Lone_Prodigy
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Cap going down and asking contract terms are going up.
Free agency is going to be great.
Free agency is going to be great.
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NHL Off-Season 2013 |OT| Celebrate Good Times Come On
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CrazedArabMan
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Come on Vinny, everyone wants to live in Detroit! 
Come on Vinny, everyone wants to live in Detroit!
Good one
I don't think there's much living going on in Detroit anymore.Come on Vinny, everyone wants to live in Detroit!
CrazedArabMan
Member
Fine, everyone wants to die in Detroit.
Coldnoodle
Member
What if Seguin goes to the Habs?!
Then you lose Galchenyuk
NEVAH!
I'd love to have Seguin, but I wouldn't trade the two even straight up. I think AGally's ceiling is several storeys higher than Seguin's.
Gally had more points in half a season in his rookie year then Sequin had in 74 games :lol I'd laugh in someone's face if they wanted to trade them 1 for 1.
Also Gally wasn't listed for the Habs development camp, so they basically see him as a full fledged NHLer, hopefully he gets the top 6 minutes he deserves this season.
Rand0m TAG
Member
so what rumours out of the habs camp?
id love it if we draft subban tmrw
id love it if we draft subban tmrw
They're been pretty tight lipped, all I've seen is possible shopping of Pleks, and Bergevin said himself they're considering Vinny, but it's dependent on a few variables. Eklund has his yearly hype bullshit saying something massive is suppose to go down.
aww
I predict that, us usual (2009 Cammy/Gomez/Gio/Moen/Gill/Spacek splurge excepted), Habs will do very little in the off-season. We likely won't be landing any of Lecavalier/Vanek/Ryan/Seguin/Briere/etc.
I think Bergevin firmly believes that you have to build a contender from within your own ranks. I agree, but its a painful wait to get there.
I think Bergevin firmly believes that you have to build a contender from within your own ranks. I agree, but its a painful wait to get there.
Rand0m TAG
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just stay away from bickell and clarkson.
they gonna be overpriced and over termed
they gonna be overpriced and over termed
Your avatar somehow makes Sean Connery look like Curtis Joseph
Just wanted to put it out there
Bergevin was with the Hawks for the construction of their current cup team and knows the value of Toews + Kane to that team, it wouldn't surprise me if he tried to make a big move up in the draft to get someone to play along Gally in the same way.
Foreign Jackass
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If we could move Pleks and/or DD, then I'd love to get in on the Vinny sweepstakes. 3 or 4 year deal max though. If we could roll Lecavalier-Eller-AGally-White/Dumont down the middle, I'd be happy. Although in all likelihood it would be Lecavalier-Eller-DD-White/Dumont, as a) DD is unmovable, and b) AGally will likely get one more full season on Eller's wing before moving to centre.
EDIT: I'd give up a fair bit to move up to 3rd pick to snag Drouin and secure dat Drouin-Galchenyuk-Gallagher future.
EDIT: I'd give up a fair bit to move up to 3rd pick to snag Drouin and secure dat Drouin-Galchenyuk-Gallagher future.
ZeroGravity
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Spoilers.
I'm pretty excited to see what Eller can do this season with how strongly he ended last season, hopefully he's given legitimate PP time. I'm pretty sure I saw a stat somewhere that he had the same amount of PP points as DD with only a fraction of the PP time DD gets.
KingHenrik30
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Except you'd absolutely be moving Galchenyuk to get that pick
To Montreal fans quite a bit would be DD and a 7th rounder. They don't live in the real world.
Feel like pointing out any Habs posters here who've made any ridiculous proposals?
You expecting to be able to move up to #3 without giving up A or B Gally is ridiculous enough.
Rafa=FedKilla
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That stings brah.
KingHenrik30
Member
Of course, I can't say I haven't made unrealistic proposals to myself to get the Rangers in the top 5 of this draft, all involving Stu Bickel
Who exactly said they would expect to move up that high without giving one of them up?
Look up a few posts dumdum.
You too brah.
equippedwithtowel
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Gaming side.
Not Even Once
Not Even Once
Solo know's that would cost one of them, and Habs are also stacked on valuable D prospects and players they could move to trade up, not as high as top 5, but definitely could get into the top 10. Quite a stretch to turn Solo's dream into a "DD + 7th rounder Habs are always ridiculous" narrative you got there.
I could see Bergie flipping Beaulieu (if he's not in jail lol) or Ellis or Thrower or some combo to move up some spots.
That's what I'm thinking too, along with some of the picks we have.
I feel like this has been said about 30 times here, but people keep going over and getting banned :lol
KingHenrik30
Member
Nobody is moving up 15 spots with just prospects
gaming4lyfeeeeeeeeeee
Okay, youve twisted my arm. You can have DD, Moen & Weber too :lol
TemplaerDude
Member
Ehhh you get Tallon drunk enough you never know.
I just want DD gone :/
Patches, on the other hand, needs to drop his prima donna "I don't need to go to the dirty areas anymore" bullshit attitude that resulted in him playing the worst he's played in the NHL.
Shero giving the exact same speech about Letang as he gave about Staal last season.
From penguins.nhl.com:
There is a time to make a deal, time to sign a contract, agree on a contract or not agree on a contract, Shero said. There is a point in the negotiation where you have to make a decision. Kris is going to have to make one and so am I.
I dont have the crystal ball and I dont know what will happen over the next 24 hours. Well see how the next day and a half goes. Both sides have to make some decisions. Well go from there.
But Shero said the two sides didnt have more distance as the negotiations have progressed. He also noted that even if a deal isnt reached in the next few days, the team wont necessarily trade Letang, which has been widely speculated in the media.
That doesnt mean if we dont agree on a contract that hes getting traded, Shero said. Theres no guarantee. Maybe you need a little break to see where it takes you.
Other NHL teams have reached out to Shero regarding Letangs rights. However, he isnt entertaining any offers at this time.
I cant try to sign a guy and try to trade him at the same time. Im going to try to sign him, Shero said. Ive had a couple teams inquire. They read the paper. They ask to keep them in mind. I havent explored any of that. I dont think thats productive at this point. Our goal is to sign him.
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Last season, 3 days before trading Staal:
Shero didn't get into specifics but made his intentions clear. Teams are inquiring daily about Staal, Shero said, but he remains uninterested in any offer.
People read the newspapers and so maybe they think he's available, Shero said. That stuff is all speculation. I have made it clear to every team that has asked. I don't want to trade Jordan. I'm not listening to offers. I want Jordan here. I want him here for a long time, and that's what I'm going to try to do.
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Shero passionately maintains that he is completely invested in signing Staal, who is getting married Friday.
Attempting to orchestrate a trade while simultaneously working out a contract for Staal would be disingenuous, according to Shero.
You can't have it both ways, Shero said. I can't try to negotiate a contract with Jordan and a trade with another team at the same time. It doesn't work that way. We don't want to trade Jordan. We think we can sign him.
From penguins.nhl.com:
There is a time to make a deal, time to sign a contract, agree on a contract or not agree on a contract, Shero said. There is a point in the negotiation where you have to make a decision. Kris is going to have to make one and so am I.
I dont have the crystal ball and I dont know what will happen over the next 24 hours. Well see how the next day and a half goes. Both sides have to make some decisions. Well go from there.
But Shero said the two sides didnt have more distance as the negotiations have progressed. He also noted that even if a deal isnt reached in the next few days, the team wont necessarily trade Letang, which has been widely speculated in the media.
That doesnt mean if we dont agree on a contract that hes getting traded, Shero said. Theres no guarantee. Maybe you need a little break to see where it takes you.
Other NHL teams have reached out to Shero regarding Letangs rights. However, he isnt entertaining any offers at this time.
I cant try to sign a guy and try to trade him at the same time. Im going to try to sign him, Shero said. Ive had a couple teams inquire. They read the paper. They ask to keep them in mind. I havent explored any of that. I dont think thats productive at this point. Our goal is to sign him.
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Last season, 3 days before trading Staal:
Shero didn't get into specifics but made his intentions clear. Teams are inquiring daily about Staal, Shero said, but he remains uninterested in any offer.
People read the newspapers and so maybe they think he's available, Shero said. That stuff is all speculation. I have made it clear to every team that has asked. I don't want to trade Jordan. I'm not listening to offers. I want Jordan here. I want him here for a long time, and that's what I'm going to try to do.
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Shero passionately maintains that he is completely invested in signing Staal, who is getting married Friday.
Attempting to orchestrate a trade while simultaneously working out a contract for Staal would be disingenuous, according to Shero.
You can't have it both ways, Shero said. I can't try to negotiate a contract with Jordan and a trade with another team at the same time. It doesn't work that way. We don't want to trade Jordan. We think we can sign him.