NHL Offseason Thread 2018 |OT| Vegas sins, lottery wins and BargainBins
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Special counsel Soc is gonna have to get a no knock warrant for the truth on this one
By all means take half the story of the avs and use it futilely. The other half is equally important, and involves actually identifying problems with the lineup and fixing them. But by all means, crack that whip harder! O'Reilly cannot escape the avs rebuild no matter how far East he travels.
If we had a Shawn Micheals, we'd be in the playoffs. We don't even have a fake Diesel.
He should of been fired after the Subban trade. Nothing he said today is surprising, not sure why people expected him to have this come to Jesus moment. His owner has had his back since day one.
Shut up, 19 & 21. The Avs NEEDED to be coachable. You won't be ruining this stupid narrative with your dumb logic.
Any good rants. I haven't been listening lately. He has become apathetic towards the team like many fans since December. He just accepted fate.
Not yet. Maybe tomorrow morning?
I heard his questions for MB during the presser. Dude was dropping bombs!
So Aquilini just tweeted up a storm. Dumbass doesn't know how to make twitter threads so here it is compiled and in non-tweet form:
The Dallas Stars missed the playoffs because they lack of scoring depth and defense.
The San Antonio Spurs (aka The Detroit Red Wings of Basketball) make the playoffs because most of that league lack scoring depth and defense.
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The San Antonio Spurs (aka The Detroit Red Wings of Basketball) make the playoffs because most of that league lack scoring depth and defense.
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Not to keep harping on it, but I just read MB's comments referencing Real Madrid missing the playoffs. I mean.... how can ANYONE give this guy the vote of confidence? I don't care if it's a retool, or a rebuild, how could you possibly think "This guy knows what he's doing!"?
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Oh lawd.....the latest hot take from noted drunk/racist/moron who lost us Patrick Roy, Mario Tremblay, is a doozy.
You'll recall that he's the guy who claimed that Galchenyuk went to rehab before the season.
Now he's saying that Pacioretty attempted to orchestrate his own trade to the Panthers at the deadline, that he reached out to a buddy on the team to speak to Tallon to get him to broker the trade, and that Bergevin knows about all of this.
Hard to tell what is the bigger shitshow: the team, the management, or the media.
You'll recall that he's the guy who claimed that Galchenyuk went to rehab before the season.
Now he's saying that Pacioretty attempted to orchestrate his own trade to the Panthers at the deadline, that he reached out to a buddy on the team to speak to Tallon to get him to broker the trade, and that Bergevin knows about all of this.
Hard to tell what is the bigger shitshow: the team, the management, or the media.
to be fair in that situation Mario Tremblay is just reporting something that's been out for months, a couple of sources have reported the same thing
Freddy the Goat is a restricted free agent this summer, and I'm pretty sure the Leafs won't give him a qualifying offer.
Then Bergevin will finally get his chance to swoop in. That might soften the blow of losing Patches and Galchenyuk.
Then Bergevin will finally get his chance to swoop in. That might soften the blow of losing Patches and Galchenyuk.
I don't like Bergevin's comments.
He makes roster changes that are widely panned.
His f/o fails to introduce quality through the draft/development.
He sits for an entire season with 9 million in cap space and does norhing with it, even while Molson talks about the Habs as a 'cap' team.
And then he blames the players - the group of people he hand picked to wear one of the most cherished sweaters in pro sports - claiming they had a poor attitude from training camp.
Fuck off.
He makes roster changes that are widely panned.
His f/o fails to introduce quality through the draft/development.
He sits for an entire season with 9 million in cap space and does norhing with it, even while Molson talks about the Habs as a 'cap' team.
And then he blames the players - the group of people he hand picked to wear one of the most cherished sweaters in pro sports - claiming they had a poor attitude from training camp.
Fuck off.
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Yeah he's the worst (or mayyyybe 2nd worst after Chiarelli) GM in the NHL. He's arrogant without anything to back it up with, he absolves himself completely from blame (even yesterday, when he would start to say "I made a mistake...." he'd always follow it up with ".....but it's not just me" or some shit), he shifts the goalposts every press conference (first we are building through the draft, next thing we are trading for Weber), he's a hypocrite (Drouin treatment vs Galchenyuk treatment), he's a liar (Subban trade), he can't evaluate talent (says Kopitar isn't a 1C), he's ruined our AHL, scouting and player development branches by filling them out with his similarly unqualified buddies (nepotism for the lose), and he is quick to throw anyone under the bus to save his skin (Price remarks). I don't see how anyone can respect him. He isn't qualified, he doesn't know what he is doing, he has set the franchise back at least 5 years. He's killing the franchise I've watched and loved for 30 years now since I was 5.
Unlike a lot of people, I remember 1993. Watching the Habs win the Cup as a 10 year old is a definitive memory from my childhood. 25 years later and I've never felt like the Habs were further away from winning a Stanley Cup as I do today.
Unlike a lot of people, I remember 1993. Watching the Habs win the Cup as a 10 year old is a definitive memory from my childhood. 25 years later and I've never felt like the Habs were further away from winning a Stanley Cup as I do today.
i'm 28 and i've never seen a true superstar forward play for this team and I was 3 when we won a cup. The closest thing we had to a superstar in my lifetime was traded 2 years ago
I wonder why i'm so jaded
I wonder why i'm so jaded
the french radio hosts were REALLY pissed last night.
Bob Hartley was mad that Bergevin didn't really give us any plan
my dad also called me to say that the "regular non-sport" host of the news had a 1 on 1 with Molson was kinda baffled and pretty much saying it was a little insulting for fans
as expected the call-ins are fuming
Gilbert Delorme is currently destroying him on the radio
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People just have to continue to stop buying tickets. Only thing that will work. There were a lot of empty seats in the Bell Centre this year and the Habs themselves had to discount tickets. That's a good start but fans need to be even less willing to pony up next season. Which might be hard with all the GREAT NEW FOOD and the BELL CENTRE EXPERIENCE to lure them in!
From all I've heard they're all very angry at the "attitude" comments, saying if the GM and coach let it go on from day one, then they should be fired. There's also the general sense that Patches (for sure) and Price (possibly) are gone.
Realistically speaking, what would a Price trade even look like with that behemoth contract? I can't imagine there would be much return, if anything, the Habs would be the ones paying someone to take it.
Canes should feel around since we're so desperate for even passable goaltending. Not that I think Bergevin would trade his meat shield.
Canes should feel around since we're so desperate for even passable goaltending. Not that I think Bergevin would trade his meat shield.
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I think if you retain 40-45% on Price, there's a market (provided he learns how to hockey again).
New team gets him say $6-6.5M per x 8, Habs eat $4-4.5M per x 8. Everyone wins. Except Montreal.
Salary retention can get any trade done. But the Habs would be smart to wait until Price improv so his reputation before trading.
We've got Demko, go away
So apparently Henrik Lundqvist has had a knee injury that wasn't reported about since late October. He's going to have an MRI. Unsure if he will participate in the World Championships as a result.
Mika Zibanejad will play for Sweden in the World Championships. Lias Andersson is also joining Sweden this week for a couple World Championship exhibition games with Denmark.
Kevin Shattenkirk was invited to play for Team USA but declined. If the Rangers made the playoffs, he would have played but would have needed his knee drained several times. Since they're not, he's going to focus on getting back to 100% instead.
Alexei Bereglazov's contract is also being terminated. So that didn't work out, unfortunately.
Mika Zibanejad will play for Sweden in the World Championships. Lias Andersson is also joining Sweden this week for a couple World Championship exhibition games with Denmark.
Kevin Shattenkirk was invited to play for Team USA but declined. If the Rangers made the playoffs, he would have played but would have needed his knee drained several times. Since they're not, he's going to focus on getting back to 100% instead.
Alexei Bereglazov's contract is also being terminated. So that didn't work out, unfortunately.
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