Montreal Canadiens

[ericdaoust]

I believe Cousins could also do a decent job in that spot. The writing might be on the wall for a Drouin trade followed by Poehling being brought up.

[ACC90]

I believe Cousins could also do a decent job in that spot. The writing might be on the wall for a Drouin trade followed by Poehling being brought up.

Unfortunately for Drouin, yes it's the most plausible thing that will happen

[tweetdrivr]

Unfortunately for Drouin, yes it's the most plausible thing that will happen

And unfortunately for the Canadiens it’s a sell low on Drouin. Maybe Tampa would give them Sergachev back for him? That’s a joke folks.

[ericdaoust]

I hope we don't get a bunch of threads and questions about Cale Fleury. He's on the team to start but he won't be putting up big point totals anytime soon.

Since this is pretty obvious then of course we're going to get a bunch of threads and questions!

[evans334]

Who scores more goals this year: Mete or Fleury?

[tweetdrivr]

I hope we don't get a bunch of threads and questions about Cale Fleury. He's on the team to start but he won't be putting up big point totals anytime soon.

Since this is pretty obvious then of course we're going to get a bunch of threads and questions!

Totally.

[ACC90]

And unfortunately for the Canadiens it’s a sell low on Drouin. Maybe Tampa would give them Sergachev back for him? That’s a joke folks.

Yes a hard sell low... Julien is putting 3 players that had a bad preseason on the same line : Drouin - KK - Armia
Maybe a little stability could help..

[ericdaoust]

Yes a hard sell low... Julien is putting 3 players that had a bad preseason on the same line : Drouin - KK - Armia
Maybe a little stability could help..

Two negatives cancel each other out. Three negatives is... negative.

[tweetdrivr]

So still sitting at 24 - Juulsen not yet on IR but that must be the next move right? That'll get them to 23 with 9 D on the roster. Given some of the names that have just cleared waivers maybe they feel ok sending a Reilly or Folin down? Should be some movement of some sort here shortly. Who would make the sense for a Drouin trade? I’d think the Oilers would take a chance but they don’t have the cap space. Maybe a D And Drouin to the Jets for a Roslovic?

[tweetdrivr]

Two negatives cancel each other out. Three negatives is... negative.

A negative plus a negative is a larger negative. Plus another negative is an even larger negative. Not great. I liked KK in the last couple of games. I think he’s going to be ok.

[ericdaoust]

Juulsen is clearly out so yeah that's the next move to get down to 23.

[ACC90]

Two negatives cancel each other out. Three negatives is... negative.

haha yeah it's true

[ACC90]

Fun Fact
According to Marc Bergevin, Romanov's KHL team is trying to extend his contract to stay in Russia.
Also, his team is making a lot of pression by giving him less ice-time during negociations... to be continued

[ericdaoust]

Giving less ice time isn't a great strategy if you want a player to re-sign. It's only going to make him want to leave.

[ACC90]

Giving less ice time isn't a great strategy if you want a player to re-sign. It's only going to make him want to leave.

It was my first impression also, maybe a strategy to pushing him to leave before the end of the contract and claiming a lot of $$ from MTL to terminate his contract.
Really don't know, Bergevin said that it's really hard to communicate with russian players because of the language yes but also how they negotiate