I love the name lol.

One question tho. Why are you keeping Allen over DeSmith?

Also good luck having Newhook on ur top line there. As an Avs fan, I can tell u rn that it's going to be a little while before he can actually play that role. Not saying he can't, but you'll have to be patient with him

There has been some interesting media coverage about it which indicates Hughes told Allen he had nothing to worry about and he was not going anywhere. Things can change, but the team has never said they acquired DeSmith to improve their goalie core. I think one of the things the Habs are worried about is the fact that they are gonna have to put Primeau on waivers. So I think the plan is to put BOTH DeSmith and Primeau on waivers on the same day and hope one of them makes it through to Laval, who have a killer team this year but can't make it work with only Dobes in net.

I know Newhook is not in the right seat here, but I'd like to see them give it a shot. We were all surprised when Lehkonen worked out in a top 6 role in Colorado. Maybe a similar magic occurs? I look at RHP, and I am incredibly surprised how well it worked out with Suzuki in the 2nd half of last season. Newhook plays a similar game I find, but with better skill.

I like the lines and if montreal stays healthy especially players like monahan and caufield... montreal is going to be a tougher place to get points next year.. wins will not be easy for other teams.. I think Guhle and Matheson will be beasts on defense and I really like Harris too and RHP has lots of upside. Anderson really did improve last year and I think Armia cAn do better.. at least a little better. I think montreal could finish 10 to 12 worst next year if healthy and progress is made in development.. but if they gets lots of injuries again then they will fall within the top 10 worst...which is ok too.

I like your assessments sir!

trust me I know my team been a fan for 50 years and all the glory years... win hockey pools every year..... montreal is being built correctly and we just have to let these great kids play and not sign veterans to block them.. and then when the Armia and Dvorak and Allen are all gone we will contend again with this core

Reinbacher and Hutson and Guhle and Barron and harris and Xhekaj and matheson for a couple of years and our forwards we need some of Farrell, Roy, Heinemann, Kidney, slafovsky, RHP, Ylonen, Beck, Mesar, newhook, to become good players. i like roy the best. He was awesome with Bedard.
The defense is going to be great. We need a game breaker up front .. maybe in the draft or maybe you sign a free agent to be that player. A player like Nylander or someone like that

I'm on the same page. Their only need is a game breaker, unless the kids step up and Dach & Slaf become "who they are supposed to be", then I would argue you don't need to add, just keep developing your futures who pop and trading the ones who don't for more futures.

Yeah for sure. One of Colorado's weaknesses over the last few years has been player development. Newhook got one chance at the 2nd line last year and while we struggled with the injury bug he still just sat on the 3rd/4th line. Not a good spot for a player like him. I hope it works out