He'll have to buy into the Therrien system though, that's a very sad reality. His offensive skills with definitely be limited, we won't see all of it.
I may be crazy to think this, but maybe not. I'm as big an MT hater as the next guy, but with Rad in the lineup and Chucky hopefully cemented as a top 6 center, we might be surprised. I just can't forget the first 20 games of last season when the system totally caught me off guard. It looked like a different team and that was without an elite talent like Rad and a better middle six winger in Shaw. I'm still stinging over the PK trade, but if MT lets the forwards play the way they can, it could be fun to watch and the results should be rewarding.
Unfortunately, when the puck comes back toward MTL's zone, the blue line is going to be exposed. There should be more positive puck pressure on the net with both Gally and Shaw crashing the net off of Weber's point shots, but Weber and Markov are going to be sooo slow,... So, I can see MT wanting a more conservative offense, because of a less mobile D line. So, it's a 50/50 proposition in my book. Only time will tell, but I'm cautiously optimistic. Radulov really changes the dynamic more than pretty much any other potential acquisition other than maybe Stamkos, but even then, it would be close.
