Nick Suzuki has levelled up as a premier centre

[CanadienShark]

I was so jealous when Vegas drafted him. Nice how it all worked out.

 

[Junohockeyfan]

I was so jealous when Vegas drafted him. Nice how it all worked out.

Suzuki will continue his linear progression as Slaf and Caufield continue their development. Just a perfect situation.

 

[CanadienShark]

Yea if only the habs injured Tavares in game 1 the series would be over a lot sooner

Strange that habs fans are still complaining about kreider injuring price but they conveniently ignore the fact that toronto lost Tavares and Winnipeg lost scheifele in back to back series against the habs.

The same petulant Scheifele that tried to kill Evans? He deserved to be out.

 

[HabzSauce]

Yea if only the habs injured Tavares in game 1 the series would be over a lot sooner

Strange that habs fans are still complaining about kreider injuring price but they conveniently ignore the fact that toronto lost Tavares and Winnipeg lost scheifele in back to back series against the habs.

With or without Tavares, leafs should not have lost to the Habs. It's embarrassing regardless

 

[rahad]

His best quality is not getting injure. The Habs break the record for the number of injury in the last 3 years. He did not miss a single match. His iron man streak is going strong!

 

[viceroy]

I'd take Tavares on a discount. I believe he was cup chasing when he signed in Toronto 7 years ago. Signing with a team like Montreal could give him a real chance to achieve that goal.

I was cool with getting Tavares too for a bit but the thing is losing is an infectious disease. Some guys are just losers. Case in point when the Leafs got Joe Thornton. Despite the fact that the Leafs got eliminated he was all smiles. He was cool with losing, he's a loser.

 

[Frank Drebin]

I was cool with getting Tavares too for a bit but the thing is losing is an infectious disease. Some guys are just losers. Case in point when the Leafs got Joe Thornton. Despite the fact that the Leafs got eliminated he was all smiles. He was cool with losing, he's a loser.

fair point. He's probably too old and stubborn to learn anything from Suzuki. Let him play out his career in Toronto.

 

[AvatarAang]

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[c3z4r]

Suzuki's been impressing with his year to year improvements, I'm curious to see how much better he can become offensively with a proper top 6 if the Habs manage to add a 2C and Demidov.

 

[Kimota]

14 fricking million dollars is gonna be his ask. What if Demidov gets comparable numbers to him in his second year? What if Hutson waits until we sign Marner to re-sign? They'd both want near 14mil as well. Congratulations, you've just inherited TML's f'd up wage cap structure. Congratulations, your Cup contention window is closed.

Just damn foolish as an ask. The people that ask to trade for Crosby are more reasonable.

I'm not sure I would a 100% sign Marner cause of the steap price, right. But I would definitely make the phone call. And maybe convince him to sign for less. Especially if we go to a good run in the playoffs this year and the Leafs don't. And we show that we're the place to be. I for sure would not give him 14.

 

[Kimota]

Folks just be yapping

The Hart is MVP, most valuable player. The guy is essentially singlehandly bringing a team full of scrubs to the playoffs. I watched those games, I can't think of a more clutch player.

 

[TheDoldrums]

The Hart is MVP, most valuable player. The guy is essentially singlehandly bringing a team full of scrubs to the playoffs. I watched those games, I can't think of a more clutch player.

That’s great for you. Although in the last post it was Suzuki and Hutson, which kind of defeats the single-handedly claim by definition.

In reality he has no chance at top 5 so he’s not a serious Hart candidate in any sense of the word.

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

The Hart is MVP, most valuable player. The guy is essentially singlehandly bringing a team full of scrubs to the playoffs. I watched those games, I can't think of a more clutch player.

...he'll get Selke votes...

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Most productive player since the Four Nations.

Serious Hart trophy consideration as he and Hutson are singlehandly bringing the Habs to the playoffs since the TDL.

How can two people do something single-handedly

 

[JianYang]

MTL has been on interesting trajectory since they snatched Suzuki from VGK.

It was quite clear from the beginning the deal was horrendous for VGK, but they've gone with their all-in attitude ever since. MTL on the other hand has had long time plan, that seems to be paying off: they have managed to gather some of the best talent in NHL and make it stick without losing the working class brand. Hutson (based on todays solo coast-to-coast goal alone) could be a "generational talent", Suzuki is very smart for a hockey player, picks his words fantastic and is seemingly a top tier captain in leadership sense.

Remember that Tomas tatar was also part of that deal. I bring that up because Montreal was not really in a rebuild at the time. They were continuing to build around price and Weber, and tatar was a peice that could step in right away and did pretty well for the first year or two at least.

A clear rebuild only started after price and Weber were effectively retired from injuries and bergevin was fired. Prior to that, they were still signing ufas like toffoli and hoffman and giving first rounder for dvorak.

Gorton came in November 2021 and hughes/st louis in early 2022. This is where the new direction towards youth was established, and it continues to this day.

 

[Xirik]

...he'll get Selke votes...

I don't see him getting a lot of votes given his lack of PK time. He was 13th in selke voting last year, Probably will move up a bit this year.

 

[Frank Drebin]

I have no idea how the selke is determined. Do they pick stars that kill penalties?

 

[Frank Drebin]

You can help me out here @Xirik

 

[Frank Drebin]

Just gonna leave me here feeling stupid i guess

 

[Bouboumaster]

The best thing Bergevin ever did in his life, was failing to trade for Cody Glass

 

[wetcoast]

Just gonna leave me here feeling stupid i guess

There is a lot of reputation voting for the Selke and the weird part is that the contenders always need to score a certain number of points, usually a lot.

Suzuki is on his away to possibly building his HHOF cake but of course he needs time to enjoy his prime and has to put some icing on it as well so it will be interesting to watch the rest of his career unfold.

 

[Coffee]

The best thing Bergevin ever did in his life, was failing to trade for Cody Glass

He literally said his best decision ever was fully committing to the gym

 

[BigDaddyLurch]

He literally said his best decision ever was fully committing to the gym

...and Molson's best decision was firing Bargain Bin...

 

[Frank Drebin]

There is a lot of reputation voting for the Selke and the weird part is that the contenders always need to score a certain number of points, usually a lot.

Suzuki is on his away to possibly building his HHOF cake but of course he needs time to enjoy his prime and has to put some icing on it as well so it will be interesting to watch the rest of his career unfold.

Thanks for the reply, kinda what i figured. One of the trophies i never assigned too much importance to along with the calder and lady being

 

[viceroy]

The best thing Bergevin ever did in his life, was failing to trade for Cody Glass

Story now is that Suzuki was actually his 3rd pick. First he asked for Brannstrom, Vegas refused. Then he asked for Glass and Vegas refused. Only then did we get Suzuki.