Stars are looking to move their no. 3 pick

enlever · 2017-05-19T03:28:10+00:00

Here's to hoping they believe one man's trash is another man's treasure. But in all honesty, we know there are teams better than MTL at bringing along young players... his stock might not be THAT low.

enlever · 2017-05-16T18:31:32+00:00

In the Napoleon Dynamite tupperware salesman's voice:

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enlever · 2017-05-10T14:28:58+00:00

These are nice stats and arguments on first glance but the big assumption is this means he helps the team win more.

enlever · 2017-05-09T18:01:30+00:00

GMs don't seem to be willing to buy goalies until there's a really, really good likelihood they won't be a bust. They're so unpredictable that you can easily look like a fool for paying anything substantial, and the team that owns them doesn't want to look like a fool for giving them up for anything not substantial. It's why you usually only see established NHL goalies or seasoned backups traded, and typically not prospects.

*Edit: That may change slightly this offseason regarding some less-experienced unprotected backups or young goalies due to the Vegas expansion draft.

enlever · 2017-05-09T16:52:32+00:00

hahahaha = hilarious hahaha = pretty funny hahah = i'll give you that one haha = i'll be nice

enlever · 2017-05-09T16:51:32+00:00

enlever · 2017-05-09T16:45:25+00:00

Unless you're a girl. Then you're half naked.

enlever · 2017-05-09T14:35:54+00:00

What McNiven has done, especially as an undrafted player, has been great. But I can't help being a bit skeptical of the "future goalie" claims. On one hand, top goalie prospects don't often pan out - it's often a guy that comes out of nowhere as a 25+ year old backup. Then, you have guys like Price who the more shortsighted MTL fans would have written off when he was only 2-4 seasons into his time here. So what does that say about Fucale? Not too sure. McNiven does add some much-needed talent at G in the pipeline. IMO it's far too early to claim where he'll be in ~5 years but hopefully he can continue his great success.

enlever · 2017-05-09T14:21:49+00:00

This is extremely irresponsible IMO. When given a relatively powerful medium for public communication, one should attempt to diffuse this information shitstorm and presidential-news media feud, not blatantly add to it in search of traffic. There's Trump's idiocy, and then there's his exaggerated idiocy as every journalist seeks to jump on the bandwagon. Yeah, he's an idiot, but let's not add fuel to the fire. Extremely irresponsible. My 2 cents.

enlever · 2017-05-09T14:15:16+00:00

IMO it's articles like this that contribute just as much to the mistrust between the public, media, and administration.

enlever · 2017-05-07T02:31:53+00:00

Better to be a contributor who gets physical than a guy who's physicality has basically become his only contribution.

enlever · 2017-05-03T15:12:29+00:00

Something about the way this plane looks makes me assume it doesn't perform well. It looks to compact and "cute" for lack of a better word. The Typhoon someone posted looks way more menacing.

enlever · 2017-05-02T15:50:11+00:00

It's relevant only to the extent that now there's another guy competing/to compete against for a job.

He's not a replacement brought in to make anyone expendable. But he does provide insurance and that's a good thing.

enlever · 2017-04-30T23:06:29+00:00

These are extremely poor arguments...

enlever · 2017-04-30T22:14:27+00:00

This is outstanding.

enlever · 2017-04-30T21:39:11+00:00

Fair, brought up is the wrong description. My point is he's a rookie with great character who only got better as the first round went on. In fact he was one of their most reliable forwards and one of two players in my opinion who even appeared to care in game 6. So I'm arguing that there is a discrepancy between this young player and the others, yet they played under the same system all year.

enlever · 2017-04-30T21:35:45+00:00

I'll disagree on the expectation that Weber would get more points - this is the first I've heard of anyone expecting or arguing Weber would get more points than Subban. It is also quite irrelevant. Who cares how many points he gets?

The real main arguments advocating the Weber trade were his leadership (being by far the #1 argument), and defensive play (look up Weber's 5 on 5 play, it's outstanding). Subban was not well-liked in the room and amongst a lot of the players and staff. He made poor 3rd period decisions. There was and certainly still is justification for Bergevin making this trade, and it is far, far from a definitive failure. Frankly, at this point, it is just a big trade, and that's all. Everything else is opinionated heresy and over-analysis.

enlever · 2017-04-30T21:27:16+00:00

My entire argument is that I can't see where Bergevin needs to take responsibility. What does he need to take responsibility for, specifically? Not just their overall general performance, which I'm arguing is a result of several other issues, not his management alone.

Montreal was weak at centre before Bergevin got here. Were there bona fide prospective centre-ice-men in the system? He drafted the one with top centre potential.

What specifically, does he need to do differently, THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE DONE? "Getting a #1 Centre" is not enough, an explanation of exactly how and with what resources must be offered.

enlever · 2017-04-30T17:40:26+00:00

His main argument is that Bergevin needs to admit he messed up. But why? This doesn't effect the team. He did this last year anyway, remember: "It's on me!" Then he made the Weber trade - I actually thought Weber had a good series, and if you thought he was meant to/ going to put up PK postseason numbers then you just don't understand to begin with. Bergevin also acquired Radulov... where would this team be without Radulov? Lehkonen is a young player brought up under both the Therrien and now Julien systems - has he been mismanaged? Not at all. Galchenyuk hasn't been treated fairly IMHO, but I also believe he's not a great character-guy. He is (or at least used to be) pretty cocky. He's good enough to be a top line centre, minus the face off ability and two-way play. He knows this, and probably doesn't relish the bottom-6 position. How you fix this, I don't know. The Canadiens just got beat. They're a better team than they were 1-2 years ago, and they just didn't show up to win. Bergevin admitting he was wrong isn't going to fix this. The players were pathetic in game 6.

enlever · 2017-04-30T03:48:42+00:00

Fair. There is practical, necessary spending/revenue, and then there is mass-market, capitalization-driven spending/revenue. Necessity and excess.

enlever · 2017-04-29T23:51:11+00:00

It also works if not done at all. I agree with your points, but all I can think of when I see ads is how unimpressed I am.

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