Habs Season Thread: 2024-25 Regular Season

[Habsy]

No issue waiting either. Just saying he's worth that first.

 

[legoalie]

So we can have 3 good second line centers?

IMO, Suzuki and PLD have not hit their peak.. just by adding PLD our top 6 would be PLD, Suzuki, Dach, Slafs, Cole, Anderson .. we can tweak as the seasons unfold.

 

[Habsy]

They're just worried about winning too many games.

This is it guys. No way the Habs finish bottom five next season. Not without massive injuries.

The team is learning how to win. They will be around the 8-10 mark next season regardless.

 

[GEEMAN]

What’s the difference? Age? Contract?

Timing and contract mainly , team is not a PLD away from anything for years

Dach has 3 more years to go on the cheap by them team should turn around

Nothing against PLD , this is like Leafs going for it with JT and still cant get past round 1 and their core was ahead of us

If Habs had a 1C , 1D , 1G and other pieces he would be the complimentary add

 

[GEEMAN]

IMO, Suzuki and PLD have not hit their peak.. just by adding PLD our top 6 would be PLD, Suzuki, Dach, Slafs, Cole, Anderson .. we can tweak as the seasons unfold.

Nick probably tops out at 70-75 points but is not a 1C

 

[Habsy]

If Habs had a 1C , 1D , 1G and other pieces he would be the complimentary add

So in absence of...

Sit on your hands. Got it.

 

[GEEMAN]

If the rumors are true about PLA that he is just waiting for UFA and wants to play for the Habs, signing him as an UFA would be 7 years at $8 +/- so Suzuki contract and PLD would be ending around the same time.. i have no issues with this..

If PLD gets moved this summer it will be to a USA team and gets extended

 

[GEEMAN]

So in absence of...

Sit on your hands. Got it.

Not at all , development comes first then see what the team is in a few years

Adding PLD is like the Bills adding Diggs without Allen , team has too many holes

 

[Habsy]

Missed opportunities is your thing huh?

 

[legoalie]

If PLD gets moved this summer it will be to a USA team and gets extended

and i am fine with that.. if he ends up in Montreal as an UFA I would be happy about it and i do not see how it delays the rebuild..

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

No issue waiting either. Just saying he's worth that first.

If we can get PLD for that Panthers first round pick, or the pick plus a middling asset, it's worth doing. True, we are not a PLD away from the Cup but he's young enough for the acquisition to make sense.

 

[Habsy]

It's one thing to not like the player. That's fine. But the reasoning being presented makes no sense to me.

 

[Krustchev]

It's one thing to not like the player. That's fine. But the reasoning being presented makes no sense to me.

I’m just indifferent to him. He’s fine but he’s not a needle mover (see Winnipeg Jets).

 

[GrandWazoo]

Timing and contract mainly , team is not a PLD away from anything for years

Dach has 3 more years to go on the cheap by them team should turn around

Nothing against PLD , this is like Leafs going for it with JT and still cant get past round 1 and their core was ahead of us

If Habs had a 1C , 1D , 1G and other pieces he would be the complimentary add

I don’t get it. We have the cap space, he has easily 6-8 more good years, we need more top 6 players, especially with size. What’s the downside?

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

I know that and you know that but to Count, all of what you just wrote is a euphemism for "fuck the fans". He'd rather squeak into 8th place and be annihilated in the first round than go through a few years of bottom feeding in order to build a team that can do more than merely give him something to watch on a Saturday night. He thinks that getting a welfare point somehow means you didn't actually lose the game, even though that is precisely what happened.

when was the last time we were "annihilated" in the first round?

 

[lecoqsportif]

I don’t get it. We have the cap space, he has easily 6-8 more good years, we need more top 6 players, especially with size. What’s the downside?

Agree. Seems straightforward.

 

[Krustchev]

Agree. Seems straightforward.

It depends on what we need, and is available, in in the 2024 off-season. He’s not a needle mover. I would not commit to him yet, when there’s really no need to. In a year from now, maybe, if we need him and no better options then.

 

[lecoqsportif]

It's one thing to not like the player. That's fine. But the reasoning being presented makes no sense to me.

PLD would be 3 years younger than Tavares was when he joined the Leafs if he joins the Habs this summer.

He’s only 2 years older than Suzuki.

 

[lecoqsportif]

It depends on what we need, and is available, in in the 2024 off-season. He’s not a needle mover. I would not commit to him yet, when there’s really no need to. In a year from now, maybe, if we need him and no better options then.

If there are better options, sure. But I wonder what could happen if he and Dach could work on their chemistry for a season or two.

 

[legoalie]

PLD would be 3 years younger than Tavares was when he joined the Leafs if he joins the Habs this summer.

He’s only 2 years older than Suzuki.

Suzuki turns 24 on August 10th and PLD turns 25 on June 24