Out of Town: Off-Season edition

[Adam Michaels]

Why isn't the contents of tweets showing without opening another link? For those who don't feel like clicking:

To #Sharks: F Mike Hoffman D Cody Donaghey 5th RD pick 2020
To #Sens: F Mikkel Boedker D Julius Bergman 6th RD pick 2020

You're not the first to say this for one of the tweets I post the last two days. Although for me, they're all showing.

 

[Runner77]

As for AG, Habs were under no pressure to trade him and on the opinion of many (most?) got an underwhelming return while once again not addressing any needs. As with most MB deals people say “wait for the follow up move” but that never seems to come.

Please, no more "follow up" moves. The less Bergevin does, the less will need fixing when a new GM is named.

 

[SakuKoivu11]

According to sportsnet SanJose will give John Tavares Max salary.

 

[Runner77]

You're not the first to say this for one of the tweets I post the last two days. Although for me, they're all showing.

Given what I've seen, I'm going to try to reprise the contents of tweets within the same post, so long as it's not a string of tweets.

I don't know what's going on, the tweet appears truncated, you barely get the top part.

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Yeah that's bad for us. One less destination for Pac and SJ made room for JT.

 

[Tuggy]

You're not the first to say this for one of the tweets I post the last two days. Although for me, they're all showing.

They are all showing for me. They just don't know how to internet.

 

[Habaneros]

According to sportsnet SanJose will give John Tavares Max salary.

but Molson said.......Tavares????

 

[Bryson]

Why isn't the contents of tweets showing without opening another link? For those who don't feel like clicking:

To #Sharks: F Mike Hoffman D Cody Donaghey 5th RD pick 2020
To #Sens: F Mikkel Boedker D Julius Bergman 6th RD pick 2020

The tweet is showing for me but the website is acting a little wonky today with avatars not showing up and stuff.

 

[Lshap]

There is a time for the stick and there's a time for the carrot.

It's like the saying goes,"when the cat is gone, the mice come out to play". That's the problem with dictatorship and totalitarians.

It's the age old argument of intrinsic vs extrinsic reward. With the carrot the internal motivation will always be there even when the stick is not present.

The bolded part nails it. Teams won't always win, but they can motivate themselves with a common goal. Battling for the playoffs, making the playoffs, winning a round -- whatever the goal, nothing bonds people together more than the incremental journey towards success.

On the other hand, nothing separates people more than having no map and no direction.

 

[Sword]

All the Panthers need now is Voynov and they'll be cup contender. That top 6 of theirs looks deadly.

 

[Milhouse40]

Yeah that's bad for us. One less destination for Pac and SJ made room for JT.

Tavares won't sign in San Jose....it's impossible. Too much taxes.
Apparently, high taxes prevent any quality signing......

 

[Runner77]

Wow, a GM with foresight, and a proactive method...all of that, is just too far complicated for MB, he would have had to worked on someting like dat, for about tree years...

If we want to see the biggest return for Pacioretty, send him to the Sharks for cents on the dollar and watch them flip him for a haul.

 

[Runner77]

I wish we had a GM that creative.

Instead of that, we have a GM on creatine.

 

[blarneylad]

Tavares won't sign in San Jose....it's impossible. Too much taxes.
Apparently, high taxes prevent any quality signing......

Taxes plus media frenzy combined are killer for many

 

[MD thaivuN]

Top 6 wingers being relatively cheap to acquire, I don't expect Patch to get us anything great.

 

[Bryson]

If we want to see the biggest return for Pacioretty, send him to the Sharks for cents on the dollar and watch them flip him for a haul.

The best part about trading Pacioretty will be finding out about all of his skeletons in the closet after the trade and learning that he wasn't such a goodie two shoes afterall.

 

[Lshap]

Without hijacking this thread...I think it's a "4 quarters for 1 dollar" type of trade.

Both player's ultimate impact will be felt differently, but will be measured the same.

In a vacuum, the trade is reasonable...as an overall plan, for the Habs, it's a head scratched though.

And there's our team's t-shirt slogan: "Reasonable in a vacuum". One move after another that, in isolation, is okay/not bad/decent. But with no design plan or sense of architecture. We only have two tires on the car, but look, we just got a good deal on a fourth muffler!

 

[Bryson]

Instead of that, we have a GM on creatine.

Given Bergevin's lack of work ethic. character and propensity for taking shortcuts I'm willing to bet that he is taking some much stronger stuff than creatine lol.

 

[scrubadam]

I don't see why anyone is gushing. SJ did good in dumping Boedker but the rest of everything on this trade isn't great.

2nd and a few later picks for a perenial 25G scorer is not a good return. Hoffman is more established than AG, so imagine getting a 2nd and 4th and 5th for AG or Max!

Ottawa made a horrible deal as well. Take back a bad contract on a good player the MB special LOL.

 

[llamateizer]

Hoffman will be traded for Pacioretty

 

[Runner77]

Given Bergevin's lack of work ethic. character and propensity for taking shortcuts I'm willing to bet that he is taking some much stronger stuff than creatine lol.

I don't know, did you see those biceps?

 

[SirClintonPortis]

The best part about trading Pacioretty will be finding out about all of his skeletons in the closet after the trade and learning that he wasn't such a goodie two shoes afterall.

If we lose next season, he will be the scapegoat. He is the third-to last vestige of Bob's team. Then Gallagher, and finally, Price.

 

[waffledave]

Tavares won't sign in San Jose....it's impossible. Too much taxes.
Apparently, high taxes prevent any quality signing......

Yes but you are forgetting the SHEA WEBER EFFECT.

All he has to do is stare JT in the eyes and Tavares will instantly accept several million dollars less to come play with us.

 

[TheBuriedHab]

I think SJ goes after Kovalchuk more than Tavares. They have about 14 million in space with Hertl to still to sign.

 

[blarneylad]

If we lose next season, he will be the scapegoat. He is the third-to last vestige of Bob's team. Then Gallagher, and finally, Price.

The only good players left on the team!