Gallagher, Lehkonen, Galchenyuk, Drouin and Danault are all real young and should improve. That is 5 top-6 right there and the oldest is 25 years old.
Rielly and Zaitsev are really good.
And Gardiner has 43 points and +24.Reilly -20
Zaitsev -22
You call that good. If so something is wrong elsewhere.
Winning the division last year was more of a curse then a blessing. Habs may be better off getting the 2nd or 3rd spot.
Last year a division win meant playing a 100 point team in the Rangers while the Sens got to face Boston and vice versa.
Winning the division last year was more of a curse then a blessing. Habs may be better off getting the 2nd or 3rd spot.
Last year a division win meant playing a 100 point team in the Rangers while the Sens got to face Boston and vice versa.
I see a lot of people putting Tampa above Montreal. I think some people need to look at what they lost. Drouin, Bishop, Garrison, Filppula.
Some people think the Habs D is bad? Look at Tampa's D. After Hedman, it's old and slow! Add that Vasilevskiy is very inconsistent at age 22 and I think they miss the playoffs again. Their forward group will score goals but they will have a hard time keeping the puck out of their own net if you ask me.
1st place is between the Habs, Sens, and Leafs. Bruins, Panthers, and Tampa fight for playoff spots.
Gallagher is 25. I expect the pace of 2015-16 from him.In fact the two oldest are 24.
Tor:102
TB: 100
Mtl: 98
Buf: 96
Ott: 94
Bos: 91
Fla: 87
Det: 80
As far as drafting it was bad.Winning the division last year was more of a curse then a blessing. Habs may be better off getting the 2nd or 3rd spot.
Last year a division win meant playing a 100 point team in the Rangers while the Sens got to face Boston and vice versa.
As far as drafting it was bad.
Toronto picked Liljegren in 17th and Boston got Vaakanainen in 18th.
Liljegren was expected to be a top-5 (some were talking 1st OA) but he had a mono.
We could have also picked Norris, Thomas or Chytil if we wanted a center.
NYR got to the second round and pick Chytil.
First of the division is not a good idea, just finish second or third but win the first round at least.
When was the last time a division Champion won the Cup?
Ask Washington fans.