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Forum: NHLJun. 5, 2021 at 11:19 a.m.
Thread: To all the Leaf Fans who Talked
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>wabit</b></div><div>Overall quality of team, goaltending, the results from the year before, etc. It's a hard argument that MTL would have had better seasons than any of those other teams if it was a regular season. The North didn't have any of the top teams to play against. It was fun hockey to watch, but not good hockey overall in the North this year.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>wabit</b></div><div>Overall quality of team, goaltending, the results from the year before, etc. It's a hard argument that MTL would have had better seasons than any of those other teams if it was a regular season. The North didn't have any of the top teams to play against. It was fun hockey to watch, but not good hockey overall in the North this year.</div></div>

Here’s the problem with any argument that the Leafs have a better quality team: you have literally zero evidence to support that claim. When it matters most (which unless you believe regular season matters most, the playoffs) they’ve come short. How many times does this core need to be bounced out the first round for there to be some urgency to improve?
Forum: NHLJun. 2, 2021 at 11:43 a.m.
Thread: To all the Leaf Fans who Talked
I appreciate you. I couldn’t be happier the leafs had such a good season where they maintained a 15+ point lead on pretty much all of the North Division teams, and essentially admitted publicly they felt the North teams were no match for this years leafs team.

I thank Leaf fans for never failing to comment under Armchair GM’s or social media posts that tout or celebrate another Canadian team, where you’d read things like “with no number one centre? Lol yeah okay enjoy first round exit” and “there’s no real talent. Compared to Toronto’s top four guys, they have literally no elite caliber players.” Or even, Matthews being asked about the North division, and saying that he hopes their will be a bigger challenge come playoff time.

Well I guess you got your wish bud.

All season (and as a negative Habs fan, rightfully so) the Habs were completely and utterly disregarded as contenders. Aside from the first 10 games of the season, once Price displayed weakness due to being injured, along with Gallagher, Chariot, and Tatar being injured, or even how quick people were to point out Drouin’s vast lack of offensive ability he’s proved this season, nobody ever even considered the Montreal Canadiens to eliminate the Leafs.

This is where the true colours of modern day post-2000s leaf fans are shown.

At the beginning of the season, we hear how this leafs team is the answer to Canada’s cup drought. Their top heavy roster was just simply superior to all the other teams. Throughout the entire season, every hockey fan has to deal with TSN, Sportsnet, and every sports broadcast panel in Canada, touting this leafs team like it’s the best team in the league, GAME IN GAME OUT (I’m mainly talking about Noodles, Hayes and O’Neil who are awful leaf homers who **** talked every Canadian team and is now spending the next week trying to recall their statements or rephrase, when really we know they’re eating their words.) every radio show, Steve dangle, name it; nobody thought this leafs team had clear flaws.

Yeah I saw the flaws early on.

1. Your stars are not at a level to take a team to the Stanley Cup finals, but they’re being paid like it.
- you overpaid your two young future stars and look what result it has gotten the Leafs since those contracts were signed. Signing Tavares was one of the most trigger happy dumb signings this franchise could have done, mainly because Tavares’ $11mil contract takes up the space you could use for:
2. At least ONE SHUT-down, dependable, x-factor defensemen. Every contender has at least one, whether they’re dominant and noticeable or not, every contending team has one stay at home consistent Dman. The leafs do not and have not had one. Reilly is an absolute beast, but that’s not his job. Reilly can get you points, goals, and can set up plays just as good as the rest of them. All you need is a Dougie Hamilton, Pietrangelo, Seth Jones, etc paired up with Reilly, yeah that’s truly scary.
3. Depth was dog****. Anybody whose watched the last 4 seasons of hockey, shook their head at the Leafs summer signings. Thornton? The guy was never all that dominant and has historically fizzled out during the playoffs literally his whole career in San Jose. That is not the grit you’re looking for and this playoff series proved that. Simmonds? He is nowhere near the guy he used to be. The grit is there but probably 75% less then it used to be. If MTL signed Simmonds, they wouldn’t have made the playoffs unless he sat. The guy isn’t useful nowadays. Vesey? Blinder pickup to distract leaf fans from actually acquiring the players the team actually needs. Bogosian?? A lame attempt at acquiring a shut down vet d-man like I just mentioned, but he’s a guy who looked mediocre on a stacked team in Tampa. The guy is washed out, and is a far cry from the type of d-man the leafs SHOULD have targeted.
4. Effort level. I’ve never seen this leafs team with its current core go full throttle to set up a goal. When you watch Tampa, or Boston, even Montreal, they TRY for their goals. They look like chickens with no heads trying to find openings. Leafs are built around a guy who makes all scoring look easy, so their goals don’t develop with the same energy as other teams (because they don’t need to rush when all they need is little openings for Marner to expose for Matthews so he can rip cheddar dogs). Though this game pace that the leafs maintained all season I feel hurt them. They never were very scary off the rush unless it was a two on one, and the only time I saw a terrifying leafs offence was during the POWERPLAY and while the team was already up.

In conclusion: STOP overrating your team during the season. Stop making hot takes about how far the leafs are going in the playoffs before they start. Stop ‘planning the parade’ as every other hockey fan calls it when the beginning of your season goes well. And LASTLY, don’t talk **** about other teams, when the faults of your own team stick out just as much. What makes someone able to identify a good leafs fan is how optimistic they are about the team.

I hope this season has taught you Leaf fans good. Good luck in the off-season. You’ll need it
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 25, 2021 at 11:46 a.m.
Thread: Playoff Lines
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>We had a chance with Drouin out sick to add another scoring threat up front and instead elected to go with a 7th D man. That is not a GM that feels the pressure to make the playoffs. Either he knows already that he is done or he knows that Molson will not fire him this year. Either way he doesn't care anymore about making the playoffs all he cares about is finishing the year.</div></div>

That’s the notion was made extremely clear for me seeing Gustafsson playing LW. I seriously don’t understand why it’s only the fans who can see where the team is most lacking and management does nothing about it. The team hasn’t been able to score all
Year, GO ADD A PROVEN SCORER AT THE DEADLINE. Not Eric Staal.

I totally agree though - you said it.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 24, 2021 at 12:59 p.m.
Thread: Playoff Lines
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>Want to know what our playoff limes will actually look like?

<strong>None we will be golfing</strong> cause MB has no concept of how to run a team or make them a playoff team!</div></div>

Maaaaan..... I’m telling you if the team finishes outside of the playoffs, or they get bounced in the first round, SOMEONE HAS to be in Geoff Molsons ear like “ugh, dude. I don’t think this team is goin anywhere. We may need to extradite Weber to Seattle, trade Drou for picks, and see whether Price wants to stay or not.”

Regardless of covid, being a die hard Habs fan this whole time - this is the year where we NEED to see some light of contention upon the horizon. No more mediocre results and complimentary wingers get added in the summer, which keeps Bergevin’s job, and not add any proven scoring, then wondering why were two losses away from not making the playoffs, like EVERY YEAR. It’s sad. The team has kind of everything you want or need to contend, just missing any threatening players at all. No proven point getters, no Bona fide scorers, just a team full of overachievers who hit their ceiling yet Bergevin seems to think the result of last years bubble playoffs is proof the Habs could easily contend. Delusional.

This offseason better be shocking or get ready for more mediocrity. (Unless of course: Price gets back to playing like Price, each line finds some decent chemistry, everyone comes back healthy, and Weber along with the d-pairings finally gain some confidence and are able to move the puck out more effectively, while also chipping in offensively more)
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 20, 2021 at 3:26 p.m.
Thread: Pain
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>ColonelX</b></div><div>Lehkonen and Byron are the two players giving out the most to the team these days, you don't push them out.
Caufield won't change a thing because there's a difference between a team that can't score and a team that just doesn't play with energy. Montreal has guys who can put it in the net on every line this year but there's just something in their head (Or the locker room) preventing an actual team to show up every night.</div></div>

Interesting take! I disagree. I really do not think effort is the issue. I think, to your point, the locker room might not have developed a working game plan that the players are on the same page with. You can see Drouin and Danault displaying great effort on the boards, with the puck entering the zone, there’s just a clear drop off of talent where Danault gets caught by being out skated by the defender, or Drouin over stick handles and makes a bad pass.

I just believe what WE (as in most hockey fans) have a different idea of what a player looks like when they ‘work hard’.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 20, 2021 at 1:09 p.m.
Thread: Pain
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>justsenay</b></div><div>I agree with you, but at the same time we need guys like that, maybe 1 or 2 per team, not 5 like it was the case with the other teams that we had in the past.

I believe that if we have 3 good lines that could score on a regular basis and a fourth line that brings pressure energy and heart to this team, we would be in a good place. The lack of offensive consistency comes from the fact that 2 out of our 3 centers are under 22 years old and need developpement, and from the fact that some of our wingers are soo unconsistent(Drouin,Tatar,Armia)</div></div>

The streaky consistency of Drouin, Tatar, and Danault is not helping anyone. I believe Suzuki and KK still can be trustworthy solid centremen, and it’s not their fault by any means. This offseason (depending on result) better be true reach into cup contention.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 20, 2021 at 12:58 p.m.
Thread: Pain
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>justsenay</b></div><div>I would keep Lekhonen on the lineup, he is so good on the pk and brings a lot of energy on that 4th line that lacks a lot of speed with Staal and Perry. However, at this point, we have no choice but to bring Caufield on the roster and give him a try.</div></div>

After 5 years of pure mediocrity, wouldn’t it be nice to have 4 lines that can contribute even remotely offensively?

I swear to God I’ve been hearing “no we can’t trade him he’s a solid defensive forward, good on the Pk, he’s fast.... etc. But the team still struggles to score. Ottawa scores at a higher rate. Can’t you see the distinct MILES in between the Habs and the rest of the cup contenders?

After 11 years of no consistent elite/threatening offensive forward, I’m sick of caring about guys who do the little things right and are useless in contributing to the big things.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 20, 2021 at 12:53 p.m.
Thread: Who would be interested in Jonathan Drouin
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Marshallchapman9</b></div><div>I am, he's our assist leader and most dynamic playmaker...he's in a rut and he'll get a few bounces and snap out of it. we've seen what he can do.</div></div>

Do what? Score 55pts? Like when is the Montreal fan base ever going to understand the true distance between the Habs and literally every cup contending team: ZERO SCORING.

The team CANNOT SCORE. They have not been able to score since 2015. Having Gallagher crawl his way to 30 goals, and have only maybe two 20 goal scores on the team - IS NOT GOING TO GET YOUR TEAM A CUP IN THIS DAY AND AGE. Carey Price can steal a playoff series, but he can’t WIN YOU ALL THE GAMES because he can’t score goals.

WHO IS THE HABS FIRST LINE?

I’ll wait.

Tatar - Danault - Gallagher? Where has that taken you? Didn’t you not make the playoffs for the third year in a row, but Covid-19 came to the rescue and gifted them a playoff spot? Where their true colours were shown against a real playoff team in Philly?

My account says I’m a jets fan but I’ve been a die hard Habs fan my entire life. I’ve been screaming “sign a scorer” since Max Pacioretty and all I’ve seen is bottom six or top 9 wingers added, with no interest in acquiring anything on the spectrum of ‘elite’, and 7th defensemen.

Enough with the **** talking of Price and Weber and give them options. They do what they do best when they have a team around them. Figure it out
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 12, 2021 at 3:04 p.m.
Thread: Playoffs lines- 1st round exit against the leafs
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>TrueCanuck</b></div><div>Romanov hasn't been anything special. He's far too inconsistent and he's not really a PP guy. Gustaffson easily takes his place. Romanov's a rookie, that's looked outta place at times, it's not a bad idea to sit him sometimes and make him accountable for his play. He'll be good in the future, but he's not there yet.</div></div>

Not at all what I’ve seen from the kid. Just a lack of discipline at this point, it’s real rich to call out Romanov for looking out of place when Petry and Weber have been consistently making awful defensive zone decisions causing way more giveaways then Romanov.

Romanov should be with Weber, Kulak should be scratched, Edmundson worked with Petry not sure why that changed, and now Merrill and Gustafsson run the third pairing. Somebody needs to make better decisions, Petry gets lots of points as a dman, so what is needed is stay at home security that can provide some more toughness around Price, and cut passing lanes.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 11, 2021 at 12:50 p.m.
Thread: Trade deadline movement son
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>This one statement from you says it all. Montreal defensive core is NOT driven they can't skate, can't hit the net to save their lives and do not contribute offensively at all! The only thing they do very well over the last 5 games is give the puck away on the breakout then are slow getting back to help the goalies out.</div></div>

Well the Habs defensive core actually has some strong points that many great teams don’t have. Petry moves the puck great, Weber and Edmundson have been doing an amazing job of keeping great players at the edge and away from the net, plus Romanov has been a very unpredictable hitting d-man who skates fantastic.

They do make way too many missed assignments and mistakes, which imo is due to the partnerships. Put Romanov with Weber, let them get used to playing together, put Chariot on the third paring with Kulak at RD, then put Edmundson and Petry back. It worked idk why they switched it.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 11, 2021 at 12:16 p.m.
Thread: Trade deadline movement son
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>You keep going on and on and on about how the Habs need a game changing forward that can enter the other teams end with ease and put up goals in his sleep but your proposal is for a guy with 2 goals in 37 games this year and 29 goals over the course of the last 3 seasons (135 games) that does not scream elite goal scoring talent. Infact our entire roster of forwards has more goals than Hall so far this season except Drouin and Evans who have the same number of goals! I think you need to watch some games if you think adding Hall at the expense of 3 roster players, one prospect, two high draft picks, and a mid round pick is a smart move. Then you need to realize that Hall isn't that good, the biggest return you will get is a 1st + prospect + 3rd if he is extended.</div></div>

Yesssssss I agree but like WHAT IF he comes to MTL and he finally is given a position where he is THE MAN, not Jack Eichel, not Jack Hughes, not AHL level forward groups, no. Hall would join a team that is in desperate need and HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST 10 years of a true unpredictable forward who can provide some dynamic offence. Drouin CLEARLY is not good enough man. Maybe in sheltered minutes in the third or second line, because the guy cannot shoot at all, has no finishing, and loses the puck more then moves it up the ice which to me says lack of vision and puck control.

Yes, I’m aware of who Taylor Hall has been the last two seasons, I’m also aware of how Laine has been the last two seasons, but if you add those guys to the team that has a solid goaltending tandem, experienced and driven defensive core, great wing depth, mediocre centre depth, and a very effective team grind that’s stays at a high pace all game, you’re adding the final piece to the puzzle.

Lastly - I bet if Caufield comes up and develops early into a trigger man the team can rely on, they’ll be fine and actually be underrated going into the playoffs. Plus I’ll eat all my words.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 10, 2021 at 9:49 p.m.
Thread: Trade deadline movement son
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>Toffoli, Anderson, Gallagher and Tatar can all consistently put the puck in the net 20-30 times per year. Drouin, Suzuki, Kotkaniemi, Armia, Byron and Staal between 15-20 and Lehkonen and Perry between 10-20 time but we need scoring right! Have you even watched a Habs game? The Habs last season were one of the best 5 vs 5 scoring teams in the league and there was no North division then, how do explain that? Oh rightwe were playing in a division with weak defenses then too right!? You are just trying to troll and failing miserably at it. Habs need a PM LHD that's it. We have already come back multiple times vs the likes of the Leafs, Jets and Oilers after falling multiple goals behind in fact we did last night in the 3rd from 2 goals down. You argument doesn't hold water my friend!</div></div>

...that’s not good enough to contend for a cup. You do realize you proved my point right?

Notice any team that contends for the cup have significantly better average points across their entire roster of players? Tampa? Chicago? Washington? No team has 3 players who maybe barley reach 30 goals, and maybe 3 more score 20-25, and the rest barely reach 15. You clearly are not watching the games! What was the score tonight?

If you want to contend for a cup or at least be better than mediocre, you need 1. Proven scorer 2. Decent goaltending 3. Strong consistent d-man 4. Constant team grind. If you have any coherence of the last 5 years in MTL, you’ll realize the Habs have has maybe 3 of those things at one time. There is a clear fear or lack of urgency to improve scoring or at least threatening offence, that is at a level to compete with teams like Toronto, Florida, Winnipeg, Tampa, Carolina, etc. Adding players like Toffoli help big time but don’t project a team into contention.

There’s a clear bigger picture: not one team in the league is or should be afraid of the 2021 Montreal Canadiens, unless they solidify defence that doesn’t get passed around and add a dynamic threatening forward. If it’s Caufield, perfect. Not confident that’s him.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 6, 2021 at 7:45 p.m.
Thread: Trade deadline movement son
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Campabee</b></div><div>Dude I think you need to check your stats again before you respond or look silly

We are 7th in the league in goals for that literally means we are out scoring 22 other teams! But yeah we can't score goals.</div></div>

Well clearly you don’t watch the games!

The fact MTL is 7th in scoring just goes to show how bad the team defences are in the North Division. Put the Habs or Edmonton in any of the other divisions, you don’t see the Habs at 7 for scoring and McDavid on the scoring pace hes on now.

If you look at the Habs losses, most commonly it’s a one or two goal deficit they lose by, or overtime. Rarely have the Habs been dominated. What does that say: you need scoring. They are scoring, but they are not scoring enough. You really think the forward group in MTL will be able to come back from a two goal deficit against teams like Toronto? Winnipeg? Boston? Carolina? It’s not gonna happen. You need better than your top defensemen and a winger leading the team in scoring every year, there needs to be consistency in the offensive game.
Forum: Armchair-GMApr. 6, 2021 at 2:45 p.m.
Thread: Trade deadline movement son
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MMXD</b></div><div>Danault is literally one of the best defensive forwards in the league. You're moving all of this for a dude who is worse than Drouin to be a walmart drouin.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MMXD</b></div><div>Danault is literally one of the best defensive forwards in the league. You're moving all of this for a dude who is worse than Drouin to be a walmart drouin.</div></div>

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MMXD</b></div><div>Danault is literally one of the best defensive forwards in the league. You're moving all of this for a dude who is worse than Drouin to be a walmart drouin.</div></div>

Man I’ve had 4 years of Danault and I’m not sure exactly if what he brings bolsters the team at all. The guy is offensively lost this season. Though, I bet I’ll eat my words and he will figure out