Player Discussion Alexander Radulov

[mariolemieux66]

Retire his jersey already.

 

[Lebowski]

If he keeps this up until mid season or so, Bergevin will have to consider resigning him early, even if it means leaving another player exposed at the expansion draft.

I'm thinking something along the lines of 3 years at 7M AAV.

 

[the]

Retire his jersey already.

This!!

We would be in deep trouble without him this season. He is saving our season with Gallagher, Pacioretty and Plekanec being invisible

 

[tooji]

Retire his jersey already.

Can we?

 

[tooji]

After price and Weber, he is our most important player right now.

 

[G0bias]

To anyone who compared Radulov to Semin this summer......

Someone actually compared him to Desharnais not even two weeks ago...

 

[Playmaker09]

If he keeps this up until mid season or so, Bergevin will have to consider resigning him early, even if it means leaving another player exposed at the expansion draft.

I'm thinking something along the lines of 3 years at 7M AAV.

Might as well, we only have like 3 forwards worth protecting anyway.

 

[OldCraig71]

Where would we be without Radulov right now?

 

[sandviper]

Where would we be without Radulov right now?

I think our showing while he was out with the flu says it all. Considering he's performed so well so soon AFTER recovering says a lot about his skill and his drive. Too bad he can't skate 60 minutes a night.

 

[Brainiac]

Too bad he can't skate 60 minutes a night.

He can, actually. But he just decides not to do so because it would be selfish.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Where would we be without Radulov right now?

Good question! Probably not 3rd in scoring (63 goals in 20 games).

 

[Brainiac]

Retire his jersey already.

With him inside and all? That would be something to see.

On a more serious note, it's pretty clear that our leaders on the ice are now Price, Weber and Radulov. Two newcomers and a guy who was out with injury last year.

Seriously, if I'm the GM, I give the C to Weber and if Radulov signs an extension, he's got a letter as well.

 

[jjmathews202]

With him inside and all? That would be something to see.

On a more serious note, it's pretty clear that our leaders on the ice are now Price, Weber and Radulov. Two newcomers and a guy who was out with injury last year.

Seriously, if I'm the GM, I give the C to Weber and if Radulov signs an extension, he's got a letter as well.

I agree. Rads is a leader big time. Apparently quite well liked in the dressing room. Amazing how lots of people feared he would have a Character problem (understandably so) and now he is proving how vital he is to the team. I think that proves just how well he has blown away expectations.

 

[Jaynki]

Semin 2.0

 

[OldCraig71]

Good question! Probably not 3rd in scoring (63 goals in 20 games).

His consistency and effort should be contagious but it seems that others(patch,Gallagher,Plekanec) are unable/willing to mirror his level of compete. Do they possible resent a guy coming in and getting 6 million per after so many years away from the league?

 

[NobleSix]

Where would we be without Radulov right now?

our top 6 right now would probably be:

Pacioretty - Galchenyuk - Gallagher
Danault - Plekanec - Shaw

Yikes. That is pretty bad.

 

[Chez Weber]

I remember in the first version of this thread. People were considered having unreasonable expections for saying he would score 60+ points. I'm even a bit guilty of that, since I have been used to be disappointed with our RW acquisitions (Ryder, Parenteau, Briere, Vanek, Semin). I was hoping for a 60 point season but I didn't believe it so much.

 

[DangerDave]

With him inside and all? That would be something to see.

On a more serious note, it's pretty clear that our leaders on the ice are now Price, Weber and Radulov. Two newcomers and a guy who was out with injury last year.

Seriously, if I'm the GM, I give the C to Weber and if Radulov signs an extension, he's got a letter as well.

I agree. These 3 have really stepped up and I fear we'd be lost again without them. Last years so called leaders have just not shown up at all. Except Markov. He's been exceptional.

 

[smcgreg]

I agree. These 3 have really stepped up and I fear we'd be lost again without them. Last years so called leaders have just not shown up at all. Except Markov. He's been exceptional.

Not to rehash a dead horse, but I think it speaks volumes about the leadership vacuum last season. The attention was directed at the wrong source and the problems still remain.

 

[Kimota]

It's funny when he scored his goal, he looked at the glass to sort of jump into the crowd but all he saw was two old (probably)rich fatasses not reacting at all. lol

 

[OldCraig71]

It's funny when he scored his goal, he looked at the glass to sort of jump into the crowd but all he saw was two old (probably)rich fatasses not reacting at all. lol

I wonder if Patch took him aside and explained to him how he should be a better person and not celebrate like that.

 

[Belial]

I wonder if Patch took him aside and explained to him how he should be a better person and not celebrate like that.

I don't think Patch can look Radulov in the eyes , imagine telling him something

 

[tooji]

I think we see chucky patches and rads next game. Max pots one.

 

[Habs Halifax]

His consistency and effort should be contagious but it seems that others(patch,Gallagher,Plekanec) are unable/willing to mirror his level of compete. Do they possible resent a guy coming in and getting 6 million per after so many years away from the league?

Patch/Gally/Pleky look to comfortable to me. It's time one of them was a healthy scratch at some point here down the road.

 

[SB164]

I heard this story on TSN 690 last month:

When Alex Radulov arrived in Montreal, Marc Bergevin had to explain to him why each player had two separate sets of hockey gear: one for practice and for one actual gameplay.

Bergevin told him that the Habs practice in Brossard and they play downtown, and so it's simply easier just to have two sets of gear at each location instead of transporting one set back and forth. Radulov still didn't understand. He said he only needed one set of gear. The reason? Because according to Radulov, he practices just like he plays.