PerreaultForever

The marketing is built right in isn't it? Power play. Power to the people. The Power's out (hopefully not often). Power's back on.........and on and on it can go. The only hockey player name I like better in this draft is Red Savage. That one's too good to believe.

No it wasn't a penalty. That's my point.

Disagree but it doesn't speak to favouritism either way.

You want me to give an example of something I'm saying isn't there? sure.

Just change KEEP to TRADE for me.

Power is the best player imo and building a strong D is not a bad plan. That's my pick.

Rubbish. Miller took a blatant head shot in the Washington series and is still out. Nobody said a word. This favouritism that you keep going on about isn't real. As for this hit, I think it was a high speed desperation play he hoped could prevent the goal but I'm sure the thought process and the event didn't mesh up as often happens in high speed hockey. In hindsight I'm sure he realizes there was no way to stop the empty het goal, but at the time...........unlike many Sabres, Shiefele isn't going to quit on a play. Suspendable in this modern league, but not the viciousness and other adjectives thing at all. Now who was it that was all Corey Perry hate last year.......................lol.

Well maybe it'll make most people here happier if we don't win the lottery. Then we can bitch and moan as usual but ultimately not be stuck with the issue of looking at another D man as the #1 pick. We pick 3rd they can take Beniers and make a bunch of you happier. McTavish might be exciting to consider. Anyway, just don't care. 1st 2nd 3rd whatever. Loser lottery again.

Oh yes I totally agree. Winnipeg should win for sure. All I'm trying to say is Montreal built themselves differently than Toronto. Less regular season success with that method, but better playoff performance. Nowhere near a true cup contender but a better base to add talent to imo. Watch, Ottawa is doing it right. They will challenge sooner and when they make the playoffs will be positioned for similar upsets. I'd like us to follow their model. Tear it all down and do it right.

Why I'd rather burn it all down and rise up like a phoenix than try to put meat on the bones of the corpse.

I read somewhere that Columbus wants to get bigger and more physical again so I don't see them being interested in Marner or even Reinhart. They are looking to trade a goalie though so I'd look at that for sure. and idk what some of you are talking about. Seth Jones is a very good player and much better than Risto.

Oh yay, we're a decaying skeleton. How wonderful for us lol.

If you say so. Many people, like me, disagree. https://theathletic.com/2320544/2021/01/13/canadiens-built-for-playoffs/ https://www.tsn.ca/montreal-canadiens-stun-toronto-maple-leafs-in-game-7-to-complete-series-comeback-1.1647947 (Dave Poulin in the video) https://thehockeywriters.com/canadiens-3-takeaways-from-2021-round-1-win/ I believe the sentence in that one goes "it's been said the Canadians were built for the playoffs ad nauseum" Keep googling, you'll find lots more. Some people here simply seem to fail to grasp that there are 2 types of hockey and regular season stats mean nothing come playoff hockey time.

This is what I'm trying to preach about culture and how to build this bottom to top instead of top down and thus why we should in fact trade all of Eichel, Reinhart and Risto, start over and do it right. Montreal was built for the playoffs rather than the regular season. They probably won't get past Winnipeg who can also play playoff hockey but it's a better approach than Toronto's. Babcock was not wrong.

There is, but I think it definitely proves you won't get there relying on outscoring the opposition with a few big offensive stars. To win in the playoffs you also need great goaltending more than anything else, at least one and more likely two solid big minute D pairings and a shutdown center and/or line. If you give all your money to 4 forwards there's not enough left for the rest of that.

and FUVM. Jeff Skinner waves back at you.

But Colorado is built entirely differently. Yes, they have a top line, all great teams do, but as you say the back end is key. The point is unless you get to cap cheat like Tampa you can't have all those star contracts and have enough left over to build that back end and have a well balanced team.

I disagree with all of this as you know, except for the bolded. Goalie should be the starting point imo not an after thought like we've handled it. Murray was not wrong in getting a top goalie to build off of, he just might have (arguably) got us the wrong one and overpaid for him. The idea was correct though. We go nowhere without dominant goaltending. We've missed the boat on that so far (hope for UPL).

Saw that. He was a little feisty too. Looked really good.

Interesting comment I saw on twitter. Only 1 of the top 10 salaries in the NHL is still playing hockey in these playoffs, and that is Carey Price. Proof that the superstar model doesn't work in a cap league?

Guess this thread can get locked 🙂

Well I wouldn't trade Eichel for Matthews cause Matthews has already proven he's playoff incapable. Eichel might be too, but we don't know yet do we. Really, I don't want any of those Toronto "stars" cause every year they keep proving that their model is the wrong way to build a hockey team. Why? I see no reason for this to go together. If we're cleaning house we should scrub hard and clean it all.

I don't really want a "roster player" unless it's a very good one like a Tkachuk or a Schiefele so I go with the guideline of the old offer signing rules so 4 1sts. In this case we don't want to wait all those years so I'd say 2 top prospects like Turcotte and Byfield for example and 2 additional non conditional 1st rounders. One of those picks for Bedard's year cause, well, you never knowm Eichel might ruin the team he goes to and it's worth the gamble.

Yup. Earlier in a free agent related thread I was saying we should try to land Cizikas if he'd come, which I doubt. Was a really good close game. So many hits, and speaking of 4th lines we could have (snicker) did you notice how this Curtis Lazar guy throws the puck in and plays hit the D man first a lot? Guy likes to throw his body around. We could use a guy like that too :) and just SO glad the Laughs did it again.

The Flyers need to try to be more like the dastardly Flyers. That team is a mess and might be a good trade partner for any number of possible deals.