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Almost 1000 posts and nobody's mentioned Jagr's resurgence and maturity since coming back from the KHL.
Almost 1000 posts and nobody's mentioned Jagr's resurgence and maturity since coming back from the KHL.
Radulov MAY have matured but to deny his warts is nothing but revisionist claptrap.
It's the first thing I thought of when we signed him. I'm like...this is our Jagr situation. We missed out on the opportunity the first time, maybe we hit a homerun this at bat.
I'm actually surprised nobody asked the question during Bergevin's presser.
"Was next year's expanssion draft a factor in the way you approached free agency this year, did it influence your negociation in anyway, and is it one of the reason why you insisted on 1-year deal, not only with Radulov, but also with players like David Perron ?" would've been such a better question than "When did that face-to-face meeting take place ?".
Even if Radulov has only a one year contract, LV could still pick him and have about a week to deal with him before July 1st. There is not much besides Emelin they can pick from us unlike TBL for example.I agree. And, also... There is an expansion draft comming up.
It is an interesting strategy to have him on a 1 year deal. And, as Bergevin said, if it works out it will be a good problem to have. If Radulov picked the Habs and it goes well... Why the heck we he go to another team?
So... Let's wait and see.
Or LV could pick his rights and use that period to deal with him.Isn't the expansion draft after the cup final and before the actual draft. So it would still give us about 2 weeks to sign him before he becomes a FA?
I think if he does really well Bergevin signs him before playoffs? can we do that with our cap situation i have no idea where we are at
Can he play LW or he played RW all his career ?
Yes. Markov and Desharnais come off the books at a minimum.
Plus Parenteau's buyout penalty
Where have you been all week? Apparently all players have warts. Just look at what has been said about Patches & PK.
Weber and Shaw clearly bring leadership.What are you guys smoking??
Bergeving doesn't have a plan, he just makes **** up as he goes.
Besides signing Radulov, which is totally zero risk AND adressing a glaring need, his moves this summer reeks of over-reaction.
Don't get your panties in a bunch because you feel the plan isn't right. Bergevin doesn't have a plan. He always talk about building through the draft and yet he gave up two 2nd round pick for a bottom 6 guy.
Bergevin is trying to secure his job for the next couple of years and that's all.
Pretty sure you can add Flynn to that list.Yes. Markov and Desharnais come off the books at a minimum.
Almost 1000 posts and nobody's mentioned Jagr's resurgence and maturity since coming back from the KHL.
I don't know where you get your numbers but in this I see 167 minutes with Pacioretty and this and it shows 15 games not 21. 12 of those games were with Weise and 3 of those games were with Andrighetto (32 minutes).DD had a pace of 37 points last year, played 21 games with pacioretty(wrong) as his linemate and was second most used forward on powerplay(wrong). DD as s third line Center with no pp time will get no more then 30 points
Like eller did
Not so much.This is a good signing. It is a year too late, and preceded by some pretty awful moves, but this signing is good. We need players with a high level of offensive skill.
Pacioretty - Galchenyuk - Radulov has the potential to do some real damage.
If you apply .8 translate ratio that Vollman has calculated (.83 is the actual latest) he will easily get 30G and most likely 80 points.The real issue is how will those numbers from the KHL translate to the NHL. Is this man capable of having a 30 goal season
Also Pateryn is 6'2" and 223. Beaulieu is 6'2" and 206 lbs.This is a great move. Weber - Subban pretty much put us in a win now mode. This isv the sort of thing that can put us over the top.
We've adressed or at least partly addressed our scoring, PP, toughness/size, grit and I think the most important thing is that we can clear our own net. Weber will protect price and that is critical.
Don't know if these moves will pay off but I appreciate that we are taking a direction rather than just slowly fading out. You have to go for it at some point so may as well try now.
Now we can make a pitch for Vesey.I don't think MB is done.
I think he'll be interested in acquiring these guys :
Shipachyov
Vesey (in August)
Fowler (or another left handed PMD)
And possibly getting rid of one or more of DD, Emelin, Beaulieu, Flynn..
Latendresse remembers playing against him in a game where he finished -8 and Radulov scored 6G-3A... lol!I'm still a bit angry about Subban but I'm a huge Radulov fan, so this makes me happy. I have fond memories of watching him crush teams at the Colisée.