TSN: Kassian for Scrivens

[bsl]

Nice. We address a few needs here.
1)To many physical players on the Habs.
2)To many players over 6'.
3)To many RWers
4)Not enough AHL caliber goalies.

Well done MB.

Too. The word is too. T O O. Not 'to'. Sorry board I never do this but come on. Let's have some standards here. All of the french guys here have much better english than this.

 

[Rapala]

Can McDavid drive a very large pickup truck?

That entire Province can.

 

[Smokey Thompson]

Let's see if Therrien was right that goaltending is the issue here.

 

[hersky77]

Just wait until Kassian gets paired with McDavid...

In the line at the bar

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Price was making us look like a good team.

Now, we see the real montreal canadiens.

This season? The team was playing extremely well. We were scoring, outplaying and outshooting other teams. Even throughout this bad streak we really haven't played all that badly. There's no doubt that goaltending is killing us. The streak started with Condon giving up a bad goal and us losing in NJ on a game we should've won.

That being said, I don't agree with MT's excuse that it's ALL about goaltending because that's nonsense. While Condon's numbers don't look good, for the most part our goalies have kept us in games. You aren't going to win games when you're only scoring 1 goal per.

There's no doubt we need another scorer. The time to land one though was in the summer. Now that we're desperate the price of a sniper is going to be sky high with teams trying to exploit us. We just traded away a guy we were hoping would help on that front and we've done it for a very bad goalie.

MB has proved me wrong on trades before so maybe he sees something I don't. But I don't know why we want Ben Scrivens here. And while I understand him wanting to unload Kassian, Edmonton actually has a chance to make something out of him. Worst case scenario is that Scrivens craps the bed and Kassian goes on to play with McDavid and starts putting up points...

 

[WeThreeKings]

Let's see if Therrien was right that goaltending is the issue here.

It's not.. but okay, if we must..

 

[MacEugene]

Just wait until Kassian gets paired with McDavid...

Yeah, we said that about Sekac paired with Getzlaf/Perry too.

 

[thewall]

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

Andrew Hammond was terrible in the AHL last year... maybe Scrivens can provide the same spark like Hammond did for Ottawa !!

 

[Maffew]

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.

Took over 30 posts for someone to get it.

 

[jaffy27]

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.

No he won't, you can't go worse than 1-9 in the past 10....or at least not likely lol

He's got NHL experience and will settle things down, certainly not the answer moving fwd but it's a start...hate to see the potential of Kassian gone though, always liked his upside

 

[WeThreeKings]

Andrew Hammond was terrible in the AHL last year... maybe Scrivens can provide the same spark like Hammond did for Ottawa !!

Hammond is still a terrible goalie.

 

[sampollock]

MB is ok now, MT has tucked DD in into bed, the world is good

 

[Cole Caulifield]

Your arms must be exhausted from polishing this turd.

You stayed up late expecting something big and you are all disappointed? Cute. I went to bed last night, so when I woke up this morning I was in a sound state of mind instead of hyper emotional.

I'm not polishing anything. We traded a player we didn't want anymore for a player we may have a use for, maybe.

It's a trade that made cap space sense. We had dead cap space in Kassian, and we exchanged that dead cap space for a player that we could maybe have a use for. I understand that in the current emotional state of these boards, it may be beyond some posters' mental grasp however.

 

[417]

Condon has proven to be a more capable backup. We traded for a goalie who was sent down to the AHL by the worst team of the past 5 years FFS!

scrivens has shown to be a capable goalie, behind a capable team.

despite the current state of the Habs, I believe this IS a capable team.

this will help alleviate the pressure off of Condon...

Not sure why people are so upset at this trade.

 

[Adamcrazy3]

Now we will start scoring more GOALS!!!

 

[sampollock]

You stayed up late expecting something big and you are all disappointed? Cute.

I'm not polishing anything. We traded a player we didn't want anymore for a player we may have a use for, maybe.

It's a trade that made cap space sense. I understand that in the current emotional state of these boards, it may be beyond some posters' mental grasp however.

yes you are right, no biggie deal, but does not effect the team any in a negative way....

but.........now we wait to see ?

 

[CupInSIX]

Can I be the one to point out the elephant in the room?

Habs just gave up a guy who can score 20 goals. Maybe he will, maybe he won't. But this is something that might be looked back on as something of a meme about Character.

 

[sampollock]

scrivens has shown to be a capable goalie, behind a capable team.

despite the current state of the Habs, I believe this IS a capable team.

this will help alleviate the pressure off of Condon...

Not sure why people are so upset at this trade.

this trade I don't think is the thing setting it off, it is the lack of help on the top line, and DD being a #1, but time will tell...

 

[le_sean]

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.

The team had cap space a month ago. This is just a way to get rid of Kassian, it has nothing to do with finally having cap room.

So yes, my point still stands that this is a month late.

 

[sampollock]

Can I be the one to point out the elephant in the room?

Habs just gave up a guy who can score 20 goals. Maybe he will, maybe he won't. But this is something that might be looked back on as something of a meme about Character.

and size.....but comes with baggage.

 

[teh doors]

Now if you can find a 6'2 RW with hands and a mean streak this team's a contender!

I think this team could've giving Kassian a chance but oh well

I hope the Canadiens goaltending coaching helps Scrivens who has definitely had some good stretchs in the NHL

 

[Le Barron de HF]

I'm not saying they're the same but Dubnyk looked like **** too at some point and even had garbage numbers in the AHL...

 

[Wats]

No he won't, you can't go worse than 1-9 in the past 10....or at least not likely lol

He's got NHL experience and will settle things down, certainly not the answer moving fwd but it's a start...hate to see the potential of Kassian gone though, always liked his upside

He's got 2 wins in 10 appearances in the AHL. Not as bad but pretty bad.

 

[Account Terminated]

This is exactly the type of panic move I was hoping Bergevin would not make. Oh well. Let's see if this pays off.

 

[Rapala]

scrivens has shown to be a capable goalie, behind a capable team.

despite the current state of the Habs, I believe this IS a capable team.

this will help alleviate the pressure off of Condon...

Not sure why people are so upset at this trade.

MT trading one flop for another while ignoring the real issues kind of pisses people off.