I agree, it could have been much more worst. I was answering a poster who was diminishing Fleury because he was playing AHL last year.
Prospect Info: Cale Fleury - Part II
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I agree, it could have been much more worst. I was answering a poster who was diminishing Fleury because he was playing AHL last year.
I strongly beleive he was kept in ahl to hide him, but it not work.
But habs did well in draft when all said and done.
That's ok. The way I see it, this team is not a contender and hasn't been in years, if that. Maybe the year Price got hurt by Kreider. They weren't a contender last year. They got in and "competed" for the cup. MB is too loyal to these older guys with big, cumbersome contracts, thinking if they just get in, anything can happen. That happened once (this season) and it was a Cinderella playoffs. Even if you kept all the same players next year, I guarantee they'd struggle just to make the playoffs.
Price is 34, can't get through a season without missing significant time, and has been mediocre to really good in the regular season. That contract is now an albatross. He was great in the playoffs, but you have to get through the season first.
Time to rebuild. This team has spent so many years thinking they can compete every year. The focus should be on drafting and development. Think about this too - their current top goalie prospect is a 7th rounder who still has a lot to prove.
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There is more and better in the pipeline. Fleury was struggling last year at AHL level.
Habs Halifax
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I think they just wanted a mature roster and they even kept Romanov, KK, and Caufield out at times.
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I never thought he had top 4D potential. He has a long way to go to get there and he's 22 now and we have a good indication on his projection. Likely bottom pairing or fringe top 4D at best. If he turns into a top 4D, I think most of us would be shocked.
He was tracking as a depth piece or bottom pairing journeyman.... Like so many in the NHL. I don't think we lost an important asset. Brook to me has a higher ceiling and thankfully he was exempt
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Fleury is going to be 23 in a few months and no one was expecting him to make our team this year in which we already have a weak D.
Sure he can turn it around and improve, but at best he's likely just another bottom pairing D.
Sure he can turn it around and improve, but at best he's likely just another bottom pairing D.
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he wasn't doing that well in the AHL ever since they sent him down last year. Though last year he sucked balls defensively, was just really terrible though he did start to improve after some time some perhaps it was more to due with rust. Then they canceled the season. This year he did much better defensively but that could be due more to his often D partner in Bisson who was very steady in his own end. The problem was he struggled offensively. Now maybe that was due to the Habs telling him he had to work on his defensive game and not worry as much about the offensive side for now. Just speculating though, never heard anything one way or the other so I only can do off what I saw. That's why I'm surprised he was pick as he didn't look NHL ready at all this season, so why take a guy that has to clear waivers and due to injuries, a shitty development plan, he's got only 96 AHL games under his belt after 3 years (normal season is 76 games)
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With no other D coming back?
Either way, I'd be surprised if Fleury is still in the NHL at Christmas.
mouser
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I'd assume with no other D coming back. For example Vegas selected 13 D and flipped 4 of them without another D coming back: TVR, Schlemko, Methot and Emelin.
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It's funny
It's really not a big deal or a big loss
But of all our guys available, Cale was the guy I didnt want to lose lol
Would of been much happier with anyone else
It's really not a big deal or a big loss
But of all our guys available, Cale was the guy I didnt want to lose lol
Would of been much happier with anyone else
You right in a sense, but i still see lots of potential in him, however lets not kid ourselves, Mb played high stakes poker and he came out a winner.
They wanted allen, he dared them with a big all in worth 50 million dollars and they folded.
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In the AHL? I was not aware of that. If you were talking about NHL, it was best to keep him at the AHL to mature. I support giving guys a taste of the NHL here and there but last season was condensed and a short schedule. There was no time to tinker and they value Ouellet's maturity even if we think he sucks.
Yea you right, i wanted him in ahl as well. but all in all. we made out like bandits from the draft
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he had a shot at the 5/6 slot.
ps -i'm terrified bergevin has at least 2, probably 3 d slots to fill and he's going to find more pylons
ps -i'm terrified bergevin has at least 2, probably 3 d slots to fill and he's going to find more pylons
i'm just having flashbacks to 2017 with Markov leaving and in comes Davison, schlemko, alzner, Benn and bergevin bragging about how great the D was
Risto and Jani Hakanpaa. Bunch of goons on defence cross-checking and slashing Matthews and Marner where it hurts most
Ummm…..ya, when you put it that way, I certainly don’t want to see that type of D manning our blue line.
I’m hoping for a D.Hamilton to replace Weber
Chiarot-Hamilton
Edmundson-Petry
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with a playoff bound:
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