Yea I guess they are spiritually successing again or something
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NHL Off-Season 2014 |OT| - O stands for Overhaul
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Yea I guess they are spiritually successing again or something
Yup! That's the big one I think they can make a pitch for. Get him, another depth grinder guy that can play Therrien's system (there are some big bodied UFAs available) and a top 6-D man (not necessary, but always good to have helping out the new kids).
I also agree that DD will never look better, and he just can't take his game to a higher level. Trade him now, let AGally show what he's capable of and we're set. I mean AGally, Eller, Plek make a great top 3 C. Anyways, lots of question marks for this off-season. Bergevin has been good so far, but I wonder where he'll take this team?
Finally, 2 years for Therrien (with 3rd year option). Anything more is just crazy.
Coldnoodle
Member
This seems like the next big step in the franchise.
Kinda like Super Mario Bros 3 to Super Mario World.
Kinda like Super Mario Bros 3 to Super Mario World.
They really should look for someone who's able to play with Subban for 28 mins a game. Gorges is alright, but he needs someone a notch better so he can do what he wants.
Doesn't really matter if it's longer then 2 years, he won't last it.
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Maybe Tinordi can be that guy, but even he isn't a perfect fit.
Hmmm, if only we could have drafted a great, left-handed defenceman in the same round that we drafted Subban so they could develop together and form one of the best first pairings in the league. Too bad we only had that one first round draft pick in 2007.
I hear there is that one Rangers D who has 10 points in the series or something? If only you guys had a guy like that eh?
McDougall or something?
Nahh McDonalds
Coldnoodle
Member
McNoodle
Let's not talk about this McDonagh loser anymore k? Thanks. His points are inflated from that first game anyway, dude is a bust just waiting to happen.
Beaulieu isn't french surprisingly.
I've missed you <3
Beaulieu isn't french surprisingly.
He was great defensively, too.
Might be an obvious thing to say, but I haven't really heard it said about this series (not that I've had my ear to the ground)..... the Habs' lack of size cost them. They seemed pretty ineffective while cycling and defending the cycle. And they got knocked off the puck easily at times.
Therrien's system vs the players he actually has. Hard to dump and grind when your average guy is like 5'8". Weise was missed tonight for sure as he's an extra body that actually checks. That's partly why I'm hoping Gionta doesn't get re-signed. He's just not a strong player in a 3rd line role. Those $$millions can get used for a bigger/more intense player.
My buddy is convinced the Habs should trade for Marchand (he's a Bruin fan lol)...ummm yeeaaahhhh
Coldnoodle
Member
Terrible.
Seemed like such a great trade for a time, too.
It was still a great trade, any time you can acquire a player of Vanek's calibre at the price Bergevin paid, you do it. You just noted how small they seemed this series, Collberg is just another tiny player. Hard to believe he's not playing with an injury or two either.
Considering what the Habs traded for him, it's still a good trade. He just disappeared really fast in the playoffs, but was a big part of our season-ending hotstreak.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
*barfs* how bout a Clarkson instead?
So Therrien gets ball washed for getting them to the ECF and then suddenly becomes dumb against the Rangers? Some of you guys are either delusional, dumb or just started watching hockey. The dynamics of the series totally changed after Price went down. Was Therrien supposed to channel his inner Patrick Roy and put on the pads?
You want to point blame? Look at Bergevin for adding and or keeping aging pieces. Gionta, Briere, Murray to name a few. Even Emelin and Markov looked suspect at the back end.
If anything, I applaud Therrien for taking that Habs team and making them overachieve.
You want to point blame? Look at Bergevin for adding and or keeping aging pieces. Gionta, Briere, Murray to name a few. Even Emelin and Markov looked suspect at the back end.
If anything, I applaud Therrien for taking that Habs team and making them overachieve.
Dastardly Jerks
Banned
What are this?
Eric Wellwood's gruesome skate injury has forced him to retire at age 24, and he's now an assistant coach with Oshawa in the OHL.
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2014/05/29/wellwood-retires-after-career-ending-injury/
http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2014/05/29/wellwood-retires-after-career-ending-injury/
Rumoured to be the next step in the Souls game, has been teased by a Sony employee for months and recently gifs were leaked on the internet.
Its what the original creator of Dark Souls/Demon Souls has been working on with Sony.
Vanek is a pure goal scorer. Granted, he didn't score, but not sure what you expect with him on the fourth line or getting half his regular ice time. Not to mention Lundqvist didn't do him any favors.
I know the easy narrative is Vanek is lazy thanks to Don Quick, but look at Montreal's other top scorers for this series, too. I don't think their stat lines will do much for you either.
I know the easy narrative is Vanek is lazy thanks to Don Quick, but look at Montreal's other top scorers for this series, too. I don't think their stat lines will do much for you either.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Unhandled Exception
Member
I remember what hockey was like. Those were good times.
We're basing his laziness off watching him. Even in the regular season he was still battling for pucks, in the post season he didn't do anything. I'm not sure how many games you watched but he was quite possibly the laziest player I've ever seen in a lot of games.
Maybe something is wrong with one of his hands because this pure sniper never took any shots.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Maybe he was unhappy being on the 4th line? Though having fewer minutes may also explain an undisclosed injury.
He only played on the fourth line the last two games.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Huh. Then maybe a generic Cherry rant about him being a lazy visor wearing Euro and how Bobby Orr wouldn't have given up would explain it then.
Can't rip the Habs at all. They got further than most expected them to, and I think if Price wasn't injured it could have made a difference. Sure Tokarski played well, but the team would be more confident knowing Price is there and can steal a game for them. Affects the entire team play.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Besides one game, Tokarski kept them in it. I don't think you can pin goaltending on this when they couldn't score in the final game.
Like I said, having a different guy in net makes the entire team in front of him play differently. Maybe the Habs take more chances with Price in net and it results in more scoring chances -- we'll never know at this point.
T.M. MacReady
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He sucks without JT, he should take the deal we offered him before the deadline.
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Ho-Sang would fit the Habs mould of highly skilled but undersized forwards.
What area do you think your team needs though? The goaltending seems set...
Fuck you hes ours.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Not having Price changed how the Habs played. Tokarski was excellent, though. A sweep and beating the Bruins is nothing to scoff at.
Give the Rangers full credit though. After two seven-game series they looked like the fresher team.
Give the Rangers full credit though. After two seven-game series they looked like the fresher team.
The beard is officially gone.
High ceiling, we need forwards with a lot of potential, but our best forward prospects already are fairly small.
High ceiling, we need forwards with a lot of potential, but our best forward prospects already are fairly small.
Way to undermine all those moves, Vanek was one of our MVPs going into the playoffs and was still tied for 2nd in goals on the team while paying almost nothing for him, Weise was one of our best forwards all playoffs in exchange for a guy who was traded twice and isn't even playing, and Weaver was brought in for a 5th round pick and one of our most stable D man and a beast on the PK. Parros, Briere, and Murray signings didn't cost him anything, and Briere was key in the playoffs, he deserves that nomination without a doubt.
Exactly, it's not simply switching out the SV %'s of the two, the team never looked the same once Price was down. It's over now, and Rangers outplayed them regardless.