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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 22, 2020 at 12:11 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 15, 2020 at 11:23 p.m.
Thread: What they need Time
My prevailing take on the Habs: They don't have time.

They have a very good prospect pool, yes, but the veteran pieces they need to have in order to have a legit playoff team (Danault, Tatar, Petry, Gallagher and Armia in particular) are expiring free agents next year. Montreal has enough cap space to bring them back, but you never know what will happen in free agency. Price and Weber are also aging and while Primeau looks like he could be the heir apparent to the former, I don't see one coming up for the latter (not on the right side at least). Without two or three of those guys, this team is a lot less scary imo and I don't know if they can compete in a division that includes teams like Tampa, Toronto, Boston and eventually Florida and hopefully (for their sake) Buffalo.

I think in 3-4 years, if they let all of their prospects mature, they could be a legit contender, but I could also see them falling into a cycle where they're kinda just stuck in the middle. Sounds crazy, but if they could find a way to get a guy like Hall or Pietrangelo in free agency this year, I feel like that could go a long way towards helping their future, even though it will cost them quite a bit.

I know that's not an optimistic take and I don't want to seem like a huge downer, but that's just what I'm seeing, as an outsider.
Forum: Armchair-GMJun. 14, 2020 at 1:22 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 18, 2020 at 4:18 p.m.
Thread: Covid-19 salary cap impact players signatures
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Habs_Hfx10</b></div><div>Don’t know what you have against Domi but since joining the habs he’s had a career year and although his play was inconsistent still put up decent numbers this season. That’s not a bad contract at all. Although Tatar has been great since joining us it’s possible his play will be declining when the habs are contenders. I’m both for trading him and signing him, if we get an overpay offer we move him, if he asks too long of term we should move him . Adding youth which will be ready when we’re contenders is a good move as well</div></div>

I agree with you completely about Tatar, but I don’t know why anyone would be willing to overpay an aging Taylor Hall, when he’s only 11 months younger than Tatar, and has had injury issues before. As for the youth, yeah it’s good to add it, but you need to have a mix. I prefer to have young players like Romanov, Primeau, Caufield, etc. mixed with veterans like Price, Weber, Gallagher, &amp; Tatar. IMO we have enough young players &amp; prospects to fill out a roster for when we are contenders, and should be focusing on keeping some veterans, so we have experience when the time comes.