Grading the Habs Offseason
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ThaDevilGirl
Every day is a day off
groovejuice
Without deviation progress is not possible
ThaDevilGirl
Every day is a day off
WeThreeKings
Habs cup - its in the BAG
A -
Signing Semin
Hiring Craig Ramsey, plus the two new scouts
Signing Petry
Hiring the new Analytics guy
B-
Re-signing Mitchell
Prust for Kassian Trade
C-
The 2015 draft (not much to do with the amount of picks we had in the top 90)
D-
Missing out on Frolik and Justin Williams, Bergevin's Press Conference, Missing out on multiple top 6 players who were traded way below value
Galchenyuk not being signed long term
F-
Therrien & Staff still in place
Lefebvre & Staff still in place
Desharnais still on the team.
Hiring Carriere's son as assistant coach for the Ice Caps.
Signing Semin
Hiring Craig Ramsey, plus the two new scouts
Signing Petry
Hiring the new Analytics guy
B-
Re-signing Mitchell
Prust for Kassian Trade
C-
The 2015 draft (not much to do with the amount of picks we had in the top 90)
D-
Missing out on Frolik and Justin Williams, Bergevin's Press Conference, Missing out on multiple top 6 players who were traded way below value
Galchenyuk not being signed long term
F-
Therrien & Staff still in place
Lefebvre & Staff still in place
Desharnais still on the team.
Hiring Carriere's son as assistant coach for the Ice Caps.
GREMLIN
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I'd say MB had a good offseason
Petry locked up
Prust for Kassian+5th is an absolute steal any way you look at it
Semin for 1 million will be a great investment
Chuckie signed
How is that an okay summer? Its so much better than just the average offseason moves, Bergy also trying to acquire fresh ideas for the PP is good too.
Kessel is the one big piece I think we missed out on, thought he was a great buy low opportunity.
Petry locked up
Prust for Kassian+5th is an absolute steal any way you look at it
Semin for 1 million will be a great investment
Chuckie signed
How is that an okay summer? Its so much better than just the average offseason moves, Bergy also trying to acquire fresh ideas for the PP is good too.
Kessel is the one big piece I think we missed out on, thought he was a great buy low opportunity.
VirginiaMtlExpat
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Wow, incredibly thorough. I pretty much agree, including how you perceive the new assistant coach.
WeThreeKings
Habs cup - its in the BAG
I missed the Holloway and Barberio signings which I would say are both C moves with the potential to grow.
VirginiaMtlExpat
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I agree about this as well, but the price for trading with Toronto had to be incredibly prohibitive.
...A "Sharp-ish" move/signing was a miss, but other than that, I'd say the Habs had a good offseason...now we just need to move a Dman (Emelin or Gilbert, imo) and ensure Desharnais is not a Top 6 centre on the team...I'd say we had a solid "B"...
The Great Weal
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Based on my realistic set of expectations, I'd give it an A. I liked both the Petry and Galchenyuk contracts. I love the Semin signing, and the Kassian trade was great as well. Bergevin let go the right guys and resigned the right depth in my mind (Mitchell and Flynn) at reasonable contracts.
Bringing in someone like Ramsay shows that Bergevin is aware of the coaching problem and is willing to address it, or at least part of it.
All in all, he addressed two needs up front without giving up anything of value in return. Sure, I would have liked Bergevin to get a new coaching staff in town and find a way to ship away DD and one of Emelin/Gilbert, but these aren't moves I legitimately expected him to do.
Bringing in someone like Ramsay shows that Bergevin is aware of the coaching problem and is willing to address it, or at least part of it.
All in all, he addressed two needs up front without giving up anything of value in return. Sure, I would have liked Bergevin to get a new coaching staff in town and find a way to ship away DD and one of Emelin/Gilbert, but these aren't moves I legitimately expected him to do.
Using WTK list
A -
Signing Semin
Hiring Craig Ramsey, plus the two new scouts
Signing Petry
Hiring the new Analytics guy
Prust for Kassian Trade
B-
Re-signing Mitchell
Sign Holloway
St-John Ice Caps/Brampton Beast affiliation
C-
The 2015 draft (not much to do with the amount of picks we had in the top 90)
Re-signing Flynn, Bournival etc.
Hiring Carriere's son as assistant coach for the Ice Caps. (not enough data to put it as good or bad)
Sign Barberio
D-
Missing out on Frolik and Justin Williams, Bergevin's Press Conference, Missing out on multiple top 6 players who were traded way below value
F-
Therrien & Staff still in place
Lefebvre & Staff still in place
Desharnais still on the team.
So a lot more good than bad
A -
Signing Semin
Hiring Craig Ramsey, plus the two new scouts
Signing Petry
Hiring the new Analytics guy
Prust for Kassian Trade
B-
Re-signing Mitchell
Sign Holloway
St-John Ice Caps/Brampton Beast affiliation
C-
The 2015 draft (not much to do with the amount of picks we had in the top 90)
Re-signing Flynn, Bournival etc.
Hiring Carriere's son as assistant coach for the Ice Caps. (not enough data to put it as good or bad)
Sign Barberio
D-
Missing out on Frolik and Justin Williams, Bergevin's Press Conference, Missing out on multiple top 6 players who were traded way below value
F-
Therrien & Staff still in place
Lefebvre & Staff still in place
Desharnais still on the team.
So a lot more good than bad
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Mixed feeling about this off season.
Many gambles : Kassian, Semin, Holloway.
Not many sure shot. Petry was one of the brightest spot this summer.
Did a couple of positive tweak here and there.
Flynn, Bournival, Barbiero are really weird signing.
Not sure about the Parenteau's re-buy....unable to unload him for a pick?
But in my opinion, MB still failed at getting what the Habs needed. He missed out on great players this summer and eventually signed the biggest gamble of the summer in Semin.
- Get a solid top 6 forward
- Move Galchenyuk to center without any interference
That's what i was aiming for before the summer started and i can't say mission accomplish. There's still hope....but now it's up to Therrien, which i don't think we can rely on to make to right move.
C at best for me.
Many gambles : Kassian, Semin, Holloway.
Not many sure shot. Petry was one of the brightest spot this summer.
Did a couple of positive tweak here and there.
Flynn, Bournival, Barbiero are really weird signing.
Not sure about the Parenteau's re-buy....unable to unload him for a pick?
But in my opinion, MB still failed at getting what the Habs needed. He missed out on great players this summer and eventually signed the biggest gamble of the summer in Semin.
- Get a solid top 6 forward
- Move Galchenyuk to center without any interference
That's what i was aiming for before the summer started and i can't say mission accomplish. There's still hope....but now it's up to Therrien, which i don't think we can rely on to make to right move.
C at best for me.
Soltantgris
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Pretty strong off season so far. Not done yet until game 1, I suspect there will be some substractions during-after training camp.
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