GDT: Trade Deadline 2017

[hototogisu]

That's because Bergevin is good at making trades. You always hear how he's always active, well, this is the result of that. The old "keep your ear to the ground" saying.

But according to 90% of posters, he sucks....

Bergevin's responsible for like 50% of the deadline deals the last 2 days but I'm sure the "Bergevin is asleep/golfing/suit shopping lololol" narrative will find its way around again this time next year.

 

[habfaninvictoria]

To put it in perspective, in the last calendar month the following fowards have scored:

Radulov
Pacioretty
Shaw
Galchenyuk

That's it! Only 4 forwards have scored goals in all of February!
The 4th line is not expected to shoulder the load offensively. Asking 1 goal/game is way too much (that's why the team had their insane 15 game streak to start the year) and it's not realistic to expect that kind of production from guys like King, Ott, Mitchell, etc...

They need help scoring. Real scoring, top 6 scoring. That's the only way this team will go anywhere.

In all honesty, do you feel 100% confident that King and Ott will provide more offense than Flynn and Mitchell?

edit: by the way, don't get me wrong, I'm not a fan of Flynn and Mitchell. But at the end of the day the team's real problems are elsewhere.

Having the best 4th line in hockey is pointless if you only have 4 forwards that contribute offensively over a month-long stretch.

the 1 goal/gm is from bottom six, which for the moment includes the underachieving Pleks and Shaw. The 4th line I would expect 1 goal every 3 games and 2 every 3 games from 3rd line. You also need to look at what the role of the 4th line is in the PO's. Energy, crash and bang, stir **** up ... there is nothing about Flynn and Mitchell that say that. When things go south in a game and we need a shift like that, we now have that line. During the entire month of february, or anytime under MT for the past 2 seasons. please tell me of a situation when our 4th line delivered that.

The best 4th line in hockey was one of the reasons the Bruins won the cup. I agree we need more scoring from multiple sources, but you cannot tell me we aren't a way better playoff team today than yesterday.

 

[Belial]

I'm not saying that other teams not doing anything is justification for Bergevin not adding scoring, but it's interesting that a lot of other bubble teams like us haven't made any moves at all.

Expected more from teams like BOS, NYI, NSH, EDM, ANA, CGY, WPG...

The market was weak, to be honest.

 

[antoniojr]

I want Palat. If he goes to the B's...

 

[OnTheRun]

Translation: Habs are still in discussions to try to improve the team but nothing major

Yup

No stone left unturned!

Un gros coup d'épée dans l'eau mon Marc.

 

[Price4Prez]

Maybe it is just me, but Louis Jean has 0 sources and might be the most uninformed guy on TVA.

On that note, anyone else notice that Eliotte Friedman is on the ball this deadline? I`m saying better than BobbyM and Dreger.

 

[The Nightman]

He will have traded a bunch of late round picks for nothing if he doesn't improve the top 6! C'mon Bergy!

 

[antoniojr]

Maybe it is just me, but Louis Jean has 0 sources and might be the most uninformed guy on TVA.

On that note, anyone else notice that Eliotte Friedman is on the ball this deadline? I`m saying better than BobbyM and Dreger.

Eklund still the best in the business (e5)

 

[Michelangelo]

MB can go **** himself

What a scam

 

[Belial]

He will have traded a bunch of late round picks for nothing if he doesn't improve the top 6! C'mon Bergy!

C'mon Bergy what exactly?

 

[Fazkovsky]

cest qui qui va scorer les buts caliss

 

[CupInSIX]

I want Palat. If he goes to the B's...

...it would be un-Palat-able

 

[Natey]

If we're not getting a scorer... Why waste assets on bottom 6 players?

 

[The Nightman]

C'mon Bergy what exactly?

What do you think?

 

[didimentionlarseller]

This seems insanely stupid. This team can't score to save their life and we're supposed to contend. We need scoring.

Almost like a career grinder Dman is our GM

 

[Belial]

What do you think?

I mean there's nothing out there if you think about it more than 2 seconds...

 

[Shaw65]

 

[1909]

Bruins have discussed Palat with Tampa, apparently.

Oh boy.

Boston have more assets to deal than the habs. It could happen.

They could go after E.Kane, too, or Landeskog ?

 

[The Nightman]

I mean there's nothing out there if you think about it more than 2 seconds...

I see the excuses and spin has already begun

 

[Tim Raines]

My guess is Bergy's thinking is that if he can't get a top-6 scorer due to the market, he is bulking up his bottom 6 to make them more able to wear down the opponents and hopefully leave them with a little less energy to check our few scorers.

ie. Make our current scorers more potent via other means.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

I mean there's nothing out there if you think about it more than 2 seconds...

Of course you are defending him.

Trades are hard !

 

[VladTheLimpWhaler]

This board is an enigma. Bergy passes on Vanek and people are pissed. If Bergy went after Vanek, people would have mocked him for that too. There's no pleasing some of you

 

[1909]

If we're not getting a scorer... Why waste assets on bottom 6 players?

Which "assets" did MB traded really to get them ?

 

[the]

We need scorers, Vanek could have helped us...we are a 1 line team and if Bergevin cant get a top 6 by 3pm we are in big trouble.

 

[OnTheRun]

If we're not getting a scorer... Why waste assets on bottom 6 players?

Because we follow the "anything can happen" doctrine and 100% of the lottery winner bought a ticket.