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2 minutes ago, Let's Go B-Lo said:
It kinda is what it is at this point. Might as well own it.
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.
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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.
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Oh yay, we're a decaying skeleton. How wonderful for us lol.
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4 hours ago, Eleven said:
Montreal is not "built for the playoffs." Montreal has Carey Price. That team isn't going to beat freaking Winnipeg (as you say) because Hellebyuck is better than Price. And that's it. And whichever one comes out of it is going to face a reckoning from a team that IS built for the playoffs.
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.
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2 hours ago, Norcal said:
I love how teams get picked apart when they get eliminated from the playoffs.
No depth, couldn't score, contracts, coaching, goaltending etc all need to be better.
Isn't that the same things that are wrong with the non playoff teams?
Such a thin line.
Making the playoffs should never be the goal.
I hope when the Sabres get there they blow right through the first round and don't look back.
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.
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4 hours ago, Weave said:
I think what it proves is that there is more than 1 successful model in the league.
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.
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6 hours ago, Thorny said:
FTFY.
Also, Crosby and Malkin say "hello"
and FUVM.
Jeff Skinner waves back at you.
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7 hours ago, #freejame said:
Colorado has continuously refuted this. The only difference between the amount of skill in Colorado and the amount of skill in Toronto, at least up front, is Colorado is massive and skilled whereas Toronto is simply skilled. Colorado also has a backend that is lightyears better but too much skills and too many stars are not the issue.
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.
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8 hours ago, Radar said:
I think trading both mistake. Unless Jack and Rhino are dead set against being here I want them both. They are not our problems, at least on ice, and that's been a problem with this team trading the good players and keepng mediocre or misfitted players. We need depth quality to fill out not tear dowm. I know we disagree on this but we've done what you're suggesting and results were not good. Upgrade our goal position first.
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).
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6 hours ago, Brawndo said:
Artuu with Finland’s Two Goals and the Shootout Winner over Canada Today
Saw that. He was a little feisty too. Looked really good.
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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?
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Guess this thread can get locked 🙂
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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.
3 hours ago, dudacek said:If the Sabres are trading Eichel, they simply have to re-sign Reinhart.
Why? I see no reason for this to go together. If we're cleaning house we should scrub hard and clean it all.
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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.
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3 hours ago, LabattBlue said:
Not that he is going anywhere, but I’d love JG Pageau on the Sabres, and I’d kill for a 4th line like Clutterbuck, Martin and Cizikas.
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.
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3 hours ago, New Scotland (NS) said:
I love how you speak so goodly here, especially the dastardly part ... 😍
The only thing worse, well just as bad, is if someone were to suggest we try to more like the equally dastardly Flyers.
@dudacek should know better than to suggest such a dastardly thing as trying to be more like the most dastardly.
I really like the Avs, maybe we should try to be more like them?
MacKinnon!!
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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.
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6 hours ago, LGR4GM said:
When's the last time Reinhart was tried for 5 consecutive games at center and who were his wingers?
probably roller hockey in the summer 🙂
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9 hours ago, dudacek said:
It's obvious what you need to do to be good this league, just create a great culture like they did in Boston and we'll be fine for a decade or more.
Just follow these easy steps:
- Go 13 years in a row without winning a playoff round, missing the playoffs entirely 6 of those years.
- Hire a top-notch awesome GM like Peter Chiarelli and a savvy hockey mind like Jim Benning to oversee your operation and turn things around
- Wisely invest your 1st round picks on such noted talents as Lars Jonsson, Martin Samuelsson, Hannu Toivenen, Marc Stuart, Shaone Morrisson, Matt Lashoff, Zach Hamill, Joe Colborne, Jordan Caron, Malcolm Subban, Jakub Zboril, Zach Senyshyn, Urho Vaakaninen and John Beecher
- Trade away your rare first-round mistakes like Phil Kessel, Dougie Hamilton and Tyler Seguin for notable building blocks like Louie Erickson and Joe Morrow
- Sign a 29-year-old never-was to be your minor league backup and watch him win a Stanley Cup
- Sign a 29-year-old free agent defenceman and expect him to not only play at an all-star level for the next decade, but also command your room like a five-star general
- Draft the player destined to become the best 2-way centre in the NHL in the middle of the 2nd round
- Draft the player destined to become maybe the best 2C in the NHL in the middle of the 2nd round
- Draft the player destined to become maybe the NHL's best left wing in the 3rd round
- Draft the player destined to become one of the NHL's premier goal scorers late in the 1st round
- Swap a goalie destined to be out of the NHL in three years for the goalie who will man your crease for the next 15
- Make sure all of the above sign contracts for under market value and continue to play well, or even improve for the duration of their contracts
Easy peasy. The road map is laid out perfectly, if only the Pegulas would follow it. Culture.
Oh I know where this is directed................
I can counter this easily. First, isn't it amazing that despite all those bad draft picks and trade mistakes they are consistently still that good? How does that happen? Where does it come from? I wonder.......
So I'm going to make it short and sweet. Cam F'n Neely.
Named Vice President in 2007 and President in 2010 and Bruins have been really good and had a great culture when exactly?
So the solution here was simple. Rick F'n Dudley should have been given that role here and molded this team in his image the way Cam molded that one in his. Yes, it's that freakin' simple.
This is where I drop the mic I think.............
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On 5/28/2021 at 12:31 PM, LGR4GM said:
... the coaches didn't put him there. And because the entire roster of centers died.
He's been tried there before.
There has however always been this idea to play him with Eichel. Give Eichel the best RW possible or something like that.
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6 hours ago, dudacek said:
And it starts by acquiring players who create culture, like Chara, and dumping players who need it, like Hall.
Exactly. No argument there.
and like Hall, that includes Eichel and Reinhart and probably several others.
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3 hours ago, dudacek said:
He likes it there because they are winning and he doesn't have to be the one counted on to make sure that happens.
If only the Pegulas would realize winning is the solution and give it a try.
In my opinion that is a simplistic and incorrect view. It's about a lot more than simply winning, and not realizing that is why we aren't winning regardless of who we draft, who we sign, or what we do.
Winning would definitely be nice, but to truly get back to where we were in the golden days it's going to take a huge culture shift.
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4 hours ago, dudacek said:
What lesson do you expect the Pegulas to learn from how Taylor Hall is playing in Boston?
Not about how he's playing, but about how much he likes it there and why. The team culture. It's a culture that brings out the best in players and makes them want to give their all for their team.
Pat LaFontaine understood it, there's your initial mistake. They keep going from there.
2 hours ago, Pimlach said:He is better in Boston because:
1 - He is playing with a much better team,
2 - he is not expected to lead (which he does not do),
3 - the team will kick his ass if doesn’t play hard and contribute.
idk about "kick his ass" but you watch how that team interacts with each other on and off the ice. We were like that once upon a time...............
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4 hours ago, JohninMinn. said:
Watching Taylor Hall infuriates me.
I know this won't be popular, but I'm enjoying it. To me it magnifies the problems with this franchise. Maybe if the Pegulas are watching it too they will finally get it.
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I really don't think signing Eakin is any big thing one way or the other. Bottom line player, a couple years, easily benched. Small mistake.
The real problem this team has (for years to come) is Jeff Skinner.
There is simply no way to build a winner when you're paying, what, 1.3 million per goal or thereabouts.
and it's not like he suddenly got great after RK was fired either.
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2021 NHL Playoffs 2nd Round
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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.