Quoting: Xqb15a
Murray has been scratched multiple times, but he is still better than Chiarot. Chiarot SUCKS. I mean sucks. Can’t skate, can’t pass but he can cross check. Watch the guy play, he sucks.
Last time I checked, Montreal went to the cup finals last year playing Chiarot over 25 minutes per night. Was he elevated by Shea Weber? Hell yes. But he still logged huge minutes on a team that had success.
Murray has now been healthy scratched four of the last six games. Jared Bednar has literally looked at his line-up card and said to himself "Kurtis MacDermid gives us the best chance to win" four times out of the last six. Murray will be lucky to get a 1-year deal this summer; he's probably going to sign a PTO.
Quoting: Xqb15a
Multiple years of being bad? When was that? The fact you think Chiarot is worth a first and Compher is a cap dump I would reevaluate how you view hockey players. Compher is a versatile middle 6 guy that can play center and wing can play special teams and up in a pinch. Like literally would love to know how you came to the determination that guy who has produced at a 30pt rate his whole career is a cap dump.
The fact that you think Chiarot won't return a 1st round pick shows how out of touch with reality you are. Nick Foligno, Kyle Palmieri, and David Savard returned 1st rounders last year; all were old (30+), pending UFA's, and having bad seasons on bad teams.
Compher is a cap dump because he's paid way more ($3.5) than he's worth. Why do you think he wasn't protected in the expansion draft? Yeah, he has 17 points in 38 games. 11 of those points came in the first 15 games, meaning he's on another monumentally long cold streak (read: he's bad). It reminds me of last year when he finished with 10 goals and 18 points in 48 games. He had four goals the last three games of the year, including a hattrick in a meaningless game against the Kings. In other words, he had a terrible season that was partially upgraded to mediocre thanks to a three game outburst.
Quoting: Xqb15a
Because Halak is the difference in a cup. You my friend are hilarious.
Halak has won a playoff series in recent memory (2020). Guess how many playoff series Annunen and Miska have won? And if you think it won't come to that, let me refresh your memory about the 2018 (Hammond) and 2020 (Hutchinson) post-seasons. Fortunately, Kuemper and Francouz are both extremely durable... oh wait.