HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: 2024 Playoff Edition

[WeThreeKings]

 

[morhilane]

Management must be so happy to have their excuses. To one more year of Shanny and Keefe!

 

[sampollock]

Management must be so happy to have their excuses. To one more year of Shanny and Keefe!

shanny lives again... they will use the nostril injury as he reason

 

[LV426]

Vegas "fans" streaming out of the arena down 2goals with 1:22 left in a playoff game.
Says it all

Spoiled brat fan base. Gifted a good team from day one. No sympathy from me.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Belleville and Toronto had a little dust up in the handshake line.

 

[Koivu11]

 

[The Real Timo]

shanny lives again... they will use the nostril injury as he reason

Which is a good thing right? Because we all want things to stay the same for leafs.

 

[bsl]

TB is out. Good. f*** them! They were a bunch of completely classless pricks when they beat the Habs who were basically a bunch of wounded corpses by the time they reached the final. f*** them to hell!

You should learn to express your feelings more.

 

[Boss Man Hughes]

Belleville and Toronto had a little dust up in the handshake line.

Excellemt. Excellent. Should happen more often.

Spoiled brat fan base. Gifted a good team from day one. No sympathy from me.

why? The game was over. They weren't scoring 2 goals.

 

[sampollock]

1050 TSN is wetting their pants on the figs.. figures there paychecks are from the figs

 

[SannywithoutCompy]

Plenty of nonsense attacks in our draft thread last year and of course he's coming over

 

[BergevinBurner]

Plenty of nonsense attacks in our draft thread last year and of course he's coming over

Passing on him is going to haunt us for years to come, we just need to hope Reinbacher turns into that steady first pairing guy that eats 25 minutes a night to help ease the pain a little lol.

 

[Habssince89]

The hockey gods need to let the following happen:
-Leafs win without Matthews, causing further drama in leafland
-Jack Edwards final broadcast is a bruins loss (he doesn't deserve respect because he never gave it)

 

[Nashy]

The hockey gods need to let the following happen:
-Leafs win without Matthews, causing further drama in leafland
-Jack Edwards final broadcast is a bruins loss (he doesn't deserve respect because he never gave it)

I'll add;
- Leafs get blown out 6-1 back in Toronto to cause a complete and utter meltdown in Leaf Land.

 

[1909]

I'll add;
- Leafs get blown out 6-1 back in Toronto to cause a complete and utter meltdown in Leaf Land.

Will they riot on Younge St ?

 

[morhilane]

Passing on him is going to haunt us for years to come, we just need to hope Reinbacher turns into that steady first pairing guy that eats 25 minutes a night to help ease the pain a little lol.

Michkov wanted to go to Philadelphia. There was no "passing over him", there was a kid who had leverage and used it to get drafted by the team he wanted.

 

[sampollock]

if the b's lose, they are putting themselves in a bad spot

 

[CHfan1]

 

[LV426]

Excellemt. Excellent. Should happen more often.


why? The game was over. They weren't scoring 2 goals.

Seriously? Anything can happen. C'mon

 

[red devil]

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

I always wondered what the source was behind Michkov only wanting to go to Philly, was it just an ego stroking thing?

 

[TheBuriedHab]

Good thing the Leafs have 3 other forwards being paid 10+ million dollars to be able cover for Matthews being out.....

 

[le_sean]

I always wondered what the source was behind Michkov only wanting to go to Philly, was it just an ego stroking thing?

Well everyone got to interview him yet still passed on him. So either he was non-committal about coming over or expressed no interest in those specific teams. You don’t have 5 teams pass on you just because.

 

[The Great Weal]

Dadonov's time with the Habs is as memorable as Hemsky's and King's tenure. It's been a night and day difference between how he played here and now in Dallas.

The guy was not in shape when he started here. He assumed he'd be able to play nonstop with no repercussions since we'd suck and he would still get traded to a playoff team.

 

[Chili]

Not a whole lot more in Crosby's case (people just tend to look at the AAV and forget that deal was signed 11 years ago and was worth 104.4M at the time) he got 14.5% of the cap back then and the upper limit is 20%, no one ever got more than 17%, IIRC McDavid was the highest at 16.7%.

Also the last part isn't correct since VGK won. And wasn't a great argument before that because the Bolts won with two 9.5M players, twice. It's a scarcity thing more than anything, 10+M contract aren't that common to begins with, it's only 15 players currently spread across 11 teams. And it was 8 players on 7 different teams five years ago (2019).

Just my belief but if Crosby had gone to market he could have well exceeded what he got. Looking at the Habs, when is the last time they had a franchise centre? That's the player to build around, not a goaltender. Someone would have been willing to open the vault for him and others.

The teams that win now, it's because of depth, not relying on a couple of players, which requires efficient use of cap space. Tampa and Vegas found creative ways to 'extend' their cap which will probably be addressed here soon.

And I know there is pressures on these guys to maximize every contract for the benefit of everyone else (in theory) but guys want to win too and the Leafs are a great example of why it's pretty hard to have both.