Player Discussion Hey Max Domi, welcome to the show

[SirClintonPortis]

So what?? I read tbat too
Unless stepan is traded he won’t be playing centre
Stepan and Keller are 1 and 2. I guess he will be on the 3rd line

Too much depth is better than too little. Also, Stepan might be the odd man out since he produces too few goals to be considered a mainstay.

 

[OneSharpMarble]

Chayka on Galchenyuk: “He’s has success playing the center position. ... I don’t think we’d make this trade if we didn’t think he had the ability to play center.”

Oh man if Chucky succeeds at centre on the Coyotes it will be the cherry on the shit cake that has been Bergevins tenure. They should fire him mid game and make him pay for any memorabilia he wants to take with him.

 

[The Great Weal]

That's the right attitude!

 

[Zorba]

Too much depth is better than too little. Also, Stepan might be the odd man out since he produces too few goals to be considered a mainstay.

Stepan is a good second line centre. I don’t doubt at all that teams may be looking at him
It’s the only way Galchenyuk plays centre

 

[mariolemieux66]

So what?? I read tbat too
Unless stepan is traded he won’t be playing centre
Stepan and Keller are 1 and 2. I guess he will be on the 3rd line

Keller took 78 faceoffs this year.

 

[bsl]

That's one thing I'm happy about, seeing Galchenyuk at center flourishing and succeeding like he should have in Montreal.

Why would that make you happy? It would depress the f*** out of me.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Stepan is a good second line centre. I don’t doubt at all that teams may be looking at him
It’s the only way Galchenyuk plays centre

Arizona is not competing for high stakes. They have many games to experiment. It makes more sense to accommodate developing Galchenyuk over placating Stepan, who has hit his ceiling and older.

 

[bsl]

That's one thing I'm happy about, seeing Galchenyuk at center flourishing and succeeding like he should have in Montreal.

It's such a non Habs love the player post. He's gone man. No longer give a shit about him. I care about Habs players and wish Domi the best.

 

[Zorba]

Keller took 78 faceoffs this year.

So what??? Was his first year and easing him in
He’s there #1 C. It’s not Galchenyuk

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Stepan is a good second line centre. I don’t doubt at all that teams may be looking at him
It’s the only way Galchenyuk plays centre

Also, the scoring logs show that Keller and Stepan played and scored together numerous times. So numerous, in fact, that Keller is already Stepan's winger.

Checkmate, buddy.

 

[Zorba]

Arizona is not competing for high stakes. They have many games to experiment. It makes more sense to accommodate developing Galchenyuk over placating Stepan, who has hit his ceiling and older.

That would mean Stepan will play wing or 3rd line. Neither will happen

As long as he’s there Galchenyuk will play wing
And you have no idea what Arizona is competing for. They need to win as well

 

[Zorba]

Also, the scoring logs show that Keller and Stepan played and scored together numerous times. So numerous, in fact, that Keller is already Stepan's winger.

Checkmate, buddy.

Checkmate?? You 12? Rookie year and being eased in.
He’s a centre. And he’s better than Galchenyuk as well

 

[Pickles]

It's such a non Habs love the player post. He's gone man. No longer give a **** about him. I care about Habs players and wish Domi the best.

That's your opinion. I want to see Chucky flouish at center in Arizona. I want to see PK win a cup. I loved seeing Eller win his cup. All the players I gave a crap about are now gone! Don't you understand that??

I could not care less about this current Montreal team. You want to root for the crest good for you but I'm way over that. That crest currently represents losing and an owner that doesn't give a shit. The past winning versions of the Canadiens are a far off distant memory.

 

[HOPE]

It's such a non Habs love the player post. He's gone man. No longer give a **** about him. I care about Habs players and wish Domi the best.

You just have an old mentality, nothing wrong in hoping a former player succeeds! It’s called being fan of the sport before being fan of an organisations! Wich is what i actually am.

 

[Heldig]

So what?? I read tbat too
Unless stepan is traded he won’t be playing centre
Stepan and Keller are 1 and 2. I guess he will be on the 3rd line

Stepan and Keller play on the same line.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

Checkmate?? You 12? Rookie year and being eased in.
He’s a centre. And he’s better than Galchenyuk as well

How many times are you going to say the same thing? Keller is a winger. He plays on Stepan’s wing. Galchenyuk will either get 1C or 2C depending on his camp, Keller will keep his spot on the top line wing. It’s not difficult.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

Checkmate?? You 12? Rookie year and being eased in.
He’s a centre. And he’s better than Galchenyuk as well

(MOD) If he is being eased in, he would starting on the third line or second as a center, not on the wing.
How can you determine if Keller is a better center if he played on the wing for practically the entire season? Christian Dvorak was their 2nd line center and given his lackluster production, Arizona would do well to use some better.

Clayton Keller Q&A: Coyotes rookie dishes on first year in NHL
CK: Derek Stepan is one. I've played most of my games [on a line with him]. He's been really great to me. He's really taken me under his wing and been there if I find myself in the defensive zone. He's always talking to me, which is nice. I think that really helps out a lot.

Interview was on March 22nd, 2018, so most of the season had passed.

 

[SirClintonPortis]

That would mean Stepan will play wing or 3rd line. Neither will happen

As long as he’s there Galchenyuk will play wing
And you have no idea what Arizona is competing for. They need to win as well

Stepan was on the top line because Dvorak sucked and Keller was used as a winger. He is not a player who deserves a spot always reserved for him like a Crosby would. You may not like Galchenyuk, but coaches follow their own drum on who to put where in the lineup.

 

[groovejuice]

Chayka on Galchenyuk: “He’s has success playing the center position. ... I don’t think we’d make this trade if we didn’t think he had the ability to play center.”

Every GM knows this except Bergevin.

 

[WickedPegJets]

That's one thing I'm happy about, seeing Galchenyuk at center flourishing and succeeding like he should have in Montreal.

Claude Julien's knock on Chucky was that in the defensive zone, he wasn't responsible enough which led to his lousy plus/minus number. A very good centerman has to be a 200 ft forward because his wingers tend to want to break out the other way. I guess the Desert Dogs want offence so they'll put up with Chucky's defensive lapses.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Claude Julien's knock on Chucky was that in the defensive zone, he wasn't responsible enough which led to his lousy plus/minus number. A very good centerman has to be a 200 ft forward because his wingers tend to want to break out the other way. I guess the Desert Dogs want offence so they'll put up with Chucky's defensive lapses.

Then explain Drouin who was so bad in his own zone that he may be the single worst defensive C I've ever seen.

 

[Genesis76]

Well at lesst we know who are winning the sc next year.

Congrats galchenyuk you deserved it

 

[WickedPegJets]

Well at lesst we know who are winning the sc next year.

Congrats galchenyuk you deserved it

The grass isn't necessarily greener on the other side of the Habs fence. Arizona is full of rolling stones and moss. Case in point. Alexander Burmistrov was a top prospect with the Thrashers (Winnipeg Jets 2) who was finally traded (to the Coyotes) with the pundits saying he would flourish in the desert.

Alexander Burmistrov
Burmistrov with the Jets in 2016
Born	21 October 1991 (age 26) Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Left
KHL team Former teams	Ak Bars Kazan Atlanta Thrashers Winnipeg Jets Arizona Coyotes Vancouver Canucks
National team	Russia
NHL Draft	8th overall, 2010 Atlanta Thrashers
Playing career	2008–present

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Alexander Olegovich Burmistrov

 

[WickedPegJets]

Welcome to the Habs Max, best of luck!

Not so fast, Habs fans! Bergy isn't finished wheeling and dealing. Who's to say he wouldn't package Domi in a secondary trade with another NHL team?

 

[nhlfan9191]

Max will feel the wrath of god if he doesn’t perform. Second year in a row that a mid June trade has ****ed me off.