HF Habs: Habs Main Camp - Director's General Cuts edition

[26Mats]

with a soft cap, the rich teams will benefit. I don't want the NHL to turn into European soccer where the big market teams win every year.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

No bias on Walsh at all lol. This guy is a clown shoe and should stay off of social media

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

with a soft cap, the rich teams will benefit. I don't want the NHL to turn into European soccer where the big market teams win every year.

Walsh is the Saul Goodman of NHL player agents.

 

[Habs13]

I would assume Perreault starts. Note, even if Armia were to be on the 4th line, which he won't on Wednesday, Armia and Perreault apparently played well together in the past.

When Hoffman gets back, Armia will be back on that 4th line anyway. No way we play Hoffman on the 4th.

 

[26Mats]

When Hoffman gets back, Armia will be back on that 4th line anyway. No way we play Hoffman on the 4th.

Not sure about Armia being on the 4th line. No way Hoffman will be (at least I hope not). But Drouin and Anderson have proven in the past they can play like 4th line material. So, Armia may be beating one or both of them out for a spot in the top 9 by the time Hoffman is back.

 

[Habs13]

Not sure about Armia being on the 4th line. No way Hoffman will be (at least I hope not). But Drouin and Anderson have proven in the past they can play like 4th line material. So, Armia may be beating one or both of them out for a spot in the top 9 by the time Hoffman is back.

Armia - Staal - Perry was one of the best 4th lines we've had in years

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

When Hoffman gets back, Armia will be back on that 4th line anyway. No way we play Hoffman on the 4th.

Armia is a far superior 5 vs 5 player. Hoffman is a PP specialist

 

[Habs13]

Not sure about Armia being on the 4th line. No way Hoffman will be (at least I hope not). But Drouin and Anderson have proven in the past they can play like 4th line material. So, Armia may be beating one or both of them out for a spot in the top 9 by the time Hoffman is back.

Also, what happens when Byron returns?? Who does he knock out and who gets waived (We'll have too many roster players)

 

[26Mats]

Armia - Staal - Perry was one of the best 4th lines we've had in years

I know! I really wanted Perry back, to be reunited with Armia, and then try to find someone other than Staal.

But now that Perry's gone, we have to reinvent that 4th line. Perhaps Perreault-Brooks-Armia works. But where does that leave Lehkonen?

 

[Habs13]

Armia is a far superior 5 vs 5 player. Hoffman is a PP specialist

No way they play Hoffman, who isn't a very good skater, on a defensive assignment (re: 4th line). He'll play with Evans/Brooks and Gallagher.

 

[26Mats]

Also, what happens when Byron returns?? Who does he knock out and who gets waived (We'll have to many roster players)

Yes, for sure we'll have too many wingers - if we ever get healthy.

 

[Habs13]

I know! I really wanted Perry back, to be reunited with Armia, and then try to find someone other than Staal.

But now that Perry's gone, we have to reinvent that 4th line. Perhaps Perreault-Brooks-Armia works. But where does that leave Lehkonen?

Yeah, same, I wanted Perry back too. Sucks he left. We have too many forwards when healthy.

 

[26Mats]

Yeah, same, I wanted Perry back too. Sucks he left. We have too many forwards when healthy.

Ideal scenario is all 3 of Drouin, Anderson, and Armia are playing well, plus the rest of our top 9 wingers, and we're able to trade one for a top 4 dman... At least that's the pipe dream.

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

Ideal scenario is all 3 of Drouin, Anderson, and Armia are playing well, plus the rest of our top 9 wingers, and we're able to trade one for a top 4 dman... At least that's the pipe dream.

Anderson is untradeable for now. Too much term on that contract. Trading Anderson likely gets you another long term contract. Armia won't fetch much and he provides grit just like Anderson. JD is the odd man out.

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

I know! I really wanted Perry back, to be reunited with Armia, and then try to find someone other than Staal.

But now that Perry's gone, we have to reinvent that 4th line. Perhaps Perreault-Brooks-Armia works. But where does that leave Lehkonen?

When Hoffman comes back, Perreault becomes an extra. My feeling is that the Habs hope for JD to turn things around, so a trade is possible.

 

[blueberry]

Yes we have an abundance of wingers. We really didn't need to sign perrault and paqette who are finished. It seems they were signed cause bergy
didn't want to get caught without some french guys again. I 'm a quebecer so it's not a dig against french guys but they gotta make sense. Bergy's
always been like that. He needs a left defenseman, he gets one. Doesn't matter if he can play or not just a left defensman. Needs a centre..
any old center will do. He needed french guys so he went and got some, job done.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

There's nothing wrong with your lines, but if it were me I'd go Armia on 3LW. Nothing wrong with your proposed 3rd line though. It's a good line. But I think Perreault will play over Poehling. Local guy who was excited to sign here, I'd definitely be playing him on opening night because I think he will be playing with everything he's got.

Yeah, Perreault will probably play. Wouldn't mind seeing Armia with another big guy on his line thus Poehling. Could use a 4th line forechecking, grinding line if nothing else.

 

[CartographerNo611]

No bias on Walsh at all lol. This guy is a clown shoe and should stay off of social media

Doesn’t mean he is wrong. The NHL is trending towards a really expensive junior league with all the vets being priced out. Teams are getting very top heavy locking in young skill players long term. I have to agree with Walsh on this one.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

No way they play Hoffman, who isn't a very good skater, on a defensive assignment (re: 4th line). He'll play with Evans/Brooks and Gallagher.

This doesn't make one iota of sense.

First of all, Hoffman is a good skater and the Evans line will be primarily a defensive line. The 4th line is usually an energy line or mismatch line....it is almost never a shutdown line as these players are the least used.

 

[le_sean]

No way they play Hoffman, who isn't a very good skater, on a defensive assignment (re: 4th line). He'll play with Evans/Brooks and Gallagher.

Hoffman is probably the best skating forward on the Habs after Anderson.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

Doesn’t mean he is wrong. The NHL is trending towards a really expensive junior league with all the vets being priced out. Teams are getting very top heavy locking in young skill players long term. I have to agree with Walsh on this one.

That doesn't make any sense at all. The younger stars are deservedly being paid more than the older declining vets. Why should the owners care how an equal share of the pie is being divided among the players. Walsh is an ignoramus and is simply pushing his greedy little bias into the court of public opinion where he can influence the simpletons who mine obtain their "research" from algorithms that are tuned to their own predispositions.

 

[Archijerej]

Why do they keep 15 forwards and only 6 DMen ? Could we see a trade in the next few hours to get a d man ?

Not likely. There is some cap voodoo going on concerning the use of LTIR. I couldn't be bothered to dive into it, but it was described by Basu for example. 15 forwards is basically a way to maximize the LTIR cushion. I think Niku is close to returning.

 

[Archijerej]

No way they play Hoffman, who isn't a very good skater, on a defensive assignment (re: 4th line). He'll play with Evans/Brooks and Gallagher.

Evans and Gallagher are precisely the players who are gonna be used for defensive assignments.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Evans and Gallagher are precisely the players who are gonna be used for defensive assignments.

Defensive ...Gallagher?? what

 

[Kimota]

Ideal scenario is all 3 of Drouin, Anderson, and Armia are playing well, plus the rest of our top 9 wingers, and we're able to trade one for a top 4 dman... At least that's the pipe dream.

I cannot agree with that. Trading Armia or Anderson should never come into play. We should avoid going back to the Smurf days. You said it yourself praising the work of Armia-Perry-Staal in the playoffs. It showed how much big bodies can still be useful in this league. These two in particular Armia and Powerhorse were total beasts.