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And just for our favorite Habs fan
GM Marc Bergevin to Blame for Montreal Canadiens Decline
And just for our favorite Habs fan
GM Marc Bergevin to Blame for Montreal Canadiens Decline
NHL 2018 - 2019
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AdamMaz
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In other news, the sky is blue and grass is green
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AdamMaz
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Ahhhh... Habs rookies are playing their first exhibition game tonight and losing 4-0 at 2nd intermission... to Ottawa. This is a nice reality check for the season I can expect from the real Habs
ElysianGuitars
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I've never been less excited for the Stars
Although I am very much looking forward to Heiskanen in the NHL.
Although I am very much looking forward to Heiskanen in the NHL.
Pens have gotten crushed in both the tournament games this weekend... We've got some time left but the longer-term future is not so bright
The kid they're talking about the most is Calen Addison, a 5'10" 180lb defenseman.
The kid they're talking about the most is Calen Addison, a 5'10" 180lb defenseman.
AdamMaz
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Finally traded away Pacioretty... was so tired about all the rumors, getting almost as bad as the situation in Ottawa. Not a great return, but I suppose it was to be expected.
Make Gallagher captain now!!
Make Gallagher captain now!!
Aaaand Pacioretty signed a 4 year extension immediately after the trade...
AdamMaz
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It will nice to see Pacioretty rejoin coach Gallant and play with a real centerman, likely Statsny.
Regarding the return in the trade, Tatar is a good 2-way player and 4-time 20 goal scorer, but the blue-chip prospect Suzuki is the key of the deal. 13th pick overall in 2017, back-to-back ~100 point seasons in ~65 games, junior, 19 years old.
Despite Poehling looking like a bonafide top-2 center, with Kotkaniemi projecting very likely to be the same, it looks like Suzuki is going to be even better than both of them. When I think of some of the other centers we drafted this year that look pretty good too, we are going to have a very scary lineup of centers in a couple of years. I'm more than happy to be patient for our young forward group to develop a couple more seasons and to give management time to remodel our crappy defense corp.
Wonder how this will shake up the trade market, and Erik Karlsson?
Regarding the return in the trade, Tatar is a good 2-way player and 4-time 20 goal scorer, but the blue-chip prospect Suzuki is the key of the deal. 13th pick overall in 2017, back-to-back ~100 point seasons in ~65 games, junior, 19 years old.
Despite Poehling looking like a bonafide top-2 center, with Kotkaniemi projecting very likely to be the same, it looks like Suzuki is going to be even better than both of them. When I think of some of the other centers we drafted this year that look pretty good too, we are going to have a very scary lineup of centers in a couple of years. I'm more than happy to be patient for our young forward group to develop a couple more seasons and to give management time to remodel our crappy defense corp.
Wonder how this will shake up the trade market, and Erik Karlsson?
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Wow Yzerman quit as the Lightning GM
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Crazy. Why would you leave a serious contender
Crazy. Why would you leave a serious contender
I've seen some speculation it wasn't necessarily voluntary... then again he is still acting as an advisor so who knows.
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Karlsson to the Sharks for forwards Chris Tierney and Rudolfs Balcers , defenseman Dylan DeMelo, the rights to unsigned forward Joshua Norris, a first-round pick in the 2019 or 2020 NHL Draft, a second-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft and two conditional draft picks.
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San Jose just got a big boost 
AdamMaz
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I hope that they not only kill it like that, but make such a shockwave that the league adopts the trend, in terms of team-play style.
Back to the trade, I must say that I am underwhelmed by the return.
In other news, Seguin resigns with Dallas for 8y/9.85$
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Wouldn't shock me if they made Burns a permanent forward with Karlsson now being the core of the defense side; it'd make sense since they did lose Marleau to Toronto, bring another veteran up to the front
I thought sure Ottawa was going to end up sitting on him until they lost him to free agency
The return is... interesting but it beats what I expected them to get. It'll be fun seeing how this works out for the Sharks.
The return is... interesting but it beats what I expected them to get. It'll be fun seeing how this works out for the Sharks.
