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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:37 p.m.
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The center with a d as the first letter of there last name is sick. He has good foot speed, forechecks really well and creates chances. And jake Evans is amazing. Kulak had a bad turnover but is playing really well. Good hockey
Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:38 p.m.
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goddamn what is going on
anderson and caufield both with three points like damn
Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:42 p.m.
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rem pitlick with more goals than nick suzuki
Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:43 p.m.
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That hit by Suzuki baby!
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:43 p.m.
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That hit by Suzuki baby!


Powerforward Suzuki!
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:43 p.m.
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Why tf does he get a penalty
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:45 p.m.
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Why tf does he get a penalty


I know. Habs powerplay though. What a blowout. I love to hear real oles it's so refreshing
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:48 p.m.
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Poor taste, but Leafs REALLY need a top 4 defender now
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:48 p.m.
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Poor taste, but Leafs REALLY need a top 4 defender now


Chiarot after ltir for muzzin.
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:50 p.m.
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💯
Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:51 p.m.
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Habs are cup contenders, f*** ducharme
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:52 p.m.
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Habs are cup contenders, f*** ducharme


They have some wholes but it’s easy fixings
Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:55 p.m.
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They have some wholes but it’s easy fixings


Holes are :
2nd pair RD, petry has gained my trust again.
2C,don't trust Dvorak
1G, Price won't be back.

Solutions:
Hronek trade
Vincent Trocheck signing / shane Wright draft pick
Samsonov trade / Campbell signing / short term fleury / knight trade
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:56 p.m.
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The center with a d as the first letter of there last name is sick. He has good foot speed, forechecks really well and creates chances. And jake Evans is amazing. Kulak had a bad turnover but is playing really well. Good hockey


Didn't understand you. Talking about Dauphin?
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:56 p.m.
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Holes are :
2nd pair RD, petry has gained my trust again.
2C,don't trust Dvorak
1G, Price won't be back.

Solutions:
Hronek trade
Vincent Trocheck signing / shane Wright draft pick
Samsonov trade / Campbell signing / short term fleury / knight trade


Monty seems ok
Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:56 p.m.
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Didn't understand you. Talking about Dauphin?

Yes I messed up the first sentence
Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:57 p.m.
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Monty seems ok


Not gonna be a 1G, but could be good backup.
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Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:57 p.m.
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Don’t wanna trade Anderson. He is there long term. Don’t trade. Bad idea
Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:58 p.m.
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Don’t wanna trade Anderson. He is there long term. Don’t trade. Bad idea


Yep
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Feb. 22, 2022 at 9:56 a.m.
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Impressive what a 3 games winning streak can do... Is it still pertinent to use the word rebuild? Yes, please!!! Enough with the resets ans the rebuilds on the fly! This team bas been on a Cup drought for 30 years, maybe it's time for a change to the master plan?! Let's get away from the urge to capitalize on the team's assets now, tear it down and patiently layout the foundation like perennial contenters in the cap era do. Suzuki, Caufield and Romanov are good young promizing players, but on the ideal world they would be complementary pieces on a championship team. We need a stronger core of 3-4 all-stars, à la Crosby/Malkin/Letang/Fleury or Stamkos/Kucherov/Hedman/Vasilievsky. And to build that core, we need to finish dead last AT LEAST 3 years in a row. And we need to trade all 24+ years old assets into futures, now. Anderson is on a tear and his value is on the rise? Good, time to sell! That's my opinion anyway.
Feb. 22, 2022 at 10:22 a.m.
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Impressive what a 3 games winning streak can do... Is it still pertinent to use the word rebuild? Yes, please!!! Enough with the resets ans the rebuilds on the fly! This team bas been on a Cup drought for 30 years, maybe it's time for a change to the master plan?! Let's get away from the urge to capitalize on the team's assets now, tear it down and patiently layout the foundation like perennial contenters in the cap era do. Suzuki, Caufield and Romanov are good young promizing players, but on the ideal world they would be complementary pieces on a championship team. We need a stronger core of 3-4 all-stars, à la Crosby/Malkin/Letang/Fleury or Stamkos/Kucherov/Hedman/Vasilievsky. And to build that core, we need to finish dead last AT LEAST 3 years in a row. And we need to trade all 24+ years old assets into futures, now. Anderson is on a tear and his value is on the rise? Good, time to sell! That's my opinion anyway.


I also think we should rebuild but not the Arizona way, that's a bit too scorched earth, key players like Caufield, Anderson, Suzuki, Romanov, maybe Lehkonen/Evans/Pezzetta/Pitlick, Poehling, can be kept and we sell every year the assets we need to/have a good offer for
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Feb. 22, 2022 at 11:41 a.m.
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I also think we should rebuild but not the Arizona way, that's a bit too scorched earth, key players like Caufield, Anderson, Suzuki, Romanov, maybe Lehkonen/Evans/Pezzetta/Pitlick, Poehling, can be kept and we sell every year the assets we need to/have a good offer for


If the objective is to lose, keeping good players around will do nothing but hurt the process.

Arizona had so many things going wrong for them over the last decade, you don't really want to use this franchise as a comparison point. Yes, it didn't quite workout for Buffalo and Edmonton, but they also had their shares of management problems, and let's face it, they're not the most attractive destinations for top ranked UFAs. That isn't the case with Montreal. There's a lot of players out there that would love to play for this storied franchise - if the media could just cut the players some slack, but that's a different story. Pittsburgh, Chicago and Tampa should be the model.
Feb. 24, 2022 at 2:21 a.m.
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So the Montréal Canadiens look like they’re back to mostly normal… which is really ****ing upsetting. Seeing everyone succeed is amazing, and I’m not too worried about our lottery chances being hurt, but holy **** this makes the Toffoli trade hurt more than I thought was possible. Why the **** did you trade him? Of course this team isn’t good enough as currently constructed, and it makes sense to sell off some players, especially Ben Chiarot. But Tyler Toffoli? You seriously couldn’t have waited at least a few more weeks to see what happens with the team that made it to the Cup Finals last year instead of committing to a rebuild after being involved in hockey management for less than a ****ing month?

By trading Toffoli, a guy who loves the city and team, is a great leader, and a great player on a great contract, you’ve condemned yourselves to a long rebuild rather than keeping your options open with a team that isn’t that bad right now, with the guys who helped lead us to the Cup Finals playing up to what their potential again, with the exception of 1 player*, because your stupid ass ****ing traded him away.

**** you Kent Hughes. **** you. (And if this is all Gorton and not Hughes, **** him.)

*Technically 3 but I’m not including Carey & Phil for obvious reasons. (Or Eddy)



Maybe I’m overreacting, and it turns out this team really, really needs a long rebuild. But the fact that management is so dead set on that that they can’t even take it slow and let the season play out before the deadline before committing to your entire plan for the team’s future is ****ing infuriating and idiotic.

And I might be less angry if they had just traded away everyone I liked and I would just stop watching hockey and move on, but the fact that Caufield is clearly going to be here for a really long time means that I’m going to continue to watch this team for the next decade while always having that feeling of regret and pain in the pit of my stomach at the fact that the team that brought me so much joy was set back years by terrible luck, a god awful final few months from Bergevin, and the stupid impatience of the new management.**

**That is one hell of a run on sentence, but I’m too upset to figure out how to separate it effectively.
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Feb. 24, 2022 at 7:57 p.m.
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Kris Letang 🤞🏻🤞🏻
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Feb. 24, 2022 at 8:00 p.m.
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Kris Letang 🤞🏻🤞🏻


Bergeron, please!
Forsberg, gaudreau (msl was his favorite player)
Flower
Lindholm
Hertl
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