FinnHab
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Wonderful result for us and not so much for TSN`s Leafs hype train. I know, it just a one game, but still so enjoyable.
Post-Game Talk: Habs Laff last! Youngin's put on a show for the win!
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Habano
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God I wish we had 76 point Tavares over bums like Suzuki and Caufield who hd 61 and 43 points respectively. 'Cause you know pyjama boy is in his prime.
Seven7
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So I'm watching TVA spanre highlights because I was at work.
Is Félix Séguin saying "Et le but" now instead of "Et compte" ahaha that's just funny
Is Félix Séguin saying "Et le but" now instead of "Et compte" ahaha that's just funny
HuGort
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He moves the puck fine on the PP IMO, the problem is that he's not really a menace to blast one from the point...
So the PK is not really focusing on him shooting the puck...
I bet on the Habs and over 6.5 goals.... Triple Winner for me tonight
Same. Ty Nylander
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Why is it either/or like that?? Tavares is an incredible player. If he joins the Habs tomorrow, he'd be the best forward the Habs would've seen in over 20 years.
Leafs made a mistake in signing Tavares.
Should've invested that cash in D and goaltending instead.
Your post looks like an hommage to @SbahWooot!!! What a game from the boys!!! LFG!
Kovacevic can play!
Patrick over Makar
Gotta go with the bigger player I guess
Sbah was a legend! I'm just a mere mortal!Your post looks like an hommage to @Sbah
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Their big mistake was gambling on the cap rising at the rate it was rising. It was a risk I would've sanctioned and taken but who would've known a once-in-a-century pandemic would happen right when you'd need that cap space the most?
The Tavares signing itself was meant to put their offense over-the-top and remove any doubt for their firepower, and also to mitigate the risk of injury to their Big3 (Nylander, Marner, Matthews). As it turned out, Marner is way better than anticipated and Nylander until last year wasn't as good as the other two guys -- so Tavares was definitely value added for them. They have two 100pt forwards, one ppg forward, and it looks like another ppg forward. That's incredible. If they had some more cap to sprinkle around their D-corps they could win any game with just their Big4. But as you say they're deficient on D and G.
Thankfully for us Habs fans, the Leafs are cursed. Only 1.97 more seasons of Matthews' contract. Let's see what happens after
On another note, shoutout to Goal Caufield. I know he's a first round pick but what a player, it feels reinvigorating to get to watch a player so good, so skilled. Thank you HuGo+MSL for saving him... and thank you to Timmins and Bergevin for drafting him
The biggest problem IMO was that it set a bad standard contract throughout the organization.Their big mistake was gambling on the cap rising at the rate it was rising. It was a risk I would've sanctioned and taken but who would've known a once-in-a-century pandemic would happen right when you'd need that cap space the most?
The Tavares signing itself was meant to put their offense over-the-top and remove any doubt for their firepower, and also to mitigate the risk of injury to their Big3 (Nylander, Marner, Matthews). As it turned out, Marner is way better than anticipated and Nylander until last year wasn't as good as the other two guys -- so Tavares was definitely value added for them. They have two 100pt forwards, one ppg forward, and it looks like another ppg forward. That's incredible. If they had some more cap to sprinkle around their D-corps they could win any game with just their Big4. But as you say they're deficient on D and G.
Thankfully for us Habs fans, the Leafs are cursed. Only 1.97 more seasons of Matthews' contract. Let's see what happens after
On another note, shoutout to Goal Caufield. I know he's a first round pick but what a player, it feels reinvigorating to get to watch a player so good, so skilled. Thank you HuGo+MSL for saving him... and thank you to Timmins and Bergevin for drafting him
Because of that Tavares contract, they had no choice but to pay all the rest at the same level.
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Not so sure Tavares was worth the cash he got, to be honest.
But he was UFA so overpayment as usual...
And when Matthews was extended or even Marner, they didn't seek comparables around the league, they compared themselves to Tavares! do you get the point?
The reason Boston was so good for so many years is cuz Bergeron was signed to a friendly deal and no one on the team could logically ask for more than him!
The Real Guy Lafleur
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Caufield: "Last season was the trailer, this year's the movie"
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I agree that Tavares was a UFA overpayment but the point is always relevant: it's better to overpay premium players than other ones. There was nothing wrong with paying Matthews and Marner what they're worth -- they're 100 point players.
What went wrong was the cap didn't go up. Too bad for the Leafs, they gambled on that cap increasing and it didn't happen.
The Habs were desperate to sign Tavares and he refused to even pick up our call. He would've gotten that cap hit anywhere he went, he's a star two-way centreman.
I'm pretty sure if not for that Tavares contract on the board they could've extended Matthews and Marner at lower cap hits.
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But they would've not had Tavares and missed a significant part of their team. Who do they have or did they have who could do what Tavares does? They lost pretty much only Zack Hyman. I think they needed Tavares more than they didn't need him (for reasons I argued above). If a player like Tavares is available and wants to join, you sign him. It would be foolish not to -- every team who had the space wanted him, including Colorado.
They sacrificed Kadri...
I know hindsight is bliss but they would probably have a cup right now if they didn't go after Tavares.
Only able to watch the last 30 minutes of the game or so but was nice to watch. The result likely are not going to be this good every night but if they can play hard it will be fun to watch.
shouldn’t change the outloook or objective this season, there will be some tougher nights but very encouraging to see Guhle and Dach. Harris was good. I liked Monahan and obviously Caufield and Suzuki. Slaf was good too. Those are the 6-7 guys you want to see perform well.
As for Dadonov or hoffman, i honeslty don’t care how they do. They are not here long term so I’m not going to lose sleep over them.
As for Dadonov or hoffman, i honeslty don’t care how they do. They are not here long term so I’m not going to lose sleep over them.
dinodebino
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Joel is very comfy talking about hockey, but he’s not very comfy when it comes to ridiculing Dave. You can see his non-verbal…
GrandBison
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Monahan is our new Perry. Watch him in front the net on the pp.
dinodebino
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Vomit. The new Michel Bergeron. ‘Dans mon temps…’
At least, Bouchard CAN talk real hockey.
