The state of the Habs Rebuild - The Next step

[Kimota]

We need to start thinking of Dach as a 3C and build him into that role. He is capable defensively despite the league worst +/-

And it really isn’t the end of the world if he becomes an elite 3C who can play 2C in a pinch.

Get him used to the defensive reps and he can still be a valuable player on a contender, and he’ll never need to make more than 4.5 mil


From 5th worst to 2nd worst is pretty terrible considering they added players to help the team and other teams are going through more deliberate tanks

That actually hurt me physically thinking Dach's future is as a 3C.

 

[McGees]

Isn't Savard our RD vet?
We are trading him to get another one?
I confuse

 

[Mrb1p]

Isn't Savard our RD vet?
We are trading him to get another one?
I confuse

He's a bottom pair D. We need a true top 4, a quality one.

 

[StreetHawk]

Isn't Savard our RD vet?
We are trading him to get another one?
I confuse

At the TDL he's likely going to be gone. Are you just going to swap his spot for Mailloux and be done? That would not be wise. They need to ship out 1 or maybe 2 of Barron/X/Struble to bring in the veterans they need.

 

[LaP]

Isn't Savard our RD vet?
We are trading him to get another one?
I confuse

A better one. Have you been watching the games? I like Savard good guy and he had a good career but he's been as bad as the kids this year. We need a better vet someone who can solidify the defense on the right side. Someone like Harmlik when he sihned here.

 

[RationalExpectations]

I’m beginning to think some people just like losing and vaguely hoping for a better tomorrow. Nothing else explains the fans’ ambivalence to the regression.

That is, unless they’re certain none of Dach, Xhekaj, Newhook, Monty, etc will remotely feature in our glorious future.

Shame we had to miss out on Bedard in order to preserve the “winning culture”…

I think some fans indeed seem to now prefer the illusion of future potential wins than winning itself. Boisvert said to Marinaro he does not care when a team starts winning, he focus on the rebuild itself. Some fans seem to think like him.

For me the rebuild is a means to an end : winning. Now it has become an end in itself.

 

[McGees]

A better one. Have you been watching the games? I like Savard good guy and he had a good career but he's been as bad as the kids this year. We need a better vet someone who can solidify the defense on the right side. Someone like Harmlik when he sihned here.

weird cause when I said we should have traded him last year at deadline, everyone wanted to keep him.
We are getting good at holding assets until they are anchors.

 

[StreetHawk]

I think some fans indeed seem to now prefer the illusion of future potential wins than winning itself. Boisvert said to Marinaro he does not care when a team starts winning, he focus on the rebuild itself. Some fans seem to think like him.

For me the rebuild is a means to an end : winning. Now it has become an end in itself.

Anaheim has been out of the PO since 2019 season. 6 years going on 7 now. This is the reality of a rebuild. It’s long and painful.