Are the Habs closer to being a contender or a bubble team?

[Anardil]

These next two drafts are gonna be fun

Especially since I fully expect the team to be in the running for Wright and Bedard.

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[montreal]

Especially since I fully expect the team to be in the running for Wright and Bedard.

which won't happen unless Price has a serious injury, they may or may not make the playoffs but the chances of them getting either is very low imo.

 

[shao01]

My problem with this draft as usual is that we will be unlikely to be picking anywhere close to the top6; and since the dropoff is usually signiificant after the 1st tier.

So unless we find a way to successfully tank, I'm not as excited about this draft as most people are; strangely as it may sound.

 

[WeThreeKings]

My problem with this draft as usual is that we will be unlikely to be picking anywhere close to the top6; and since the dropoff is usually signiificant after the 1st tier.

So unless we find a way to successfully tank, I'm not as excited about this draft as most people are; strangely as it may sound.

We will be in the draft lottery - how good our odds are and how lucky we are, is another thing entirely.

 

[shao01]

We will be in the draft lottery - how good our odds are and how lucky we are, is another thing entirely.

There's always a chance we go on a hot run at the end and ends up drafting 17th knowing Bargain Bin; which I sincerely hope doesn't happen for our sake.

 

[WeThreeKings]

There's always a chance we go on a hot run at the end and ends up drafting 17th knowing Bargain Bin; which I sincerely hope doesn't happen for our sake.

Gonna be tough, the eastern conference is full of teams better than us.

 

[JohnBombJovi]

I've been a long time lurker and finally signed up so please take it easy on me. Seeing as the Habs went on a crazy run to make the finals, do people believe they are that good or was it lightning in a bottle? I like the addition of Hoffman cause he nets an easy 25 goals but as a whole I still think Montreal is in a learning faze.

 

[BLONG7]

Bubble next year....as of right now....a big trade could change that....

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

...bubble...depending on the rest of the offseason, it could go either way...the Atlantic is going to be an absolute War Zone this year...

 

[Habby4Life]

If they don’t get a C to help NS they are out of the playoffs, not even bubble team.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

definitely bubble. finished 18th and 24th overall in the last two seasons, and we just lost our #1D with no significant improvements on defense.

 

[82Ninety42011]

Bubble and that was before Price surgery news and Weber possibly done for career.

 

[Habsawce]

Until they address the slow defense, they'll be a bubble team. I know they had a lot of success in the playoffs, but I don't think it can be replicated again with how slow they were on the back end.

 

[calder candidate]

If you have to ask the question you are not a contender…

 

[JohnBombJovi]

Yeah I thought of this seeing as how Calgary, Edmonton, to a lesser extant Ottawa(making it to the east finals) all thought they where a player away and then crashed and burned the next season. I think Bergevin actually sees it too.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Bubble bubble bubble bubble team

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Fight for 8th spot

And that's if Price is not having the same regular season as this season
We are not in this position because we didnt find a center , the d-squad is slow and pretty much have no puck movement , that will kill us again.

 

[Rockomax]

Bubble to the bubble

 

[habsterr]

Just below the bubble, 20 to 22nd place in the NHL.

 

[GobigorGohome]

Currently: Non Playoff Team.×

 

[GobigorGohome]

...bubble...depending on the rest of the offseason, it could go either way...the Atlantic is going to be an absolute War Zone this year...

And have No soldiers

 

[CHfan1]

I’m not even sure they are a bubble team at this point. They have a lot of question marks.

Is Price going to be fully healthy?

How does the defence fare over a full regular season (especially as the NHL cracks down on cross checking penalties)?

Do players like Suzuki, Caufield, and Kotkaniemi continue to progress and can they take a big step forward?

This was a team, last season, that was built for the playoffs and did very well in a tighter checking game. They have not been very good over the last few regular seasons and I think they’ll have trouble this upcoming season competing for a playoff spot (unless the above question marks turn out well) let alone contending for a Cup.

 

[WeThreeKings]

We are a bubble team who is closer to a lottery team than a contender.

 

[LaP]

If the kids play like they did last year i would say around 18th to 20th. If the kids improve they have a shot at making the playoffs as long as Toffoli and Anderson keep playing like they did last year. If the kids have a "sophomore slump" it could get ugly. So i'd say lot closer to the bubble.

 

[Andy]

Really hard to say at this point without actually seeing how they play against other teams.