Man, if we win the lottery, you do the opposite, you get get PLD and fast.
I think it was the Jets guy I can't spell the name off. The same one who leaked the Dubois didn't want to sign long term there last year.
Play all 3 of Dach, Suzuki, and Dubois at center, give Dach and Dubois some double shifts at center, and have them all on the PP.
Watching every Tom Dick and Harry playing with Suzuki and not knowing how to utilize his strengths is telling. In many games I watched this season Ghule had better chemistry with Suzuki than his wingers. That game without the puck Marty preaches hasn't improved in most of our wingers cases. So much work to be done on the wings without a doubt. The placeholders are killing us.
Evans is 4c. I'd keep Belzile and Tierny in Laval. But yeah, that's one of the great things of having a guy like Dvo on the wing. In case of injury, he can move back to center. And Dvo can take the draws until Dach no longer struggles with that.
It was also said they were "Serious" So if your timing is correct the ask was too high and Kent looked for a different solution (plan B,) I was scoffed at when I suggested this the day of the draft. Your scenario would indicate it probably was. Had we closed with Dubois we certainly weren't going after Dach.
Yes but not as much fun as having that elite talent. That player doesn’t need to come from the top picks although that’s usually where your best percentage of landing one, comes from. As you said, Pasta is an example of finding that gem later, as is Aho. Maybe we get lucky one of these drafts and get a late one too.
Yeah, but Dach is there playing as a puck possession winger on either Suzuki or Dubois line and you just play him at 3C if Monahan gets hurt cause that was your plan anyways. How do you not comprehend that and then say we can't make plans around it? Not to be nasty but this deserves...
I guess we can re visit what the roster would be if we get one of Bedard or Fantilli. If Dvorak is still with us, he can play 4C with Evans as depth.
I'm not paying futures to unload Dvorak when we don't need cap space. I am open to moving him for whatever we can get and then keeping Monahan. Guys like Anderson, Monahan, and Dubois are nice to have with so much youth on the roster.
It would about time we get one of these happy picks, even late in first round or second round.
We can't count on Monahan as our 3d center. It would be fun but how many games Mo can play before getting injured. We have to sign him and would he accept a one year deal?
Can you also be blaming Dubois for doing the right thing and not fanning the flames publicly?
Hughes at his press conference said Monahan has to get healthy first before they talk about bringing him back. But yeah, at this point even if he makes a full recovery from his surgery, you can't count on him as your 3c. Having said that, since we're not expecting to make the playoffs next year, I'd take him on a 1 year deal if he recovers from his surgery. I think at this point he'd take a 1year deal.
There's no room in that lineup for PLD.
Hopefully there will be another Arizona by then who will take Gallagher off Habs hands for a draft pick.
I think the only way Dach will improve is by taking as many faceoffs as possible. Watching Dvo won't help much.
I personally don't see anything wrong with a player saying he would prefer to play somewhere else as long as he's still giving his all and supporting his current team (what Dubois has been doing the last two seasons).
The Montreal media, has a TMZ vibe to it............and it's getting worse by the day.
