Montreal Canadiens

[yougo]

Three good puck-moving D lost in just over 12 months. Regardless of who they have as forwards this won't help them generate goals and chances.

Only positive is that Julien has done miracles with such shit D-corp. So who knows.

For those that read French, Olivier Bouchard, one of the best Habs writer, has written a serie of two articles about Bergevin's move this summer.

http://lactualite.com/sports/2017/07...ins-offensive/

http://lactualite.com/sports/2017/07...lle-amelioree/

[rataylor22]

Andrei Markov got a point on 80% of the PP goals scored when he was on the ice last season, highest percentage for a d-man in the NHL.

Andrei Markov was also fifth in the NHL among regular d-men in points per 60 minutes of ice time at 5-on-5.
Shea Weber at 5v5 without Markov in 2016-17: 58.9 GF%, 50.3 CF%

Pretty good.

Weber with Markov: 66.7 GF%, 53.3 CF%

Pretty great.

At 5 on 5, Markov is a better player than Weber. Weber cannot do a proper breakout, nor can he carry the puck out of the zone.

EDIT: Whoever you think is better between Markov and Weber, doesn't matter. The Habs are a worst team than they were last season as it stands. And they're Cup window is closing...

You could have just put Arpon's tweets in the thread and at least sourced it properly.

[LeTrefle]

Only positive is that Julien has done miracles with such shit D-corp. So who knows.

For those that read French, Olivier Bouchard, one of the best Habs writer, has written a serie of two articles about Bergevin's move this summer.

http://lactualite.com/sports/2017/07...ins-offensive/

http://lactualite.com/sports/2017/07...lle-amelioree/

Great read!
Merci beaucoup!

[yougo]

You could have just put Arpon's tweets in the thread and at least sourced it properly.

Sorry. Have a tissue.

[yougo]

So Bergevin didn't want to go for one year with Markov. Fire this guy already.

And he's going to the KHL.

[ericdaoust]

It's been said for years that whenever Markov leaves Beaulieu will finally get his chance to play a greater offensive role. This turned out to be true.

[rataylor22]

As always, Bergevin is bad lol.

[ericdaoust]

Courtesy of CapFriendly:

Andrei Markov spent his entire 16 year (2000-2017) NHL career with the #Canadiens, with a total career earnings of $65,575,000 in that time.

[ericdaoust]

Markov's KHL deal is 2 years

[agentzero]

Markov's KHL deal is 2 years

The NHL has seen the last of him then.

Thanks, Bergevin. Join the ranks of R?jean Houle, Bob Gainey and Pierre Gauthier. Can we resurrect Frank Selke?

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Markov's KHL deal is 2 years

The NHL has seen the last of him then.

Thanks, Bergevin. Join the ranks of R?jean Houle, Bob Gainey and Pierre Gauthier. Can we resurrect Frank Selke?

[newfcollins]

So how's everyone's August been?

Does anyone think MB will make a deal by the start of the season since he has so much cap space?

[ericdaoust]

There will be trades for fourth liners, no doubt about it!

[agentzero]

So how's everyone's August been?

Does anyone think MB will make a deal by the start of the season since he has so much cap space?

Cap space is a commodity come deadline time. I bet he keeps it as an asset to take on a few salary dumps.

[bergman]

There's nothing left in the cupboard to exchange for a $4M asset, let alone a $8M asset. Could be a swap on the active roster, but there's no real way to add to it, so no real way to eat up the majority of that space.

[ericdaoust]

The only assets outside of the main roster are Juulsen, Hudon and McNiven. Neither of them will fetch a big return in a trade.