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Let's Win It All
Yeah... if the Flames keep playing the way they have they are unlikely to make the playoffs.
1. Toronto
2. Montreal
3. Winnipeg
4. Edmonton
5. Vancouver
6. Calgary
7. Ottawa
Yeah... if the Flames keep playing the way they have they are unlikely to make the playoffs.
1. Toronto
2. Montreal
3. Winnipeg
4. Edmonton
5. Vancouver
6. Calgary
7. Ottawa
Big come from behind win for Edmonton last night. Still kinda early but it feels like we can cross Vancouver and Ottawa out. At the moment it looks like Montreal and Calgary will be battling for that final playoff spot.
I hope Julien and/or Bergevin are canned by tomorrow.
I hope Julien and/or Bergevin are canned by tomorrow.
Tough, but what team would be willing to take it on? Montreal would have to eat at least 3 million.With the divergence in Allen and Price’s play, is there a scenario where the Habs miss this year and Bergevin extends Allen and retains a chunk on Price to move him?
Tough, but what team would be willing to take it on? Montreal would have to eat at least 3 million.
Edmonton next offseason perhaps?
That makes Edmonton an actual contender
You are like Nostradamus!
It seems you were not surprised unlike the rest of us outside the province of Quebec? Where there a lot of rumours that this was going to happen?
Quick, tell me this week's lottery numbers!
I disagree. The underlying numbers show that no one has really figured out Montreal 5v5. I don't believe a head coach deserves to lose his job for 3v3 or special teams when you are an elite 5v5 team.Pretty much everyone knows that Bergevin is canned at the end of this seasons if the team miss again.
Bergevin is playing for his job right now. Lot of people were displeased with the use of players (Chiarot on 3 vs 3??) and the special units are just terribad.
Julien is GREAT to make a system but once the other team figured it out, he did nothing to change the situation
Tough, but what team would be willing to take it on? Montreal would have to eat at least 3 million.
Edmonton next offseason perhaps?
That makes Edmonton an actual contender
I think he could re-gain his form behind a good team on the rise like Edmonton.Price has been .910 or worse in three of the last four seasons. He's been sub replacement level this season and is 34 after next offseason, and that's on a Montreal team with everyone and their donkey insisting having a vastly better defence than in Edmonton.
Even 3 million retained he's still got a 7.5 million dollar caphit for the next five seasons.
Unless we're getting Price for Neal and some throw-in pieces, Edmonton should absolutely not be interested.
Current playoff chances (via Moneypuck):
Leafs: 97.5%
Oilers: 91.9%
Habs: 87.9%
Jets: 66.4%
Flames: 39.5%
Canucks: 10.8%
Sens: 6.1%
I think he could re-gain his form behind a good team on the rise like Edmonton.
But what alternative do you guys have though? You can't continue with the path you're on. It's suicide.
I mean I'm sure there's something and Oilers fans would know better than me, but they need a change in net somehow someway
With the divergence in Allen and Price’s play, is there a scenario where the Habs miss this year and Bergevin extends Allen and retains a chunk on Price to move him?
Well, Allen has already been extended and will likely be exposed in the expansion draft as Price has a NMC and must be protected. However I wonder if Seattle might possibly be an option if Price would waive it. He's from that area and the cap hit might be as prohibitive to an expansion team. Still, with (I think) 4 years remaining, Price is a pretty difficult sell for any team.
How on earth do the 9-9 Habs have better odds than the 11-7 Jets? Weird. I do agree those are probably the four playoff teams though.
I wonder how Canucks fans feel about watching the Habs pull a trigger on firing the coach after the roster has vastly overachieved. Canucks have taken 5 steps back from last season and yet the owner is still backing the GM and coach.
I disagree. The underlying numbers show that no one has really figured out Montreal 5v5. I don't believe a head coach deserves to lose his job for 3v3 or special teams when you are an elite 5v5 team.
Maybe the new guy will prove me wrong, but Julien's system seemed to be wringing every bit of winning potential out of a group that was poorly built. The Edmundson and Anderson signings to me are a great example of a GM making the wrong moves.