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

[salbutera]

 

[morhilane]

The pieces are falling off.

But outch, a dislocated hip.

 

[sheed36]

Who's the guy reporting this? I don't see anything on TSN or Sportsnet about this.

 

[PeteWorrell]

Hip problems are never a good sign for athletes. We saw how Monahan struggled for years. There is no guarantee that Matthews will ever truly recover.

 

[Andrei79]

For those that have followed piglets' injury saga, can someone offer a short form summary on what the hell is going with him. ?

 

[morhilane]

For those that have followed piglets' injury saga, can someone offer a short form summary on what the hell is going with him. ?

It's all a big secret, even his team doc sees nothing on scans apparently. But every signs point to his back, so probably a disk issue (which is more and more commons with hockey players).

 

[the valiant effort]

It says parody in “Callahan’s” profile

Sure seems like it’s probably his back since it is often the most mysterious of pain

 

[MarkovsKnee]

Pretty sure this is fake. No other person is reporting this. Plus, parody is in his description.

No idea how this is funny though even as a Leaf hater.

 

[RabbleMasterBlaster]

I want a good draft pick

That you will inevitably hate on who they chose.

I'd rather win.

 

[GrandBison]

That you will inevitably hate on who they chose.

I'd rather win.

Calgary 11th is a good draft pick

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

And All 7 Cdn team could potentially qualify for the playoffs… when was the last time that’s happened? Early 80s?

Tough to see how both Montreal and Ottawa make it.

 

[the valiant effort]

Tough to see how both Montreal and Ottawa make it.

The Bruins have a tiny bit of padding but are still vulnerable. Their regulation wins and goal diff are right in line with the Habs

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

 

[JianYang]

Tough to see how both Montreal and Ottawa make it.

It's going to be Toronto in the east. Winnipeg and Edmonton in the west.

Ottawa is the one I'm on the fence on. They are in a good spot but I don't trust them.

Vancouver is in danger of a free fall. Their depth on defense is being exposed this year. If Hughes is out for a few weeks, it's disaster and they aren't making it.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

It's going to be Toronto in the east. Winnipeg and Edmonton in the west.

Ottawa is the one I'm on the fence on. They are in a good spot but I don't trust them.

Vancouver is in danger of a free fall. Their depth on defense is being exposed this year. If Hughes is out for a few weeks, it's disaster and they aren't making it.

They need to trade for Matheson. And I mean that seriously.

 

[JianYang]

They need to trade for Matheson. And I mean that seriously.

He'd probably slot in as #2 or #3 there depending on what you think of hronek.

If canucks are interested I'm tempted to see what Rutherford would offer. He can be pretty cavalier with his prospect cupboard if you look at his track record.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

He'd probably slot in as #2 or #3 there depending on what you think of hronek.

If canucks are interested I'm tempted to see what Rutherford would offer. He can be pretty cavalier with his prospect cupboard if you look at his track record.

He’d give them depth and help them through this stretch. He might be able to get them to the playoffs. Nobody knows how long Hughes is out for. If it’s an extended period, Matheson could help. He has his warts but the guy can skate and create offense.

 

[Tyson]

Washington with six players with 30+ points.
Ovechkin scores goal #872
has 19 goals in 23 games. A true legend.

They need to trade for Matheson. And I mean that seriously.

Matheson is a player that plays 25+ minutes per game. The worst thing for this organization would be to add more pressure to young D by moving the player who eats the most minutes.

 

[Guy Larose]

He'd probably slot in as #2 or #3 there depending on what you think of hronek.

If canucks are interested I'm tempted to see what Rutherford would offer. He can be pretty cavalier with his prospect cupboard if you look at his track record.

Rutherford won't offer anything because he's not the GM.

 

[JianYang]

Rutherford won't offer anything because he's not the GM.

He's president and under him is a relatively inexperienced GM.

It would be like assuming gorton does not have any say in Habs transactions.

 

[Guy Larose]

He's president and under him is a relatively inexperienced GM.

It would be like assuming gorton does not have any say in Habs transactions.

Gorton has said plenty of times that he lets Hughes work and does talk to him about trades....but he's not the president.

 

[JianYang]

Gorton has said plenty of times that he lets Hughes work and does talk to him about trades....but he's not the president.

He is vice president, but it sounds like you are making my argument for me.

 

[Guy Larose]

No. You were talking like Rutherford was the GM and now you're just trying to backtrack because you didn't know. It's ok, you didn't know.

 

[salbutera]

Rutherford won't offer anything because he's not the GM.

As talking heads have stated, they’ve been told by management around the league it’s Gorton they talk directly to, but Hughes is on the calls listening in

 

[ReHabs]

Chris Drury has shown the limits of hiring former players. Dude seems in over his head and incompetent like I’ve never seen.

At least Bergevin was authoritarian enough to keep things tight. Crappy but tight. Drury has zero respect among his players and I would bet among his peers in the league.