Marc Methot II: Wheel of Fortune Edition

[Lenny the Lynx]

Coyotes probably balk at moving Vermette right now.

They would probably howl (with laughter), not balk. Chickens balk

 

[operasen]

Adrian Peterson lite I guess

 

[Inf4mous0ne]

Methot is French.
Pageau is too when he is up.

I think Pageau is still French even when he's down

 

[operasen]

Nice!

And next year Da Costa comes back!

 

[Qward]

I think Pageau is still French even when he's down

 

[Flamingo]

They would probably howl (with laughter), not balk. Chickens balk

Thanks for that, belly laugh was better than coffee.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Personally, i guess i would take one more try at a contract if and when he becomes healthy....if it still drags on i would move him ASAP. I am not as high on Methot as a number of you are and feel his minutes could likely be replaced within the org.

 

[BigBush*]

I want Methot because I want a good D partner for Karlsson to play with.
Keith, Weber, Subban, Chara, none of those guys play with a player like Cowen

 

[Upgrayedd]

I want Methot because I want a good D partner for Karlsson to play with.
Keith, Weber, Subban, Chara, none of those guys play with a player like Cowen

I agree allthough i do not see Methot as a perfect match on that top line, imo he is placed there because we are so weak on defence. I believe all the guys you listed play with far superior #2's. EK deserves a competent partner, and thus this is the number one need on this team imo a legit #2 dman. All that said it is basically impossible to trade for one right now and very few come up in UFA so.....lol

Is the Methot father stuff a joke? Assumed from his Twitter presence he likes to just chill with the bro's and play puck, didn't think he was into makin babies yet.

 

[Quo]

It was just a joke.

 

[SilverSeven]

Methot is French.
Pageau is too when he is up.

Cant say what they spoke at home, but anytime I was around the Methot family they were speaking english. His dad certainly has an accent, but his mother doesnt and neither of the kids did.

 

[Cosmix]

That doesn't mean he shouldn't maximize he possible earnings.

I agree. I don't denigrate him nor any other players trying to get the best salary and term possible. I view the ELC and RFA contracts as a form of collusion against players which restricts their salaries compared to UFAs. This could be challenged some day by the Players Association.

 

[BondraTime]

I agree. I don't denigrate him nor any other players trying to get the best salary and term possible. I view the ELC and RFA contracts as a form of collusion against players which restricts their salaries compared to UFAs. This could be challenged some day by the Players Association.

What?

The whole point of ELC's and RFA is too keep your own drafted players for a certain amount of years. Once you hit UFA, you can earn top dollar, if you weren't already through extensions.

 

[Cosmix]

Personally, i guess i would take one more try at a contract if and when he becomes healthy....if it still drags on i would move him ASAP. I am not as high on Methot as a number of you are and feel his minutes could likely be replaced within the org.

I think Methot is a very decent defensive Dman who is mobile and can make a good first pass, skate the puck out of the D zone and add a physical presence. There is no one better than him, other than Karlsson.

 

[Lenny the Lynx]

Cant say what they spoke at home, but anytime I was around the Methot family they were speaking english. His dad certainly has an accent, but his mother doesnt and neither of the kids did.

I wonder what language his 1.5 children (3 x 0.5) speak?

I think Methot is a very decent defensive Dman who is mobile and can make a good first pass, skate the puck out of the D zone and add a physical presence. There is no one better than him, other than Karlsson.

There's no one better than him on this team but that's not saying much.
I like Methot too but its not like we can give him a blank cheque

 

[Qward]

Cant say what they spoke at home, but anytime I was around the Methot family they were speaking english. His dad certainly has an accent, but his mother doesnt and neither of the kids did.

His family is from Quebec. Family reunions are in Quebec and he is one of the few players that will answer questions in French.

My family is from Quebec and we only speak English in my house.

 

[Cosmix]

I agree. I don't denigrate him nor any other players trying to get the best salary and term possible. I view the ELC and RFA contracts as a form of collusion against players which restricts their salaries compared to UFAs. This could be challenged some day by the Players Association.

What?

The whole point of ELC's and RFA is too keep your own drafted players for a certain amount of years. Once you hit UFA, you can earn top dollar, if you weren't already through extensions.

see: http://www.arcticicehockey.com/2012/12/18/3779076/nhl-lockout-2012-owners-capitalism#comments

See: http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3151&context=dlj

 

[Cosmix]

I wonder what language his 1.5 children (3 x 0.5) speak?




There's no one better than him on this team but that's not saying much.
I like Methot too but its not like we can give him a blank cheque

I agree. The fact that we have only 1 defenceman equal to or better than him shows up the weakness of this team. No blank cheque for Methot. 4.5 to 5.0 seems reasonable to me, for 3 to 5 years. The other options aren't very good.

 

[SilverSeven]

His family is from Quebec. Family reunions are in Quebec and he is one of the few players that will answer questions in French.

My family is from Quebec and we only speak English in my house.

He lived in the southend of Ottawa though. My fathers family is from Quebec, but Im not french. I just doubt he would identify as francophone like JGP or Chiasson would.

 

[BondraTime]

see: http://www.arcticicehockey.com/2012/12/18/3779076/nhl-lockout-2012-owners-capitalism#comments

See: http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3151&context=dlj

Doesn't the first link just re-iterate why RFA and ELC's are necessary?

The second link is asking for all players to be UFA essentially, which is exactly what the NHL doesn't want. There won't be "franchise" tags. If that were to happen, what is the point of the draft? There is no worry of any of that happening, none.

 

[Johnny Hanson]

His family is from Quebec. Family reunions are in Quebec and he is one of the few players that will answer questions in French.

My family is from Quebec and we only speak English in my house.

There was an article in the citizen this summer about marc methots family reunion in St bernardin ON. So he's a Franco ontarian

 

[Qward]

There was an article in the citizen this summer about marc methots family reunion in St bernardin ON. So he's a Franco ontarian

You are correct, I thought it was in Quebec. I was going off the one from when he was traded. I thought it was in Quebec but I found the video and it was in St. Bernardin too.

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[L'Aveuglette]

Funny, I've never heard Methot speak french.

 

[Qward]

funny, i've never heard methot speak french.

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[orkid]

If the team starts winning games out of the gate without Methot, you can bet he'll be traded once he's healthy.

To me, this is a scary thought. Our defence is significantly better with him paired with Karlsson instead of Cowen.

And what exactly are we supposed to trade him for? Don't get me wrong, he has a relatively high value as a rental but if all we're seeing in return are mid-prospects or 2nd/3rd round draft picks, that's not going to solve the problem we will still have at D.