Fall River Habs
Joined: Aug. 2021
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As a Habs fan I will try to be objective (which will be hard because I hate the Leafs).
The next few weeks (3 to 6 weeks) will be interesting. Does Toronto continue to struggle, which should make them sellers? Or does their offence carry them to better results and make the management team make them think they should be buyers?
I hate to say it, but I cannot see the team continuing to struggle as much as they have recently. I think Toronto is a good enough regular season team to bounce back.
Whether they have a properly constructed team for the playoffs is the next question. I don’t think they do, which is supported by past results, but that could (hopefully not) change.
I posted a trade proposal yesterday about Montreal trading Monahan (a center on an expiring contract for under $2M who has 31 points in 46 games) and there was some pushback on that value. If Treliving can get a first from Vancouver for Bertuzzi (a winger whose cap hit is $5.5M and who only has 19 points, playing on a more talented team) then that would be quite a feat.
I think Toronto needs more grit and defensive awareness. Just not sure where they get what they need, given their cap situation (although Jake Allen and David Savard could be acquired for the right price. Ha!)