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Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 15, 2018 at 4:02 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 15, 2018 at 3:35 p.m.
Thread: Interesting idea.
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>jp_harvey</b></div><div>The old offer sheet debate...a perfect tool, in the CBA, to make teams who overspend on their players or have too much good talents to keep under the cap pay for it. It's so well thought out, yet it is viewed as a huge NO NO from the GM's POV. It's so stupid! They make it feel like it's personal and will hold a grudge against a GM that would use this perfectly legitimate tactic...IT'S BUSINESS! IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL! Business is business! Also, it would benefit lower tier clubs since they usually are the one's with the cap space. It'll help parity and would make GM's hesitate before throwing huge amount of money at UFA's or bottom 6 players in general.

I will never understand the stubbornness of all the GM's to "respect the code" and not use an incredibly good opportunity to upgrade your team for practicly free...it's beyond me!</div></div>

I wish we saw more offer sheets. I think the compensation tiers need to be restructured if the NHL wants this to become a reality. Teams don't bother because they know the team won't match, or they have to drastically over pay the player. The restructuring won't happen but its probably about the only way teams would start doing so if it didn't cost so much on their compensation.
Forum: Mock-DraftAug. 15, 2018 at 3:32 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 15, 2018 at 1:52 p.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 10, 2018 at 2:55 p.m.
Thread: Future Canadiens
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Truebeliever</b></div><div>This is fun except there's precious little on which to base all this optimism. Aside from being pretty good at drafting defencemen, the Habs history of drafting and developing forwards is pathetic. Were it not for Gallagher, who has exceeded every scouts' wildest expectations, the Habs have hardly anything to show from the drafting of forwards: Scherbak (???), McCarron (!!!) JDLR and Lehkonen (meh)... So why do we assume Kotkeniemi and Poehling are going to break that pattern of mediocrity? I hope you're right, but I've stopped expecting it.

For a guy who comes from an industry that's all about quality control, it's amazing that Molson hasn't busted more heads in his scouting ranks.</div></div>

This is a major reason why Sylvain Lefebvre was fired (albeit years too late) and why they hired Joel Bouchard for the Rocket. The also added Dominique Ducharme to the pro bench. Overall their prospect/young player development should vastly improved if the coaching successes they had in junior continue. So while you continuously look to the past, you need to keep in mind that they've undergone a massive overhaul here. I've long believed this was and would lead to their downfall and it shows. The Habs didn't necessarily draft bad in the past, but any development was basically solely on the player themselves.
Forum: Armchair-GMAug. 10, 2018 at 11:13 a.m.