Re: Habs News & Notes: 2017-18 Regular Season
Forget a third line C in Bonino , we had no Jones and what were we going to offer for Turris in that 3 way deal ? Turris wasnt going to ink a 6 year deal for us and I wasnt going to give him one .
I think the narrative here goes back to another stupid comment from MB back in the day as to how difficult it is to acquire top two centers via trade or UFA.
Didn't he go as far as to say it's close to impossible and that you need to draft them?
Well let's put things into perspective.
Nashville had a similar issue putting together a solid center line.
Three years ago they had Ribeiro and Mike Fisher as their top two.
Well Poile went to work and today they have Johansen, Turris and Bonino...not a bad trio acquired via trade and UFA for Bonino
Forget a third line C in Bonino , we had no Jones and what were we going to offer for Turris in that 3 way deal ? Turris wasnt going to ink a 6 year deal for us and I wasnt going to give him one .