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Forum: Montreal CanadiensJul. 29, 2023 at 3:44 a.m.
Thread: Opinions on Mailloux
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Blazingbat11</b></div><div>Offensively it’s hard to deny that he doesn’t have top pairing talent.
Defensively basically everywhere it’s reported he has huge deficiencies that needs to improve if he even wants to consider playing in the NHL.

So overall I’m optimistic. You “can’t teach offense”, so at least he’s got that covered. I have no problem with him starting in Laval, and working on his defensive game. He’s very much that “long term project” that has big upside.

At the end of the day, I’d say a #4-5 Dman is a safe bet. If things go great during his development, he has the potential of a top pairing guy. and if things go bad, he never gains the coaches trust in his own zone and becomes more of a fringe depth NHLer.</div></div>

The lowest for him is probably a 4/5 at the NHL level if he's defensively deficient. Then it will be top pairing AHL D-man. Can't imagine a 7th guy being an OFD unless they still have hope for him.
Forum: Montreal CanadiensJul. 29, 2023 at 3:13 a.m.
Forum: Armchair-GMJan. 25, 2022 at 12:07 p.m.
Thread: Zaitsev season
Interesting for Ottawa because Armia could be helpful on the Sens 4th line RW next season

Crookshank - White - Armia

They are overpaying Zaitsev, could overpay Armia instead. Problem is coach/GM really love Zaitsev for some reason


<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>GMs</b></div><div>Hanifin Anderson are better than Chiarot
Chiarot and Tanev are pretty much the same dman, but I personally would give the edge to Tanev
So NOT Kylington, not Valimako, not Zadorov, not Gudbranson
He would definitely be on your roster, if you wanna argue you like Kylington on the 2nd pairing fine, but Chiarot is still playing over one of Zadorov or Gudbranson</div></div>

Tanev is a lot better than Chiarot. Kylington has broke out, he's much better too

Chiarot would be an upgrade on their 3rd pairing. Would they pay that price for that? Or maybe they thing they'd have a good chance to extend Chiarot at a reasonable amount
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 7, 2021 at 9:45 a.m.
Thread: Discuss line combinations
New coach.... with a new fully implemented system.

Ducharme is all about puck possession, therefore, I think a player like Norlinder has a good chance to make the team.

Drouin-Suzuki-Caufield

<em>(Drouin is back with a vengeance... its a high IQ line)</em>

Toffoli-Dvorak- Gallagher
<em>
(It will be a similar line to the golden Tatar- Danault-Gally line. they will eat a lot of minutes together)</em>

Hoffman -Poehling - Anderson

<em>I think Poehling will make his place in Camp - he is more offensivly dinamic than Evans and Paquette... which is important if you want to play with Hoffman and Anderson. They will play some very specialized minutes together - mostly offensive missions. Pucks in deep... and pass to hoffman, the trailer.</em>

Lekhonen-Evans -Armia

<em>High energy and forecheck line. They will be playing almost always from our own end for faceoffs. Will play big defensive mission each game</em>


Edmundson-Petry

Chiarot -Savard

Romanov - Norlinder

<em>I believe we will see a similar rotation of the top 4 like the playoffs. Romanov and Norlinder will rarely play together - they will replace one of Savard, Chariot, or Edmundson when we are taking faceoffs in the o-zone. They will play all PP. They are good with puck possession, which is the main driver of DD`s system. </em>
Forum: Armchair-GMSep. 7, 2021 at 9:01 a.m.
Thread: Discuss line combinations
I agree with most of the lineup. Here are my lines and pairings:

Drouin-Suzuki-Caufield (Drouin is the playmaker that will feed his linemates)
Hoffman-Dvorak-Anderson
Toffoli-Evans-Gallagher
Lekhonen-Paquette-Armia (don't think Poehling makes the club out of camp. I think he needs another season in Laval to dominate like he did last year in 28 games)

Edmundson-Petry
Romanov-Savard
Chiarot-Wideman (Wideman starts the year on the third pair to give the opportunity. If he doesn't move the puck well or isn't creating some offense, Kulak will draw in and Chiarot will move to the right side)

Once Byron is back in December/January, he'll rotate in and out of the lineup on the fourth line. Then, I think depending on how the Habs are doing in the playoffs race, I think Lekhonen will be traded before the deadline, especially if Montreal is out of the playoffs.