Spearmint Rhino
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Lou’s team in cap trouble and untradeable player deemed unfit to play. Welcome to Robidas Island JB
I hope that no team will acquire a guy like johnson/killhorn/gourde without a first pick combine with one of themKeep turning the knife.
Keep turning the knife.
Lou’s team in cap trouble and untradeable player deemed unfit to play. Welcome to Robidas Island JB
Jokke Nevalainen is one of the best to get news and info on European hockey. He's been one of my go-to guys when I'm looking to learn more about Euro prospects (Habs related or not or even draft eligible players). He's been hired by Carolina as a European scout.
Did Bergevin miss the boat on Jokke?
Remove one of the K's from Nevalainen's name and most people would tell you MB didn't miss the boat on that.
I don't know if Jokke will be for a specific region of Europe or one that covers more ground. But the Habs do have a lot of Euro scouts. Some cover specific areas while others scout Europe altogether.
Russia: Artem Telepin (since 2016)
Sweden: Tommy Lehman (since 2018)
Finland: Hannu Laine (also oversees other areas of Europe) (since 2016)
Czech/Slovakia: Michael Krupa (also oversees other areas of Europe) (since 2016)
Goalies (all over the world): Vincent Riendeau (since 2017)
And they have Christer Rockstrom who oversees all of Europe.
And you can see the recent European players they've drafted in recent years, you can judge for yourself if they're good for the organization.
From Russia (through Telepin): Romanov, Khisamutdinov & Gordin
From Finland (through Laine): Kotkaniemi, Ylonen & Ikonen (although Ikonen was drafted out of Sweden because he played there)
From Sweden (through Lehman): Norlinder
From Czech (through Krupa): Mysak (drafted out of OHL, but played mostly in Czech while being scouted)
I’m a bigger fan of Drouin than most on here, but watching Sergachev in the playoffs really made me think about how fundamentally different this team would be if we still had him.
It's a trade [re: Drouin-Sergachev] that was made after Bergevin realized Radulov and Markov were not coming back...
Not correct.
How so? What did you think the "expect the unexpected" comment meant?
That was my pointBut Boychuk will have nothing to do with those cap troubles since he'll be on permanent LTIR until his contract runs out and won't count on the cap.
What's the status of Tampa's cap situation?
What's the status of Tampa's cap situation?
Who will be on LITR? I must have missed something.
I hope not because that would look even more terrible for Bergevin. We had to plan for a Markov replacement for a while, and Sergachev was the only one that had the chance of doing so. Trading that away to "replace" Radulov instead of not overpaying him makes no sense.It's a trade that was made after Bergevin realized Radulov and Markov were not coming back... "expect the unexpected".
I hope not because that would look even more terrible for Bergevin. We had to plan for a Markov replacement for a while, and Sergachev was the only one that had the chance of doing so. Trading that away to "replace" Radulov instead of not overpaying him makes no sense.
I'm willing to excuse Bergevin on the trade unlike most here, because to me it seemed like he wanted to go for it the next year with Markov and Radulov on the team.