HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: 2024-2025 season

[JianYang]

I didn't know that was the book on him. A 100pt 25 year-old center makes our team objectively better, plus we have a solid hockey culture that should attenuate his issues.

He's been called mercurial Pete out here on the west coast.

I wouldn't feel comfortable giving him a big ticket to be honest.

 

[LaP]

I've been watching hockey since the 80ies and it is the worst team implosion i've ever seen. It even beats Montreal 2015-2016 implosion.

There's no point scratching Kreider. We knew the contract was terrible the day it was signed. The guy will be 34 next spring he's just too old to do what he used to do. Like for Gallagher as a GM/coach you got to accept this and ice the guy and wait for the contract to end.

 

[LaP]

I give it 24h hours before we hear Kreider complains about it and then getting traded ASAP to where ever (which is what Drury wanted to do since Kreider has a 15 teams no-trade clause).

Don't think anybody will trade for this contract unless NYR pay. Should cost a 1st round pick imo to move that contract.

Kreider + 1st for Josh Anderson and we are talking

 

[LaP]

Rangers has played for .300 in December so far, 3rd worst in the league in that time period. But even MB had more class then Drury.

Without that gifted win by the refs against us they would be in an even worse situation.

 

[Frankenheimer]

He's been called mercurial Pete out here on the west coast.

I wouldn't feel comfortable giving him a big ticket to be honest.

People change, mature. Also thrive in new contexts. Nobody wanted to touch Laine either.

 

[the valiant effort]

A tweet inside an instaface is dumb but I don’t have access to either so beggars can’t be choosers

 

[JianYang]

People change, mature. Also thrive in new contexts. Nobody wanted to touch Laine either.

I'm not in the camp rushing to sign Laine at this point either

 

[morhilane]

I'm not watching it, but that Rangers vs Devils game seems a bit crazy looking at the amount of penalties. 1st period basically started and ended with a fight.

After 2 periods, 16 penalties . The total PIM is 20 and 24 minutes per teams.

Rangers are losing by 3 goals too.

 

[Tyson]

I'm not watching it, but that Rangers vs Devils game seems a bit crazy looking at the amount of penalties. 1st period basically started and ended with a fight.

After 2 periods, 16 penalties . The total PIM is 20 and 24 minutes per teams.

Rangers are losing by 3 goals too.

4-0 and 50 minutes in the Rangers have 10 shots on goal.

 

[Tyson]

Is there a bigger piece of shit than Max Domi? He never fights a fighter, always fights guys who are not known as fighters.

 

[sampollock]

EP40 was concussed and he's not the player he used to be. Eye test and his stats back it up.

AND YET Nurse hated when he got hit by revass

 

[LaP]

People change, mature. Also thrive in new contexts. Nobody wanted to touch Laine either.

We got paid to accept Laine tough. There was 0 risk outside of the 2 years left to the contract.

4-0 and 50 minutes in the Rangers have 10 shots on goal.

The team bailed out it's on the owner now tbh.

 

[JianYang]

4-0 and 50 minutes in the Rangers have 10 shots on goal.

This is crazy. I've never seen a team collapse to this extent when some expectations had them penciled into the finals.

It's gotten to the point where I wonder if it's the end of laviolette's career as well.

 

[Frankenheimer]

We got paid to accept Laine tough. There was 0 risk outside of the 2 years left to the contract.

True, but Petterson is playing every game, has ppg start over his young career. The gap between where he is and where he should be is much smaller than with Laine. Bad locker rooms are a real thing, and it can involve good people like with Patches and Subs. Seems like a great opportunity to resolve a major gap on our team with no signs of a replacement other than through draft.

 

[JianYang]

True, but Petterson is playing every game, has ppg start over his young career. The gap between where he is and where he should be is much smaller than with Laine. Bad locker rooms are a real thing, and it can involve good people like with Patches and Subs. Seems like a great opportunity to resolve a major gap on our team with no signs of a replacement other than through draft.

For cup purposes, the Habs are much better served with a barkov type than a pettersson type.

Pettersson-Suzuki sounds great on paper (with the assumption that Pete has his head on straight), but the Habs need size there.

Besides, if I'm paying someone 11+ million, I am making damn sure that player can handle the market, and anyone who has followed Pete's career should have some reservations, at least.

 

[Tyson]

Pettersson is nowhere near worth 11 million per season. Vancouver is in a pickle with this feud between two highly paid players. Ouch

 

[morhilane]

This is crazy. I've never seen a team collapse to this extent when some expectations had them penciled into the finals.

It's gotten to the point where I wonder if it's the end of laviolette's career as well.

Wasn't Laviolette's career already over before he got that job?

But the problem on that team is that the players are angry at the GM, changing the coach wouldn't fix anything.

 

[sampollock]

Trade for Miller on van.
The type of hard nose player we need

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Both Rangers & Leafs got their asses beat this afternoon.

Why the hell were they both playing an afternoon game?

 

[sampollock]

Both Rangers & Leafs got their asses beat this afternoon.

Why the hell were they both playing an afternoon game?

Can't be how could the figs lose??

 

[Tyson]

Trade for Miller on van.
The type of hard nose player we need

Yeah we need a primadonna locker room distraction. No thanks

 

[OldCraig71]

Any video of the hit on Tkachuk?

 

[red devil]

Any video of the hit on Tkachuk?

 

[the valiant effort]

Good clean hit

 

[Andrei79]

That was brutal. Kucherov is such an amazing player, but easily one of the biggest assholes in the league.