TSN: Kassian for Scrivens

[Rapala]

Suppose your right.. Its early still just cranky

A lot of folks stayed up late so they could "officially" weigh in on the stupidity of this move.
Well Michel you've got the tender with NHL experience you were crying for...
now win tonight or GTFO.

 

[Hannibal]

Bergevin is a bad GM.

Always trade for fourth liner or AHLer!

What a gm.

 

[sampollock]

MB you are such a wheeler dealer, wow,,,,,,, sigh

 

[le_sean]

Khudobin didn't come for free. He comes with a $2,5m salary and cap hit. I would prefer to put any money available on a top 6 forward. This balances everything out cap wise for us.

My point still stands that this is a month late.

I don't care about Khudobin's cap hit. He's a much better goalie and it's even better insurance for the team.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Helps the tank. Scrivens learned from the best (Leafs/Oilers)

I can't believe we're talking about tanking when we started the season 18-3... The next three games are crucial for us. Games against division rivals and we're slipping out of a playoff spot. How the hell is that possible? I never thought the Winter Classic would hold the importance that it's going to. The only silver lining is that we might actually be able to get out of Therrien. Ben Scrivens is only going to make things worse.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Ben Scrivens will get lit up and MT will go back to blaming the goaltending.

Amazing.

 

[go_habs_go]

Agree. We have 9 D on roster right now. Something has got to give.

Gilbert IR and Petry still injured.

Beaulieu-Subban
Markov-Emelin
Pateryn-Tinordi
Barberio

 

[waffledave]

Statements like that are so ridiculous.

We didn't want Kassian around anymore. We didn't think Tokarski could play in the NHL and help Condon shoulder the load.

Both of the above have nothing to do with MT, or our other problems. This trade is not the solution. No one sees it as such except those with an agenda they're trying to push.

Your faith in management is pretty hilarious.

This move was made because MT thinks they are losing because of goaltending.

MB is a spineless idiot who thinks MT is a genius and that all the teams problems are because of bad luck. That's what he blamed the PP struggles on last year... I guess someone broke a mirror or something, because we are on year 3 of "bad luck" now...

 

[Hannibal]

I can't believe we're talking about tanking when we started the season 18-3... The next three games are crucial for us. Games against division rivals and we're slipping out of a playoff spot. How the hell is that possible? I never thought the Winter Classic would hold the importance that it's going to. The only silver lining is that we might actually be able to get out of Therrien. Ben Scrivens is only going to make things worse.

Price was making us look like a good team.

Now, we see the real montreal canadiens.

 

[Lucky Luke]

Just wait until Kassian gets paired with McDavid...

Can McDavid drive a very large pickup truck?

 

[Beige Van]

I was expecting something like this. We add 0.5M on the cap... for a guy who may or may not be better than Tokarski/Condon. Meh..

EDIT:

With the oilers retaining 25% of the cap hit, this comes out to about the same thing. This is a good trade for us considering we had thrown the towel on Kassian anyway.

Your arms must be exhausted from polishing this turd.

 

[The1Prodigy1]

Khudobin didn't come for free. He comes with a $2,5m salary and cap hit. I would prefer to put any money available on a top 6 forward. This balances everything out cap wise for us.

We've said that for every trade that MB has done so far....still waiting for that top 6 forward... It's starting to feel like the wait for a top 6 forward is as long as our next Stanley Cup...

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Well this deal was written in the sky. The retention definitely makes it easier to swallow. I understand the logic behind the move and unlike some, I don't think Scrivens is that bad. Kassian blew his chance in Montreal and we barely gave anything for him and his value had to be super low at this point so meh. Crap for crap essentially a) at least Scrivens fits one of our needs a bit more and b) if Kassian turns it around in EDM it won't haunt us.

I just hope this deal isn't the only thing MB has up his sleeve...

 

[jaffy27]

I want to puke....

Scrivens has been downright terrible this year in the AHL.

This really smells of a panic trade.....

Panic trades usually happen when your in panic mode.....was it ever gonna be a non panic trade considering the current slide??

Plus...I said this about a month ago and argued with many of you that right after Price went down long term, we needed another goalie besides the Tokarski, Condon tandem....well here we are

 

[417]

How many goals has Montreal score over this losing stretch?

You're underestimating the impact that not having confidence in your goalies, does to the overall psyche of a team.

 

[The1Prodigy1]

I think the goal is not necessarily to replace Condon, but to make sure not to have to play Tokarski. And to be able to not give Condon a real starter load which he can't handle.

You do realise Scrivens has worst stats than Tokarski in the AHL right? if Tokaraski can't play NHL, Scrivens can't play AHL

 

[Justin11]

Your faith in management is pretty hilarious.

This move was made because MT thinks they are losing because of goaltending.

MB is a spineless idiot who thinks MT is a genius and that all the teams problems are because of bad luck. That's what he blamed the PP struggles on last year... I guess someone broke a mirror or something, because we are on year 3 of "bad luck" now...

You may have a valid point here. This could be the Habs downfall.

 

[Schwang]

We're on our way boys! We got our goalie 2b to replace Toks. Now all we need is a #1 centre, a goal scoring winger, a point man who can hit the net, some size up front, and a new coach!

No problem, right?

OOPs, forgot we need a captain too!

 

[waffledave]

Your arms must be exhausted from polishing this turd.

I'm getting dizzy from the spin

 

[Cole Caulifield]

My point still stands that this is a month late.

I don't care about Khudobin's cap hit. He's a much better goalie and it's even better insurance for the team.

A month earlier we could not give away Kassian he was still in re-hab. So no, your point doesn't stand. One month ago we couldn't balance it out.

 

[blarneylad]

Price was making us look like a good team.

Now, we see the real montreal canadiens.

I disagree.

Is this an epic slump? For sure it is. Doesn't mean this team isn't a .500 team without Price.

They have a rookie goalie and now an AHLer as his backup. Lose Price and add a real NHL starter and this team is a wild card team.

Price just elevates them to the next level. That is what gamebreakers do.

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Scrivens is better than Condon and Tokarski, Kassian likely was never going to play for us so I don't see the point in complaining.

 

[The1Prodigy1]

I disagree.

Is this an epic slump? For sure it is. Doesn't mean this team isn't a .500 team without Price.

They have a rookie goalie and now an AHLer as his backup. Lose Price and add a real NHL starter and this team is a wild card team.

Price just elevates them to the next level. That is what gamebreakers do.

Well it helps when he have a coach who has a clue how to coach in the NHL.

 

[PhysicX]

This is *********. Get a goalie about a month too late. Could have had Khudobin for free.

Copy Pasta

 

[Beige Van]

Scrivens is better than Condon and Tokarski, Kassian likely was never going to play for us so I don't see the point in complaining.

No, he's not. Garbage in, garbage out.