GDT: Fiery Habs vs the Lightning - 7:30 PM

[Habs178]

Therrien was right. Softest captain in franchise history

Correction...WORST. That’s what he said.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Why do people always blame MB. I dont like him either but check this out

#	Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	Birthdate	Age	Birthplace	Hght	Wght
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	35	24	27	51	22	14	1993-06-17	24	Moscow, Russia	5.11	178
91	Steven Stamkos	C	35	13	32	45	10	17	1990-02-07	27	Markham, ONT	6.01	194
21	Brayden Point	C	35	14	18	32	11	18	1996-03-13	21	Calgary, ALTA	5.10	166
90	Vladislav Namestnikov	C	35	15	16	31	19	10	1992-11-22	24	Zhukovskiy, Russia	5.11	180
9	Tyler Johnson	C	34	9	16	25	8	2	1990-07-29	27	Spokane, WA	5.08	183
77	Victor Hedman	D	35	4	21	25	24	17	1990-12-18	26	Ornskoldsvik, Sweden	6.06	223
37	Yanni Gourde	C	35	11	13	24	16	14	1991-12-15	25	Saint-Narcisse, PQ	5.09	172
98	Mikhail Sergachev	D	35	8	15	23	20	12	1998-06-25	19	Nizhnekamsk, Russia	6.03	215
18	Ondrej Palat	L	35	7	14	21	4	14	1991-03-28	26	Frydek-Mistek, Czech Rep.	6.00	188
17	Alexander Killorn	L	35	4	17	21	18	3	1989-09-14	27	Halifax, NS	6.01	196

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does anyone here notice a common theme here?

#FIRETIMMINS

Price, Subban, Max, Chuck, Sergachev, McDonnaugh, Gallagher... Timmins isn't the problem.

We'd have been better off with our GMs doing absolutely nothing but sticking with our picks.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

EN. 2 on 0 incoming.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

this team is so bad

 

[SquiddFX]

Dunno wants Stammer to get the hat trick

 

[The Nightman]

Man this pre-season is long.

It doesn't mean anything, buddy! Colorado was undefeated in the pre-season last year!

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Danault lol

 

[WeThreeKings]

Why do people always blame MB. I dont like him either but check this out

#	Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	Birthdate	Age	Birthplace	Hght	Wght
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	35	24	27	51	22	14	1993-06-17	24	Moscow, Russia	5.11	178
91	Steven Stamkos	C	35	13	32	45	10	17	1990-02-07	27	Markham, ONT	6.01	194
21	Brayden Point	C	35	14	18	32	11	18	1996-03-13	21	Calgary, ALTA	5.10	166
90	Vladislav Namestnikov	C	35	15	16	31	19	10	1992-11-22	24	Zhukovskiy, Russia	5.11	180
9	Tyler Johnson	C	34	9	16	25	8	2	1990-07-29	27	Spokane, WA	5.08	183
77	Victor Hedman	D	35	4	21	25	24	17	1990-12-18	26	Ornskoldsvik, Sweden	6.06	223
37	Yanni Gourde	C	35	11	13	24	16	14	1991-12-15	25	Saint-Narcisse, PQ	5.09	172
98	Mikhail Sergachev	D	35	8	15	23	20	12	1998-06-25	19	Nizhnekamsk, Russia	6.03	215
18	Ondrej Palat	L	35	7	14	21	4	14	1991-03-28	26	Frydek-Mistek, Czech Rep.	6.00	188
17	Alexander Killorn	L	35	4	17	21	18	3	1989-09-14	27	Halifax, NS	6.01	196

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[TBODY] [/TBODY]

does anyone here notice a common theme here?

#FIRETIMMINS

Carey Price
Alex Galchenyuk
Grabovski
Emelin
The kostitsyn brothers
Streit
McDonagh
Subban
Sergachov
Etc. Etc.

 

[No More Subban]

Hate bob Gainey for Gomez trade but he gifted Bergie, price pk pacioretty markov plekanec Gallagher.

What notable acquisitions has bergevin exactly got in his 6 years? Petty? Alzner?

I can already picture the next GM vomiting on his first day

 

[Habs13]

Pulls goalie... plays Patio... lol... why bother

 

[Apoplectic Habs Fan]

Drouin looks like the washed up version of Tanguay

 

[Miller Time]

Why do people always blame MB. I dont like him either but check this out

#	Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	Birthdate	Age	Birthplace	Hght	Wght
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	35	24	27	51	22	14	1993-06-17	24	Moscow, Russia	5.11	178
91	Steven Stamkos	C	35	13	32	45	10	17	1990-02-07	27	Markham, ONT	6.01	194
21	Brayden Point	C	35	14	18	32	11	18	1996-03-13	21	Calgary, ALTA	5.10	166
90	Vladislav Namestnikov	C	35	15	16	31	19	10	1992-11-22	24	Zhukovskiy, Russia	5.11	180
9	Tyler Johnson	C	34	9	16	25	8	2	1990-07-29	27	Spokane, WA	5.08	183
77	Victor Hedman	D	35	4	21	25	24	17	1990-12-18	26	Ornskoldsvik, Sweden	6.06	223
37	Yanni Gourde	C	35	11	13	24	16	14	1991-12-15	25	Saint-Narcisse, PQ	5.09	172
98	Mikhail Sergachev	D	35	8	15	23	20	12	1998-06-25	19	Nizhnekamsk, Russia	6.03	215
18	Ondrej Palat	L	35	7	14	21	4	14	1991-03-28	26	Frydek-Mistek, Czech Rep.	6.00	188
17	Alexander Killorn	L	35	4	17	21	18	3	1989-09-14	27	Halifax, NS	6.01	196

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[TBODY] [/TBODY]

does anyone here notice a common theme here?

#FIRETIMMINS

You see drafting issues, I see coaching & development problems.

Regardless of which perspective is more accurate, both have one thing in common... MB is the man I'm charge and the person most responsible for the success, or lack thereof, of hockey ops department s

 

[vokiel]

I can already picture the next GM vomiting on his first day

Are you sure?? I think Molson is gonna have problems finding anyone who wants to hold the position when he finally gets a clue.

 

[the]

It’s all Pricer’s fault!!

This team grinded to score 1 goal and he couldn’t win the game for us.

 

[Habs178]

I can already picture the next GM vomiting on his first day

Man I can’t imagine anyone wanting to come in to try and clean this mess. Ugh

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

Drouin looks like the washed up version of Tanguay

yikes too real

 

[Uncle Gary]

Another great night from the captain.

 

[DesmondDekker]

you serious? been active to the point it can no longer be deactivated

I mean, make it official. Trade the vets, play the youngsters and tank properly.

Oh and fire that f***ing GM.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

And Florida just won and goes ahead of us in the standings too!

 

[tazsub3]

Call a PC tomorrow MB and just admit you failed and you're resigning as the Habs GM..

with his ego that is impossible.
The best way to get rid of him without being on the hook for his salary is to higher a bigger ego above him (32)

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Game. 3-1 TB.

Habs played hard. They're just not good.

Price was excellent.

 

[VAN-HAB]

Price, Subban, Max, Chuck, Sergachev, McDonnaugh, Gallagher... Timmins isn't the problem.

We'd have been better off with our GMs doing absolutely nothing but sticking with our picks.

Absolutely True

 

[LaP]

#	Name	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	+/-	Birthdate	Age	Birthplace	Hght	Wght
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	35	24	27	51	22	14	1993-06-17	24	Moscow, Russia	5.11	178
91	Steven Stamkos	C	35	13	32	45	10	17	1990-02-07	27	Markham, ONT	6.01	194
21	Brayden Point	C	35	14	18	32	11	18	1996-03-13	21	Calgary, ALTA	5.10	166
90	Vladislav Namestnikov	C	35	15	16	31	19	10	1992-11-22	24	Zhukovskiy, Russia	5.11	180
9	Tyler Johnson	C	34	9	16	25	8	2	1990-07-29	27	Spokane, WA	5.08	183
77	Victor Hedman	D	35	4	21	25	24	17	1990-12-18	26	Ornskoldsvik, Sweden	6.06	223
37	Yanni Gourde	C	35	11	13	24	16	14	1991-12-15	25	Saint-Narcisse, PQ	5.09	172
98	Mikhail Sergachev	D	35	8	15	23	20	12	1998-06-25	19	Nizhnekamsk, Russia	6.03	215
18	Ondrej Palat	L	35	7	14	21	4	14	1991-03-28	26	Frydek-Mistek, Czech Rep.	6.00	188
17	Alexander Killorn	L	35	4	17	21	18	3	1989-09-14	27	Halifax, NS	6.01	19

[TBODY] [/TBODY]
[TBODY] [/TBODY]

does anyone here notice a common theme here?

#FIRETIMMINS

Man Shane CHurla has been head scout for like 4 years now. Wake up.

 

[The Camera Eye]

Carey Price
Alex Galchenyuk
Grabovski
Emelin
The kostitsyn brothers
Streit
McDonagh
Subban
Sergachov
Etc. Etc.

you're cherry picking picks that go as far back as 2004. 14 years ago. How about we compile 5-10 homegrown players that are decent within a 5 year span instead

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

you're cherry picking picks that go as far back as 2004. 14 years ago. How about we compile 5-10 homegrown players that are decent within a 5 year span instead

Fine. But you need to exclude Stamkos from the Lightning if you're going to do that...

Once again, drafting is not the problem. Drafting's pretty much the only thing we've done right actually.

 

[Lshap]

One of his greatest strengths is cap management, imo, but he's made some underrated moves. Getting Callahan for a TB legend was bold and has paid off in the locker room big time. Dealing away a potential stud in Drouin for a prospect was a gamble.

His free agent pickups have been pretty nice. Stralman was huge.

Sure, every GM makes good moves, including ours. Yzerman has been fine, but he owes most of the Bolts' success to the scouts who picked the team's entire core.

Players don't succeed based on their draft. The organization they go to plays a huge role in creating, or diminishing, opportunities to succeed. Yzerman has built a culture of success that did not exist prior to his arrival.

You can create whatever culture you want, but you can't have success without the right players. That's the bottom line. Of course you need good people to develop and coach them, and Yzerman gets credit for hiring Brisebois and the coaches in Syracuse. Like I said, he's a decent GM, at least. But a great one? Don't see it. If the scouts had missed the great players they found, there'd be little for Yzerman's staff to have developed. There's nothing in Yzerman's resume that indicates he could've built a championship team without all those great prospects. It's not him who deserves being pumped up, it's his scouts.