Habs News & Notes: 2019 Offseason

GGpX said:

Players you built a team around. So for this team, I would have Price, Weber, Markov, Pacioretty, Gallagher, Galchenyuk. Granted, this team doesn't see Galchenyuk as one considering how they've consistently misused him over the years and I think he's all but gone this off season.

PLayers like Petry/Radulov are nice complimentary players, but if they're the ones you build your teams around, you're in deep shit.

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GGpX said:

Markov is a core player by necessaity. He's a player we've been looking to replace as the top pairing d-man for 3 years now. In an ideal world, he wouldn't be, but...

I don't consider Petry or Shaw core players, even if their contracts are long & expensive. They're both complimentary players. The same way I wouldn't consider Niklas Hjalmarsson a core player on Chicago.

For me, to be considered a "core" players, you have to be one of the key players on the team. If those players have a bad year or they get injured longterm, the team will be noticeable worst. Imagine this team without one of MaxPac/Price/Weber for a month or two. They're screwed. Heck, lose Galchenyuk/Gallagher/Markov for a while and this team will be noticeable worse. Gallagher & Galchenyuk having bad years due to injuries has hampered the team severely. Petry being injured would hurt this team, but not as much as the other players. As for Shaw, would most people even notice? He's a 30 point player who takes dumb penalties.

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HabsFan1 said:

What is really noticeable again to anyone who has followed this team. Is the then absence of secondary scoring. 65-24-62 would be a great 3rd line. What's the chance MB gets fired this offseason? I say zero no matter what happens

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Sal_Butera said:

https://www.fanragsports.com/nhl/friedman-examines-carey-price-contract-extension-dynamics/

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Alan C said:

It is more of the same from the team.We are diminishing the value of an asset prior to trading them. Galchenyuk is far from perfect. Rather than play him to his strength, we will try and mold him into something he is not. He will move on be a 25 goal guy on another team.

If Bergevin has the balls to move him in a package to take advantage of our closing window I will be fine with it. I dread a trade for another character no hands third liner because we are dealing from a position of weakness once again.

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GEEMAN said:

He is an RFA why would a team give up valuable assets when you can put in a reasonable offer sheet and give up some lower picks if you are a good team . I think his asking price goes down and he settles with us in the 5 mil range .

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BKerr said:

A cheap.offer sheet with poor draft pick compensation is also an easy decision to match

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GrandWazoo said:

But even a sizable offer in the 6-7M range would only net a 1st, 2nd and 3rd, hardly a satisfying return for a guy like Galchenyuk and probably an higher salary than we would like to give him.

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GrandWazoo said:

But even a sizable offer in the 6-7M range would only net a 1st, 2nd and 3rd, hardly a satisfying return for a guy like Galchenyuk and probably an higher salary than we would like to give him.

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GEEMAN said:

thats why I am referring to , a team like St. Louis with a 20th pick wouldnt hurt their depth at all .

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