Pre-Game Talk: Montreal @ Nashville: Tuesday, March 5th, 8 PM

[LaP]

It just means Habs with an easy win.


I never believed in rebuild. There is no reason team cannot stay somewhat competitive while turning over their players. See Boston. Rebuild is just an excuse for inability to manage.

Can it leads to a cup though? We have been there and we have done that.

Boston still got Pasternak and McAvoy. Top 10 forward and top 10 defense. Anyone who thought Boston would implode this year doesn't know much about hockey imo.

 

[BLONG7]

We also passed on: Morgan Reilly, Lindholm, Dumba, Trouba, Grigorenko, Faksa, Vasilevski, Helleybuck, Hertl,...etc, other teams may have passed on Forsberg, not many, but most other teams chose wisely. Still, we could have had Forsberg, just saying

Our drafting under Timmins for quite some time was.......................iffy real iffy at times.

Watch to see if anyone gets held out of the lineup............vs Preds or Canes............
This place will go nuts then boys!!

 

[The Real Timo]

Our drafting under Timmins for quite some time was.......................iffy real iffy at times.

Watch to see if anyone gets held out of the lineup............vs Preds or Canes............
This place will go nuts then boys!!

Haha... Imagine if the sat Caufield wo an explanation? HF needs to bring extra hamsters just for the next week or so.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Can it leads to a cup though? We have been there and we have done that.

Boston still got Pasternak and McAvoy. Top 10 forward and top 10 defense. Anyone who thought Boston would implode this year doesn't know much about hockey imo.

And they have no chance at a Cup.

 

[Team_Spirit]

The Oilers and Jackets would take Forsberg before us.

Chucky is still 5th in points from that draft.

Timmins most brutal picks; Leblanc and Fischer over Kreider/Giroux.

Cody Glass is no longer a bust? Lol

 

[red devil]

 

[Runner77]

 

[Redux91]

Big Mac is back!

Yes that's the 15-16 Habs when Mike Condon played 55 games did you erase it from your memory?

I was actually at this game live lol
The 3 takeaways were, damn did we get embarrassed I thought,
Johnny Hockey was by far the best player on the ice, and one of the most alented I ever saw live (but now he's Columbus problem lol, those guys don't last in their 30's)
And obviously the first McCarron goal
Who I had such high hopes for

 

[Trabdy2]

This is the way.

 

[The Great Weal]

Wouldn't be surprised if he gets waived next season. He stinks.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Wouldn't be surprised if he gets waived next season. He stinks

Ridiculous. He hasn't been great but is still better than half the goalies in the NHL.

 

[The Great Weal]

Ridiculous. He hasn't been great but is still better than half the goalies in the NHL.

The guy is 53rd in save % for goalies with at least 15 games. He stinks and his contract is horrendous. He's a below average backup getting paid premium backup money. Nobody wants him or else he'd be gone a while ago.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Ridiculous. He hasn't been great but is still better than half the goalies in the NHL.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

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Do you even watch the NHL. Half the goalies in the NHL should be slinging hash. Allen on a good team would be a decent backup.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

The guy is 53rd in save % for goalies with at least 15 games. He stinks and his contract is horrendous. He's a below average backup getting paid premium backup money. Nobody wants him or else he'd be gone a while ago.

He is playing on a bad team. There are backups on very good teams that are absolute crap. He would be an improvement in Ottawa. Forsberg is absolute trash. He is better than Daws in New Jersey. He would not be a big improvement and not worth much in a trade but he would be an improvement. I don't think this season with few starts is representative of what he can do.

 

[The Great Weal]

He is playing on a bad team. There are backups on very good teams that are absolute crap. He would be an improvement in Ottawa. Forsberg is absolute trash. He is better than Daws in New Jersey. He would not be a big improvement and not worth much in a trade but he would be an improvement. I don't think this season with few starts is representative of what he can do.

Yet the other two goalies on the same team have been considerably better. Ottawa is a very good team? They are worse than us at the moment. The Devils had Daws as their 3rd goalie, Allen wouldn't be a backup for them when healthy. Allen would be gone if he was simply "not worth much", the guy has negative value. Management made it clear that this 3 goalie rotation is not ideal for them but they are stuck with it since Allen's contract sucks and his play is that of a below average backup. Sure he could do better next year, but he hasn't been good for a very long time so that's most likely wishful thinking.

Again, if a team thought he'd be a valuable upgrade over their backup, they would have made a trade for him. The fact that he's compared to bad backups that teams are trying to get an upgrade on should tell you that he sucks.

 

[xX SEYF Xx]

Showcasing can't be more obvious

problem is: he'll allow 3 goals first 5 minutes

 

[The Great Weal]

Showcasing can't be more obvious

problem is: he'll allow 3 goals first 5 minutes

I don't even understand this showcasing argument. Even if he gets like a 50 save shutout, you think teams will say "well he's been complete dog shit all year but had a great game against the Preds, let's trade for him"? On the slight chance a team is interested in him at 50%, Hughes isn't going to waste a retention slot for two seasons to get a mid round pick.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Yet the other two goalies on the same team have been considerably better. Ottawa is a very good team? They are worse than us at the moment. The Devils had Daws as their 3rd goalie, Allen wouldn't be a backup for them when healthy. Allen would be gone if he was simply "not worth much", the guy has negative value. Management made it clear that this 3 goalie rotation is not ideal for them but they are stuck with it since Allen's contract sucks and his play is that of a below average backup. Sure he could do better next year, but he hasn't been good for a very long time so that's most likely wishful thinking.

Again, if a team thought he'd be a valuable upgrade over their backup, they would have made a trade for him. The fact that he's compared to bad backups that teams are trying to get an upgrade on should tell you that he sucks.

It tells me that he makes too much to acquire without retention and Habs are not going to retain. So it would require the other team to have a cap dump with the right contract.

 

[Adam Michaels]

This is the way.

Showcasing can't be more obvious

problem is: he'll allow 3 goals first 5 minutes

So maybe Arizona, Ottawa, Anaheim, and Columbus will look to acquire him instead of a contender.

 

[The Great Weal]

It tells me that he makes too much to acquire without retention and Habs are not going to retain. So it would require the other team to have a cap dump with the right contract.

He requires retention because he sucks and isn’t worth his contract.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Wait for it

 

[Adam Michaels]

Wait for it

Love it. You see Cole laugh right before he goes off-camera tells me that Nick and Cole decided to do a cameo on purpose.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

It tells me that he makes too much to acquire without retention and Habs are not going to retain. So it would require the other team to have a cap dump with the right contract.

I think Montreal will retain on Allen, but not til July 1st when Edmundson's retainment is done.

We only have one retainment spot left. I'm not sure they want to use it on Allen.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Love it. You see Cole laugh right before he goes off-camera tells me that Nick and Cole decided to do a cameo on purpose.

Yeah, they're looking right into the camera and smiling. Hilarious. It looks like it's a nice day too.