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Nope just a realistic Habs fan , the cup is the dream . If Nero can pull it off , I will give him credit.
Last years flawed playoff team is the starting point , we aren't even in the same area code to contend.
We were gift wrapped a trip to the semis and shit the bed , and the division is only going to get stronger .
Nope just a realistic Habs fan , the cup is the dream . If Nero can pull it off , I will give him credit.
Last years flawed playoff team is the starting point , we aren't even in the same area code to contend.
We were gift wrapped a trip to the semis and shit the bed , and the division is only going to get stronger .
lecoqsportif
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For 14? I would add a fruit basket and a gift card to Timmies to the draft pick.
Git 'er dun!
For 14? I would add a fruit basket and a gift card to Timmies to the draft pick.
Git 'er dun!
lecoqsportif
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Largely agree. Even with a good summer, Bergevin won't be out of the woods.
Largely agree. Even with a good summer, Bergevin won't be out of the woods.
Habsy
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Habsy
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Who you teasing? You'd throw in one of those high-priced Vegas escorts to get rid of Plekanec.
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I have been waiting for 23 years to even come close to another cup. We have never looked like a serious threat in 2 decades and aren't close to emulating the talent and testosterone needed to win .
The Drouin deal helps add to the skill department but it's clearly one step forward and one back .
He may not solve the C problem and our D is now officially garbage and among the slowest and least skilled in the league.
Moving 27 simply removes another skilled forward for a possible D , it's hardly a win win .
Chevy was a huge piece moving forward , the partner for 6 and would of been our best puck mover .
I have been waiting for 23 years to even come close to another cup. We have never looked like a serious threat in 2 decades and aren't close to emulating the talent and testosterone needed to win .
The Drouin deal helps add to the skill department but it's clearly one step forward and one back .
He may not solve the C problem and our D is now officially garbage and among the slowest and least skilled in the league.
Moving 27 simply removes another skilled forward for a possible D , it's hardly a win win .
Chevy was a huge piece moving forward , the partner for 6 and would of been our best puck mover .
Sal_Butera
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Dare I say, Habs haven't looked like a serious threat since 1979...doesn't mean u just waive the white flag every season.
Short memories: Habs never looked like a threat during their last 2-Cups & wouldn't have won either without lightning in a bottle miracles with favorites being knocked out.
Dare I say, Habs haven't looked like a serious threat since 1979...doesn't mean u just waive the white flag every season.
BKerr
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The Isles pick is NOT Kumelin though they are still expected to shed Grabovski in the deal.
https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status/877163334763728896
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...hts-in-expansion-draft-sources-say-1.13748697
The Isles pick is NOT Kumelin though they are still expected to shed Grabovski in the deal.
https://twitter.com/StapeNewsday/status/877163334763728896
http://www.newsday.com/sports/hocke...hts-in-expansion-draft-sources-say-1.13748697
Sal_Butera
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Last I checked MBs teams have been near top of the standings 4-of-5 seasons......#contendersbyabovelogic
Last I checked MBs teams have been near top of the standings 4-of-5 seasons......#contendersbyabovelogic
BKerr
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2 cup wins. Three final appearances. 4 final fours in 7 years isnt just catching lightning in a bottle
They also went to the cup in 89 and had other cup final appearances in that stretch.
2 cup wins. Three final appearances. 4 final fours in 7 years isnt just catching lightning in a bottle
GrandWazoo
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We were dominant in 1989, arguably our best team since the '70s. Problem is the Flames were just as good if not better. One of the rare instance when the 2 best teams in the league meet in the finals.
We were dominant in 1989, arguably our best team since the '70s. Problem is the Flames were just as good if not better. One of the rare instance when the 2 best teams in the league meet in the finals.
WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou
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The Habs won those last two cups (86 & 93) in part because of the playoff format in existence at the time. A couple of front-runners got upset early on and the way was paved. In 86 the Habs were a pretty mediocre team yet they had home ice advantage in every round except the finals (and Calgary was another Cinderella team that year and only finished with one or two more points than Montreal) Quebec being upset by Hartford, the Islanders being upset by the Rangers and the Flames upsetting the Oilers were as significant in getting the Habs that Cup as anything the Habs themselves did. In 86 it wasn't about the teams the Habs beat; it was about the teams they didn't have to face.
In 93, after the Habs came back to beat Quebec, their path to the finals was easy. Buffalo upset Boston and the Islanders upset the Penguins. Then in the finals they got a clearly inferior Kings team that had barely been able to beat an equally inferior Leafs team in the Conference Finals.
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
But the way the playoffs work today there is less chance that you can avoid tough match-up's and parity being what it is even the supposedly "easy" match-up's aren't that easy.
The Habs won those last two cups (86 & 93) in part because of the playoff format in existence at the time. A couple of front-runners got upset early on and the way was paved. In 86 the Habs were a pretty mediocre team yet they had home ice advantage in every round except the finals (and Calgary was another Cinderella team that year and only finished with one or two more points than Montreal) Quebec being upset by Hartford, the Islanders being upset by the Rangers and the Flames upsetting the Oilers were as significant in getting the Habs that Cup as anything the Habs themselves did. In 86 it wasn't about the teams the Habs beat; it was about the teams they didn't have to face.
In 93, after the Habs came back to beat Quebec, their path to the finals was easy. Buffalo upset Boston and the Islanders upset the Penguins. Then in the finals they got a clearly inferior Kings team that had barely been able to beat an equally inferior Leafs team in the Conference Finals.
Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good.
But the way the playoffs work today there is less chance that you can avoid tough match-up's and parity being what it is even the supposedly "easy" match-up's aren't that easy.
