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Line Combos: What the lineup should be next game
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You think Bergevin is going to trade 5 players? Making it 6 with Jerabek, and possibly even more that others will come up with??
Patches is not going anywhere. Makes no sense for him to be traded if we believe the Habs when they say they don't want to rebuild.
I expect the line up to be pretty much identical, with Plek and Morrow maybe on the move. That's about it.
Patches is not going anywhere. Makes no sense for him to be traded if we believe the Habs when they say they don't want to rebuild.
I expect the line up to be pretty much identical, with Plek and Morrow maybe on the move. That's about it.
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Benn would come back as a 7. Probably for a #5 pick as well.
Boston is one. I think they would rather have him than Postma.
You have to sell on this team. The GM can blame the players, otherwise he's the problem. You just wonder if how that cap space comes into play. What bad contract would he take, for incentive, more draft picks? Spezza, Nielsen, Seabrook, Paul Martin, Lucic, Eriksson?
PaciOretty - Danault - Lehkonen
Galchenyuk - Drouin - Hudon
Shaw - Plekanec - Gallagher
Deslauriers - Shaw - Froese
Mete - Juulsen
Schlemko - Petry
Alzner - Benn
Traded: Byron, Morrow. Thats it.
Bergevin is an idiot and thats his plan.
Galchenyuk - Drouin - Hudon
Shaw - Plekanec - Gallagher
Deslauriers - Shaw - Froese
Mete - Juulsen
Schlemko - Petry
Alzner - Benn
Traded: Byron, Morrow. Thats it.
Bergevin is an idiot and thats his plan.
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Lucic-Plekanec-Gallagher
Pacioretty-Danault-Lehkonen
Shaw-Drouin-Shaw
Deslauriers-Froese-Cracknell
Alzner-Shea Weber Blow Up Doll
Benn-Methot
Drewiske-Morrow
Niemi
Lindgren
Pacioretty-Danault-Lehkonen
Shaw-Drouin-Shaw
Deslauriers-Froese-Cracknell
Alzner-Shea Weber Blow Up Doll
Benn-Methot
Drewiske-Morrow
Niemi
Lindgren
PepsiMayWest
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While 2 weeks ago, I hoped for a clearance, I now think it'll be wayyyy more quiet on the trade front for the Habs.
Mainly because I think Molson shut down Bergevin, and to be sure I'm not saying this because of what Laraque said, had that feeling last week. (just a gut feeling though, no educated guess there)
Still think Plekanec will leave, at least for his own sake, and I wish him a good team that has a chance for the Cup, he deserves it big time IMO. Also think one of Benn/Schlemko/Morrow will leave, but not all of them cause our D depth sucks so much we won't have a whole lot left. Froese/Shaw may not hold a lot of value but I could see them shipped for a late pick to a team in need of depth. Also wonder if Byron might leave, his value is wayyy higher than what people may think (style of play, cap hit, 1 year left, production), so while not a major trade like Pacioretty or Weber, it might be 'major' for us down the line.
Now, I hope to see kids being brought up, and Julien coach for the future.
Drouin - Galchenyuk - Scherbak
Pacioretty - Danault - A.Shaw (if he ever comes back)
Lehkonen - DLR/McCarron - Gallagher
A mix of what's left for the last line, Deslauriers/Carr - McCarron/DLR/L.Shaw/Froese - L.Shaw/Gregoire ?
Alzner - Petry
Mete - Juulsen
Benn/Schlemko/Morrow - Lernout
Lindgren
Niemi (I thought he would be traded, impossible now... unless they call Fucale)
There's also Jake Evans, whom I'd really like to be signed and on the team for the end of the season. And who knows, whatever interesting big NCAA UFA that might be 'ready' for a bit of NHL play.
And I know Julien won't put Chucky at center position, but that's what I hope. As long as the 3 of them are together I'm fine, they're fun to see play at least.
Mainly because I think Molson shut down Bergevin, and to be sure I'm not saying this because of what Laraque said, had that feeling last week. (just a gut feeling though, no educated guess there)
Still think Plekanec will leave, at least for his own sake, and I wish him a good team that has a chance for the Cup, he deserves it big time IMO. Also think one of Benn/Schlemko/Morrow will leave, but not all of them cause our D depth sucks so much we won't have a whole lot left. Froese/Shaw may not hold a lot of value but I could see them shipped for a late pick to a team in need of depth. Also wonder if Byron might leave, his value is wayyy higher than what people may think (style of play, cap hit, 1 year left, production), so while not a major trade like Pacioretty or Weber, it might be 'major' for us down the line.
Now, I hope to see kids being brought up, and Julien coach for the future.
Drouin - Galchenyuk - Scherbak
Pacioretty - Danault - A.Shaw (if he ever comes back)
Lehkonen - DLR/McCarron - Gallagher
A mix of what's left for the last line, Deslauriers/Carr - McCarron/DLR/L.Shaw/Froese - L.Shaw/Gregoire ?
Alzner - Petry
Mete - Juulsen
Benn/Schlemko/Morrow - Lernout
Lindgren
Niemi (I thought he would be traded, impossible now... unless they call Fucale)
There's also Jake Evans, whom I'd really like to be signed and on the team for the end of the season. And who knows, whatever interesting big NCAA UFA that might be 'ready' for a bit of NHL play.
And I know Julien won't put Chucky at center position, but that's what I hope. As long as the 3 of them are together I'm fine, they're fun to see play at least.
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Pacioretty-Drouin-Lekhonen
Galchenyuk-Danault-Gally
Byron-Plekanec-Hudon
Dlo-Froese-fringe 4th liner that Bergevin gets
Galchenyuk-Danault-Gally
Byron-Plekanec-Hudon
Dlo-Froese-fringe 4th liner that Bergevin gets
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Kudo Shinichi
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Traded: Pacioretty, Plekanec, Morrow, Schlemko, Niemi
Galchenyuk - Drouin - Scherbak
Hudon - Danault - Gallagher
Lehkonen - Byron - A. Shaw
Deslaurier - McCarron - Carr
Alzner - Petry
Mete - Juulsen
Benn - Lernout
Lindgren
Fucale
Galchenyuk - Drouin - Scherbak
Hudon - Danault - Gallagher
Lehkonen - Byron - A. Shaw
Deslaurier - McCarron - Carr
Alzner - Petry
Mete - Juulsen
Benn - Lernout
Lindgren
Fucale
The Great Weal
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Each year we try to predict what the lineup will look like and each year it seems the actual starting lineup seems to look nothing like what we thought. Can't hurt to try though. I'm assuming Pacioretty is traded at the draft because this is almost a given in my opinion. So what do we have?
Galchenyuk - 1C - Gallagher
Drouin - 2C - Sherback
Hudon - Danault - Shaw
Deslauriers - Froese - Byron
1LD - Weber
Mete - Petry
Alzner - Juulsen
Price
Lindgren
I like how this lineup looks. We have a lot of young guys int he correct positions. The problem is the three missing pieces that will make or break the team. MB is great at getting fillers but not the top tier pieces.
MB's plan should be to fill 1C and 2C via the return for Pacioretty and via free agency. The obvious targets for me are John Tavares and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. I'm starting to think Tavares is more and more likely to walk and I don't see why we can't extract RNG from the Oil with Patches. The remaining 1D would be Dahlin if we got him but if we don't pick first we'll likely be getting a forward so I don't know. A trade for a 1LD would likely have to made.
If all three factors go our way and we get a lineup that looks like this then we are immediate contenders:
Galchenyuk - Tavares - Gallagher
Drouin - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Sherback
Hudon - Danault - Shaw
Deslauriers - Froese - Byron
Dahlin - Weber
Mete - Petry
Alzner - Juulsen
Price
Lindgren
Galchenyuk - 1C - Gallagher
Drouin - 2C - Sherback
Hudon - Danault - Shaw
Deslauriers - Froese - Byron
1LD - Weber
Mete - Petry
Alzner - Juulsen
Price
Lindgren
I like how this lineup looks. We have a lot of young guys int he correct positions. The problem is the three missing pieces that will make or break the team. MB is great at getting fillers but not the top tier pieces.
MB's plan should be to fill 1C and 2C via the return for Pacioretty and via free agency. The obvious targets for me are John Tavares and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. I'm starting to think Tavares is more and more likely to walk and I don't see why we can't extract RNG from the Oil with Patches. The remaining 1D would be Dahlin if we got him but if we don't pick first we'll likely be getting a forward so I don't know. A trade for a 1LD would likely have to made.
If all three factors go our way and we get a lineup that looks like this then we are immediate contenders:
Galchenyuk - Tavares - Gallagher
Drouin - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Sherback
Hudon - Danault - Shaw
Deslauriers - Froese - Byron
Dahlin - Weber
Mete - Petry
Alzner - Juulsen
Price
Lindgren
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If we're being honest here, its more like:
1LW - 1C - Gallagher
Drouin/Galchenyuk - 2C - 2RW
Drouin/Galchenyuk/Lehkonen/Byron/Hudon - Danault - Shaw
Lehkonen/Byron/Hudon/Deslauriers - 4C - 4RW
1LD - Weber
2LD - Petry
Mete/Alzner - Juulsen
Price
Lindgren
Montreal probably has too many LW.
1LW - 1C - Gallagher
Drouin/Galchenyuk - 2C - 2RW
Drouin/Galchenyuk/Lehkonen/Byron/Hudon - Danault - Shaw
Lehkonen/Byron/Hudon/Deslauriers - 4C - 4RW
1LD - Weber
2LD - Petry
Mete/Alzner - Juulsen
Price
Lindgren
Montreal probably has too many LW.
WeThreeKings
Habs cup - its in the BAG
Kucherov-McDavid-Ovechkin
Laine-Matthews-Tarasenko
Byron-Malkin-Gallagher
Deslauriers-Plekanec-Drouin
Dahlin-Weber
Suter-Karlsson
Reilly-Doughty
Price
Rinne
Only need 1 or 2 things to go right and we're contenders.
Laine-Matthews-Tarasenko
Byron-Malkin-Gallagher
Deslauriers-Plekanec-Drouin
Dahlin-Weber
Suter-Karlsson
Reilly-Doughty
Price
Rinne
Only need 1 or 2 things to go right and we're contenders.
ArtPeur
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I don't like it when people put multiple players in a position or players in multiples places. You have Drouin in two places!! It's just not easy to make sense of it.
When posting a lineup please pick one player for one position.
Lol I forgot Lehkonen.
When posting a lineup please pick one player for one position.
Lol I forgot Lehkonen.
DramaticGloveSave
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Assuming we don't win the draft lottery, I think we'll be looking at a backend of:
Mete-Weber
Reilly/Valiev-Petry
Alzner-Juulsen
Price
Lindgren
Upfront, trades and FA are going to play major roles. As of now, we have 10 top 9 wingers and zero top 6 centers. Somethings gotta give.
Mete-Weber
Reilly/Valiev-Petry
Alzner-Juulsen
Price
Lindgren
Upfront, trades and FA are going to play major roles. As of now, we have 10 top 9 wingers and zero top 6 centers. Somethings gotta give.
The most important part of next year's lineup should obviously be...
GM: Anyone but Bergevin
GM: Anyone but Bergevin
Tavares at Montreal what a joke. Why would he want to come here.....
The money ? Every team will make place for his salary. Lebrun said recently that San Jose and St Louis are very strong on him like all the teams in fact
The better fans of the league ? Yeah yeah lool, the same guys who will destroy him and his private life when he will not score in two games in a row
The media ? The same media who will destroy him because he doesn't say "Merci Montréal" when he will have the first star of a game
The GM ? The guy who during six years cannot improve his team and give a lot of bad contracts to players who not bring anything substantial... Furthermore, who destroyed his defence...
The coach ? A dinosaur who prefer players good without the puck rather than skilled players and praise for a defensive style....
The other players of the team ? An injured prone Price, an older and slower Weber in a league more and more faster and a captain who disappear when it count....
I'm agree, I push a little too far on some points especially for the fans but seriously stop dreamming with Tavares....
The money ? Every team will make place for his salary. Lebrun said recently that San Jose and St Louis are very strong on him like all the teams in fact
The better fans of the league ? Yeah yeah lool, the same guys who will destroy him and his private life when he will not score in two games in a row
The media ? The same media who will destroy him because he doesn't say "Merci Montréal" when he will have the first star of a game
The GM ? The guy who during six years cannot improve his team and give a lot of bad contracts to players who not bring anything substantial... Furthermore, who destroyed his defence...
The coach ? A dinosaur who prefer players good without the puck rather than skilled players and praise for a defensive style....
The other players of the team ? An injured prone Price, an older and slower Weber in a league more and more faster and a captain who disappear when it count....
I'm agree, I push a little too far on some points especially for the fans but seriously stop dreamming with Tavares....
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We have less than 10% chance of getting Dahlin. And very very little chance at Tavares.
Now take into account that Pleks IS coming back to MTL. That deal seems like it's done- just not signed yet.
Nobody is trading their #2 centre for Pacioretty - why would they create a hole at centre to get a winger? Doesn't add up.
Bergevin has proven incapable of making any big signings and in fact cannot even resign his own players properly. Subban was a nightmare to resign and he lost Radulov and Markov. Kudos to him for overpaying Price - probably didn't even have to negotiate that #.
The only way I see Tavares coming here is with a ridiculous 15 mill price tag or something like that and to be honest I would probably do it. If we don't grossly overpay nobody will come - and better to give him more than to waste it on his Hemsky/Semin contracts.
Now take into account that Pleks IS coming back to MTL. That deal seems like it's done- just not signed yet.
Nobody is trading their #2 centre for Pacioretty - why would they create a hole at centre to get a winger? Doesn't add up.
Bergevin has proven incapable of making any big signings and in fact cannot even resign his own players properly. Subban was a nightmare to resign and he lost Radulov and Markov. Kudos to him for overpaying Price - probably didn't even have to negotiate that #.
The only way I see Tavares coming here is with a ridiculous 15 mill price tag or something like that and to be honest I would probably do it. If we don't grossly overpay nobody will come - and better to give him more than to waste it on his Hemsky/Semin contracts.
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I'll also assume we haven't won the lottery...
I think Pacioretty is traded this offseason for a centre. (XXXX)
Galchenyuk-Drouin-Gallagher
Lehkonen-XXXX-Scherbak
Hudon-Danault-Byron
Deslauriers-De La Rose-Shaw
McCarron
Mete/Reilly-Weber
Reilly/Mete-Petry
Alzner-Juulsen
Benn/Schlemko (One is traded)
Price
Lindgren
I think Pacioretty is traded this offseason for a centre. (XXXX)
Galchenyuk-Drouin-Gallagher
Lehkonen-XXXX-Scherbak
Hudon-Danault-Byron
Deslauriers-De La Rose-Shaw
McCarron
Mete/Reilly-Weber
Reilly/Mete-Petry
Alzner-Juulsen
Benn/Schlemko (One is traded)
Price
Lindgren
