GrandWazoo
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I agree to disagree. I also agree that MB would be an idiot if he could have signed Galchenyuk for 4M for 5 years and refused to do so.
Habs re-sign Alex Galchenyuk to three-year, $14.7 million deal
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I agree to disagree. I also agree that MB would be an idiot if he could have signed Galchenyuk for 4M for 5 years and refused to do so.
UWHabs
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Yeah, very few young guys who sign long term deals have taken amounts that small. I don't remember the exact arguments, but I'm pretty sure we would have been over-thrilled to sign him to that price. Maybe 5x4.5, but even that is less than pretty much everyone else in his same situation. We're all talking about how good a deal Drouin signed, and he's in virtually the same spot as AG would have been for his last deal.
Except Drouin has a far better season under his belt than AG did 2 years ago.
Rolex
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Let's put aside the fact Galchenyuk was drafted to be a center.
Let's assume he is a winger.....
A 23 year old winger with a 30-goal season under his belt, with his talent, don't player like that get extended to more than 3 years ? Sure we can make the excuse that Chuckie wanted the 3 years, but money talks, and Habs could've made a 5-6 year deal work. There is no danger here....worst case, he's an elite winger....best case, he is a center. Win-win, no ?
Only in Habsland do we shit on our own like this....
Let's assume he is a winger.....
A 23 year old winger with a 30-goal season under his belt, with his talent, don't player like that get extended to more than 3 years ? Sure we can make the excuse that Chuckie wanted the 3 years, but money talks, and Habs could've made a 5-6 year deal work. There is no danger here....worst case, he's an elite winger....best case, he is a center. Win-win, no ?
Only in Habsland do we shit on our own like this....
Exactly, we won't trade him, he will leave as a UFA. This club doesn't do that, and it's no coincidence we haven't won a cup in 25 years.
No it hasn't but Brad never lets facts derail his agenda.
Radulov is really the first guy we wanted to keep, and tried to keep, that left.
We haven't won a cup in how many years? It's ok, keep thinking this is the year, one of them you will be right
We only had a few players worth keeping , many others we were too stupid to not move them sooner
Teams who re-sign their own UFAs also have an advantage in that they can tender a maximum of an 8-year deal versus the rest of who can go a maximum of 7. It will help us if it comes down to it.
I have no problem with a shorter deal here. I love Galchenyuk but he's not quite the franchise forward.
I have no problem with a shorter deal here. I love Galchenyuk but he's not quite the franchise forward.
That's a different story. Your point was that we let a lot of UFA's leave for nothing. It's not accurate.
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The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
It's true. That's why it's a disappoint. I'd love to hear MB negotiate contracts. If his attitude towards the press is any indication, I doubt he has the tactical empathy that great negotiators possess.
On the other hand, Radulov is a mercenary and all the love he declared for the city was no match for the 8% surtax.
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The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
Gainey did but Bergevin's asset management is much better. And he's a harder worker, and has better assistants than goatfuk.....so there's hope.
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The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
Alzner has a hard on for the Habs. I'm not saying he was insincere but his conference call could have been scripted by Geoff's pr person. To recap.
-- Montreal is the centre of the hockey universe
-- Team is awesome
-- Training facilities are unlike anything he's ever seen
-- You can tell Geoff is committed to winning
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The Artist Formerly Known as chiggins.
what really sold him was sushi at Parc and the foie gras poutine at PDC.