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KSIxSKULLS

Habs4Ever
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Montreal Canadiens
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Forum: NHL Signings8 hours ago
Thread: Florida Panthers signed MacKenzie Weegar (3 Years / $3,250,000 AAV)
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>aadoyle</b></div><div>No, ekblad has always been good no matter who he was with. Weegar is just riding off his success not the other way around lul

In general if Dermott was partnered with a guy like ekblad he would easily produce more point totals and have better stats

Weegar is just having a good season. Many dman have them but the question is when the divisions return to normal will he have repeat success or will he return to his normal ways</div></div>

What you fail to realize is that Weegar was this good last year as well. He's likely the most underrated defender in the league. He's easily a top 4 defensemen and I'd argue he's currently a top 2 defensemen. Look at any of his stats with/without Ekblad. He makes Ekblad play better, not the other way around.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 3:18 am
Thread: unrealistic idea since all habs fans are calling for webers head
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Howisjulienstillhere</b></div><div>You said you win games by scoring more goals than the opponent, when he’s on the ice we do. +/- isn’t great all the time.

For example a lw. He could be elite offensively and has great defence men behind him to bail him out. But for a defensemen, Especially one with very little points +/- can be used.

You tried to make the stupid argument that turnovers mean bad at defence when defence is without the puck. You then tried to say we must score more goals than the other team to win, so I told you that we do with him on the ice, hence the +25.

You may not like +/- because some people told you not too. But while judging curtain circumstances such as Edmundson’s season, it is useful</div></div>

It works the same with defenders. When the forwards are rushing up the neutral zone, it's when the defenders change. Edmundson could just step on the ice and then a goal is scored and he gets a + for literally nothing. The fact his points are so low are a clear indicator of how little +/- means. Turnovers do mean bad at defense because it's the defenders job to get the puck out of the zone, not just sit there and block them (hence being a pylon). You've given me two very bad invalid points that make 0 difference at all.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 2:51 am
Thread: unrealistic idea since all habs fans are calling for webers head
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Wqrrior</b></div><div>Most of why I'm disliked by the MTL fanbase is because I have resistance to the fans and media assessments of Romanov and Caufield. Those players are difficult to criticize without being jumped on. It's difficult to elaborate on the forum setting why I feel the way I do about them, I've gone in greater detail on discord, but my comments here make it seem as if I hate the players, when that's untrue.

Still, I think some of the hype entering the season has boosted in the fans mind what they are getting.

I have GMs blocked (literally the only person on this website), so I missed his comment. It seems like a reactionary and quite extreme comment, pretty much summarizing why I made this post to begin with.

Back to the original point - I think Edmundson gets helped on the eye test because he's paired with Petry who hides many of his faults. But I think Chiarot is forced to eat more minutes than he should be. First pair minutes as an ideally third pair guy - he's solid when used right. MTL's done a pretty good job with Ben, though. Nonetheless, Romanov has easier minutes, and as such I think he gets a better look by the eye test. I think more would be exposed of him if he was facing teams first lines on a nightly basis.

I still have to laud you for having a critical take of Edmundson. I find that many habs fans are not critical with their players and are over optimistic to only see the good in everyone. This past comment alone has gained a lot of respect.

I hope I don't sound like a habs hater in this comment. I just look at it more critically (and often at a more extreme level to compensate the opposite direction as pushed by the media).

I'm still intrigued - what's your guys solution to this blue line moving forward, especially given the confining cap of next year?</div></div>

You definitely don't seem like a hater and I completely agree with everything that you have said. The one thing I have to say is that Chiarot was given similar minutes last year and handled them fine, so there's no reason why he shouldn't be able to handle them this year. I don't think it's the perfect fit (ideally he's playing top 4 time).

For next year, I have absolutely no idea. The guys who I would like to leave have multiple years left on their contracts and likely be impossible to move. In the Ideal world it's

???? - Weber
Kulak - Petry
Romanov - ????

There's not a guy in our system who could play the 1st line so that would have to come from free agency (Alec Martinez or Vince Dunn come to mind). If we're going to play Romanov 1st line, then we absolutely need a very good 2nd pairing LHD to play behind him. To sum things up, we need a top 4 puck moving defender LHD.
Forum: Armchair-GMFri at 2:17 am
Thread: unrealistic idea since all habs fans are calling for webers head
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GMs</b></div><div>Only Gustafsson have been worse than Weber
You can’t say **** on Edmundson, he is our most steady dman this year. If I had to choose between Weber or any other dman on the team, I’d take the other dman outside Gustafsson over Weber. Petry Edmundson Romanov Kulak are all an edge over Weber, after Chiarot Merrill Gustafsson are close, maybe Chiarot better than those 3</div></div>

You do realize that Edmundson has the 6th most giveaways league wide right? Don't say he's steady. He can't complete a pass and has 0 offensive ability. He's literally the definition of a pylon.

IMO the order of Best to Worse

Petry
Weber
Romanov
Kulak
Chiarot
Merrill
Edmundson