Post-Game Talk: Habs Win 5-2. (4 pts for Dvorak, 3 pts for Anderson, 2 Goals for Pezzetta)

[Redux91]

I know its heresy here, but don't think Guhle and Romanov have enough mobility to be a top pairing tandem.

Wait.. what?? lol..
Not that i think Romy will ever be top pairing but ... your reason absolutely bewilders me lol

They are ALREADY more mobile than our Top pair last season of Weber and Chiarot, and are already more mobile than our projected Top pair this season of Edmunson and Petry..

There's all sorts of reasons why they are or aren't ready or aren't good enough for Top pair NHL duties ........ but mobility is NOT one of them lol

 

[Redux91]

Thinking about it more and more

I think the Armia pass was more impressive than Drouins lol
And Johnny's was sick

 

[ChesterNimitz]

Wait.. what?? lol..
Not that i think Romy will ever be top pairing but ... your reason absolutely bewilders me lol

They are ALREADY more mobile than our Top pair last season of Weber and Chiarot, and are already more mobile than our projected Top pair this season of Edmunson and Petry..

There's all sorts of reasons why they are or aren't ready or aren't good enough for Top pair NHL duties ........ but mobility is NOT one of them lol

That's damning them with the faintest of praise.

 

[Holystik]

CP won't miss that much game from what was report, Allen can start the 3 1st game to start the season without the problem.

I think calling him CP is not ideal...
You most likely don't know what CP means.

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Byron doesn't have value but Lehkonen does. I think we might need to trade Lehkonen for a 3C and have Byron on the 4th line with Evans and Armia.

Yes, although winger for center is rare. Once Byron is ready to come back & if everyone else is healthy, there will be a roster issue anyway.

We already have 14 forwards not including Byron. Doubt Lehks lasts the season in Montreal, but we'll see. There will be injuries.

 

[Habaddict]

So... Pezzetta is the new Ovechkin?

Yes Pezzetta is the upgraded version.

 

[Aces on the road]

Thinking about it more and more

I think the Armia pass was more impressive than Drouins lol[/QUOTE
My man

 

[Rapala]

The book on Wideman is that he is a good skater with a nice shot and playmaking abilities. His issues are in his own zone, particularly physical play. An optimistic outlook on him is a 6D that plays PP1.

Exactly what we didn't have last year a right handed RD who can play 3rd pairing minutes able to generate speed from the back end with puck movement. Our zone entries were noticeably better with him handling the puck on the PP. N0 more Weber automatically dropping the puck and then effectively removing himself from the play as an option on the zone entry. Wideman can pass, carry, or drop the puck and follows up the play ensuring he remains an option to leverage the man advantage.

 

[admiralcadillac]

Yes Pezzetta is the upgraded version.

You’d love to see it - minor league mustachioed goony greaser turns into nhl HOFer at 25, puts up 60 goals a season for the next decade.

I’d love that for him.

 

[Archijerej]

Tierney would make sense. He played with Anderson and Dvorak (not a lot with him though) in London, he's UFA at the end of the year, he can feed his winger.

I wouldn't mind Tierney at all, especially since Ottawa doesn't seem to have much use for him, but he's basically a one year reclamation project. If we were to move on from Lehkonen (and I'm not sure we should), I'd expect something more tangible than Tierney.

All those rich, multi-year contracts for our wingers really restrict our freedom of maneuver until Drouin and Byron are off the books. Even then it's still too much investment in Caufield/Gallagher/Anderson/Armia at RW.

We should all hope we can squeeze the best hockey out of Anderson the next two years and move him at peak value before 2023-24 season. Unless Price and Petry become major cap liability by then, we're gonna be in a good position with lots of cap space and assets to build a competitive roster.

In the big picture Lehkonen seems like a guy who offers the best bang for the buck, but we feel forced to move him because we have much less cost-effective wingers eating at our cap. I don't like that.

 

[Walrus26]

I think calling him CP is not ideal...
You most likely don't know what CP means.

Crystal Palace?
Cheesy Poutine?

Oh of course, it's Combat Pigtails.