Who knows? Keefe is not that good a coach but even he may have seen what Caufield could be.
I mean you flat out said you wouldn’t make that trade. You don’t want to trade for Robertson because he’s small and a bust according to you, yet ignore how we would be giving up a small, less proven, and worse player in exchange. That is indeed ironic.
We need Florian and Tuch patrolling the fourth line asap. Scary mofos with attitude and enough skating to reach and hurt anywhere you go.
Both agree & disagree with you...
What makes you think Draisaitl, a top5 player, is actually in the way of having a well-rounded team?
I'd probably push Dach to the wing. Still gets him top 6 minutes. He was great with Suzuki/Caufield.Seriously why even bother if you're going to be playing Crosby on the 3rd line..
He won't waive for that.
And yet you ignore i said I didn’t want Johnston for anything, completely removing Mesar from the discussion. You projected your view onto my post and created your own reality, separate from what I actually said and now tried to gaslight me into believing your post was accurate and I didn’t know what I had posted. But rather then read my post or ask what I meant or for clarification, as you obviously didn’t understand my post, you incorrectly assumed what my thoughts were in trading Mesar for Robertson.
We cn only hope...............that #87 has his eyes on what we are doing to get ready for the next 5-6-7 years......and contemplates coming to Montreal, via a trade or ufa.
Panthers won with Brobovsky at 10 millions aav in the net. In my opinion, you give the money what your elite player want. I would cut the tie with players asking more money (like middle 6 player or average top 4). I don’t see Draisaitl become a liability at 33 years old. I mean, elite players are useful until after 35 years old in general.
The problem with Price was the structure of the contract, not the player or salary. It was an unmovable contract before the ink was dry and the bonuses going the full length of the deal instead of just at the start was amateur hour.
Dvorak will not play 4th line minutes when he's headed to UFA, healthy.
Hobbit Caufield is doing quite well. His size is irrelevant. Trade for him, let him produce, and trade him if there is no room for him or more size is needed up front.
Now you got Roy ahead of Slaf and Demidov
Roy Crosby Laine
Slaf Suzuki CC
Demidov Dach Newhook
There
It's as if some posters haven't actually followed real NHL games
If Florian and Tuch only top off as fourth liners that would be a disappointing result for this team. I strongly believe that both have the skating and skill (along with their size) to be more impactful players in the NHL. With Slafkovsky already as a stalwart on the team and Sawyer and Thorpe also on the horizon, other NHL fans' accepted, ingrained, if not smug, image of the Canadiens being a team of mostly smurfs will soon be changing.
The tendency is to put the two players in the same category, but frankly Florian Xhekaj separates himself from guys with fourth line ceilings with his ability to carry the puck and make plays.
With respect to Tuch, I may be, being a bit greedy, but many of the players drafted near his rank don't possess Tuch's combination of skating and size.
Neither did Brady Tkachuk. Not saying he’s the same but NHL is different roles and teammates. Just never know how a player will develop in the right atmosphere.
That is true. And why I didn't rate Brady too high. But you really have to watch the games to know how a player is deployed. They may develop later but they can also be on a stacked team and not get PP or scoring line minutes until those players graduate.
