Lebrun: "Habs may circle back on Daniel Briere, had already shown interest.."

[overlords]

I don't know. When is the last time Gionta has made a pass that led to a goal? Excluding missed shots, rebounds and accidents.

When was the last time Briere cold play against anything but pre-school opposition?

 

[Andy]

at this point we should have just kept Erik Cole.

 

[Natey]

Eric Engels ‏@EricEngels 1m
Briere is between Nashville and Montreal, no decision made yet.

Come on Danny, pick us! Pick us!

 

[habsfanatics*]

Terrible, Danny Briere doesn't fill a single need, he's declined to near Gomez levels. He offers us nothing, we actual have real needs and Danny Briere is not one of them.

 

[poetryinmotion]

I don't know. When is the last time Gionta has made a pass that led to a goal? Excluding missed shots, rebounds and accidents.

He passed to Plekanec for a one-timer that went in.

 

[Wats]

Yes, dump the 26-year-old and keep the two guys who are over 10 year olders.

I highly doubt anyone would want to give up much for the 26 year old midget let along the papa smurfs.

 

[CaptainBenn]

Note that I personnally didn't see anything from Sanscartier but Filosa reported that Sanscartier said it. Again people, if Sanscartier indeed said it, it's true. No doubt. Question is....where's the proof that he said it.

that Nicolas Poulin kid is like 15 years old, there is no proof except his tweet

 

[OpenIceHit]

Even if we don't sign Briere, we still need to trade to get bigger. I trust that Bergevin has a trade or two waiting to be confirmed in the case we would sign Briere.

 

[That Habs Fan]

Pacioretty-Desharnais-Briere
Bourque-Plekanec-Gionta
Galchenyuk-Eller-Gallagher
Prust-White-Moen/Dumont

???

 

[Analyzer*]

If we do sign Briere, Gionta, or Desharnais (or both) better be gone.

 

[Coldplay]

at this point we should have just kept Erik Cole.

I thought we should have kept him last year, regardless of Briere. Would've rathered kept his salary for the next 2 years instead of signing Briere or another 2-year, expensive stopgap.

 

[disturbedraven]

Where there's smoke, there's fire. The only reason they can't say it is because the NHL warned teams that no offers can be officially made until Tomorrow (only talk right now). This is the only reason why he is playing coy. 2 years of this smurf, dunno if I will be able to stomach this

 

[Beaker]

Watsatheo's beautiful creation

 

[bobhabs46]

I'll take Briere to mentor on a line of Eller - Galchenyuk anyday !

 

[dcal64]

I have no problem with Briere, he's an upgrade on DD, but DD better be the one that get's traded to make room for Briere. If we trade Eller or Pleky to make room for Briere, then Bergevin will give Houle a run for his money as worst Habs GM.

 

[Bloumeister]

I think it's symbolic that I've been playing the 3 metallica 'unforgiven' songs on repeat for the last little while.

I'm going to fire up 'King of Pain.'

I'm gonna listen to 'Lithium' nonstop on the flight back from Halifax. Yeah eah eah ee yeah

 

[Coldplay]

If we do sign Briere, Gionta, or Desharnais (or both) better be gone.

The problem here is that Gionta is a better player than Briere, and DD is still just 26.

Which is why signing Briere in the first place is questionable.

 

[Natey]

Bourque - Plekanec - Gionta
Galchenyuk - Eller - Gallagher
Pacioretty - Desharnais - Briere
Gerbe - White - Prust

SOLD!

 

[Whitesnake]

If we do sign Briere, Gionta, or Desharnais (or both) better be gone.

That's the goal. I hope.

 

[red devil]

I'm worried that Briere has declined too much to add any depth scoring. He is going to be 36 by the time the season starts and I'm not sure if he can get back to even scoring 20+ goals in a season.

 

[Wats]

Desharnais - Briere - Gallagher
Gerbe - Plekanec - Gionta

Yes please.

 

[FlyingKostitsyn]

Eric Engels ‏@EricEngels 1m
Briere is between Nashville and Montreal, no decision made yet.

Nashville it surely is then.

When is the last time Daniel Briere wasn't a complete liability without the puck?

3 years ago? 4 years ago?

Gionta isn't really a selke nominate himself.. Look I'm not saying Briere is some kind of demi-god. He's really average now, but so is Gionta whose main positive attribute is that he'll score an acceptable number of goals at a regular pace. Neither are a plus on their own end.

In the end I don't really want Briere to be signed anyways, its not really a step forward unless there are ulterior motives.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Bourque - Plekanec - Gionta
Galchenyuk - Eller - Gallagher
Pacioretty - Desharnais - Briere
Gerbe - White - Prust

SOLD!

RIP Patches.

 

[ProspectsFanatic]

Just the fact that Bergevin is interested in Briere make me vomit a little.

 

[Dwight]

Desharnais - Briere - Gallagher
Gerbe - Plekanec - Gionta

Yes please.

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