HockeyDBspecialist
Habs 2019 cup champ
I will start by saying one thing, The Avalanche won their cups because of Roy, without Roy their would be no cup.
Now, Price is elite, some say generational on a good team, is he still the Vezina winner Price ? absolutely, he wants to win, he trains well, he eats well, he openly said that he wants to win and will play to win.
MTL is not ready to win, far from it. We have at least 1-2 years of retooling to adjust, we need our #1 LD and we need to wait for Romanov, Caufield and Harris to come next year. Add Primeau to the mix and the Habs will be a better contender team in 1-2 years than now.
So, Bottom line: Price needs to go on a real contender team that truly only miss a Patrick Roy.
Roy's return:
- Thibault : Promising young goaltender, not the next Roy, but highly thought of (top 10 pick)
- Rucinsky : Big scoring winger (24 years old), 50-65p player with 3 seasons over 20 goals.
- Kovalenko: 25 years old, Could have been better but wasn't physical enough and was traded for Scott Thornton the season after.
Now, if we compare this return to Price (Price has a cap hit and I could agree that he is a bit less hot than Roy at the time, so the return will be a bit less)
Price can fetch:
- young blue chip prospect who is or could have been a top 15 pick in the first round, MTL has already their young goaltender
- First round pick OR 24-26 years old winger who can be physical, can skate and is over 6'1
- For Kovalenko I would say an older proven goaltender needs to come back so we can take some money off the other team
So, Who's 1 elite goaltender away of winning the cup and has the prospect pool ?
SAN JOSE
- Carey Price (10.5M)
- Something comparable to Mike Keane, hard to make it work without retention
- Martin Jones (5.75M)
- Ryan Merkley ( blue chip prospect with some attitude problem but with a great ceiling)
- Timo Meier (5.65M) ( main piece of the deal while not playing well this year, power forward that can play both wing)
Everything seems to work on the cap wise and contract wise. What are your thought on it ?
Now, Price is elite, some say generational on a good team, is he still the Vezina winner Price ? absolutely, he wants to win, he trains well, he eats well, he openly said that he wants to win and will play to win.
MTL is not ready to win, far from it. We have at least 1-2 years of retooling to adjust, we need our #1 LD and we need to wait for Romanov, Caufield and Harris to come next year. Add Primeau to the mix and the Habs will be a better contender team in 1-2 years than now.
So, Bottom line: Price needs to go on a real contender team that truly only miss a Patrick Roy.
Roy's return:
- Thibault : Promising young goaltender, not the next Roy, but highly thought of (top 10 pick)
- Rucinsky : Big scoring winger (24 years old), 50-65p player with 3 seasons over 20 goals.
- Kovalenko: 25 years old, Could have been better but wasn't physical enough and was traded for Scott Thornton the season after.
Now, if we compare this return to Price (Price has a cap hit and I could agree that he is a bit less hot than Roy at the time, so the return will be a bit less)
Price can fetch:
- young blue chip prospect who is or could have been a top 15 pick in the first round, MTL has already their young goaltender
- First round pick OR 24-26 years old winger who can be physical, can skate and is over 6'1
- For Kovalenko I would say an older proven goaltender needs to come back so we can take some money off the other team
So, Who's 1 elite goaltender away of winning the cup and has the prospect pool ?
SAN JOSE
- Carey Price (10.5M)
- Something comparable to Mike Keane, hard to make it work without retention
- Martin Jones (5.75M)
- Ryan Merkley ( blue chip prospect with some attitude problem but with a great ceiling)
- Timo Meier (5.65M) ( main piece of the deal while not playing well this year, power forward that can play both wing)
Everything seems to work on the cap wise and contract wise. What are your thought on it ?