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MasterMatt23

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Forum: Montreal CanadiensFeb. 24, 2020 at 8:47 p.m.
Thread: Post Trade Deadline
Bergevin did wonders with what he did do today. You have to give credit where credit is due and applaud him for it. He turned free players into new assets. Recouped and improved upon all his value that he had lost and gave MTL a slew of picks going into the draft.

With that being said, I'm calling this now, this team has to be squarely in a playoff spot by this time next year. If not he is all but surely going to be fired. He's gone to bat for this core of players for the past 5 years now and its clearly not working. I just hope by the time that happens its not too late because with the Price and Weber contracts and the like 5 big name pending UFA's next year, it will be one of the most critical for Montreal in a long time. Another year of mediocrity coupled with not making calculated decisions when the timing is right, will result in the Habs having to rebuild for another 5 years after that. When it would have been almost done by now had they just done it when they should have.

IMHO Bergevin's legacy in Montreal will be as unflattering as his 19 year, 36 goal career. He GM's the same way his hockey career went. Just to stay alive. Not to thrive.
Forum: Montreal CanadiensFeb. 11, 2020 at 2:22 p.m.
Thread: Playoffs
I feel like MB operates on a bizarre method when it comes to trading assets.

-If the Habs are fighting for a playoff spot and have good assets playing well that would get solid returns. Tatar, Petry, Kovalchuk for example, he doesn't want to trade them.
-If the Habs are in the playoffs and have good assets playing well that would get solid returns, he doesn't want to trade them.
-If the Habs are a bottom 5 team and have good assets, they usually end up not playing well that year, hence the bottom 5 result. So he doesn't want to trade them. (For lower value then he knows they are worth.)

So when exactly is the right time to trade highly valued assets then? I feel like the only time MB wants to trade a good player is when they are absolutely in the trash already and other teams are undervaluing them.
Forum: Armchair-GMFeb. 13, 2020 at 3:48 p.m.
Forum: Mock-DraftJan. 29, 2020 at 5:59 p.m.
Forum: Montreal CanadiensJan. 20, 2020 at 5:01 a.m.
Thread: Next few weeks determines next 3 years
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Pmanningno2</b></div><div>As the Habs get healthy over the next few weeks with Drouin/Gallagher returning I dont expect us to stay status quo. If we think we can go on a run, we need a real top 4 defenceman who can defend, and a real backup goalie who can win games.
If we dont think we can go on a real winning streak; time to move Petry and Tatar for picks and prospects, we can definately have 3 first round picks in Montreal this year.</div></div>

Habs can just as easily wait till the summer with Tatar and Petry. That's what they did with Pacioretty, and that worked out just fine.

But I think we are in for disappointment if we are hoping for any kind of indication as to what direction MTL will go over the next 3 weeks. Would be very surprised. With MTL having won 4 of their last 5. Bergevin will mostly likely wait till the very last second to decide if he's going to do, and odds are he will do absolutely nothing. He won't sell because he "doesn't want to give up on this season", and he won't buy since he doesn't want to spend assets because "it wouldn't make them cup contenders anyways"...