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Haydn Fleury is a 10 goal 30 assist D man next year - you heard it here first
Confirmed with Link: Canes officially match l'offre hostile from MTL for Aho
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My Special Purpose
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How are we getting him to the ECHL when he has to clear waivers?
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Reading the Habs thread on this is a textbook example of the stages of grief.
I love how some of them are still holding out with hope that Bergevin is still going to acquire Aho somehow because we still haven't technically matched.
I love how some of them are still holding out with hope that Bergevin is still going to acquire Aho somehow because we still haven't technically matched.
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We should start a "Value of" Aho to MTL thread on the main boards ...
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I've always thought both the Canes and the Preds should play up the regional rivalry, but its so difficult when we are in separate conferences. When we do get the outdoor game, I am hoping Nashville is the opponent.
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Holy mother of God
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Guys, we're screwed
there is now a 100% chance that Aho is not playing for us in 5 years.
there is now a 100% chance that Aho is not playing for us in 5 years.
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Bergevin was playing the long game, establishing a relationship with Aho so he could sign him in UFA 5 years from now.
Everybody already knows that! Gosh!
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Apologies if I missed this earlier in the thread but I’m dying laughing at it and had to share.
I know some of us Habs fans are a bit delusional, with some still thinking that we have a chance to have Aho somehow. Excuse them.
Sorry it had to be done this way. I feel Bergy tried to somewhat take advantage of a smaller market team. But i think in reality this was just a PR stunt for him to keep his job. I mean your owner is a billionaire, he had to know that an offer "that low" would be matched immediately.
Not matching would be a awfully wrong message to send to rest of the league and fans.
And in the end you got him for a decent AAV and we both got publicity.
And yeah I wont be pissed for you to offer sheet our young guns, it's just business. (We will match!)
No hard feelings? Good luck with rest of the offseason. You bunch of Jerks!
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Sorry it had to be done this way. I feel Bergy tried to somewhat take advantage of a smaller market team. But i think in reality this was just a PR stunt for him to keep his job. I mean your owner is a billionaire, he had to know that an offer "that low" would be matched immediately.
Not matching would be a awfully wrong message to send to rest of the league and fans.
And in the end you got him for a decent AAV and we both got publicity.
And yeah I wont be pissed for you to offer sheet our young guns, it's just business. (We will match!)
No hard feelings? Good luck with rest of the offseason. You bunch of Jerks!
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I don't think Bergevin is going to have to worry about signing *anybody* in five years.
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My favorite one is where they think Dundon's gonna be like "We talked to Sebastian and apparently he really does want to play for Montreal so we're gonna let him go"
my second favorite one is where the guy suggests that Gary Bettman himself loaned Dundon the money bcuz he hates Canada
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Was smart not to throw a bunch of money at Anders Lee. Despite Bergevin being.....IDK, a slightly more offbeat version of Ron Francis as a GM, I do think Montreal has something good building with the youth movement. I would imagine there's a lot of "win now" pressure from people up there but maybe they should chillax and wait a couple years before doing anything drastic, let things bake a little bit longer.
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Its funny just laughing at people on the main thread who are still convinced that the signing bonus is going to cause a trend that will financially cripple the Canes.
Using Dundon's quote on them totally isn't making them mad at all
Using Dundon's quote on them totally isn't making them mad at all
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Were the Habs the ones that spent a decade convinced they were going to get Vinny Lecavlier?
Yeah not a chance. Habs fans are either in a "win now" or in a "fire everybody"- mode. No other options.
Still would have been nice to see Aho in the Habs jersey. Anyhow a lot of excitment from the the offer sheet. As Torts told us: the league needs more hate!
For the entertainment value it has I am really waiting to see your revenge offer sheets.
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This was marketing, we didn’t make any huge splashes on July 1, but tied up the media.
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Cause his name was French, so it was just naturally going to happen. (seriously, that's the reasoning I remember)
i really, really hope ~4.5 years from now we sign aho to his 8 x 14 contract (hey, he earned it - regards, future tbd) and announce it during a road trip to montreal.
Not doubting that this is true, but why would you come and admit that? I thought the "I let my agent handle things" line would have been Aho's PR play here. I'm really curious to how he frames this, when he does speak.
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What question was he answering to? Seems to me this was about if Gerry went rogue on handling it or something. All actions were Sebastian-approved.
He did emphasize "I think" when he talked about Sebastian's thoughts, and that's obviously weasel words you use when you know Sebastian didn't really think that.
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After Pittsburgh won the Crosby lottery there were quite a few Habs fans who, presaging Tavaresmania, pointed out that Crosby's favorite team growing up was Montreal and that as soon as Crosby turned UFA, he'd be bound tout suite to La Belle Province.
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I doubt that will happen tbh. Maybe we would think about making a run at Domi next year if we let Haula and Faulk go and that Marleau cap hit goes away, but it would probably be a token gesture without any real expectation of working.
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