Post-lockout Lineup

[newromanceforkids]

Pac Plecks Cole
Moen Eller Gionta
A.Gal DD Bourque
Prust Gomez Arms (Dumont, Leblanc)

 

[Krnage]

lets bring back Campoli

 

[gusfring]

What results?

Subban Gorges proved last year they are a very solid pair...numbers back it up.
Kaberle and Markov also have the numbers to back up their abilities.
Emelin and Diaz were pretty solid last yaer as rookies, we can reasonably expect 20-25% improvement on both.

Bouillon has a long track record and acn be productive in a limited role(#5-6-7)
Diaz also has shown flashes of skill and production.

What results? Really.

Kaberle is terrible. Bouillon is a 7th d at best on a good team. Diaz and Weber are also borderline NHLers.

And we don't have a #1.

 

[Seb]

What results? Really.

Kaberle is terrible. Bouillon is a 7th d at best on a good team. Diaz and Weber are also borderline NHLers.

And we don't have a #1.

Subban is #1

Markov is the wildcard.

 

[overlords]

Oh man, feels nice to be going over habs lineups again.

 

[tinyzombies]

The offense is fine if Bourque and Gionta rebound or the PP gets back to top 10. If both happen we'll be a top 10 offense. An injury in the top 6 could hurt though.

Ideally I'd like another fringe top 6 winger added for depth...Huselius Sykora Knuble type with LeBlanc banged up and Palushaj out. Galchenyuk cou8ld also be the answer but I'd rather not count on that.

True, our PP should be good with Markov too. Our bottom 6 has some real grit now too.

I'm not counting on that top line delivering again like that. Bergevin said in June he's bringing Gomez to camp. I think he's gonna be back with us.

Galchenyuk didn't look that great at the WJC, tho he was on a crap line and did put up points. Worried about his work ethic and lateral skating. Doesn't seem like we'll get any surprises from kids this year either judging from the stats in Hamilton.

Really hoping Eller can break through.

 

[Nedved]

remember when we had:

akost
skost
lapierre
latendresse

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Oh man, feels nice to be going over habs lineups again.

Maybe today. Probably not in two weeks.

 

[overlords]

Maybe today. Probably not in two weeks.

True dat. I was just thinking " wow, it's great to have the habs board buzzing again". Then... " I might regret that".

Lockout ended before my street was fully cleared of snow, btw.

 

[Phil Parent]

remember when we had:

akost
skost
lapierre
latendresse

In order.

Sometimes lacks heart, will never play in the NHL again.
Attitude problem, actually the best of this group.
Grade-A ***** who won't fight anyone.
Trying to stay in the league. Fat & Fragile. Never the same after he ended DiMaio's career. Lacked killer instinct afterwards?

I do remember, and boy, am I happy they are gone.

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

True dat. I was just thinking " wow, it's great to have the habs board buzzing again". Then... " I might regret that".

Lockout ended before my street was fully cleared of snow, btw.

Same. Soon enough there will be a new CBA in place before my side of the street is cleaned.

 

[Drunk World Order]

We have two legitimate NHL dman in Gorges and Subban, but the rest have a bunch of question marks over them.

Of course, Markov can be a great dman, but is there anything left in the tank? He was slow and looked weak last year.

Diaz is another wildcard here. The guy could be good if he adapts his game to the NHL.

Emelin was really bad last year imo. I don't see him as a top-6 dman.

Then Bouillon? Kaberle? St-Denis?

What are you smoking? ...Let me know so I can tell the kids to stay away from it!

 

[Phil Parent]

Emelin was some nights the only entertaining thing on the ice for this team.... he's top 6 for sure, potential top 4.

 

[DJ Breadman]

gally is def going to camp, I wonder if he has a realistic chance of making the team

 

[Myron Gaines*]

In order.

Sometimes lacks heart, will never play in the NHL again.
Attitude problem, actually the best of this group.
Grade-A ***** who won't fight anyone.
Trying to stay in the league. Fat & Fragile. Never the same after he ended DiMaio's career. Lacked killer instinct afterwards?

I do remember, and boy, am I happy they are gone.

Thank you.

 

[Monctonscout]

What results? Really.

Kaberle is terrible. Bouillon is a 7th d at best on a good team. Diaz and Weber are also borderline NHLers.

And we don't have a #1.

Kaberle was an all star most of his career, last yaer he had a bad start mostly because he showed up out of shape on a cup hangover. Even if he bounces back to 75% of the year before he is NHL average and two notches above terrible.

Bouillon was #5 in Nashville on a team that finished 5th overall in the whole NHL!!! I'm pretty sure he can contribute as a #5-6 here.

Weber is borderline but he is #8 so nothing wrong with that. Diaz looked like an average #5-6 last year, with normal progression he sjhould be ok as a #4.

Most NHL teams don't have a "true #1". I think Subban and Markov could be that #1 depending on progression and health. Worst case we have a lot of #2-4 guys(Gorges Subban Markov Kaberle Emelin Diaz).

 

[Nedved]

In order.

Sometimes lacks heart, will never play in the NHL again.
Attitude problem, actually the best of this group.
Grade-A ***** who won't fight anyone.
Trying to stay in the league. Fat & Fragile. Never the same after he ended DiMaio's career. Lacked killer instinct afterwards?

I do remember, and boy, am I happy they are gone.

still think those guys would be great depth, with the core group, and that's not including cammy-- the guy who filled up the net in our playoff run or higgins, or the d man we traded to new york

maxpac dd cole
skost pleks akost
latendresse eller gionta
prust lapierre moen

again, that's without cammy. replace cammy with akost if you so desired but that is a a competitive line-up

 

[GoHabsGo76]

remember when we had:

akost
skost
lapierre
latendresse

I would LOVE Lapierre back, but he's always been a favorite player of mine so I guess I'm biased.

 

[Kriss E]

What results? Really.

Kaberle is terrible. Bouillon is a 7th d at best on a good team. Diaz and Weber are also borderline NHLers.

And we don't have a #1.

Two out of four of those guys will be healthy scratches anyways.

Kaberle is terrible as a 1-4 Dman, give him sheltered minutes as a 5-6 guy with plenty of PP time and he serves a good purpose.
Gorges is a proven shutdown D.
PK is a #1, not sure how people still dare to argue against that.
Markov, is a question mark, but if he can still mostly healthy, we got a great Dman in him. PP QB.
Emelin was impressive in his rookie year, he got invited (as well as Markov) to the KHL all-star game, so I think it's to assume he's doing pretty well over there this year.

So, it's really not THAT bad.
As the 6th Dman, it'll be between Bouillon-Diaz-Weber. I wasn't for Bouillon but he does bring some ruggedness. Not sure what shape he's currently in after this lockout, it'll be interesting to see.
Diaz, is close to averaging 1 pt/gp in Swiss-A league. He's doing very well this year and last season was good for us until getting injured. I fully disagree with you that he's a borderline NHLer. He has his spot imo, and I'd hang on to him. Wouldn't want to lose him the same way we lost Streit.
Weber will likely be moved because of all the same type of Dman we have and how he's behind them all in terms of depth.

I wouldn't call our defense horrible, uni-dimensional is more like it. But we could be a very fast puck moving team.

 

[Dominator13]

I would LOVE Lapierre back, but he's always been a favorite player of mine so I guess I'm biased.

Yea you are biased because he's a piece of **** yellow yapper that I hope never plays a game with us ever again. I hate players that don't back it up. I'll take Moen, Prust and White over that clown anyday.

But I would take Latendresse back anyday, and Kostitsyn-Eller-Kostitsyn would make a SICK 3rd line. Eller and Sergei would of been great on the pk.

 

[Phil Parent]

Kaberle I always see as another Brisebois - Soft, Overpaid, but undeniably offensively talented. I think Brisebois was better defensively while Kaberle has better offensive upside.

I, for one, like him on the bottom pairing with a solid shutdown guy as his partner, and PP time, probably first wave, with Markov OR Subban. At worse, second wave.

 

[durojean]

Gionta Plekanec Galchenyuk
Cole Desharnais Pacioretty
Gomez Eller Bourque
Moen Armstrong Prust

Markov Subban
Kaberle Gorges
Bouillon Diaz

Price
Budaj

 

[Nedved]

Gionta Plekanec Galchenyuk
Cole Desharnais Pacioretty
Gomez Eller Bourque
Moen Armstrong Prust

Markov Subban
Kaberle Gorges
Bouillon Diaz

Price
Budaj

our forwards are pathetic. still a couple years away...

d will be:

markov emelin
gorges subban
kaberle diaz

 

[Kikizaz]

FORWARDS
Alex Galchenyuk ($3.225m) / Tomas Plekanec ($5.000m) / Brian Gionta ($5.000m)
Max Pacioretty ($1.625m) / David Desharnais ($0.850m) / Erik Cole ($4.500m)
Travis Moen ($1.850m) / Lars Eller ($1.325m) / Colby Armstrong ($1.000m)
Brandon Prust ($2.500m) / Dominic Moore ($1.000m) / Ryan White ($0.688m)
Petteri Nokelainen ($0.575m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Josh Gorges ($3.900m) / P.K. Subban ($4.000m)
Andrei Markov ($5.750m) / Alexei Emelin ($2.000m)
Francis Bouillon ($1.500m) / Raphael Diaz ($1.225m)
Yannick Weber ($0.850m) /
GOALTENDERS
Carey Price ($6.500m)
Peter Budaj ($1.150m)
BUYOUTS
Rene Bourque ($1.333m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(these totals are compiled with the bonus cushion)
SALARY CAP: $70,200,000; CAP PAYROLL: $57,345,833; BONUSES: $2,300,000
CAP SPACE (22-man roster): $15,154,167


-Gomez+Kaberle in amnesty buyouts
-Bourque just bought out normally. This provides us room to sign Subban and see what's available in this offseason's UFA market.
-If Galchenyuk is not ready for the NHL after his 9 game tryout, replace him with Gallagher.
-I wanted to keep the payroll down for the 64.3m Cap next season.

 

[Theosis]

FORWARDS
Alex Galchenyuk ($3.225m)

Why is Galchenyuk making so much?