HF Habs: 2020 Montreal Canadiens Off-Season Thread part 3

[Deebs]

@renlavoietva

It will be an interesting draft day next week in the NHL. We now know the @CanadiensMTL headquarters will be inside the team locker room, and the adjacent offices at the Bell Centre.

 

[Wats]

Hyperbole is a legitimate narrative device. The point is that a lot of the analytics posters completely ignore context and selection effects.

You're example works really well for all those people who compare stats from AHL and compare to NHL (or junior vs AHL)

 

[The Great Weal]

We probably don't have a fit for him, but Athanasiou would be a solid signing. Big guy who skates like the wind and has some skill.

 

[le_sean]

We probably don't have a fit for him, but Athanasiou would be a solid signing. Big guy who skates like the wind and has some skill.

I’ve always liked him but he’s another that gives zero effort defensively. Not sure the organization will want him.

 

[The Great Weal]

I’ve always liked him but he’s another that gives zero effort defensively. Not sure the organization will want him.

We've got like 10 forwards who are good defensively. We need skill in the worst way. I just don't know where he would fit. I think he would be great next to Danault, but that would mean a guy like Byron needs to get traded.

 

[montreal]

We probably don't have a fit for him, but Athanasiou would be a solid signing. Big guy who skates like the wind and has some skill.

i liked him in the OHL and while I can't say I have watched him in the NHL much it's troubling that the Oilers would pay so much for him and then opt not to give him his QO.

Outside of his 30 goal season he's never had more then 18, there has to be something if the oilers are walking away after giving 2 2nd round picks. If MB did that people would be outside the bell center with pitch forks ready to burn him at the stake.

 

[le_sean]

We've got like 10 forwards who are good defensively. We need skill in the worst way. I just don't know where he would fit. I think he would be great next to Danault, but that would mean a guy like Byron needs to get traded.

I mean we are talking about a guy that was -46. I personally wouldn’t care that much, but we know Julien will.

 

[donghabs98]

There are three questions here

-Would any of these goalies want to sign here and be a backup to Price?
-Would the goalies that would sign here be better than Allen?
-Would we be able to sign said goalie to a cheaper deal than Allen?

I personally would have waited for Free Agency to sign a goalie but those are the questions I think that surround the matter.

 

[The Great Weal]

I mean we are talking about a guy that was -46.

Playing for one of the worst teams in the cap era.

 

[jaffy27]

There are three questions here

-Would any of these goalies want to sign here and be a backup to Price?
-Would the goalies that would sign here be better than Allen?
-Would we be able to sign said goalie to a cheaper deal than Allen?

I personally would have waited for Free Agency to sign a goalie but those are the questions I think that surround the matter.

Who on that list is signing for only 1yr?

 

[jaffy27]

Gaston Therrien on why we should extend Danault:

“He’s un québécois, and he can speak to the public after the game”.....end quote



it wasn’t talent, it wasn’t faceoffs, it was about language again......

 

[Zorba]

Guys, cap space isn’t an issue. The habs will have at least 11 million without Domi signed
And that’s with Juulsen and mete both signed to a combined 2million
And this is all before not trading any salary
The cap will not be the excuse that the habs don’t improve.
It’ will be Bergevins incompetence

 

[Zorba]

Gaston Therrien on why we should extend Danault:

“He’s un québécois, and he can speak to the public after the game”.....end quote



it wasn’t talent, it wasn’t faceoffs, it was about language again......

Only in Montreal. Always behind the 8 ball
Can’t get the best coach available now we gotta sign players that are québécois to satisfy the the people in Quebec who don’t give a rats ass about the Habs but will use it as a political excuse

 

[mariolemieux66]

Only in Montreal. Always behind the 8 ball
Can’t get the best coach available now we gotta sign players that are québécois to satisfy the the people in Quebec who don’t give a rats ass about the Habs but will use it as a political excuse

I wonder if the team was very successful with a bright future, would people really care whether our coach and players spoke french?!

 

[habamillions]

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There are three questions here

-Would any of these goalies want to sign here and be a backup to Price?
-Would the goalies that would sign here be better than Allen?
-Would we be able to sign said goalie to a cheaper deal than Allen?

I personally would have waited for Free Agency to sign a goalie but those are the questions I think that surround the matter.

When talking to trevor timmins he said he and bergevin was tired of looking for a backup goalie in free agency every year. Wanted to get it over with so they can focus on other issues. Basically ita like defense against the dark arts teacher in harry potter

 

[blarneylad]

The same guys that never watched Chiarot play and said he was a bad signing are the same guys doing it with Edmundson now.

Lets wait and watch him in a habs uni before declaring his cap hit unjust

 

[Zorba]

I wonder if the team was very successful with a bright future, would people really care whether our coach and players spoke french?!

I honestly don’t think really québécois hab fans care is the coach speaks French.
It’s a political platform for the separatist to play on
Those guys couldn’t name 5 habs

 

[HabsWhiteKnightLOL]

Just went on RDS
saw frontpage title
started puking

 

[salbutera]

Who on that list is signing for only 1yr?

- With Mtl
- To play second fiddle to Price

 

[Treb]

There are three questions here

-Would any of these goalies want to sign here and be a backup to Price?
-Would the goalies that would sign here be better than Allen?
-Would we be able to sign said goalie to a cheaper deal than Allen?

I personally would have waited for Free Agency to sign a goalie but those are the questions I think that surround the matter.

Answers in bold.
-Would any of these goalies want to sign here and be a backup to Price?
Braden Holtby Corey Crawford Anton Khudobin Robin Lehner Henrik Lundqvist Jacob Markstrom Craig Anderson Thomas Greiss Cam Talbot Brian Elliott Mike Smith Jimmy Howard
-Would the goalies that would sign here be better than Allen?
No.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

All this trade talk and bergevin will sign Kovalchuk and Thompson

Wasn't it pretty much stated at the deadline by the guy himself that Kovalchuk would be coming back during the off season? He may very well be our only pick up, I sure don't expect anything more significant.

 

[Positive Vibes]

@renlavoietva

It will be an interesting draft day next week in the NHL. We now know the @CanadiensMTL headquarters will be inside the team locker room, and the adjacent offices at the Bell Centre.

whats that even mean

 

[Zorba]

Wasn't it pretty much stated at the deadline by the guy himself that Kovalchuk would be coming back during the off season? He may very well be our only pick up.

Good luck to the habs

 

[ECWHSWI]

Answers in bold.
Braden Holtby Corey Crawford Anton Khudobin Robin Lehner Henrik Lundqvist Jacob Markstrom Craig Anderson Thomas Greiss Cam Talbot Brian Elliott Mike Smith Jimmy Howard
-Would the goalies that would sign here be better than Allen?
No.

as backups, I could see guys like Crawford, Bishop or Talbot have better seasons than Allen.

 

[Deebs]

Wasn't it pretty much stated at the deadline by the guy himself that Kovalchuk would be coming back during the off season? He may very well be our only pick up, I sure don't expect anything more significant.

I believe the talk was both parties were interested in revisiting it after the season. We should definitely pass on Kovy, he's finished as an NHL'er