DD has a $3.5M cap while Briere is $4M... and I'll bet dollars to donuts that Desharnais outproduces Briere next year. Trading DD will not land us much either so again, what was the point of this signing?
So let me get this straight.. the signing is bad. But it turns into a fantastic signing if we get rid of the 26-year-old who outscored him in each of the last two seasons (more goals too) and even costs less money?
Okay then.
I have no problem getting rid of Desharnais if it improves our team. But the amount of people that want to dump a 45-60 point player for something that won't help our team blows my mind.
Wierd. Draft size and talent, sign a smaller declining fwd. I dont get it.
Thing is, Desharnais is absolutely useless in the playoffs. I don't think he touched the puck even once.
Brière on the other hand...
Thing is, Desharnais is absolutely useless in the playoffs. I don't think he touched the puck even once.
Brière on the other hand...
So let me get this straight.. the signing is bad. But it turns into a fantastic signing if we get rid of the 26-year-old who outscored him in each of the last two seasons (more goals too) and even costs less money?
Okay then.
I have no problem getting rid of Desharnais if it improves our team. But the amount of people that want to dump a 45-60 point player for something that won't help our team blows my mind.
Wierd. Draft size and talent, sign a smaller declining fwd. I dont get it.
The guys hasn't even laced his skated yet and you people are ready to crucify him...
We can get to that, no problem, let's make sure he actually deserves it first though, how about that?
Very easy to understand: stopgap, two-year contract.
The reason he didn't come the last time left him for another fella in Philly. THAT was the real reason. People who know him in Gatineau will approve. I had told you guys. He's ready to come back home, he invested in a marvelous soon-to-open new sports compex in his home town, his closest buddies are ALL Habs fans hehehe.
There's more moves coming, that's why. If not, then yeah, confusing. But besides the obvious lack of size, Briere has the intangibles that Bergevin is looking for, namely his clutch scoring ability.
Nobody has probably brought up these stats:
Last three years of playoffs:
09-10 23 games - 12 goals 18 assists
10-11 11 games 7 goals 2 assists
11-12 11 games 8 goals 5 assists
Last year i think was a write-off for him. He had injuries, he never really got going, he never really clicked with his linelates, etc.,. The way I see it, despite his stats went down from 68 to 49 points in 10-11 to 11-12, he had a really solid playoffs, more than a point a game. That proves to me that he's far from done.
I think he, like DD, are suffering the unfair wrath of Habs fans. they both had off years, and because they're small, they're easy to pick on (no pun intended). I think they'll both have bounce back seasons.
Also 2 less years on the contract.Thing is, Desharnais is absolutely useless in the playoffs. I don't think he touched the puck even once.
Brière on the other hand...
Brière on the other hand won't have the luxury of being as well surrounded as he's been in philly.
Desharnais was pretty good in his first playoffs. He had one great this year and a bunch of horrible ones, similar to his season.Thing is, Desharnais is absolutely useless in the playoffs. I don't think he touched the puck even once.
Brière on the other hand...
There's more moves coming, that's why. If not, then yeah, confusing. But besides the obvious lack of size, Briere has the intangibles that Bergevin is looking for, namely his clutch scoring ability.
Nobody has probably brought up these stats:
Last three years of playoffs:
09-10 23 games - 12 goals 18 assists
10-11 11 games 7 goals 2 assists
11-12 11 games 8 goals 5 assists
Last year i think was a write-off for him. He had injuries, he never really got going, he never really clicked with his linelates, etc.,. The way I see it, despite his stats went down from 68 to 49 points in 10-11 to 11-12, he had a really solid playoffs, more than a point a game. That proves to me that he's far from done.
I think he, like DD, are suffering the unfair wrath of Habs fans. they both had off years, and because they're small, they're easy to pick on (no pun intended). I think they'll both have bounce back seasons.
This contract is decent, the term isnt too long and Brière brings a whole lot of skill, work ethic and leadership to the Habs squad.
Some of you really need to chill out, you guys are acting as if the season starts tomorrow...Let's judge our roster when it's finalized.
If Desharnais shot 30% in the playoffs like Briere did in his last playoff performance (before that he was a legitimately good exploitation scorer), he'd have that reputation too.
Oh no! Max Pacioretty has 1 point in 4 playoff games. BUST!Ya ok, Desharnais has 2 points in 10 playoff games, Mr Clutch.
That's because he's an idiot and always looks for the pass. He doesn't even have a bad shot. I don't understand why the he doesn't shoot more often. Especially when he struggled last year - he should have tried putting the puck on net.Desharnais can barely even get any shots on goal in the playoffs, took him 4 games to even get one this year.
People on the positive side have brought up the playoff stats, but forget to note that despite the good G-A-PT totals DB is overall a minus player over those playoffs despite playing sheltered minutes.
I think the wrath is a)the redundancy, not just the size but the fact that you have a potentially creative offensive guy but you need to give him favorable matchups or else his defensive play is nowhere near good enough. We already have too many of those guys. And b) it's high risk, medium reward given DB's age and injury history. What if last year's 12-goal, 35-point pace is his current level?