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NHL Off-Season 2013 |OT| Celebrate Good Times Come On
- Thread starter ZeroGravity
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Assuming Pleks is shipped, our lineup will look something like this next season:
1st line: Gallagher-DD-Pacioretty
2nd line: Bourque-Eller-Briere
3rd line: Prust-Galchenyuk-UFA
4th line: White-Dumont-Moen
1st pairing: Subban-Gorges
2nd pairing: Markov-Diaz
3rd pairing: Boullion-Tinordi
7th man: Drewise
Price
Budaj
IR: Emelin, Gionta
Although AGally will probably spend another season at wing. That line-up is not good enough/worse than this season's.
1st line: Gallagher-DD-Pacioretty
2nd line: Bourque-Eller-Briere
3rd line: Prust-Galchenyuk-UFA
4th line: White-Dumont-Moen
1st pairing: Subban-Gorges
2nd pairing: Markov-Diaz
3rd pairing: Boullion-Tinordi
7th man: Drewise
Price
Budaj
IR: Emelin, Gionta
Although AGally will probably spend another season at wing. That line-up is not good enough/worse than this season's.
Coldnoodle
Member
For your sake I hope they trade DD and have Plekanec or Eller as the 1C.
not so bad then, the real drama here is that Galchenyuk NEEDS to play center ASAP
So do I, man.
So do I. Eller is the 1C we've been waiting for years to have (and of course AGally is that and more a few years down the line). Don't screw the pooch here, Habs.
You think all the kids would have flourished under the old regime? It's Bergevin whit bought out Gomez, traded Cole and brought in Therrien and set the precedent for winning that the team showed all year, none of that would have happened had Gautheir remained.
I meant in the context of teams prospect pools, Canucks have on be of the weaker ones and nothing of interest to the Habs.
Overreactions on here and on twitter / hfboards are disgusting people calling him worst then Gautheir? Wtf? People think to think for a minute, Bergevin just went through the draft drafting big guys to fill a need on the team, he didn't get Briere without something else planned, he clearly wants the team to get bigger so someone else is on the move. I don't like the contract either, but we should wait until the team actually plays to see if his moves paid off or not, which he's not finished yet either.
I don't think you'll see AGally as a full-time centre until 2014-2015. I think this season he'll be a 3rd line winger (again) or more likely a 2nd line winger. 2014-2015 he'll become 2C.
What they MUST do this season though is give AGally some fucking PP time. I don't ever want to see grinders like Moen on the PP over him again.
Who's spot is he taking anyways? Thomas? He's 5'9 we don't have any winger prospects that could fit into the top 6 right now, so there's not a whole lot of options out there. I still don't like the signing but people need to quit pretending like there's a lot of better options out there right now. It's two years, the fate of the Habs won't depend on one winger.
He's not and he's not suppose to be. Neither is Pleks, Pleks is an elite 2 way centre which is what most fans should hope for out of Eller. He's not quite there yet, which is why it's risky to trade Plekanec now but his value is not going to decrease from this point onwards.
Sure he will - in a sense. I get what you're saying, but Eller will become Plekanec for this team for the next 2-4 years. ie. a 2C forced into the 1C role because we don't have anyone else.
Eventually AGally will become the first legit 1C we've had since the Damphousse/Turgeon days of 20 years ago.
Lockout redeemed.
He'll be Plekanec 2.0, and that's good enough to get first line centre minutes on a team.
You can be Desharnais and get first line centre minutes on this team.
CrazedArabMan
Member
YESSSS!!!!! I feel bad for whoever signs him for that, but it looks like the Wings won't. With that said, Brunner better resign here shortly!!!
I think it could make the Habs worse, in a sense. With the cap being lowered, every million is precious. That's $4m less in cap space that could be used to acquire other players.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Luongo is the 1G in Vancouver, Briere is a Hab, Leafs actually got worse at C, and Cake Boss is acting as a calming force.
Strange days.
Both Markov and Gionta's contracts are up next year and won't be resigned / traded, and Bergevin has the move a centre at some point.
ZeroGravity
Member
I think they'll probably end up being better than us.Whoever wins, Florida loses.
:lol...
The free agent market is pretty slim for right wingers this summer, next summer it could be a problem. If they're making another move, they'll be moving somebody out, Plekanec is the only one who will get anything worthwhile in return, and that's $5 million.
I would have loved to add someone like Chris Stewart instead though.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
I'll cut you.Whoever wins, Florida loses.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
You traitorous SOB! >: (Wait wait wait wait WHAT?!
Leafs fan? New low for me.
How did we get worse? We have 3 centremen and we're still looking for a no.1.
UFA? 1C Weiss? Trade? Bozak again...?
Kadri 2C
Bolland 3C
McClement 4C (the unsung hero of the season)
I had an inkling it'd be Komi and Grabo. Grabovski just wasn't meshing with Carlye's system, and he wasn't going to have a bounce back year playing defensive minutes. Hopefully, we can have Kadri and whomever our 1C is in the offensive zone more and Bolland and McClement doing the dirty work.
Dubbedinenglish
Banned
He's probably headed to Det or Tor. I would rather him go west.
Coldnoodle
Member
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
I hope the Habs sign another undersized play...
oh shit...
I think you're too rough on Briere. I'm not sure 1C is good for him, but if you hide him in 2C, he's going to surprise people. I still think he has 2 years left in tank
ZeroGravity
Member
Five teams from a division can make the playoffs, so it's possible you don't.I see the "Northbeast" division is going to be a hell of a challenge :/
Boston, Detroit, Sens, Habs, Leafs all had playoff spots
Who gets cut I wonder
Its probably us
Free agent signings will be good for the meltdowns
I've already prepared a few
Yea but the other east division is no pushover either in Pit NY Wsh, also Devils could have a bounce back season. The Islanders are also probably going to challenge again, probaly push down one of WSH or NJ.
bonesmccoy
Banned
We had a pair of 2C's, a prospect playing at 3C, and a 4C.
Now we have a prospect playing at 3C, a 3C, and a 4C.
The last time we tried to fix our problems with the centre position via free agency we ended up with TIM CONNOLLY. So until we actually sign someone, and that person is actually good, yea, we're definitely worse.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Damnit!!
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
No really big available Cs were available, and you know it.
I think Kadri deserves a shot at 2C with the way he played. It's 1C that has been the biggest problem since Sundin left. Not sure if Weiss or another 8 years of Bozak is the right way to go, but I say wait. Unless he signs Antropov or something then we got a problem...
I don't think we can call Kadri a 3C anymore after this season. He deserves the 2C spot for now, but yea we are worse off.
Rafa=FedKilla
Banned
We got Seguin!!!
I hope Iginla goes back west. He's still a good strong player. Would have been perfect in Montreal, but I'm sure his demands are thru the roof after Briere and Elias got paid.
He's a bad widdle boy.
He's a bad widdle boy.