The Habs Thread - Reloaded
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bustaheims
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Okay, this pic just killed me. Hilarious.
maplesyrup
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Twitter chatter that the Habs and 'Yotes just swung a deal. No confirmation yet but names folks are speculating are Gomez and Turris. We'll see I guess.
Stronger Than All
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I heard the Habs suck and lost 4 in a row. Discuss.
maplesyrup
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Minor deal it looks like;
renhockey Renaud P Lavoie
#canadiens acquiert Nokelainen et stafford from phoenix pour trotter and 7th
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renhockey Renaud P Lavoie
#canadiens acquiert Nokelainen et stafford from phoenix pour trotter and 7th
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bustaheims
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Floyd said:
What a massive, franchise altering deal!
maplesyrup
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lol... I do think Nokelainen is a decent bottom six player though. At least I thought he was in Boston.
Madferret said:
Maybe this will make you feel better:
Woeful Canadiens have to dump coach
Canadiens' wounds are self-inflicted
Over the weekend, the Canadiens earned a Ph.D.
That is, critics Piled higher and Deeper on a team that has played itself into the basement of the Northeast Division, 29th in the 30-team National Hockey League...
maplesyrup
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Madferret said:
I like your guy better too.
hockeyfan1
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Link to Good article on the Habs and what's ailing them...
.power play that dined out on opponents the past couple of seasons is abysmal and th..e penalty killing is mediocre at best.
...the best way to judge a squad?s special teams is to add it's power play and penalty killing percentages together. Anything under 100 is unacceptable. Going into Monday?s game, the Canadiens have a combined total of just 88.1.
...the Canadiens average almost 33 shots per game this season. They?ve outshot their opponents in all but two games so far ? one of them was their only win of the season ? and they average seven shots per game more than their opponents. When you outshoot your opponent by 15, 13 and 18 - the way the Canadiens did in three successive games against the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche and Buffalo Sabres ? and lose them all, there?s ample evidence your team is clearly not getting the level of goaltending its opponents are getting.
..if Martin wants to blame somebody for not doing his research, he might want to start with his boss. Was there anybody outside the Canadiens front office who truly thought signing a 32-year-old with a history of injury problems, and whose heart was still in Carolina, was a good idea? Did Pierre Gauthier not envision what his team would be like without the steady hand of Roman Hamrlik at the till?
If the Canadiens really want to shake things up, perhaps Gauthier could make a bold statement by burying Scott Gomez?s contract in the minors once he returns from his upper body injury. It?s one of the tools large market teams have to legally circumvent the salary cap and there clearly are teams not afraid to use it. And there is no circumstance under which the Canadiens would not come out ahead in the deal. You?d have to think Gomez would be eager to collect the remaining $17.5 million owed to him and report to the minors. And if he didn?t, he could retire or the Canadiens could suspend him. Either way, his $7.357-million cap hit would be off the books. If they were to ever call him back up and lose him on re-entry waivers, they?d be on the hook for only $3.7 million against the cap until 2014. At this point, it would almost be worth it for the Canadiens to pay that amount in cap space to not have Gomez playing for them.
Bingo!
.power play that dined out on opponents the past couple of seasons is abysmal and th..e penalty killing is mediocre at best.
...the best way to judge a squad?s special teams is to add it's power play and penalty killing percentages together. Anything under 100 is unacceptable. Going into Monday?s game, the Canadiens have a combined total of just 88.1.
...the Canadiens average almost 33 shots per game this season. They?ve outshot their opponents in all but two games so far ? one of them was their only win of the season ? and they average seven shots per game more than their opponents. When you outshoot your opponent by 15, 13 and 18 - the way the Canadiens did in three successive games against the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche and Buffalo Sabres ? and lose them all, there?s ample evidence your team is clearly not getting the level of goaltending its opponents are getting.
..if Martin wants to blame somebody for not doing his research, he might want to start with his boss. Was there anybody outside the Canadiens front office who truly thought signing a 32-year-old with a history of injury problems, and whose heart was still in Carolina, was a good idea? Did Pierre Gauthier not envision what his team would be like without the steady hand of Roman Hamrlik at the till?
If the Canadiens really want to shake things up, perhaps Gauthier could make a bold statement by burying Scott Gomez?s contract in the minors once he returns from his upper body injury. It?s one of the tools large market teams have to legally circumvent the salary cap and there clearly are teams not afraid to use it. And there is no circumstance under which the Canadiens would not come out ahead in the deal. You?d have to think Gomez would be eager to collect the remaining $17.5 million owed to him and report to the minors. And if he didn?t, he could retire or the Canadiens could suspend him. Either way, his $7.357-million cap hit would be off the books. If they were to ever call him back up and lose him on re-entry waivers, they?d be on the hook for only $3.7 million against the cap until 2014. At this point, it would almost be worth it for the Canadiens to pay that amount in cap space to not have Gomez playing for them.
Bingo!
Sucker Punch
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I'm really enjoying the Habs' early struggles.
Guru Tugginmypuddah
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Sucker Punch said:
I find everyone else's pain funny, but my own.
Zee
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Erndog said:
It's funny because in reading it, you get that delusional sense from Habs fan that it's not a lack of talent on their roster that makes them bad, it's the fact that they're playing the Martin "defensive system". Habs fans loved him when they had a bit of a run in the playoffs, now all of a sudden he can't coach anymore? Maybe the Habs roster is worse now...no...?