Confirmed Signing with Link: [MTL] Mike Hoffman signs with the Canadiens (3 years, $4.5M AAV)

[Gains]

$973,630 in cap space. So Kotkaniemi and Lehkonen is gone?

Yeah great. Too bad that the most important position in hockey is center.

Weber LTIR this season. Add 7.8 mil

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

$973,630 in cap space. So Kotkaniemi and Lehkonen is gone?

Yeah great. Too bad that the most important position in hockey is center.

Weber's LTIR

 

[DudeWhereIsMakar]

Adds onto the offense. But it's hard to say where Montreal goes from here.

 

[Guess]

Lapierre once said in his podcast

“I’d rather loose without Hoffman than win with him”

I guess the locker room cancer rumours arent true eh?

What are his supposed locker room issues?

 

[OpenIceHit]

Caufield
Toffoli
Gallagher
Hoffman
Drouin
Armia

Great winger depth again

+ Anderson

 

[LMFAO]

What are his supposed locker room issues?

start by Googling Hoffman and Erik Karlsson

 

[webersshot]

Didn't the Hoffmans more or less get vindicated by the end? That the Karlssons thought a poster was Ms. Hoffman when it ended up not being so?

There was no evidence presented and they even traced the IP address of the posts and there was no connection to her.

 

[Maitz]

$973,630 in cap space. So Kotkaniemi and Lehkonen is gone?

they haven’t placed Weber on the LTIR

 

[Habsfan18]

Great depth through the lineup

Drouin - Suzuki - Caufield
Anderson - KK - Hoffman
Toffoli - Evans - Gallagher
Lehkonen - Paquette - Armia

Anderson and Hoffman on the same line would legitimately provide the worst defense from the wings in NHL history.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Didn't the Hoffmans more or less get vindicated by the end? That the Karlssons thought a poster was Ms. Hoffman when it ended up not being so?

Exactly what I remember reading, but can't find the source...

 

[ottawa]

Anderson and Hoffman on the same line would legitimately provide the worst defense from the wings in NHL history.

Yeah, maybe switch that up lol

 

[Guess]

Montreal excels at even strength and is practically invulnerable on the PK already. Why wouldn't they want a power play specialist lol. How many Armias, Gallaghers, Kotkaniemis, Byrons, Lehkonens do they need[/QUOTE

Part of that was probably also due to having Danault who is now gone.

 

[BusQuets]

Great depth through the lineup

Drouin - Suzuki - Caufield
Anderson - KK - Hoffman
Toffoli - Evans - Gallagher
Lehkonen - Paquette - Armia

Still needs Suzuki and especially Kotkaniemi's regular season break through season to truly compete for Cup.

How close is Poehling?

 

[HABitual Fan]

$973,630 in cap space. So Kotkaniemi and Lehkonen is gone?

Yeah great. Too bad that the most important position in hockey is center.

They'll use Weber's LTIR of almost $8M to sihn them, and possibly trade for/or sign a #3C

 

[webersshot]

Adds onto the offense. But it's hard to say where Montreal goes from here.

On to jack Eichel.

 

[didimentionlarseller]

Great depth through the lineup

Drouin - Suzuki - Caufield
Anderson - KK - Hoffman
Toffoli - Evans - Gallagher
Lehkonen - Paquette - Armia

not at Center we need someone to shelter the younger guys a bit just maybe not Danault levels of cap

Eller would be perfect just saying

 

[Guess]

Still needs Suzuki and especially Kotkaniemi's regular season break through season to truly compete for Cup.

How close is Poehling?

Pretty sure Poehling is ready and will slot in center

 

[JustAnotherHockeyFan]

Part of that was probably also due to having Danault who is now gone.

Part of replacing Danault's contribution is getting better on the PP and becoming more versatile in other facets of the game. They still have a plethora of defensive players to rely on

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

Powerplay specialist awful at ES for 3 years bleh continue to be mediocre I guess

Last year he had 38 at ES and 21 PPP. We need help on the PP, I'm fine with that.

 

[TopC0rner]

Marc Bergevin going for character guys!

 

[MMC]

 

[GreenLine]

I guess they have a new guy to scratch for the entire playoffs

 

[Captain97]

$973,630 in cap space. So Kotkaniemi and Lehkonen is gone?

Yeah great. Too bad that the most important position in hockey is center.

It's actually ~8.8 Weber isn't playing this year and likely never again. Injuries have caught up to him. That 900k is with him as healthy on the roster.

 

[Thirty Seven]

Disappointed they didn't get DeAngelo

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Love it