Habs4ever

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Forum: Armchair-GMFeb 28 at 10:28
Thread: Habs offseason
Now this is interesting. Juulsen might never be the same player he used to be, he is just now back to practicing/playing. But it will be interesting between Juulsen and Fleury for the RD 3rd pairing next year. Hudon is having success at AHL level, can he translate that to NHL. He is not a bottom six player, his skill set is ideally a 2nd line player but he is not producing at NHL level. Was it a confidence issue? coaching style? But a decision needs to be made.

Now for the interesting part and you are one of the few people addressing this. I see Suzuki as the 1st line C in two years. Can he improve on his faceoff's and handle top line responsibilities. As much as I love Danault, he is not a 1st line C. However, I am old enough to remember Lemaire between Lafleur and Schutt. A responsible two way player between two snipers and it worked. KK is producing at AHL level, I think this has really helped and it should have been where he started, however, he either stuck at NHL or went back to Finland and team wanted him here, so I get it. I think Suzuki, KK, Danault and Evans are your four Centres of the future with Poehling sliding to the wing. But I also think KK should do another year at the AHL level. I like Domi, but he is not a winger. So the question is do you sign him to a short term deal, considering you still have RFA status left in him or do you move him for the trade you mentioned? I like your offer, would it be enough to get those two guys? If you do get Silverberg, I see him above Armia.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb 26 at 3:45
Thread: Cant find my meds
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Blazingbat11</b></div><div><strong>caufield should stay another year in the NCAA.....</strong>
I disagree, I say sign him, see if he can prove he's NHL ready, if not send him to Laval. At least there he can start adapting to pro hockey, Wisconsin are garbage (lack depth and goaltending). If he were playing for Cornell, Minn state, North Dakota, or even Boston college i'd say stay in the NCAA, but he's not.
<strong>Forget A.LAFRENIERE we wont get the first pick....</strong>
no way for you to definitively know that. just keep your fingers crossed. If Habs don't get him, evryone at LW gets bumped up. I still see no issues.
<strong>Too expensive for Gaudreau and DUBOIS.... </strong>
Perhaps...but look at that lineup man, deep at every position....no way that isn't a young legit playoff team that oozes contending potential.</div></div>


Love your enthusiasm if you could pull that off forget being GM, replace the idiot trudeau! LOL
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb 3 at 10:54
Thread: A way to get Laffy
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>math731</b></div><div>Lol, are you really comparing Suzuki to FIala and KK to JEE? Caufield to Donato will not look great in a few years. <a href="/users/MakingHistory" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@MakingHistory</a> <a href="/users/GMs" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@GMs</a> <a href="/users/DriveFor25" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@DriveFor25</a> <a href="/users/yanp007" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@yanp007</a> <a href="/users/Habs4ever" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@Habs4ever</a> <a href="/users/Howyoudrouinnn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@Howyoudrouinnn</a> <a href="/users/MTLaveragefan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">@MTLaveragefan</a> What you guys think about all those statements?</div></div>

Like someone said this is not happening but to play along, poehling to minn where he is from? Possible. Suzuki if healthy plays a 1000 games in the NHL. I told my son in November, before end of season he will be #2 centre.

Caufield is pure sniper. Excellent on PP but can he translate that to regular 5on5? KK is in Laval where he should be. Let him finish rest of the year and allow him to grow. The fact he made team at 18 shows how feeble that position was for team. Laffy is going to be a heck of a player. I hope he ends up far from Habs because he is going to hurt teams.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb 1 at 8:43
Thread: MTL dont act like you wouldnt do this
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>BOLTLOVER1</b></div><div>Couple points ..

1. Gourde hasn't scored ... and has played every game .. since BEFORE THANKSGIVING

2. In 2017-2018 .. he had 60 pts as a 26 year old rookie with Stamkos and Kuch .. In 2018-2019 .. from Jan 1 through the Columbus debacle .. he only had 21 points in last 4 months .. and was 3rd and 4th line before Columbus debacle. So a HUGE step backward as it became obvious he sucks.

3. This year he is on a torrid pace to 29 pts .. see a trend here? .. folks think Gourde is a veteran having a bad stretch.. NO .. he is only 2.5 years experience with a downward ski slope of performance to what he really is.. a good 4th liner worth 1M a year.

4. The ENORMUS question is why JBB gave a 32M NTC contract to a 26 year old rookie with less than 1.5 years NHL experience when he didn't have to! .. Gourde is not a veteran and is not going through a rough patch .. he had opportunistic rookie year and sub par since.

So the million dollar question is what to do with this mess? The idea of a "bad contract swap" is not a bad one. Tampa has 3rd line and RD holes in 2020. Question is who is best bad contract swap for Gourde?</div></div>

okay this is excellent information, as opposed to the small minded response I got above, with the lmao. I never understood where all the bums end up if they all fall off the people. At least they are collectively laughing together! But I digress. Not to name drop or anything but in 2007, I was a scout for an OHL TEAM and the GM gave us the assignment to pretend we were drafting the kids. So I took one month and did tons of research. I hardly saw my family. I handed in my completed work the the head scout, laughed at it in front of everyone in the room and said "you don't know anything about hockey do you?" 12 of my 15 picks played in the OHL or QMJHL and 7 of the 15 picks played at least 30 games at the NHL level.

I do not follow the lightning at all but it appears you do or you have done some valuable research. Based on what you wrote, I would be very hesitant to make that trade.
Forum: Armchair-GMSep 18, 2019 at 3:58
Thread: Patrick Laine Saga
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>F50marco</b></div><div>Like I said, If you started with an offer that insulting, I'd take it personally and not deal with at all going forward. If I was desperate to make the deal maybe I would be a little more understanding but Im not and just because you've convinced yourself of my supposed desperation, doesn't make it true. Reality is I am not worried at all. In fact Buff's retirement, although would suck, would solve a lot of issues cap wise for my team sooo....

So you know what I have a counter, Laine for Domi, Gallagher, Kotkaniemi, Poehling, Suzuki, Mete, 2020 1st, 2021 1st and the twenty minutes or so i lost having to explain to you the nuance of negotiation.</div></div>

okay thanks! LOL it is finally not raining here in BC, no I am not from BC, but I am here right now, so I will go out and enjoy the beautiful day! sorry about your lost 20 minutes. Hey, you could have been playing a video game! LOL