jvr32
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What should've been done in the past I think:
Obviously Bergevin has f***ed up the team's future big time in the past two summers. Initially I didn't think the Subban<->Weber trade was that bad but the way the game is going now and also the fact that Bergevin has surrounded Weber now with defensive defensemen like Alzner and Petry is a big mistake. Mete is still too young. Also letting Markov and Radulov walk in the summer and not bending especially for Markov for that extra year was a big mistake. I'm all for hard negotiating but sometimes GM's have to give up their pride for a little bit for the interest of the team and should've paid Markov better. When now they have 9 million cap space and Markov could've easily fit in that for a few years. Radulov is different because he wanted long-term but he still was a top 6 forward who the Montreal team is not full of. Maybe sign him with risk because the playoff window was open and maybe dump Plekanec somewhere else with the price of draft picks to get cap space. Also was surprised Vadim Shipachyov signed with the Vegas because if I was Bergevin I would've gone hard after him considering Montreal's lack of top players at centre and his success in Russia and international games. I liked the Drouin-Sergachev trade because Bergevin took advantage of Tampa's cap problems and also Drouin doesn't have as big if's over him like Sergachev does when Montreal had to get success now. But now that trade is all about which one will become the better player, not about this season. What could've been:
Drouin-Shipachyov-Radulov
Pacioretty-Galchenyuk-Gallagher
Hudon-Danault-Lehkonen
Byron-Shaw-Mitchell/a solid 4th liner
Markov-Subban
Schlemko-Petry
Alzner-Benn
Price
To the headline question:
Difficult question. If I was the full owner I'd probably still try to build a playoff team around the players they have now. Bergevin should probably get fired although the team is now designed how he wants the game to be played. Also underwhelmed with Julien so far. Prepare for heavy tank in a few years time and sign the best scouts around the league. Improve AHL team's overall quality and how they develop prospects. Listen to offers from Price and Weber and trade them when the right offer comes, but don't trade them yet with "I have to trade them out this summer"-mentality because then teams will probably take advantage of that.
Obviously Bergevin has f***ed up the team's future big time in the past two summers. Initially I didn't think the Subban<->Weber trade was that bad but the way the game is going now and also the fact that Bergevin has surrounded Weber now with defensive defensemen like Alzner and Petry is a big mistake. Mete is still too young. Also letting Markov and Radulov walk in the summer and not bending especially for Markov for that extra year was a big mistake. I'm all for hard negotiating but sometimes GM's have to give up their pride for a little bit for the interest of the team and should've paid Markov better. When now they have 9 million cap space and Markov could've easily fit in that for a few years. Radulov is different because he wanted long-term but he still was a top 6 forward who the Montreal team is not full of. Maybe sign him with risk because the playoff window was open and maybe dump Plekanec somewhere else with the price of draft picks to get cap space. Also was surprised Vadim Shipachyov signed with the Vegas because if I was Bergevin I would've gone hard after him considering Montreal's lack of top players at centre and his success in Russia and international games. I liked the Drouin-Sergachev trade because Bergevin took advantage of Tampa's cap problems and also Drouin doesn't have as big if's over him like Sergachev does when Montreal had to get success now. But now that trade is all about which one will become the better player, not about this season. What could've been:
Drouin-Shipachyov-Radulov
Pacioretty-Galchenyuk-Gallagher
Hudon-Danault-Lehkonen
Byron-Shaw-Mitchell/a solid 4th liner
Markov-Subban
Schlemko-Petry
Alzner-Benn
Price
To the headline question:
Difficult question. If I was the full owner I'd probably still try to build a playoff team around the players they have now. Bergevin should probably get fired although the team is now designed how he wants the game to be played. Also underwhelmed with Julien so far. Prepare for heavy tank in a few years time and sign the best scouts around the league. Improve AHL team's overall quality and how they develop prospects. Listen to offers from Price and Weber and trade them when the right offer comes, but don't trade them yet with "I have to trade them out this summer"-mentality because then teams will probably take advantage of that.