HF Habs: 2019 Montreal Canadiens Training Camp Part 2: Cuts are coming edition

[Mrb1p]

Would you trade Drouin + Danault + Brook/Poehling for Laine?

Yes, I think I made the initial proposal of Danault+Petry+Drouin+2nd or a prospect. It would be hard to part with Poehling but I think Id do it.

Id keep Brook though, because the team has a real need for RDs in the future and hes the best option.

Best case would be something Danault+Petry+Drouin+2nd+Ylonen for Laine and Lowry, as Ive proposed in the trade thread. Id even consider a lottery protected first.

If they really want Poehling, Lowry has to come back or Roslovic and we can still flip Petry for a first rounder that could turn out to the level of Poehling.

Its obviously a tougher sell to trade away Ryan

 

[Mrb1p]

It just shows how our so-called depth problem isn't really a problem.

If we have 2 injuries at all times, our 14 forwards becomes 12 that play every night
Lehkonen-Danault-Gallagher
Byron-Kotkaniemi-Domi
Tatar-Suzuki-Weal
Drouin-Poehling-Armia
Cousins, Thompson

Still is a problem because you have top 6 talent on the third and fourth line. The real problem isnt exactly depth, its that theres too many #5 and #6 forwards on the team. Realisticaly, Danault, Kotkaniemi, Byron, Suzuki, Weal, Drouin, Poehling, Lekhonen are all that type of players. Bergevin needs to find a way to materialize those guys into at least one 1-2-3-4 type guy.

That guy could be Laine, or it could be a worse player too, but it needs to happen.

 

[26Mats]

Still is a problem because you have top 6 talent on the third and fourth line. The real problem isnt exactly depth, its that theres too many #5 and #6 forwards on the team. Realisticaly, Danault, Kotkaniemi, Byron, Suzuki, Weal, Drouin, Poehling, Lekhonen are all that type of players. Bergevin needs to find a way to materialize those guys into at least one 1-2-3-4 type guy.

That guy could be Laine, or it could be a worse player too, but it needs to happen.

I'm ok with loading up the top 9, and having a 4th line of Lehkonen-Weal-Armia.

But that means 2 of Domi, Suzuki, Poehling, and Kotkaniemi have to play wing.

We have 5 top 9 centers. At some point we're either going to have to go with 3 of them and either have 2 on the wing or two 2 traded.

 

[NHL]

Poehling - KK - Suzuki for 3rd line

Let's goo

 

[26Mats]

Les trios ce matin @CanadiensMTL Groupe A

Tatar-Danault-Suzuki
Hudon-Kotkaniemi-Armia
Varone-Weal-Weise
Peca-Evans-Barber#Habs #CH

Plus the D pairings:

Tatar-Danault-Suzuki
Hudon-Kotkaniemi-Armia
Varone-Weal-Weise
Peca-Evans-Barber

Chiarot-Petry
Reilly-Folin
Leskinen-Fleury

Kinkaid
Primeau

These are the exact D pairings I wanted to see. Except I would have rathered see Kulak in there, because imo Reilly is #9 behind Leskinen. I want to see if 1) Chiarot can play with Petry (I have Kulak there and I hope Julien does asap). 2) Is Chiarot even better than Leskinen?

As for the forward lines, I'd rather use this time to get the right line combos and cut AHLers like Weise, Hudon, Barber, and Peca. Evans and Varone can stay for another game or two.

 

[The Real Timo]

Habs are cursed.
(re Poehling)

 

[EveryDay]

 

[26Mats]

Just heard Bob McKenzie on tsn690. He was saying how much Paul Maurice liked Chiarot. He said Maurice said Chiarot was a bottom pairing guy that they couldn't keep out of the top 4 because of his steady play.

That's good news! Let's hope he can be an elite bottom pairing guy with Fleury and Kulak can play with Petry.

 

[habsfan891]

Would you trade Drouin + Danault + Brook/Poehling for Laine?

In heartbeat personally

 

[EveryDay]

Someone must be really piss today...look at all the injuries, they were all at the exception of Byron suppose to be Joel Bouchard player this year.

He just lost in a matter of a week: Alzner + Juulsen + Olofsson on defence and Poehling + McCarron + Teasdale on offence with 4 pre-season game remaining, poor guy.

 

[Minato is God]

 

[Gustave]

Also the boards In Bathurst were horrible. They were hard as f***, the puck was bouncing straight back instead of going alongside it. That tells you That there was no give at all.

 

[Burke the Legend]

You got to be kidding me???????????? They let him finish the game without checking him first!!!!!!!

IDIOTS!

Sometimes symptoms take a day or two to manifest.

 

[Deebs]

Also the boards In Bathurst were horrible. They were hard as ****, the puck was bouncing straight back instead of going alongside it. That tells you That there was no give at all.

I wish the boards of today had the give the boards of the 70s had. We'd see a lot less concussions from slamming against the glass.

 

[Gustave]

I wish the boards of today had the give the boards of the 70s had. We'd see a lot less concussions from slamming against the glass.

Totally agree, the glass in the yesteryears would almost bend into the damn crowd. Turns out it was safe as hell.

 

[The Real Timo]

Poehling - KK - Suzuki for 3rd line

Let's goo

I think that line would be ok. Learning pains of course (which Habs dinosaur coaches would never tolerate) but conceptually, with a right coach, would be a good line the fisrt year. Great line the next.

 

[The Real Timo]

Would you trade Drouin + Danault + Brook/Poehling for Laine?

I would trade Drouin for a (take your pick)...
1. A bag of pucks
2. an old pizza crust
3. a molded 3 week old chicken drumstick
4. a left hockey sock for Shea Weber
5. a diet program for Clod Julien

 

[Boris Le Tigre]

A good day for Suzuki’s bank account (potentially)

 

[Runner77]

Wait, what? When did that happen to Poehling?

Here.

 

[EveryDay]

Sometimes symptoms take a day or two to manifest.

Of course it might take a few day but it doesn't mean you don't get the kid under concussion protocol during the game!!! It's in the rulebook no?

 

[Adam Michaels]

 

[Runner77]

Ducharme: We’re going to add that shootout goal clip to your video rotation next summer.

Drouin: &@/#%#!

 

[26Mats]

Les trios ce matin @CanadiensMTL Groupe A

Tatar-Danault-Suzuki
Hudon-Kotkaniemi-Armia
Varone-Weal-Weise
Peca-Evans-Barber#Habs #CH

Also, I would have liked to have seen Evans with Weal and Varone. Weise, Peca, and Barber aren't making the team. Play the best with the best.

 

[MSLs absurd thighs]

So...

Lehkonen - Domi - Gallagher
Tatar - Danault - Suzuki
Drouin - Kotkaniemi - Armia
Byron - Thompson - Weal/Cousins

?

Gotta say that looks like a deep offense.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

Since everybody has their line I will do mine too. This is what I would like to see... one outliner is Drouin... I could see him getting benched fast if he does not wake up.

Lehkonen - Domi - Drouin
Tatar - Danault - Gallagher
Poehling - Kotkaniemi - Armia
Byron - Suzuki - Weal

Extra: Cousins, Thompson

Waived: Hudon, Peca, Weise

 

[Justin11]

Since everybody has their line I will do mine too. This is what I would like to see... one outliner is Drouin... I could see him getting benched fast if he does not wake up.

Lehkonen - Domi - Drouin
Tatar - Danault - Gallagher
Poehling - Kotkaniemi - Armia
Byron - Suzuki - Weal

Extra: Cousins, Thompson

Waived: Hudon, Peca, Weise

If you're going to put Suzuki on the 4th line, then it's better off to send him down to the AHL and continue his development there.