HF Habs: Official Montreal Canadiens Off-Season Thread

[habsfan909]

With how much cap space we have (and contracts signed in relation to the cap space), MB's relationship with Brisson, Tavares' knowledge of MTL as a market with Price, Weber and Gallagher (with whom hes all won medals/world championship trophies ), I really like to hope we'll at the very minimum be one of the 5 teams he wants to listen to

We will not. There is no chance Tavares is coming to Montreal. I'm sorry but it just is not happening.

 

[Ozmodiar]

Why don't we seem to be in on Tavares anymore??? What the heck is going on?

It's a phenomena often referred to as "reality setting in".

 

[Krnage]

Should the habs make a offer to Xavier Ouellet ?

 

[yianik]

MB needs to hang onto the Cap space unless he uses it to trade for assets that could help us in the future. So a very good piece to us plus a cap dump for a piece back. Do not want UFA garbage.

 

[EveryDay]

I know some of you will disagree but this is my wishlist for July first:

Forward:

1-John Tavares---Almost 0% chance
2-Paul Stastny--I would love Statsny if its for no more then 4 years
3-Perron--If we trade Patches I would like David
4-Riley Nash--If we miss on Stastny.
5-Grabner---If we miss on Perron

I really don't want Bozak/Neal/JVR/Plekanec/Vanek/Filppula

Defence:

1-Calvin De Hann--Along with Stastny he's the guy I want the most in the UFA group
2-Thomas Hickey--I think he's a good 2nd pairing defenceman
3- Ian Cole---If its f a short contract

 

[Ozmodiar]

Should the habs make a offer to Xavier Ouellet ?

can he flip burgers*?

* correction: gourmet burgers

 

[ottawa]

How much would Kunitz cost for a 1 year deal? 3m? Jack Johnson for 4.5m? Here's a good tank lineup while hitting the cap floor

Kunitz - Drouin - Gallagher
Hudon - Domi - Lehkonen
Byron - Danault - Scherbak
Shaw - De La Rose - Deslauriers

Petry - Weber
Johnson - Alzner
Schlemko - Juulsen

Price

Mete back to the AHL

 

[MSLs absurd thighs]

In an ideal world from this point on, being realistic;

- Flip signed Pacioretty to Buffalo for Ryan O'Reilly.
- Sign James Neal 3 years, 15M deal
- Sign Calvin de Haan 5 years, 22,5M per season deal
- Sign Tyler Bozak 4 years, 20M deal

Drouin - O'Reilly - Neal
Domi - Bozak - Gallagher
Hudon - Danault - Lehkonen
Deslauriers - JDLR - Shaw

de Haan - Weber
Mete - Petry
Alzner - Juulsen

Price
Niemi

What I expect will happen

- Pacioretty stays
- We trade a 2nd round pick and Scherbak to Pittsburgh for Derrick Brassard
- We sign Jack Johnson to a 1 year, 1.5M deal (because BargainBin)
- We sign Plekanec to a 1 year, 1.5M deal (because Humpty Dumpty)

Pacioretty - Brassard - Gallagher
Drouin - Plekanec - Lekhonen
Hudon - Danault - Byron
Deslauriers - JDLR - Roussel

Schlemko/Johnson - Weber
Mete - Petry
Alzner - BENN !!! (because Bergevin clone)

Price
Niemi

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

In an ideal world from this point on, being realistic;

- Flip signed Pacioretty to Buffalo for Ryan O'Reilly.
- Sign James Neal 3 years, 15M deal
- Sign Calvin de Haan 5 years, 22,5M per season deal
- Sign Tyler Bozak 4 years, 20M deal

Drouin - O'Reilly - Neal
Domi - Bozak - Gallagher
Hudon - Danault - Lehkonen
Deslauriers - JDLR - Shaw

de Haan - Weber
Mete - Petry
Alzner - Juulsen

Price
Niemi

What I expect will happen

- Pacioretty stays
- We sign Tyler Bozak 4 years, 20M deal
- We sign Jack Johnson to a 1 year, 1.5M deal (because BargainBin)
- We sign Plekanec to a 1 year, 1.5M deal (because Humpty Dumpty)

Pacioretty - Bozak - Gallagher
Drouin - Plekanec - Lekhonen
Hudon - Danault - Byron
Deslauriers - JDLR - Roussel

Schlemko/Johnson - Weber
Mete - Petry
Alzner - BENN !!! (because Bergevin clone)

Price
Niemi

Just stop making those awful 8-10th position teams
Plekanec Second center
Brassard first I cant even

 

[MSLs absurd thighs]

Just stop making those awful 8-10th position teams

Wow! That's 12 laughing smilies right there! You must be more clever than I am, for sure!

This lineup might not be a cup contender, but everyone being healthy, it can compete for a spot in the playoffs all that while letting the prospects develop for a while without rushing them. If you're so confident in the picks Timmins made, you should be convinced Bozak will be outplayed by Poehling or "THE GREAT FINNISH FLASH 2.0 MIX OF KOPITAR TOEWS KOIVU AND JESUS CHRIST OMGZZZZ" in his contract's duration.

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Wow! That's 12 laughing smilies right there! You must be more clever than I am, for sure!

This lineup might not be a cup contender, but everyone being healthy, it can compete for a spot in the playoffs all that while letting the prospects develop for a while without rushing them. If you're so confident in the picks Timmins made, you should be convinced Bozak will be outplayed by Poehling or "THE GREAT FINNISH FLASH 2.0 MIX OF KOPITAR TOEWS KOIVU AND JESUS CHRIST OMGZZZZ" in his contract's duration.

You are the reason why habs cant move on.

You sign dumpster players and gave them terrible contracts so we can be only playoffs contenders? We will never pass 1st round with this garbage roster unless Price pulls .970 1.05 save %.

You just gave 5m to a third liner in Bozak
There is also no way in hell Pacio/ROR goes 1v1. No way Pacio will sign in Buffalo.

and ur ''plausible scenario''
Sign a 3rd liner 4 years 5m and put him FIRST CENTER
after that u resign Plekanec and put him second center? he had 15 freaking point this season
The 1 year Jack Johnson idc because we could flip him for a pick but he obv wont accept 1 year .

Why do we always need in Montreal to have garbage teams with no good center and overpaid terrible players like Alzner , Shaw and bozak?

Stop patching and freaking rebuild for once. We did not have a 1st center in the last 25 years ffs


By the Way Kotkaniemi will be better than Bozak next year. So yeah , hes still a prospect the fact u just scream injustice about that pick makes me thing u just wanted Bargainbin to trade a 3rd overall for a ROR 2nd center with 7.5m salary cap

Awful.

 

[Zorba]

I know some of you will disagree but this is my wishlist for July first:

Forward:

1-John Tavares---Almost 0% chance
2-Paul Stastny--I would love Statsny if its for no more then 4 years
3-Perron--If we trade Patches I would like David
4-Riley Nash--If we miss on Stastny.
5-Grabner---If we miss on Perron

I really don't want Bozak/Neal/JVR/Plekanec/Vanek/Filppula

Defence:

1-Calvin De Hann--Along with Stastny he's the guy I want the most in the UFA group
2-Thomas Hickey--I think he's a good 2nd pairing defenceman
3- Ian Cole---If its f a short contract

You don’t want Bozak or JVR but you want Riley Nash and Perron Ok..

 

[Sterling Archer]

I’d be surprised if we didn’t trade for ROR and sign Stastny and acquire a LHPMD this offseason. Figure opening day lineup would look something like:

Drouin ROR Gally
Domi Stastny Lehkonen
Byron Danault Sherbak
Hudon Plex/DLR Shaw

LD (JJ/CDH?) Weber
Schlemko Petry
Alzner Juulsen

 

[MSLs absurd thighs]

You are the reason why habs cant move on.

You sign dumpster players and gave them terrible contracts so we can be only playoffs contenders? We will never pass 1st round with this garbage roster unless Price pulls .970 1.05 save %.

You just gave 5m to a third liner in Bozak
There is also no way in hell Pacio/ROR goes 1v1. No way Pacio will sign in Buffalo.

and ur ''plausible scenario''
Sign a 3rd liner 4 years 5m and put him FIRST CENTER
after that u resign Plekanec and put him second center? he had 15 freaking point this season
The 1 year Jack Johnson idc because we could flip him for a pick but he obv wont accept 1 year .

Why do we always need in Montreal to have garbage teams with no good center and overpaid terrible players like Alzner , Shaw and bozak?

Stop patching and freaking rebuild for once. We did not have a 1st center in the last 25 years ffs


By the Way Kotkaniemi will be better than Bozak next year. So yeah , hes still a prospect the fact u just scream injustice about that pick makes me thing u just wanted Bargainbin to trade a 3rd overall for a ROR 2nd center with 7.5m salary cap

Awful.

If you know how to read, which you quite obviously can't because you completely put the word "PLAUSIBLE" in my mouth; you'd have seen the second scenario is the one I EXPECT to see unfold knowing how dumb Bergevin is.

Quite obviously you know more about Patches intentions than I do.
Bozak just went out of a 5 years 4.2M$ per season deal. What the f*** do you expect him to sign for?!

 

[MSLs absurd thighs]

I’d be surprised if we didn’t trade for ROR and sign Stastny and acquire a LHPMD this offseason. Figure opening day lineup would look something like:

Drouin ROR Gally
Domi Stastny Lehkonen
Byron Danault Sherbak
Hudon Plex/DLR Shaw

LD (JJ/CDH?) Weber
Schlemko Petry
Alzner Juulsen

I'll be surprised if Bergevin fills any one of our holes. Even the scenario I expect to see unfold would imply he signs Bozak, which would imply he sees the need at C. I'm not even sure he's clever enough to realize any f***ing C in the league could be patrolling our 1st line right now.

 

[Miller Time]

Hickey, Orpik, Perron,Plekanec incoming UFA'S

Patches & Benn to Dallas for Spezza, 1st, Hintz


Domi - Spezza - Perron
Drouin- Danault - Gally
Lekhonen - Pleks - Hudon/Byron
Dlo - JDR - Hudon/Byron

Depth Scherbak/Froese/Rychel/McCarron

Hickey - Weber
Orpik - Petry
Alzner - Schlemko

Depth
Mete/Juulsen

Price
Lingren

 

[justafan22]

Orpik, alzner and schlemko

LMAO that's an awful defense

 

[MSLs absurd thighs]

Hickey, Orpik, Perron,Plekanec incoming UFA'S

Patches & Benn to Dallas for Spezza, 1st, Hintz


Domi - Spezza - Perron
Drouin- Danault - Gally
Lekhonen - Pleks - Hudon/Byron
Dlo - JDR - Hudon/Byron

Depth Scherbak/Froese/Rychel/McCarron

Hickey - Weber
Orpik - Petry
Alzner - Schlemko

Depth
Mete/Juulsen

Price
Lingren

OMG. Spezza. That's it.

Take out the Brassard trade from my earlier expectations. That's who Bergevin will go after for sure.

 

[Milhouse40]

I'd rather wait until guys like Kotkaniemi and Poehling are ready than overpay one of Stastny/Bozak.

Don't get confuse. You don't fix the NOW problem with FUTURE players.
Those players won't enter in the NHL and destroy everything in their 1st years.

You know we were waiting for Galchenyuk, Eller, McCarron to help/fix our center line for years.
They were young promising prospects, look at where we are.

We are 3 to 4 years away from seeing a real impact from those players (It's one thing to get into the NHL, it's another thing to be really good every nights) and that's a maybe they will good centers, maybe they will be good wingers and maybe they won't be good at all.

 

[justafan22]

Don't get confuse. You don't fix the NOW problem with FUTURE players.
Those players won't enter in the NHL and destroy everything in their 1st years.

You know we were waiting for Galchenyuk, Eller, McCarron to help/fix our center line for years.
They were young promising prospects, look at where we are.

We are 3 to 4 years away from seeing a real impact from those players (It's one thing to get into the NHL, it's another thing to be really good every nights) and that's a maybe they will good centers, maybe they will be good wingers and maybe they won't be good at all.

The likely money is on one of them not being a centre long term in the league and they turn out to be really good wingers and the same damn issue of not finding a 1C (sorry Poehling doesn't have that ceiling) still exists.

 

[Zorba]

Don't get confuse. You don't fix the NOW problem with FUTURE players.
Those players won't enter in the NHL and destroy everything in their 1st years.

You know we were waiting for Galchenyuk, Eller, McCarron to help/fix our center line for years.
They were young promising prospects, look at where we are.

We are 3 to 4 years away from seeing a real impact from those players (It's one thing to get into the NHL, it's another thing to be really good every nights) and that's a maybe they will good centers, maybe they will be good wingers and maybe they won't be good at all.

Great post
If we have to wait 3-4 years from now , Weber is done and price will be close to down
Get rid of them now
Bergevin has had 7 years to get a first line centre and had failed!!
He’s let down his veteran players

 

[Koivu11]

Don't get confuse. You don't fix the NOW problem with FUTURE players.
Those players won't enter in the NHL and destroy everything in their 1st years.

You know we were waiting for Galchenyuk, Eller, McCarron to help/fix our center line for years.
They were young promising prospects, look at where we are.

We are 3 to 4 years away from seeing a real impact from those players (It's one thing to get into the NHL, it's another thing to be really good every nights) and that's a maybe they will good centers, maybe they will be good wingers and maybe they won't be good at all.

They are band aid solutions and won't make us contenders, it's pointless. We need a rebuild and tank for a few years.

 

[scrubadam]

MB won't do much. Maybe DeHaan or Johnson on a short deal.

Keep the cap space and take on contracts. If Pens would give the habs a pick or prospect with Brassard do it. Is LA looking to dump Brown or Carter due to their contracts? If so do it. PHI might want to shed salary if they are in on ROR or JT.

 

[Omar]

I'm sure Bergevin will give his agent a call. Doesn't mean that Tavares will meet with him, but I bet all 31 teams will make contact with Tavares before he signs a contract.

You haven’t been paying attention? Tavares is only speaking with 5 teams. We’re not one of them.

 

[Zorba]

MB won't do much. Maybe DeHaan or Johnson on a short deal.

Keep the cap space and take on contracts. If Pens would give the habs a pick or prospect with Brassard do it. Is LA looking to dump Brown or Carter due to their contracts? If so do it. PHI might want to shed salary if they are in on ROR or JT.

And the bell centre will have 17 k in it after January