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Shanesaw9

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Forum: Armchair-GM28 févr. à 16 h 16
Forum: Fauteuil - DG25 févr. à 11 h 28
Forum: Armchair-GM25 févr. à 10 h 0
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Salzy</b></div><div>“<strong>The Ducks have listened on Trevor Zegras, my understanding is they haven’t phoned a single team and brought up his name.</strong> This is other teams, because it’s been out there, picking up the phone and saying what’s going on here, and the Ducks haven’t hung up, they haven’t said how dare you. But that’s a big difference between making it a priority to move him, you know what I mean. And I will tell you of the 4 or 5 teams that I’m told have phoned the Ducks, that the Montreal Canadiens are one of them. So that is true and why wouldn’t they. But having said that, <strong>I don’t get the sense right now that the Ducks are committed to moving him or they really want to move him</strong>. I think this is more that somehow his name came up and teams started calling"

From Pierre Lebrun, can we stop with the Zegras trades, it isnt happening

Seravalli and Friedman have a horrendus track record with the Ducks, they have no reliable source on that team, they are constantly wrong every time they talk about them</div></div>

“<strong>The Ducks have listened on Trevor Zegras</strong>, my understanding is they haven’t phoned a single team and brought up his name. This is other teams, because it’s been out there, picking up the phone and saying what’s going on here, <strong>and the Ducks haven’t hung up, they haven’t said how dare you.</strong> But that’s a big difference between making it a priority to move him, you know what I mean. And I will tell you of the 4 or 5 teams that I’m told have phoned the Ducks, that the Montreal Canadiens are one of them. So that is true and why wouldn’t they. But having said that, I don’t get the sense right now that the Ducks are committed to moving him or they really want to move him. I think this is more that somehow his name came up and teams started calling"

The quote you just used also says the Ducks are listening lol. You're only reading what you want to see. A GM is never gonna say "yes it is our goal to trade our 22 year old former top 10 pick". MTL said they weren't trading Subban either, until they did.

Here's a simple observation, Anaheim is among league leaders in cap space, yet they entered the season with a contract dispute over Zegras and didn't sign him to a long term deal (which would have had beneficial cap savings down the road when the team is actually competitive). They are obviously not married to Trevor Zegras.
Forum: Armchair-GM25 févr. à 9 h 48
Forum: Armchair-GM21 févr. à 14 h 7
Sujet: Andersson
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Hammerwise</b></div><div>Maybe Im confused, but with the ton of impact prospects that MTL has, half are a yr or two away, maybe I dont think MTL's window is 23-24 or 24-25, so why do some MTL fans not want picks (assets) and just want players for now? Wouldn;t you rather have the assets (picks) for addressing weaknesses at the end of 24-25 or 25-26 than a quick fix that might fit the bill this yr and next?

Farrell, Reinbach, Maillot, Mesar, Heineman, Mysak, Barron, Tuch, Kidney, Hutson (great prospect pool) are all just arrived in minors or are not there yet? And the established youngsters in the NHL are hardly aging in Suzuki, Beck, Caulfield, Slaf, Guhle, Struble and X.

Im just unsure why some MTL fans are looking for what they call "aging players" or when theyre talking about their window, what is that window?

I gues IMO, their window hasn;t really opened yet, they're still riding out the bad deals/contracts/situations of Anderson, Dvorak, Price, Armia, Pearson, Gallagher and having the youth arrive in a steady stream. Why trade 2 young dmen and 2 picks for an aging Andersson?

And while I agree that Barron and Harris are probably the odd men out as the higher end youngsters arrive, how they can be so good and expendable at the same time?</div></div>

This is bang on.

The Andersson trade presented here makes absolutely no sense. The rebuild is not over, but it may be ending. That doesn't mean you trade a 22 year old D prospect and two 1sts to acquire a 27 year old D that will be a UFA in 2 years. I could see a trade to acquire a young asset that will help MTL short and long term - such as the Dach and Newhook acquisitions.
Forum: Armchair-GM20 févr. à 14 h 57
Sujet: Zegras
Forum: Armchair-GM20 févr. à 13 h 34
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Blazingbat11</b></div><div>Are we watching the same games? He looked great against WSH and ANA. Against STL he was one of the only decent players that night, and everyone looked horrible defensively vs the Rangers...

Defensively, I didn't see any red flags yet, and he's already showed he can effectively forecheck. Kind of hard to judge individually when Habs are coming off of 2 blowout games (NYR and STL) recently. Offensively he's gotten great looks (a couple posts already too). Chemistry takes a while to develop, and considering his first stint he was paired with Monahan (and again, looked good) before being traded, I'd give him more games before passing judgment on his chemistry with Newhook and Armia. Although, with Armia being a puck hog, I'd rather see Newhook and Roy playing with Gallagher instead.

And if we are going off of merit, Roy deserves to be in the top 9 over half the forward group.... Pearson, Armia, Anderson, Gallagher (although he might have found a bit of chemistry with Gignac) are dead weight. Pezz and Gignac are 4th liners.</div></div>

I think you know we are watching the same games,
I've seen flashes, but not enough. He is quick to give the puck up in the NHL, perhaps better linemates would help and I'm not saying he's been bad but he has not shown anything to me that suggests he is a lock in MTL's top 9 next season.

If MTL has any aspirations of making playoffs next season (which is what the hypothetical acquisition of Zegras and Toffoli would indicate), you can't rely on Roy to be a fixture in the top 9. Look at what Stankoven and Bourque are doing in Texas, and they aren't playing for Dallas (Stankoven making his debut).

Montreal needs to raise their standards, they can't keep forcing guys into roles they aren't ready for. I'd prefer to see Roy dominate in laval and make him earn it.

Edit: On merit, Roy is not above anyone in this top 9, and he isn't gonna play 4th Line. Dach, Dvorak, Zegras, Newhook have all missed time with an injury this season. An injury will happen next season and Roy will get the call.
Forum: Armchair-GM20 févr. à 12 h 40
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Blazingbat11</b></div><div> I still think at least one of Armia, Dvorak, Anderson, or Gallagher would need to be moved out in order to bring in another vet. Habs still need to make space for younger players. Speaking of....there's no way Roy isn't on the team moving forward, especially next season. Only way he gets sent down now, is to bolster Laval's playoff push. Other than that, Roy easily slots into the Habs middle 6.</div></div>

Armia is probably the only one out of that bunch that is tradeable. I disagree regarding Roy, he hasn't shown that he is ready for the NHL yet and even in Laval he has not really dominated outside of his hot start. Looks like he has more to learn, particularly defensively, I think he needs more seasoning.

5 forward contracts are up after next season, that seems like the ideal time to integrate Roy into the lineup.

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Black61</b></div><div>You want another C then proceed to trade for a guy who cant play C at the nhl level. Lol no way the habs give up a top 10 pick for zegras</div></div>
I don't want another C, I want another C option. Should Dach get re-injured Zegras can move to C. Why is it out of the question that Zegras is worth a top 10 pick? He was literally a top 10 pick in his own draft and in a redraft he would be top 5. You hope guys like Demidov, Catton, Eiserman etc. hit like Zegras.

By the way, Zegras has put up similar results 5v5 playing C as Suzuki so...

- ZEGRAS: 47.14 GF%, 47.09 xGF%
- SUZUKI: 46.65 GF%, 47.47 xGF%

<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Shibbal18</b></div><div>Sabres have a significantly higher need for Nadeau than Norlinder</div></div>

The sabres have a significantly higher need for Nadeau... who is playing in the ECHL? Right... I think this is just a trade involving 2 prospects that need a change of scenery. Throwing around the term "significant" when debating a trade for an ECHL'r is Capfriendly at its finest.
Forum: Armchair-GM15 févr. à 12 h 42