ColRouleBleu Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Jeff Petry #26 DEFENSEMAN HEIGHT: 6' 3"WEIGHT: 198SHOOTS: RIGHTBORN: 9 DEC 1987 (AGE 27)BIRTHPLACE: ANN ARBOR, MI, UNITED STATES DRAFTED: EDM / 2006 NHL ENTRY DRAFTROUND: 2ND (45TH OVERALL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Time to make a dent on that +- before becoming a UFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 The six-foot-three, 198-pound Petry has a salary cap hit of $3 million this season, so he'll cost Montreal about $750,000 for the final 20 games of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Hopes to play tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaas Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Will be interesting to see how he fits in. With Gonchar and Weaver on expiring contracts, if he does well here i could see us trying to sign him this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest habs1952 Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Welcome to the NHL Habs Jeff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaas Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Its been a couple of years since ive watched a lot of Jeff Petry (although I know he's got skills and am happy we got him for a late 2nd round pick). Here's some comments from the oilers' board: - As an Oilers fan, i'm not happy about the trade, more unhappy about the situation we put ourselves in. As a nominal Habs fan, I'm ecstatic. You guys are getting a really really good player who'll shock you in very good ways as a #3 Dman. - Petry's career has pretty much been propping up a D on the other side that can't move the puck. All game he has his partner constantly struggling, trying to give him the puck so he can move it up the ice. Ference was probably his hardest assignment so far. The only time it wasn't like that for a long period was with Marincin last year and they were great together but this year Mact/Eakins decided they didn't like Marincin. I think Petry will do very well for Montreal. - He can play top pairing in a pinch if he's paired with someone better than he is but he's ideally a very very good second pairing dman. - Ron Hextall was able to get more for a 39-year-old who hasn't played since April than Craig MacTavish was for his best defenceman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinot-1 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 From the Edmonton Sun: "To settle for a second round pick and conditional fifth round choice from the Montreal Canadiens makes the statement that Petry, having a career year with a minus 25 as a UFA, had very little value other than in certain areas of the media. “I think if I was making the deal with the media, I might have got more.” To many, though, Petry was a guy who is averaging 20:57 minutes a game ice time, 88th in the league, should have been worth more than to some what will seem to be a used Zamboni and a pail of pucks. A second-round pick, where the Montreal Canadiens currently sit in the standings, is the 59th selection. That’s essentially a third round pick." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramcharger440 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 he looked fine out there last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaas Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 one of the only habs who showed up. The announcers were making excuses for the team that they had a long flight, hadnt got their legs yet etc but Petry woke up that morning as an oiler and jumped on a plane to meet his new team that afternoon. For a lot of the game i bet he thought he was still on the oilers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest habs1952 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 one of the only habs who showed up. The announcers were making excuses for the team that they had a long flight, hadnt got their legs yet etc but Petry woke up that morning as an oiler and jumped on a plane to meet his new team that afternoon. For a lot of the game i bet he thought he was still on the oilers! I believe he got THE call around 6 AM. If anyone had an excuse for last night's game it was him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff33 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 first impression, this guy is gonna fit like a glove. he can play. im already want us to resign him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaas Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 first impression, this guy is gonna fit like a glove. he can play. im already want us to resign him. yeah, 1 game does not a season make, obviously, but last night he was clearly one of our 4 best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramcharger440 Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 very good with the puck did not seem to fumble with it at all. I was impressed for a first game and with a new partner too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habberwacky Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 My expectations may be high for this guy, but I agree he played his best game so far. getting used to his linemates and working alog side three othe rnew entries into the line-up us making for an interesting transition for all of the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnveenie Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Really like his game so far. I expected his puck skills to be good, and they are, but I did not expect him to be anywhere near as physical as he has been. He has been using his size very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habberwacky Posted March 12, 2015 Report Share Posted March 12, 2015 He had stood out the last 20 games on the Oilers (but that was not hard to do), I thought he looked very good against Tampa. I am not sure he will want to sign with us though, and Bergevin appears to have tight purse strings. With Markov nearing the end of his career I am sure we can make room Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs_Hockey_Nutz Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Personally... as with everything else that that GM Marc Bergevin has done since just prior to the trade deadline, I must say I'm not that impressed with this acquisition. He has not been terrible, but his impact has done little to convince me the Habs are a better team with him in the line-up. Just my opinion based on my eye test. In fact I believe both Gilbert and Pateryn have been better in their respective roles right now. The pairing of Beaulieu and Gilbert was working very well and gave the Habs a decent top-four, IMO, before things got moved around because of the Petry acquisition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habberwacky Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Therrien has given him a lot of minutes and a good look since the acquisition. it will be interesting to see what he decides when the playoffs get going. It is a nice problem to have this year with all the blueliners we can use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manatee-X Posted March 28, 2015 Report Share Posted March 28, 2015 Personally... as with everything else that that GM Marc Bergevin has done since just prior to the trade deadline, I must say I'm not that impressed with this acquisition. He has not been terrible, but his impact has done little to convince me the Habs are a better team with him in the line-up. Just my opinion based on my eye test. In fact I believe both Gilbert and Pateryn have been better in their respective roles right now. The pairing of Beaulieu and Gilbert was working very well and gave the Habs a decent top-four, IMO, before things got moved around because of the Petry acquisition. Yeah? I feel like he's been a solid addition to the top four. Depending on his asking price I would be interested in bringing him back next year. Having said that, I don't have anything against Gilbert, Pateryn or Beaulieu either. In fact even Emelin has looked pretty good lately. Our defense is just a lot stronger than we're used to, and if nothing else I think that we can be happy to have Petry as yet another good option for the playoffs. For once if somebody gets injured we've actually got somebody else capable of filling in without missing a beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs_Hockey_Nutz Posted March 29, 2015 Report Share Posted March 29, 2015 Yeah? I feel like he's been a solid addition to the top four. Depending on his asking price I would be interested in bringing him back next year. Having said that, I don't have anything against Gilbert, Pateryn or Beaulieu either. In fact even Emelin has looked pretty good lately. Our defense is just a lot stronger than we're used to, and if nothing else I think that we can be happy to have Petry as yet another good option for the playoffs. For once if somebody gets injured we've actually got somebody else capable of filling in without missing a beat. Yeah?? Petry can be a player... no doubt. He skates very well (going forward at least) has skills handling the puck (going forward at least) and decent size (more-so in terms of height and reach). Maybe he could be an effective option as a right-wing forward And yes, he does offer depth at the right-D position (though I'm not sure he is a true top-four at this point). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuckPundit Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 He's being set up for the one-timer shot during PP, besides Subban and Markov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habberwacky Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 I like the idea of using him on right wing as long as he stays back and plays the point with a defence partner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramcharger440 Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Petry has looked just fine to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habs_Hockey_Nutz Posted March 30, 2015 Report Share Posted March 30, 2015 Petry has looked just fine to me. Just fine does not mean he represents the impact player he was touted to be IMO. And as a result of those expectations, he remains on honeymoon for those who want to believe regardless of any deficiencies that are apparent to the eye test. For me he simply represents additional depth at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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