Speculation: Ryan Clowe was THIS close to being a Hab

[HuGo Sham]

Thankfully Bergevin had enough of a brain to offer only 2-3 years...but Briere was the backup plan?

http://www.thetelegram.com/Sports/2014-02-19/article-3620529/Giving-a-Devil-his-due/1

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[Ezpz]

Clowe wouldn't have been horrible at two years.

 

[Habsawce]

Would take Clowe all day over Briere.

 

[Le Tricolore]

Clowe wouldn't have been horrible at two years.

Agreed. But no chance I'd want him for 5.

 

[Draft]

So Briere was more like Plan H?

 

[Andy]

So Briere was more like Plan H?

Considering Briere was signed before UFA started, I would say Briere was plan B after Lecavalier.

 

[kingdok]

Same ammount of years, I'd take Clowe over Briere for sure. Clowe isn't the same as he once was, but he'd have a purpose on the team.

 

[Analyzer*]

Clowe at 2 years is alright. Though, depending on the money, too.

 

[Wats]

Clowe at 2-3 years is infinitely better than Briere at that term.

 

[Bloumeister]

So Briere was more like Plan H?

More like Preparation H

 

[Le Tricolore]

More like Preparation H

He relieves your hemorrhoids?

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

Brière was signed before July 1st, there is correlation between Brière and Clowe offer.

 

[Price My Man Crush]

Brière was signed before July 1st, there is correlation between Brière and Clowe offer.

He wasn't...

 

[Ezpz]

He wasn't...

He was if you go by what ChoseLa meant. Briere was signed before free agency began. We signed him on the 4th and the "July 1st" was the 5th because of the lockout.

 

[Power Man]

lol clowe, overrated

 

[Bloumeister]

He relieves your hemorrhoids?

 

[Agalloch]

Ryan Clowe - 2013-07-05 • Signed to a five-year contract by the New Jersey Devils

Daniel Briere - - 2013-07-04 • Signed to a two-year contract by the Montréal Canadiens

Briere was the backup plan. If I remember correctly, teams could talk with players for a few days before the signings begun. Briere was a UFA before Clowe because he was bought out but they talked to Clowe before signing Briere.

 

[zzoo]

Contracts aside, do you prefer to have Clowe or Brière ?

 

[Sterling Archer]

i can see why Bergy has a 5 year plan. once all these teams who have given long term contracts to players who will never play up to them, there's going to be a crunch and salary cap issues.

Glad he didn't go longer than 3 for Clowe. would have been nice but Kovalchuk going to Russia all but sealed the deal for Jersey.

 

[Sterling Archer]

Contracts aside, do you prefer to have Clowe or Brière ?

Contract aside, do you prefer briere or Clarkson?

Can't look at it in a vaccum. I'd much rather have briere for 2 years then Clowe for 5 at more money.

 

[Et le But]

Clowe would have had a more clearly defined role on this team than Briere, but he's no longer a top 6 forward. And more than 2 years, no thanks.

Strange how you can go from Clowe to Briere though.

 

[CanadienShark]

At that length, it would have been OK (better than Briere).

 

[Nedved]

lots of hate for briere. not sure why, he hasn't been that bad---outside the fact he's a redundant player.

him pleks and gionta have chemistry, and could prove large down the road. the problem is therrien keeps juggling him around and it really doesn't make sense..

not sure what happens when everyone is healthy, but someone needs to be moved.

Pacioretty Pleks Briere

Galchenyuk Eller Gallagher

bourque dd Prust

bournival white weise

that's without moen and gionta..

you think someone would have to move. i like the young energy line, and really really like their potential to contribute and create havoc on the ice.

 

[Alexdaman]

lol ron on cbc: Russia putin their place.

 

[yianik]

For me, it shows MB was on the ball trying to get a kind of player that we need, but also sharp enough to back off when the term exceeded the 3 years he was prepared to do, and he had good reason to not go higher.