GDT: Kent Hughes Press Conference 1pm Eastern (Link Added)

[Ezpz]

Is there a consolidated tl;dr?

 

[Tyson]

Hughes has to already know he will have cap flexibility, probably knows both Price and Byron will be on LTIR come September

 

[salbutera]

Hughes has to already know he will have cap flexibility, probably knows both Price and Byron will be on LTIR come September

Yup - it’s the agent in him.

#playcoyforthebestdeal

 

[themilosh]

Pls … stop.

Scotty maybe 88 but is sharp and breadth of experience as an advisor will do wonders for management & inexperienced coaching staff.

I can’t recall one other “hockey ops” employee who’s been able to adapt to each generation of player & the evolution of the game spanning his 4-decades in coaching - from the 60s through 90s including masterfully dealing with Star caliber players

Let alone his out of the box thinking - drafting skilled US high school kids when no one else did (Housley & Barasso), or understanding how to offensively employ a big but slow C (Andreychuk) etc.

Good to see “ageism” still thrives in some places..

He's 88 Francis.

 

[Rapala]

Hughes has to already know he will have cap flexibility, probably knows both Price and Byron will be on LTIR come September

I think they know about Price and are just making sure the optics look good. Once it's determined he can't do a specific exercise they have all the bullets they need to get a proper sign off. They don't want anyone coming back at them claiming we are circumventing the process.

 

[Natey]

It would had been awesome to see Slaf vs Wright at the WJC !


Kitchener, please.

Why not wait and see what he does? Maybe he's ready for the AHL. He's already been playing against men.

 

[MoneyManny]

I would love a shot at Bedard but we can still get a Caufield or Guhle from 5-15 range.

We don't need a Caufield of Guhle, we need a Bedard. Forget the cup if we can't even get 1 superstar player.

Sounds like you're willing to go through the Bergevin era again, but without Price.

 

[GrandBison]

He keeps saying they don't have to trade Petry but at some point he'll have to. Not sure having Petry around in October, November, December while his wife and kids are still in the States is the type of thing we want around the team this year. Other GMs know this.

At the same time, he's not going to make a call that would hurt Petry's value in a press conference...

 

[GrandBison]

Au contraire

Price will not give up tens of millions and retire. He will rest his head on Robidas Island LTIR and every summer we have to juggle his enormous caphit and Molson will have to send him his enormous yearly bonus.

About the money, are signing bonuses are covered by insurance? If not, we are stuck with Price contract until the end...

 

[sampollock]

Hughes has to already know he will have cap flexibility, probably knows both Price and Byron will be on LTIR come September

We can only hope

 

[GrandBison]

I think the Klingberg situation is blocking any progress at this stage. If Dallas lose Klingbeg, they gonna knock at Habs' door.

Hughes should sign Klingberg to accelerate the process

 

[le_sean]

The reason this management team and coaching staff is exciting is because they are led by people who were outside the box hires. You don’t add an 88 year old advisor just so he can tell you that you need a Larry Robinson or Steve Yzerman to be great.

 

[salbutera]

The reason this management team and coaching staff is exciting is because they are led by people who were outside the box hires. You don’t add an 88 year old advisor just so he can tell you that you need a Larry Robinson or Steve Yzerman to be great.

Scotty is not being added to evaluate talent, he’s providing advisory services on the “what ifs” / “have you thought about this” litmus test scenarios..

 

[le_sean]

Scotty is not being added to evaluate talent, he’s providing advisory services on the “what ifs” / “have you thought about this” litmus test scenarios..

You don’t need a geriatric has-been to do that.

 

[Whitesnake]

Scotty Bowman.....such a nice man. One of the few things I remember from him is that I was a 10 or 11 years old. Sitting at the Forum watching the game with my dad. And Bowman, somehow was sitting 3 rows up from us with a Sabres management person. In the regular seats. While he was with Buffalo. Why wasn't he in a loge, no idea.

Anyway, I went up to him and ask him for his autograph. He looked at me, and asked his assistant to write it for him.....until the guy he talked to kinda of made him realize that it made no sense for him to sign an autograph...for Scotty.

He did it in the end. While clearly showing me how bothered he was...lol

 

[BenchBrawl]

Scotty Bowman should absolutely be hired. The man has accumulated in his mind one of the riches data bank on deep patterns of what works and doesn't work in hockey. Old is almost always better than new, because it has stood the test of time. As they get older, the fluff and the noise are maximally ignored in favor of the signal.

The ability to get his opinion on X or Y is invaluable.

 

[Hannibal]

Sorry to ask, but was there a question about Slaf, about their plan for him for the rest of the summer? Back in Slovakia? Stay in MTL? WJC in august?

 

[ArtPeur]

Hughes should sign Klingberg to accelerate the process

But then you'll have to trade Petry for future considerations. Let's be honest here. Petry isn't traded because the price offered by other teams is probably way too low. That's more or less what Hughes said today

 

[bcv]

I find it odd that they waited for so long to look for an assistant coach. A lot of candidates already found jobs elsewhere, not sure there's quality assistant coach available.

 

[Habs Halifax]

We don't need a Caufield of Guhle, we need a Bedard. Forget the cup if we can't even get 1 superstar player.

Sounds like you're willing to go through the Bergevin era again, but without Price.

You might go 10 years or more to finish last again and win the draft lottery at the right time. We might as well do what the Blackhawks are doing with your strategy... Trade Suzuki and Caufield and tank every year until you end up like the Oilers. How many 1st OA do you need?

Don't give me the Leafs and Matthews plan. No cup. Oilers with no cup.

I get what your are saying but Dubois is not going to turn us into a playoff team. Trade Allen to get our cap working better and Price on LTIR. Monty and another Hammond gets you your top 5 lottery pick.

Imagine if we don't trade for Dubois and end up with a bottom 5 pick and don't win the lottery. A team from 5-10 range does. What a slap in the face that would be eh but that's what you get for playing the draft lottery and Bedard obsession. Even last overall is only a 18% chance. I bet you a team not named the Coyotes and Blackhawks get Bedard next year.

Personally, I rather not have a top heavy team with cap problems.

 

[BenchBrawl]

You might go 10 years or more to finish last again and win the draft lottery at the right time. We might as well do what the Blackhawks are doing with your strategy... Trade Suzuki and Caufield and tank every year until you end up like the Oilers. How many 1st OA do you need?

Don't give me the Leafs and Matthews plan. No cup. Oilers with no cup.

I get what your are saying but Dubois is not going to turn us into a playoff team. Trade Allen to get our cap working better and Price on LTIR. Monty and another Hammond gets you your top 5 lottery pick.

Imagine if we don't trade for Dubois and end up with a bottom 5 pick and don't win the lottery. A team from 5-10 range does. What a slap in the face that would be eh but that's what you get for playing the draft lottery. Even last overall is only a 18% chance.

You need just one that gives you a real franchise player.

Guy Lafleur changed everything for the 70s. The team would have been solid without him. They would have won a cup or two. But they would never have become a dynasty, nor have that mystical/magical era-defining quality to it.

 

[Habs Halifax]

You need just one that gives you a real franchise player.

Guy Lafleur changed everything.

Lafleur was not in a draft lottery. I get it, I want Bedard too but it's low % even if we finish in the bottom 5. We can still add building blocks and rebuild through the draft. It doesn't have to be Bedard.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Wow we could dump that entire left side and possibly be better.

Man looking at our left side really makes you think maybe drafting Slaf wasent the worst idea

 

[MoneyManny]

You might go 10 years or more to finish last again and win the draft lottery at the right time. We might as well do what the Blackhawks are doing with your strategy... Trade Suzuki and Caufield and tank every year until you end up like the Oilers. How many 1st OA do you need?

Don't give me the Leafs and Matthews plan. No cup. Oilers with no cup.

I get what your are saying but Dubois is not going to turn us into a playoff team. Trade Allen to get our cap working better and Price on LTIR. Monty and another Hammond gets you your top 5 lottery pick.

Imagine if we don't trade for Dubois and end up with a bottom 5 pick and don't win the lottery. A team from 5-10 range does. What a slap in the face that would be eh but that's what you get for playing the draft lottery. Even last overall is only a 18% chance.

Oilers and Toronto both have no cups, yet they both have a more entertaining team to watch and a most promising team than we've ever had since the 90s.

I'd rather take a 18% chance at greatness than a 95% chance to get nowhere. No team has won a stanley cup with a Suzuki and Caufield leading their team. They are both great pieces to have but they're not the superstars you need to beat the 31 other teams.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Lafleur was not in a draft lottery. I get it, I want Bedard too but it's low % even if we finish in the bottom 5. We can still add building blocks and rebuild through the draft. It doesn't have to be Bedard.

Plenty of good C's in the top 10 next year