Rumours

[campabee82 0]

38 minutes ago, East_Coast_Juggalo_13 said:

I honestly get the sense that maybe Bergevin feels Leskinen solves his LD problem.

I kind of thought that when he signed him to an ELC, I figure we roll with what we have this year plus Leskinen and Romanov comes next year and MB figures he solved all of our problems without losing anyone. My thought is if Leskinen is at least equal to Mete we will be competitive and should make the playoffs. I think MB will sign a FA not sure who or what position but likely not a LHD. I would be happy signing a game changing forward and a DECENT backup for Price IF Leskinen is indeed a quality top 2 LHD. Leskinen doesn't have to be a top pairing dman but he does need to be at least equal to Mete for this to work out.

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10 hours ago, campabee82 said:

I kind of thought that when he signed him to an ELC, I figure we roll with what we have this year plus Leskinen and Romanov comes next year and MB figures he solved all of our problems without losing anyone. My thought is if Leskinen is at least equal to Mete we will be competitive and should make the playoffs. I think MB will sign a FA not sure who or what position but likely not a LHD. I would be happy signing a game changing forward and a DECENT backup for Price IF Leskinen is indeed a quality top 2 LHD. Leskinen doesn't have to be a top pairing dman but he does need to be at least equal to Mete for this to work out.

What about Gustav Olofsson    ?

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12 hours ago, campabee82 said:

That's exactly my point we can and should sign someone now. I totally get not wanting to give up the future in a trade but at some point the future has to be now. We have to take a shot at a cup at some point. I am more afraid of MB deciding in 2-4 years that we need another reset. Pushing us out of Price and Weber and Petry's window than I am about the cap hits going forward.

Fine but dont go after Duch who is just another top 6 guy, go after Aho! 

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36 minutes ago, Habs_Hockey_Nutz said:

What about Gustav Olofsson    ?

Isn't he injury prone? I don't know just what I have heard 

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1 hour ago, campabee82 said:

Isn't he injury prone? I don't know just what I have heard 

He was injured at one point but could be fully recovered for the upcoming season... NHL LD experience and size

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2 hours ago, habsisme said:

Fine but don't go after Duchene who is just another top 6 guy, go after Aho! 

Aho could actually be the better choice... but he is RFA and would require an offer sheet I think, which could mean giving up some draft choices. Unless he is not qualified by the Canes and becomes a UFA as a result.

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9 minutes ago, Habs_Hockey_Nutz said:

He was injured at one point but could be fully recovered for the upcoming season... NHL LD experience and size

Yeah but as I recall it's his second season ending shoulder injury in 3 years isn't it?

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5 minutes ago, Habs_Hockey_Nutz said:

Aho could actually be the better choice... but he is RFA and would require an offer sheet I think, which could mean giving up some draft choices. Unless he is not qualified by the Canes and becomes a UFA as a result.

According to cap friendly he was qualified, I don't mind an offer sheet to either him, Liane or Mariner if your going to offersheet anyone as they do kind of fill a need which is a top 6 RW. A position we are not very deep at we only have Gally who is a true RW then behind him is Shaw (plays any forward position) Lehkonen, Hudon, Deslauriers and Armia none of which should be in the top 6 on the right side. Aho would be the cheaper option obviously. 

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1 hour ago, campabee82 said:

According to cap friendly he was qualified, I don't mind an offer sheet to either him, Liane or Mariner if your going to offersheet anyone as they do kind of fill a need which is a top 6 RW. A position we are not very deep at we only have Gally who is a true RW then behind him is Shaw (plays any forward position) Lehkonen, Hudon, Deslauriers and Armia none of which should be in the top 6 on the right side. Aho would be the cheaper option obviously. 

Aho is a C not a RW ... Laine/Marner are RW's and make more sense to pursue via Offer sheet.   I think there's a legit chance Marner and possibly Laine receive an OS, not necessarily by the Habs but definitely somebody may take a run at one of those two.

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We've seen reports that the Canadiens have spoken to multiple players including Matt Duchene, Mitch Marner, and Wayne Simmonds. 

According to NHL insider Elliotte Friedman, the Canadiens are also in discussion with free agent Corey Perry. 

Perry was bought out by the Anaheim Ducks and is possibly looking at a short term deal which would fit right into place for the Canadiens. 

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Duchene or Perry would give us some scoring depth and may help the PP which was a huge reason we could not get into the playoffs. For Perry I would offer nothng more than 2 years so that might scare him off, but I am not sure he will get more term than that unless a team is desperate for scoring. While Duchene would be a great addition and give us 3 very tough lines to play against it would put an end to Hudon, and Peca being in future plans and that list could get longer if one of Suzuki or Poehling do A Kotkoniemi. But we need to increase the competition for jobs on this team if we are going to get better and Bergevin is having success with that now.   

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14 minutes ago, Habberwacky said:

Duchene or Perry would give us some scoring depth and may help the PP which was a huge reason we could not get into the playoffs. For Perry I would offer nothng more than 2 years so that might scare him off, but I am not sure he will get more term than that unless a team is desperate for scoring. While Duchene would be a great addition and give us 3 very tough lines to play against it would put an end to Hudon, and Peca being in future plans and that list could get longer if one of Suzuki or Poehling do A Kotkoniemi. But we need to increase the competition for jobs on this team if we are going to get better and Bergevin is having success with that now.   

That's exactly why we need to sign either a top UFA like Duchene or a RFA to an offersheet like Liane plus sign a goalie like Ward or Kinkade. I would love a lineup like

Domi/Drouin-Duchene=Domi-Gallagher/Liane 

Tatar-Kotkaniemi-Suzuki/Gallagher 

Lehkonen-Poehling-Armia/Suzuki

Byron-Danault-Weal/Armia

Leskinen-Weber

Mete-Petry 

Kulak-Juulsen 

Reilly

Price 

Ward/Kinkade

Problem is if you sign Kinkade and Duchene or Liane you have too many forwards so you need to move at least 2 and I think both Poehling and Suzuki are going to make it tough to send them to Laval so some combination of Shaw, Drouin, Byron, Thompson, Tatar and Weal will have to be moved plus DLO, Weise, Alzner, Peca and Reilly will either have to get moved or sent to the minors.

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4 hours ago, Habs_Hockey_Nutz said:

What about Gustav Olofsson    ?

Olofsson, if he could stay healthy, is possibly the best LD in our system right now.  Minnesota gave up on him (after picking him over Reillythe year before) because he is so injury prone.  

Im just not holding out hope though.  He reminds me of Benoit Bruinet - you know he's got skills but you cant rely on them because he's made of glass. 

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8 minutes ago, maas_art said:

Olofsson, if he could stay healthy, is possibly the best LD in our system right now.  Minnesota gave up on him (after picking him over Reillythe year before) because he is so injury prone.  

Im just not holding out hope though.  He reminds me of Benoit Bruinet - you know he's got skills but you cant rely on them because he's made of glass. 

That's the way I understood it too. I think Leskinen will be our fill in to play beside Weber until Romanov comes over near the end of the year then Romanov pushes everyone back right away. I think both Leskinen and Romanov will be a force in the NHL as coming from the larger ice as a forward is difficult but as a dman it's advantageous cause now you have less space to be beaten on. Both have great speed and positioning and have already been playing against men so will be further ahead than any of our other options. Can you imagine having to start the first round of the playoffs with

Romanov-Weber 

Leskinen-Petry 

Mete-Juulsen

Especially if both are indeed NHL ready our D wouldn't have a true third pairing but a 1A and 1B and a 2 pairing 

Edited June 29, 2019 by campabee82

[BigTed3 0]

Cam Ward is actually an interesting name because I have heard zero about him. Nada. We know Kinkaid was here to interview but we also know MB is one of the most secretive GM's in the league... the less we hear about a guy and links to other teams, the more you wonder if there's something going on behind the scenes, as with the Habs. With Elliot gone and Talbot seemingly going to Calgary, the back-up spots are filling up. Apparently, some of the goalies are afraid they're going to be left without a seat when the music stops. Might be an opportunity to grab Mcelhinney or Ward or Mrazek or so on at a discount.

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3 hours ago, Habs_Hockey_Nutz said:

Aho could actually be the better choice... but he is RFA and would require an offer sheet I think, which could mean giving up some draft choices. Unless he is not qualified by the Canes and becomes a UFA as a result.

Carolina is really cheap. We could get him at 10 million. We'd give up 2 firsts a second and a third

[Habberwacky 0]

I think Holland may be interested in Ward if he cannot find a way to sign Mrazek, as Ward is an Edmontonian. I would try to give goalies a little more money and less term knowing Primeau is in the future and I would target Mcelhinney, Korpisalo or Kinkaid. After the season Talbot had in Edmonton, it wouldn't hurt to look at him but he is likely looking to be a starter again  and Calgary sis supposed to have him in their sights. If Bergevin waits to see what is left we may have a problem and need to trade for one. 

[habsisme 0]

Buyer beware: 5 UFAs who could be overpaid this summer
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1789889

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27 minutes ago, habsisme said:

Buyer beware: 5 UFAs who could be overpaid this summer
https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1789889

It doesn't matter if they are overpaid if you want quality you have to pay for they earned the right to play where and for however much they want and this is always going to be the case. 

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Just now, campabee82 said:

It doesn't matter if they are overpaid if you want quality you have to pay for they earned the right to play where and for however much they want and this is always going to be the case. 

We don't need them. We can continue to build from within.

Everyone wanted to rebuild last year and now we want to chase free agents. We have a superb prospect pool. There is no need for this.

It's embarrassing. The leafs pay Tavares 11 million and the very next season we're going to pay Duch 9-10 million

For Nashville it may make sense. They're already contenders and this could push them over the edge. We're ruining our window by going after him now

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8 minutes ago, habsisme said:

We don't need them. We can continue to build from within.

Everyone wanted to rebuild last year and now we want to chase free agents. We have a superb prospect pool. There is no need for this.

It's embarrassing. The leafs pay Tavares 11 million and the very next season we're going to pay Duch 9-10 million

For Nashville it may make sense. They're already contenders and this could push them over the edge. We're ruining our window by going after him now

If we did acquire D 

[H_T_L 0]

Mcelhinney would be my first choice for backup but i suspect he'd also be the most expensive. He's a 1B starter IMO.

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7 minutes ago, H_T_L said:

Mcelhinney would be my first choice for backup but i suspect he'd also be the most expensive. He's a 1B starter IMO.

What we could do is offer him a sizable 1 year deal. If we don't sign anyone else, there's plenty of space. I honestly think this is our biggest needs. We missed the playoffs by how much? A few more wins by a back up and we're in

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1 hour ago, habsisme said:

We don't need them. We can continue to build from within.

Everyone wanted to rebuild last year and now we want to chase free agents. We have a superb prospect pool. There is no need for this.

It's embarrassing. The leafs pay Tavares 11 million and the very next season we're going to pay Duch 9-10 million

For Nashville it may make sense. They're already contenders and this could push them over the edge. We're ruining our window by going after him now

I believe by not acquiring some top end tallent you already closed the window. If our window is 2-4 years from now then yes I would agree we could wait but in 2-4 years Price and Petry are 34-36 and Weber is 36-38 they're window shuts in 2-3 years none of them should even still be here at that point and unless we get a couple RHD prospects that are their equal we just have a new hole to fill. The time is NOW not later. MB has for the last 8 years said we are rebuilding when do we finally come out of the rebuild if we lose Weber Price and Petry in 2-4 years

Edited June 29, 2019 by campabee82

[caperns61 0]

3 hours ago, campabee82 said:

I believe by not acquiring some top end tallent you already closed the window. If our window is 2-4 years from now then yes I would agree we could wait but in 2-4 years Price and Petry are 34-36 and Weber is 36-38 they're window shuts in 2-3 years none of them should even still be here at that point and unless we get a couple RHD prospects that are their equal we just have a new hole to fill. The time is NOW not later. MB has for the last 8 years said we are rebuilding when do we finally come out of the rebuild if we lose Weber Price and Petry in 2-4 years

I dont think our window is with price, weber, petry. we may luck out in the next year or two, but adding an overpriced free agnet now does nothing for this team, our  window begins 2, 3 or 4 years from now and with Julsen, BrooKs, Mete, Romonov, Primuea. Lekonen, Gallagher, Domi, KK, Susuki, Poeling, Caufield, Drouin, and maybe another player or two from this draft or next years....