Montreal Canadiens

[newfcollins]

I'm not a fan of the Georges move either, especially the way it was handled, but I think Gilbert and Beaulieu could take over next year.

Still waiting for MB to get his act together and sign PK soon. We all know he's worth the money.

I wonder how much the Gorges handling affects the team's chances of signing or re-signing free agents. If a player sees another player (one considered a fan favourite and a locker room leader) treated this way, maybe it makes the free agent more hesitant to sign in Montreal.

[newfcollins]

I'm not a fan of the Georges move either, especially the way it was handled, but I think Gilbert and Beaulieu could take over next year.

Still waiting for MB to get his act together and sign PK soon. We all know he's worth the money.

I wonder how much the Gorges handling affects the team's chances of signing or re-signing free agents. If a player sees another player (one considered a fan favourite and a locker room leader) treated this way, maybe it makes the free agent more hesitant to sign in Montreal.

[agentzero]

I wonder how much the Gorges handling affects the team's chances of signing or re-signing free agents. If a player sees another player (one considered a fan favourite and a locker room leader) treated this way, maybe it makes the free agent more hesitant to sign in Montreal.

I would say probably not much, given that the World seems to be trending away from that kind of principled solidarity and more towards the: "well, that was him, I am me, I need to get mine now anyway, so eff it..." It is short-sighted, but I get the feeling the world is becoming more and more short-sighted.

[ericdaoust]

I would say probably not much, given that the World seems to be trending away from that kind of principled solidarity and more towards the: "well, that was him, I am me, I need to get mine now anyway, so eff it..." It is short-sighted, but I get the feeling the world is becoming more and more short-sighted.

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[agentzero]

You're wrong! (sent from my smart phone while ignoring the world around me)

lmao. that was amazing. +1

[MarmotKing]

I wonder how much the Gorges handling affects the team's chances of signing or re-signing free agents. If a player sees another player (one considered a fan favourite and a locker room leader) treated this way, maybe it makes the free agent more hesitant to sign in Montreal.

MTL already as a tough time attracting free agents. I'm pretty sure it won't help them in the short term.

[MarmotKing]

I wonder how much the Gorges handling affects the team's chances of signing or re-signing free agents. If a player sees another player (one considered a fan favourite and a locker room leader) treated this way, maybe it makes the free agent more hesitant to sign in Montreal.

MTL already as a tough time attracting free agents. I'm pretty sure it won't help them in the short term.

[ericdaoust]

I wonder how much the Gorges handling affects the team's chances of signing or re-signing free agents. If a player sees another player (one considered a fan favourite and a locker room leader) treated this way, maybe it makes the free agent more hesitant to sign in Montreal.

I doubt it does much. It don't think it hurt them this year as they went the economical route and didn't even have to overpay for the guys they did sign. (all of this was happening while the Gorges trade happened)

Meanwhile plenty of other teams do it to their different personnel in some way. Even Chicago brought in about 23 former head coaches into their organization waiting for the team to go into a slump so they could can Dennis Savard and have his replacement already in-house.

[agentzero]

I suppose they had to clear space for Tinordi, Beaulieu and Pateryn to take over, but what a way to do it. The decision may have been needed in the end, but I did not like the approach... Makes you cringe. He was still very useful, Gorges, and at 3.9M, paid correctly IMO for what he brought. We better hope those 3 can hit the ground running... big hole to fill and the NHL is a steep learning curve to climb, if not a learning wall. We'll have to deal with growing pains.

[newfcollins]

I suppose they had to clear space for Tinordi, Beaulieu and Pateryn to take over, but what a way to do it. The decision may have been needed in the end, but I did not like the approach... Makes you cringe. He was still very useful, Gorges, and at 3.9M, paid correctly IMO for what he brought. We better hope those 3 can hit the ground running... big hole to fill and the NHL is a steep learning curve to climb, if not a learning wall. We'll have to deal with growing pains.

Problem is, those three youngsters won't be filling in this season. Subban, Markov, Gilbert, Weaver, and Emelin are your top five guys. So you'll probably have Beaulieu and Tinordi taking turns as the sixth defenceman.

[agentzero]

Problem is, those three youngsters won't be filling in this season. Subban, Markov, Gilbert, Weaver, and Emelin are your top five guys. So you'll probably have Beaulieu and Tinordi taking turns as the sixth defenceman.

Agreed, but my guess is that Gilbert will not be a lasting solution and will eventually fall the way Murray did. Also, while Weaver was solid in the playoff run, I'm not so sure he will be a rock in the top 4. He is more a 5-6 to me. Which means one of those 3 will be top 4 for sure at some point in the season and Tinordi and Pateryn will rotate in and out of the lineup..

[agentzero]

Any insight on why Brisebois left?

He cited personal issues but I hope it was issues of an entirely personal nature and not a philosophical difference problem with management (see: Pat Lafontaine etc... then again, whatever, but still). Also, I do hope that if it is stuff of an entirely personal nature, that I hope he and his are ok and that it can be resolved quickly and well for him..

[ericdaoust]

No clue about Brisebois although I have been way too busy with work to keep up with hockey. This might be my last post here for the next 1-2 weeks. Heading out west and working a ton of hours.

[Zorro]

How many goals will Max Pac score this season??

[yougo]

Agreed, but my guess is that Gilbert will not be a lasting solution and will eventually fall the way Murray did. Also, while Weaver was solid in the playoff run, I'm not so sure he will be a rock in the top 4. He is more a 5-6 to me. Which means one of those 3 will be top 4 for sure at some point in the season and Tinordi and Pateryn will rotate in and out of the lineup..

No one in the Habs organization has ever said that Mike Weaver will play in the top4.

He's going to be a #5-6-7 for the Habs, nothing more. Unless there is an injury to a right-handed D, he's not going to play top4 minutes.

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How many goals will Max Pac score this season??

I'd say between 37-42.