Habs News & Notes: 2019 Offseason

GEEMAN said:

He hasn't scored 15 goals in nearly a decade , he is finished as a contributor and we keep picking up these slugs.

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GrandWazoo said:

Even in his peak, he was barely getting 20 goals, he was never a goal scorer. We got him for his playmaking abilities, which we haven't seen yet.

I thought for the price, there was no real risk in getting him. I was not alone on this, quite a few pundits thought it was a good signing for the price. And it's not like our prospects have made our decisions very hard either. But from from I've seen so far, he's been a waste of roster spot and I'm not afraid to admit that I've been wrong. I'm not really seeing any turn around on his part either.

I wanted Radulov, and I'm mad we couldn't close the deal but once he moved on, there was little left on the free market to try to find some offense.

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GrandWazoo said:

Even in his peak, he was barely getting 20 goals, he was never a goal scorer. We got him for his playmaking abilities, which we haven't seen yet.

I thought for the price, there was no real risk in getting him. I was not alone on this, quite a few pundits thought it was a good signing for the price. And it's not like our prospects have made our decisions very hard either. But from from I've seen so far, he's been a waste of roster spot and I'm not afraid to admit that I've been wrong. I'm not really seeing any turn around on his part either.

I wanted Radulov, and I'm mad we couldn't close the deal but once he moved on, there was little left on the free market to try to find some offense.

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GrandWazoo said:

Problem is our prospects sucks. Sherbak was nowhere close to ready at camp. We're only picking up those guys because we have roster spots to fill and no young guys qualify to do it. Although I would have kept Andrighetto instead of giving him away.

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GEEMAN said:

How could NS be worse than Hemsky who is done , dont see this drop off at all . Zven stinks , let him pad his stats on weak teams .

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BKerr said:

I was the first to say Semin was finished.

I don't agree that Hemsky is finished. He's not playing well and hasn't found chemistry yet... but he can still skate and is good defensively. At less than a million he still has something to give in the bottom six. I'm sure he'll find it.

This isn't a Semin situation where the guy can't skate anymore.

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Rolex said:

Hemsky cannot keep up with the play......he can barely skate with his linemates

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Rolex said:

Hemsky cannot keep up with the play......he can barely skate with his linemates

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BKerr said:

I'm not seeing that. He looks fine through the neutral zone.

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Guibs said:

From what I am seeing, Hemsky lost a few steps since he is beind the play often which leads him to take a lot of penalty because of how late he is on most plays.

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BKerr said:

Hes taken penalties but thats bad positioning not footspeed that ive seen so far

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Rolex said:

Doesn't it worry you when a NHL veteran with over 10-years experience in the league still has bad positioning ? I mean, if you haven't learned after all these years, might as well go to Europe, no ?

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BKerr said:

New team. New system. He picked it up quickly in dallas

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GrandWazoo said:

Apparently Julien hasn't talked to him so he still has no idea what his role on the team is supposed to be.

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GrandWazoo said:

Apparently Julien hasn't talked to him so he still has no idea what his role on the team is supposed to be.

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