HF Habs: Current Standings Thread: Last Place Edition (Top 3 pick Clinched!)

[MarkovsKnee]

I closed the other thread, as it was diverging away from the overall topic of this thread, which is Montreal getting the best draft pick possible. It is a tank thread.

This is NOT the thread to discuss former players that should be reserved for the Out of Town thread. Inappropriate discussion will get deleted, and has the potential for warnings for thread highjacking.

Current Standings: Montreal has clinched a bottom 2 finish & a guaranteed top 4 pick.

Ground Rules for this thread:
• This is the thread where you can cheer against your Habs to improve their draft position. Want to tank? This is your sanctuary.

• If you root against the Habs in GDTs or other threads on the Habs board, you may be warned for trolling.

• Don't bring your anti-tank arguments here or you may be warned for trolling.

• Tank you for your support




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2022 NHL Mock Draft & Simulator | Tankathon

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[Gandalf The Habs Fan]

Everybody get in!

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

Tank Nation 2.0.22-23

Who's on board?

This fanbase is ready to blitzkrieg that bitch

 

[Hoochi Papa]

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Everybody get in!

We're coming for Bedard, choo choo!

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

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Everybody get in!

That looks more like a Bergevin mediocrity train where anything is possible, you just need to try and hope for the best!

 

[Benstheman]

Tank Nation 2.0.22-23

Who's on board?

I'm fully on board guys.

Another year of bottom feeder will be tough to endure for fans but most importantly players. Tanking is delicate thing for veteran players. All we can hope for is it doesn't start a downward spiral that will take 3-4 more years to come out of.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

If there was ever a year to finish at the bottom, 2023 is as good as any.

 

[Runner77]

Not sure how that plays out but I'm not worried about it. Even if we make no moves at all, we have space to sign our RFA's (Weber will have to be on LTIR before the season starts). This is worse case

Petry will not be that hard to move IMO. Depends on the RD market and how teams see their ability to fill holes with the cap space they have. Letang, Klingberg, Deangelo, Manson with Petry (trade) in the mix. There are more than 4 teams looking for top 4RD's so that gives us good leverage. Retain $1M on Petry and it's very attractive. He's not in massive decline like some are dwelling on. It's not a Gallagher situation

Weber's contract? Not sure. Maybe we try to use two 3rd rounders to see if we get any bites on draft day? Coyotes already traded for Little's contract and I'm wondering if they try to add Weber's as well.

Others? Also not sure but you never know. My primary focus is Petry and Weber

Is Hughes not on record that they won’t be retaining salary on long term contracts or am I misremembering?

 

[Scintillating10]

Third pick could be best

 

[NobleSix]

This train stops for nothing

 

[Max2]

I think it's pretty safe to assume that one of Wright,Cooley or Slafkovsky will be a hab in a couple of months.

 

[First Line]

I'm conducting this train

The most important part of the tank is coming up with a pun that rhymes with Bedard we can use as a slogan and thread title for next year.

 

[First Line]

Is Hughes not on record that they won’t be retaining salary on long term contracts or am I misremembering?

That’s my understanding also. Getting salary back instead is the way to go in this case.

 

[Captain Mountain]

The most important part of the tank is coming up with a pun that rhymes with Bedard we can use as a slogan and thread title for next year.

Tard pour Bedard?

 

[WeThreeKings]

The most important part of the tank is coming up with a pun that rhymes with Bedard we can use as a slogan and thread title for next year.

En re tarde pour Bedard

 

[tooji]

dishounour for connor

(stolen from mcdavid era)

 

[WeThreeKings]

Discard wins for Bedard

 

[First Line]

Let’s not go far for Bedard

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

all in for a last tank year next season and then will have a solid young core to build around most important will be to try to unload some of those horrible contracts cough Gallagher

 

[SOLR]

Drink like a bedard, for bedard

 

[McGees]

Play like lard for Bedard.
Hockey is hard…wait for Bedard.
We got charred…now Bedard.
Lower your guard for Bedard.
No honor for Connor.

 

[waitin425]

all in for a last tank year next season and then will have a solid young core to build around most important will be to try to unload some of those horrible contract cough Gallagher

Agreed. I don't see a multiple year tanking. This year and next is good for me to acquire elite youngsters. We already have a solid base from which to work.

Going forward...

1st 2022 (Wright, Cooley, Slaf)
1st 2023 (Bedard, Michkov, Fantilli, Dvorsky)
Caufield
Suzuki
Romanov
Guhle
Barron
Roy
Kidney
Farrell
Mailloux
Harris
late 1st 2022 (Luneau, Pickering, Korchinski, Miro(?))
late 1st 2023 - whatever that may be
offersheet in summer 2023 for Laf

Let's say the top 5 on that list are either legit top pairing forwards or top pair D

From Guhle down....if we hit on 2 forwards being top 6 and 2 d men being top 4 we are good.

ALL of these pieces are very young.

This is by far the best shape we have been in for a long time. I agree sell the horrible contracts we have at vets and hand the keys to this group above.

mid decade we could ice something like

**** - Wright - Bedard
Roy - Suzuki - Caufield
Farrell - Kidney - ****
Pitlick - Evans - ****

Romanov - Guhle
Harris - Barron
Mailloux - Luneau

 

[HuGo Burner Acc]

Tanking hard for Bedard

 

[le_sean]

Fat Tony blocked me apparently. I don’t remember ever interacting with him more than once, and even then it was just something minor, but apparently he didn’t appreciate my viewpoint!

Jack Todd, Brian Wilde, Engels and Cowan still good but not Mr Tolerance, go figure!

Tony blocks everyone. He’s so thin skinned for a guy that believes he’s a big media personality. Can’t take a single criticism.

 

[Michelangelo]

Is Bedard a C or a winger?

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Is Bedard a C or a winger?

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