Official Tank Thread

[Lafleurs Guy]

Far too early to throw the towel in on Marty or this team, atleast for this season. Let's just see how it plays out.

Well said.

 

[Gravity]

I want a franchise 1C. Keep tanking until you get it.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

I want a franchise 1C. Keep tanking until you get it.

For what it’s worth: Hage leads all rookies, is top ten in league scoring and has 8 goals and 16 points in 11 games.

 

[HabbyGuy]

I want a franchise 1C. Keep tanking until you get it.

So you're concerned about what you deem apparent lack of growth and demand accountabilty, but you also want them to suck so they can tank and draft higher.

You seem conflicted.

 

[vokiel]

I want a franchise 1C. Keep tanking until you get it.

There's 32 clubs in the league, that definition is large enough to make Nick one of them.

 

[bobholly39]

We're doing this thing again where we're sucking in the wrong year.

How deep is the draft, or #1 overall pick this year? Isn't 2026 the year with the prodigy?

 

[HuGort]

We're doing this thing again where we're sucking in the wrong year.

How deep is the draft, or #1 overall pick this year? Isn't 2026 the year with the prodigy?

They say that every draft. The year we finished last was suppose to be great draft headed by Shane Wright.

 

[Tuggy]

It really, really burns watching this garbage team play and watching what Michkov is doing.

I fully understand that rebuilds are not fun and we are deep in the midst of one, but I still have frustration to vent.

It's no fault of Reinbacher, HuGo drafted him, but he's going to need to perform at some level to meet expectations. It's such a bad f***ing pick in hindsight at this moment. I REALLY hope he proves me and everyone else doubting his pick wrong.

 

[ReHabs]

They say that every draft. The year we finished last was suppose to be great draft headed by Shane Wright.

Nobody thought it was a great draft, and especially not from Jan 2022 onward. Wright had stagnated and there was no clear number 2 at that time. By the time June rolled around everybody was downright negative about likelihood of the draft producing even one PPG player.

 

[morhilane]

We're doing this thing again where we're sucking in the wrong year.

How deep is the draft, or #1 overall pick this year? Isn't 2026 the year with the prodigy?

Habs have been sucking for 4 years now...

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

I might be done watching for the year , somebody let me know when Slaf wakes up because I ain't watching this team for 60 minutes just for Hutson.

But don't worry , I'll be cheering for losses with every ounce of my body I won't let the boys down

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Habs have been sucking for 4 years now...

30*

 

[Paddyjack]

They say that every draft. The year we finished last was suppose to be great draft headed by Shane Wright.

Can i have what you are smoking? That draft was known as notoriously bad, Wright was the only one that was seen as great potential, until question marks started to appear.

 

[morhilane]

30*

4 years bottom 5...
I was responding to someone complaining about tanking in the wrong draft year again.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Can i have what you are smoking? That draft was known as notoriously bad, Wright was the only one that was seen as great potential, until question marks started to appear.

and were validated.

 

[BeliveauFan4ever]

Just a thought, but Hage ‘has a shot’ at being a No. 1 C.

A shot.

Not all No. 1s were Top 10 picks.

 

[Gravity]

So you're concerned about what you deem apparent lack of growth and demand accountabilty, but you also want them to suck so they can tank and draft higher.

You seem conflicted.

Not really. Hockey is team sport. It's totally plausible to see growth and progression in 1-2 individuals while the team as a whole sucks.

I started the season rooting for wins and upon realization that it would be one of those years, am of the opinion that if you're going to suck, might as well suck hard.

 

[The Real Timo]

Not really. Hockey is team sport. It's totally plausible to see growth and progression in 1-2 individuals while the team as a whole sucks.

I starred the season rooting for wins and upon realization that it would be one of those years, am of the opinion that if you're going to suck, might as well suck hard.

Well... you don't have to ask them twice.

Although they called up Wah-Wah so the suckage is over now?

Canadiens : l'attaquant Joshua Roy rappelé | RDS

Les Canadiens ont rappelé l'attaquant du Rocket de Laval.

www.rds.ca

 

[Gravity]

Well... you don't have to ask them twice.

Although they called up Wah-Wah so the suckage is over now?

Canadiens : l'attaquant Joshua Roy rappelé | RDS

Les Canadiens ont rappelé l'attaquant du Rocket de Laval.

www.rds.ca

Mistake imo for his development. Let him dominate in Laval.

 

[cave troll]

We're doing this thing again where we're sucking in the wrong year.

How deep is the draft, or #1 overall pick this year? Isn't 2026 the year with the prodigy?

Don't worry. We'll be in for 1OA in 2026 too.

 

[HuGort]

How old were Dach and Newhook when we acquired them? Dach was a recent #3 overall and Newhook was a recent mid-1st.

Dach looked pretty darn good during his first season and two games as a Hab but then suffered a serious knee injury. Many were questioning Caufield's ability to score again throughout last season.

Rebuilds are long, trying processes with more valleys than peaks that can take a lot of years. Although Habs management may have been off on their evaluation of whether we could play meaningful games in March of 2025, they haven't made any substantial commitments or made any attempts at shortcuts that will handcuff their long term future.

Can understand the knee injury. But Dach wasn't even trying last few games. Like you said he is capable of much better effort

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Can understand the knee injury. But Dach wasn't even trying last few games. Like you said he is capable of much better effort

He's playing scared , it's not a valid excuse though , should sit if he's not gonna skate hard.

 

[WeThreeKings]

He's playing scared , it's not a valid excuse though , should sit if he's not gonna skate hard.

It's a valid excuse but it's gotta go away.. he should be working with a sports psychologist every day.

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

It's a valid excuse but it's gotta go away.. he should be working with a sports psychologist every day.

Nah he's just soft , that's my opinion.

What we need a sports psychologist for every single one of our players? Soft.

They just aren't very good and I'm including Slaf into that , good thing there's alot of time and nothing is set in stone

 

[WeThreeKings]

Nah he's just soft , that's my opinion.

What we need a sports psychologist for every single one of our players? Soft.

They just aren't very good and I'm including Slaf into that , good thing there's alot of time and nothing is set in stone

He's not soft and he's never been soft.

Soft players don't feed Andrew Copp at center. They don't stand up for themselves when cheap shotted against Ridley Greig.

They don't throw checks and give little dirty jabs after the check and puck is moving elsewhere.

And yes, you should have a sports psychologist for every one of your players and some people need it more than others.