HF Habs: 2023 Standings Thread: The Final Act - The Beeline for Bedard (Part 4)

[Deebs]

So Bedard to the Ducks hey....that's alright. Head West young man.

 

[River Meadow]

So Bedard to the Ducks hey....that's alright. Head West young man.

Exactly.

Bedard.. we barely knew ya.

 

[SOLR]

Giving Danault credit for shutting down McD is not a myth, it's just stupid......you are right.
There have been defensive centres do it, but Danault wasn't one of them last year.

Who? Colorado shut down McD with Makar mostly.

 

[waitin425]

So Bedard to the Ducks hey....that's alright. Head West young man.

 

[le_sean]

Mcdavid literally destroyed Danault like tomorrow last year.
Danault is useless against Mcdavid lmao

Let’s not forget that the Kings #1 defenceman last year in the playoffs was Sean Durzi because of injuries. Doughty is back and they have Korpisalo who has been playing very well for them. It’ll be a fun series.

But yeah, McDavid had at least 2 points every game that series except for Game 4 when the Oilers got shutout.

 

[McGees]

I would make it a straight lottery for all 16 non-playoff draft positions with no advantage given to teams closer to the bottom. What we saw this last month was pathetic and that would eliminate the problem.

The problem with that is then you could have a team that barely misses playoffs like Pens win lottery - and F that lol
But also F the Ducks and Hawks and Flyers and Caps.
F them all!

WE SHOULD GET BEDARRRRRRRRD!!!!

 

[Doublechin]

So Bedard to the Ducks hey....that's alright. Head West young man.

Have family in the OC which I tend to visit every couple years so if not MTL, Ducks is my number 2 preference

 

[Habs]

I've been there to see a few games before and It actually is a decent hockey city. It's just they have been crap their whole existence. So you can really blame the fans. Wait till they become a good team before judging them.

nah, the demographics don't lie, Columbus is not a prime market for a star player, never will be.

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

That the most disturbing thing. On paper, this team was as bad as last year's. We had a once in a lifetime opportunity to secure the best odds for a generational player and in typical Habs fashion we overachieved when we should not have.

Now watch the team go back to sub 60 pts next year when there are no special player in the draft.

I disagree. I don't think the Habs overachieved. I think they badly underachieved under DD. They were around where they should be under MSL last year when accounting for both play before and after the TDL

 

[Habs]

George Laraques was saying Columbus is a hockey town. It's a small market, but they're hockey crazy. His cousin, Jean Luc Grand-Pierre played there and told him all about it

Big George and his connections...

 

[LaP]

The problem with that is then you could have a team that barely misses playoffs like Pens win lottery - and F that lol
But also F the Ducks and Hawks and Flyers and Caps.
F them all!
WE SHOULD GET BEDARRRRRRRRD!!!!

The Pens getting Bedard would not be the end of the world they are on the verge of collapsing. But Florida was 2 points away from missing the playoffs and Florida getting Bedard would be a huge problem. Obviously people want to fix what is not broken cause we are not last but the current system works and like democracy while it's not perfect it's the best we got..

 

[WeThreeKings]

The Pens getting Bedard would not be the end of the world they are on the verge of collapsing. But Florida was 2 points away from missing the playoffs and Florida getting Bedard would be a huge problem. Obviously people want to fix what is not broken cause we are not last but the current system works and like democracy while it's not perfect it's the best we got..

Pens getting Bedard would be the end of the world.

That is the luckiest franchise on earth. They've literally had two eras with top players of their generations.

Lemieux/Jagr to Crosby/Malkin.

If they were to go to Bedard/??

It'd be f***ing gross and annoying.

 

[CHwest]

I'm just scared since last year, NJD were 5th pre-lottery and made it top 2.

What are the odds that 5th place jumps up 2 years in a row?

17%

 

[McGees]

The Pens getting Bedard would not be the end of the world they are on the verge of collapsing. But Florida was 2 points away from missing the playoffs and Florida getting Bedard would be a huge problem. Obviously people want to fix what is not broken cause we are not last but the current system works and like democracy while it's not perfect it's the best we got..

No Way! They just enjoyed 15 years with Crosby and Malkin and multiple cups. I don’t care if there cupboards are bare I’d be pissed if they got another superstar right now (they can’t thankfully)

 

[Lshap]

That the most disturbing thing. On paper, this team was as bad as last year's. We had a once in a lifetime opportunity to secure the best odds for a generational player and in typical Habs fashion we overachieved when we should not have.

Now watch the team go back to sub 60 pts next year when there are no special player in the draft.

On paper, this roster was mostly unknown. Rookie defensemen, young top-line forwards, a goalie in only his second full season. You can't accuse a roster of overachieving when we had absolutely no idea how well they'd do. We still have no idea how good they'll become. IMO, without so many injuries, this Habs team would've finished around Detroit and Ottawa.

 

[Lshap]

Let’s not forget that the Kings #1 defenceman last year in the playoffs was Sean Durzi because of injuries. Doughty is back and they have Korpisalo who has been playing very well for them. It’ll be a fun series.

But yeah, McDavid had at least 2 points every game that series except for Game 4 when the Oilers got shutout.

I love Doughty; I think he's among the top-3 defenseman of the past decade. I'd be cool with LA going on a crazy underdog run, although I'm rooting for Edmonton.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Pens getting Bedard would be the end of the world.

That is the luckiest franchise on earth. They've literally had two eras with top players of their generations.

Lemieux/Jagr to Crosby/Malkin.

If they were to go to Bedard/??

It'd be f***ing gross and annoying.

I mean Pittsburgh and Edmonton both have pairs of amazing players.

 

[McGees]

“he tanked us proud”

 

[Hope Of Glory]

Throwing something without much thought here, what about lottery odds that can vary based around share of points?

Lets say two teams finish tied last at 58 pts, they'd get same odds. Team with 60 pts would get slightly lower odds. Team with 75 points would get much lower odds. Team misses the playoffs by 1 pt? Odds almost 0%. Or something like that. We wouldn't lose our mind over the last game anymore at least since it wouldn't chance much.

I haven't given much thought about it so it probably creates some other problems.

 

[KevSkillz4]

 

[BLONG7]

Who? Colorado shut down McD with Makar mostly.

True it does take more than a defensive centre to do that...................in our case, Price always covered up the horror show out in front of him.

 

[26Mats]

Really hoping we're top 6 after the lottery...

Wonder if passing on Cooley will make management not want to pass on Smith.

 

[Nicko999]

We overachieved because all the young players are developing great under the new regime, thats an amazing thing that for once we have skills coach like Adam Nicholas working with the players on a daily basis and coaches like MSL and Robidas that are mainly focusing on bringing players to optimize every aspects of their games.

We’re doing things the right way for the first time in forever, that’s alot more important than drafting 3 or 5 in this draft!!

I would agree for the first half.

Then everyone got injured and we where forced to play AHLers. That's where we overachieved.

 

[McGees]

 

[Guy Larose]

#toughschedulemyass