Joel playing most minutes of any D man these days. Besides they have the Great Mete to score points, right? Cause no one is going to bother to pick him out of the FREE bin.
Player Discussion John Merrill: a.k.a. Joe Dirt, a.k.a. Letterkenny Extra Edition
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The type of upgrade we’d need could cost us an expansion draft slot unless a signifiant asset is also outgoing.
WeThreeKings
Demidov is a HAB
There isn't 3 D men worth protecting on the team right now, tbh
Romanov is exempt.
Petry is our own only other good defenseman.
FLHabs
Send all your underacheiving prospects!!
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Don't know much about him, but from what I've read, he's a defensive Dman. Especially with Chiarot coming back soon, is this really what this team need? As of right now only Petry and Romanov can effectively move the puck and Romy is a rookie and will have his struggles. For a team that has so much trouble getting the puck out of it's zone, I'm not sure I understand this move... but what do I know right? lol
Very good pick up.
Mete is an AHL dman
Kulak is waiver fodder
Ouellet is an AHLer
Leskinen belongs in Finland
Chariot is hurt
Regardless of needing a top4 puck moving dman, which i concur....one of you complainers please enlighten me on how or why we dont need a bottom pairing D. Needed it as much as the puck mover.
Bergevin got us Toffoli, Anderson, Allen, Edmundson, Perry, Staal, brought over Rom. Thats GM of the year work. Enough with the Berg hate. Cant change the whole damn team(despite being on the way to do just that really)
Mete is an AHL dman
Kulak is waiver fodder
Ouellet is an AHLer
Leskinen belongs in Finland
Chariot is hurt
Regardless of needing a top4 puck moving dman, which i concur....one of you complainers please enlighten me on how or why we dont need a bottom pairing D. Needed it as much as the puck mover.
Bergevin got us Toffoli, Anderson, Allen, Edmundson, Perry, Staal, brought over Rom. Thats GM of the year work. Enough with the Berg hate. Cant change the whole damn team(despite being on the way to do just that really)
Pat Verbeek (former Nhler) is the asst GM in Detroit
Steve Yzerman just traded for his son. Hayden Verbeek....
Steve Yzerman just traded for his son. Hayden Verbeek....
Frankenheimer
Sir, this is an Arber
Because they are hard to acquire and everyone wants them. Petry would probably get us 1rd pick + top prospect ++
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Cough* Nephew* Cough
ahhh...i knew there had to be a relation.....I never seen many players with he last name Verbeek(I watched Pat play), just assumed it was his son..lol his nephew, thanks Habs10Habs for keepin it straight.
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Haha no worries. I actually got corrected on the same thing. By my 10 yr old daughter earlier today.
26Mats
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Well the hope is Merrill > Kulak/Benn
Just like Benn > Nesterov/Joe Morrow/Brandon Davidson
And you don't usually count on changing the course of the franchise with a package of Hayden Verbeek + a 5th.
Stive Morgan
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Jon Merill is another one of those guys who I always felt was destined to be a Hab for some reason
Merrill looks like he could be Eric Staal younger brother. Bergy building a Viking warrior raiding party.
He did improve our roster though.. He had a great off-season.
His mistake was probably staking 10m on Price. We just don't have a super star because we never get 1st OA and our 3rd OA don't turn out to be half as good as Huberdeau.
LaP
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Even if he is it's not what we need.
bone fide top 4 LHD - Weber
Edmundson - Petry
Romanov - Chiarot
Kulak
Should be our defense. In which case Jon Merrill over Kulak brings not much to the table. Jon Merrill is another bargain bin move trying to fill a need with something cheap like the guy buying a bargain bin direct to dvd to fill a weekend after his girl friend left him.
Edgy
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Never seen someone double down on bis mistakes like this guy. He keeps getting on reclamation projects, long shots, hail-Mary's, plugs and washed up vets because he doesn't want to "give up assets". He refuses to admit he's wrong and tries to fix his mistakes with more mistakes and the bigger moron Mol$on sits and watches, year after year.
How many million dollars did he waste just to not pay Markov or Radulov what they wanted? How many plugs have come and gone and haven't managed to replace them yet?
How many million dollars did he waste just to not pay Markov or Radulov what they wanted? How many plugs have come and gone and haven't managed to replace them yet?
Obviously, Defense first, no offensive skill whatsoever, useless all around, depth for the sake of depth
salbutera
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It’s a philosophical issue - I expect something will give in the next 1-2 seasons.
With TBay only winning Cup after bringing in grit, if Leafs don’t win Cup, I suspect analytics focused hockey team building will be put on the back burner, reverting back to traditional structure, and the Dubas types will no longer be hired by NHL teams.
So you’ve been watching Red Wing games all year??
How many Vegas games have you watched to give me a true analysis of this player?? I’m sure you’ve been watching plenty of midnight games on weekdays.
Funny he was picked up by Vegas, a team most here like to use as a launching pad of ridicule when comparing GM’s and then was signed by Yzerman which is self explanatory.
Besides what you’ve read you know nothing of this player, just stat watching a reckon.
HabsWhiteKnightLOL
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Pretty much. Im still finding hard to believe that fans are happy with this team.
Kairi Zaide
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Sorry, but it's perfectly fair to expect a 2nd liner to be 1st line caliber, a 3rd liner to be 2nd line caliber, a 2nd pairing dman to be 1st pairing caliber, and a 3rd pairing dman to be 2nd pairing caliber.
He can try still work to be done . I also expose. Webber and Price in some sort of deal if willing to waive ntc to Seattle . This alone puts the habs miles ahead
Well that’s just it....we need D with expiring contracts, not with term as the expansion draft is something most are not considering
HabsWhiteKnightLOL
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Yes Detroit let go a d-man for an ahl player and a 5th pick in a real weak draft
I bet Detroit just got totally roasted in that trade.
Cmon man. He's just depth , he's signed at minimum and hes 30 , extra d-man type of trade. He's nothing special.
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