HF Habs: Out of Town Thread: Off-Season Edition

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

I believe that lady was his billet.

Didn't know that. Makes sense then.

 

[EXPOS123]

LA Kings will test that cheap goalie theory.

52M on F
26M on D
3M on G

At the time they signed Danault, I said that was too much to pay for too long for a 3rd line center and that they will probably look to move him after the third year of that contract.

I still stick by my prediction as not this year but next summer they wil need to sign their young guys hitting RFA and Danault wil be a luxury they can’t afford to keep anymore in order to make room for others

 

[MXD]

At the time they signed Danault, I said that was too much to pay for too long for a 3rd line center and that they will probably look to move him after the third year of that contract.

I still stick by my prediction as not this year but next summer they wil need to sign their young guys hitting RFA and Danault wil be a luxury they can’t afford to keep anymore in order to make room for others

... Danault will/might be the 3rd center of the LAK this season because someone in that team's front office probably needs a legal guardian.

 

[sheed36]

Didn't know that. Makes sense then.

That was the story at the time but turns out she really wasn't Zadina's billet. They did an interview with her on the Habs YT channel after and her name is Janie Barrios and she lives in Louisiana.

 

[RabbleMasterBlaster]

Leafs fans think they can keep Nylander @ Dubois $$

I've been telling leafs fans for the last 3 years Ny is their most important player. Dude is a gamer. They hate him for some reason. I'd take him on the Habs in a heart beat

 

[Runner77]

That was the story at the time but turns out she really wasn't Zadina's billet. They did an interview with her on the Habs YT channel after and her name is Janie Barrios and she lives in Louisiana.

Yeah, they shoulda interviewed the commando lady instead.

 

[Rapala]

A few weeks ago, Internet Hockey: LAK is going after PLD because Kopitar is on his last contract year and won't be re-signed so PLD is his replacement.

LAK today: re-sign Kopitar and give him a full no move clause that is applied backward to the last year of his contract.

Danault officially LAK 3e center for the next 3 seasons.

It's his own fault. Danault should have requested a trade the minute Bergevin signed on.

 

[sheed36]

Yeah, they shoulda interviewed the commando lady instead.

Hey Jesperi.. You remember that time when you were drafted by the Habs and the lady on the screen was so shocked when the Habs picked you and when you were heading to the stage you passed that beaver sitting on the stairs there right next to you..

 

[DramaticGloveSave]

One thing is for sure. He has balls and he doesnt want to play for « money » because he’ll maybe never get those 4M$ back again.

Word on the street is he thought the work was done once he was drafted. Didn’t endear himself to the team at all. Perhaps he’s using this as motivation to get his shit together and try and salvage his career.

 

[Miller Time]

I'd rather have Ylonen than Zadina. Because if Ylonen ain't producing, he's still a useful player to have in your line-up and he can be in the Bottom-6 or get time in the Top-6. If Zadina ain't scoring, he's useless.

I admittedly did not watch much Wings hockey last year, but your take seems in direct contradiction to much of what I have read about Zadina, and his underlying stats... by all indications I've come across, he was actually performing quite well in every area EXCEPT scoring.

Ylonen is decent, but I don't know that he's any more useful than Zadina has established himself to be, is a month older and doesn't have the same ceiling.

imo i'd easily prefer Zadina over Ylonen assuming Zadina is taking a similarly small cap #

 

[Runner77]

It's his own fault. Danault should have requested a trade the minute Bergevin signed on.

That’s cause he didn’t yet find his inner Dubois.

To trigger it, he needs to do a shift of shame.

 

[Habs]

But he's living in LA, on the beach, making millions, about to go on a cup run and nobody knows who he is. It's the new dream of today's NHL player and it's frightening for Canadian teams imo.

Downside - he's living in LA and not further away, its a total dump of a city soon as you leave your house. Taxes are insane, no laws.. homeless everywhere.. crime rampant

 

[McGees]

Monty could be someone enticing for them

Monty for PLD
confirmed.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Monty for PLD
confirmed.

Now now, let's not get too crazy here, Allen should suffice

 

[DAChampion]

Downside - he's living in LA and not further away, its a total dump of a city soon as you leave your house. Taxes are insane, no laws.. homeless everywhere.. crime rampant

FYI Los Angeles is a big place.

 

[Habs]

FYI Los Angeles is a big place.

I had a condo there, sold two years ago, I have seen the destruction of it first hand. Kept a place near Palm Springs instead. North Hollywood is brutal now, downtown is like a war zone, Malibu is lined with full time squatters, can't even go to any tourist beach they are disgusting. If you can hang out in Santa Barbara or Orange County, life is pretty good. The thing I disliked about LA is you are never more than 8 blocks from total gangland, including BH. Honestly I'll probably sell out of there too because the tax implications are going to be unreal. They are talking about charging Cali residents taxes even after you move away, for example, and its already in place if you own a house there or your spouse lives there and you move. Its not the paradise it once was.

I know some people still love it, I just can't do it anymore and even the super rich athletes can't escape the issues in the nice areas.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

I had a condo there, sold two years ago, I have seen the destruction of it first hand. Kept a place near Palm Springs instead. North Hollywood is brutal now, downtown is like a war zone, Malibu is lined with full time squatters, can't even go to any tourist beach they are disgusting. If you can hang out in Santa Barbara or Orange County, life is pretty good. The thing I disliked about LA is you are never more than 8 blocks from total gangland, including BH. Honestly I'll probably sell out of there too because the tax implications are going to be unreal. They are talking about charging Cali residents taxes even after you move away, for example, and its already in place if you own a house there or your spouse lives there and you move. Its not the paradise it once was.

I know some people still love it, I just can't do it anymore and even the super rich athletes can't escape the issues in the nice areas.

and now for a different take don't listen to crazy old coots like this guy. I lived in California 2017-2022 and it was incredible, some of the best years of my life. taxes? i'm not obsessed with taxes like these guys are. homeless? overblown by the conservative media. there's a serious homelessness problem in red states too. overall, quality of life is high and California has it all: coast, mountains, forest, cities, great food and a strong economy.

"dOwNtOwN iS LiKe a wArZoNe"

one legit downside though: fire season. that's a real bummer

 

[Team_Spirit]

Kings players live in the rich part of town Pierre Luc will be alright lol... that being said their training center in el segundo was all walled up a few years back it made the news. So yea it's getting worse but not for the uber rich!

House hunting with a 10M budget

by the beach

https://www.redfin.com/CA/Hermosa-Beach/100-The-Strand-90254/home/6717616

or by the golf in the gate community

968 Paseo La Cresta, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 - 5 beds/8 baths

(CRMLS) For Sale: 5 beds, 8 baths ∙ 6831 sq. ft. ∙ 968 Paseo La Cresta, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 ∙ $13,999,000 ∙ MLS# PV22151508 ∙ The embodiment of style and elegance… this one of a kind, KA...

www.redfin.com

so many choices

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

I had a condo there, sold two years ago, I have seen the destruction of it first hand. Kept a place near Palm Springs instead. North Hollywood is brutal now, downtown is like a war zone, Malibu is lined with full time squatters, can't even go to any tourist beach they are disgusting. If you can hang out in Santa Barbara or Orange County, life is pretty good. The thing I disliked about LA is you are never more than 8 blocks from total gangland, including BH. Honestly I'll probably sell out of there too because the tax implications are going to be unreal. They are talking about charging Cali residents taxes even after you move away, for example, and its already in place if you own a house there or your spouse lives there and you move. Its not the paradise it once was.

I know some people still love it, I just can't do it anymore and even the super rich athletes can't escape the issues in the nice areas.

Thanks for the warning.

 

[BozoTheClown]

and now for a different take don't listen to crazy old coots like this guy. I lived in California 2017-2022 and it was incredible, some of the best years of my life. taxes? i'm not obsessed with taxes like these guys are. homeless? overblown by the conservative media. there's a serious homelessness problem in red states too. overall, quality of life is high and California has it all: coast, mountains, forest, cities, great food and a strong economy.

"dOwNtOwN iS LiKe a wArZoNe"

one legit downside though: fire season. that's a real bummer

In regards to the the wild fires, from the Vancouver Sun and CBC.


If the Donnie Creek wildfire — the largest ever recorded in B.C. — was burning in the Lower Mainland, it would have scorched land all the way from Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast to Agassiz in the Fraser Valley.

The 5,715-square-kilometre fire, which was sparked by lightning in May, could burn until winter or continue smouldering and re-emerge next spring, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.

Just how big is B.C.’s largest wildfire? It would stretch beyond the Lower Mainland

The raging Donnie Creek fire would stretch beyond the Lower Mainland

vancouversun.com

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6898955

https://i.cbc.ca/1.6892297.16880094...en/derivatives/16x9_620/donnie-creek-fire.jpg

 

[Mrb1p]

Real talk.

I hope Chicago fails miserably with their scorched earth approach.

It bothers me that they have traded good, young, useful players with the intention of being bad in the future so they can draft high. They were rewarded with Bedard but as we've seen in Edmonton even the best player in the world can't help a crappy roster.

Wdm Edmontons been a contender for like 4 years now

 

[Mrb1p]

FYI Los Angeles is a big place.

A big shitty place with the worst infrastructure in the developped world. Theres a reason urbanists, geophysicians and geographers use LA as the worst example of how to develop a city.

 

[Habs]

and now for a different take don't listen to crazy old coots like this guy. I lived in California 2017-2022 and it was incredible, some of the best years of my life. taxes? i'm not obsessed with taxes like these guys are. homeless? overblown by the conservative media. there's a serious homelessness problem in red states too. overall, quality of life is high and California has it all: coast, mountains, forest, cities, great food and a strong economy.

"dOwNtOwN iS LiKe a wArZoNe"

one legit downside though: fire season. that's a real bummer

um, yeah ok... now I'm not sure you ever lived there with that Hottake lol

In regards to the the wild fires, from the Vancouver Sun and CBC.


If the Donnie Creek wildfire — the largest ever recorded in B.C. — was burning in the Lower Mainland, it would have scorched land all the way from Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast to Agassiz in the Fraser Valley.

The 5,715-square-kilometre fire, which was sparked by lightning in May, could burn until winter or continue smouldering and re-emerge next spring, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service.

Just how big is B.C.’s largest wildfire? It would stretch beyond the Lower Mainland

The raging Donnie Creek fire would stretch beyond the Lower Mainland

vancouversun.com

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6898955

https://i.cbc.ca/1.6892297.16880094...en/derivatives/16x9_620/donnie-creek-fire.jpg

I have a few friends fighting that fire and renting the equipment to them, its surreal I've heard. Family close to that fire, its been a nasty one to be sure.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

um, yeah ok... now I'm not sure you ever lived there with that Hottake lol

Bay Area was lovely what can i say I'm not old and paranoid

A big shitty place with the worst infrastructure in the developped world. Theres a reason urbanists, geophysicians and geographers use LA as the worst example of how to develop a city.

but this is not a problem unique to California. the whole west is designed for car-centric urban sprawl. Phoenix AZ, Houston TX are just as bad.

 

[Mrb1p]

Bay Area was lovely what can i say I'm not old and paranoid

but this is not a problem unique to California. the whole west is designed for car-centric urban sprawl. Phoenix AZ, Houston TX are just as bad.

Yes, LA is just bigger which makes it worse by definition. (More people, larger area)