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Around the League 2019-2024 Edition

Preston said:
I mean, if I'm a Habs fan I'd almost rather be horse shit to tank and at least have a chance to grab elite talent. But they're too good. They're an average-above average hockey team, much like the Leafs have been for the last few years. I do think the Leafs have improved enough to take the next step though. And personnel-wise they have the start talent that Montreal lacks. The hardest guys to get, and you can't really win without them.
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if it was up to me i would have traded tatar, gallagher, petry
and tried to rid myself of price
and also traded weber

i am happy they are not going half way in though - either tank or go for it
i am guessing the go for it turns into a tank in 4 years though
 
Preston said:
I think I'm comfortable with 2 elite pieces. The fact that they don't even have 1 is crazy and really rare. Even Buffalo has 1.
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Also tells you that they rarely finish down near the bottom and when they have a top 5 pick it's usually in a weak draft.

Galchenyuk. Yuk is right. MB was high on Reilly, he was right. Fucking Timmins.
 
leafman101 said:
I love all the Sens are good now takes.

Tkachuk-White-Dadonov
Stutzle-Anisimov-Brown
Watson-Tierney-Batherson
Norris-Paul-Brown

Chabot-Zaitsev
Rielly-Brown
Wolanin-Gudbransson

Murray

They are still very bad.

If you have 3 players named Brown thats not a real roster.
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I don't remember anyone saying they were good. They've added a few pieces to be a decent about better than last year.
 
Habspatrol said:
They made one really good move. Adding Toffoli on that contract was a very good move.

The cost of acquisition and the cost of contract on the rest of their moves are varying degrees of "bad to decent."

That said, the overall quality of the team has risen dramatically, regardless of cost.

Domi, a 3rd and a couple of 5th out.... Toffoli, Anderson, Edmundson, Allen and Romanov in.

That should be a dramatic improvement. In the long run will the contracts be a problem? It seems likely that one or more of them could be an issue... but right now, we are significantly improved.

And of course it's never a given, but I think it's reasonable to expect some improved contribution from Suzuki and Kotkaniemi.
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Yeah, the fact they did not send out any prospects pleases me. Sure the cap argument is there but our prospects are still 2-3 years out anyway aside from Evans and Romanov. Who else is knocking on the door? I can't think of anyone else close.
 
Dramatic improvement? The Habs? Meh. Maybe in the standings, but the team itself didn't get much better. I do think they were good last year though. They suffered from bad luck mostly.
 
Preston said:
Dramatic improvement? The Habs? Meh. Maybe in the standings, but the team itself didn't get much better. I do think they were good last year though. They suffered from bad luck mostly.
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What does this even mean? The standings are how you know if there is improvement.

The Habs have gone from bottom ten to upper mid ten and will make the playoffs barring numerous injuries. Even with injuries I think they battle for a spot.
 
Habsy said:
What does this even mean? The standings are how you know if there is improvement.

The Habs have gone from bottom ten to upper mid ten and will make the playoffs barring numerous injuries. Even with injuries I think they battle for a spot.
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It means the habs were good last year and as a result of a lack of talent and some bad luck they didn't win many games. Next year maybe their luck turns. They still don't have talent though. I've always felt they were average to above average. This off-season hasn't changed that one way or another.
 
Naw, I disagree. If anything I think they're far deeper than most teams and as long as they can keep opposing top lines off the score sheet with Tatar-Danault-Gallagher (who are downright dominant in puck possession) then I do think their depth now is better than most of the other teams and that will lead to wins. Sure there are exceptions like Tampa and even the Leafs but there aren't many of them. If you lack elite talent and can't seem to get any then you load up with very good talent and that is what they have done. Not sure I agree with it (I would have preferred a complete tear down) but I understand what MB is trying to do.
 
A team this deep will give any team fits in a 7 game series. Much more than the smaller roster just two months ago.
 
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