allow anyone to write a blog

Bob Gainey's resume wasn't better than Botterill's, only he played in the NHL, while she was played at the highest level of competition in the women's game.




Dear God...
- Pecafan Fan

I can't bring myself to click on the link again, but what are the odds that the author is either:

a) a female; and/or
b) related to Jennifer Botterill?

Yes please.. even if they don't need the money.. just get them out of my face..esp Gomez and Kaberle..
- RENATO6

This.

Bob Gainey's resume wasn't better than Botterill's, only he played in the NHL, while she was played at the highest level of competition in the women's game.




Dear God...
- Pecafan Fan

The cup he won in Dallas doesn't count.

I can't bring myself to click on the link again, but what are the odds that the author is either:

a) a female; and/or
b) related to Jennifer Botterill?
- 3M

My name is Leigh Anne Power, and I am a Habs fan.

They were old before, Yzerman, Fedorov, Shanahan...then they got younger when those guys were complemented by Datsyuk and Zetterberg and Fransen...

The problem now is that Lidstrom is old...and might be retiring. Holmstrom is done...Cleary is old too, and probably finished...

They should have moved a few veterans in the last year or so...
- number_23

We will see if the next wave of young players can match that... odds are they can not.

Bob Gainey's resume wasn't better than Botterill's, only he played in the NHL, while she was played at the highest level of competition in the women's game.




Dear God...
- Pecafan Fan

On serait la risé de la ligue, pis pas y'ienque a peu pres...

My name is Leigh Anne Power, and I am a Habs fan.
- Pecafan Fan

I (frank)ing knew it.