Habs 2026 Offseason Thread

[worm]

Trying to think of centres on underachieving teams. Like Larkin but I doubt he is available. Which is why if Thomas is doable . Get him. Or Nico.

 

[CH1]

Maybe they start next season with Hage ''to see'' if he can be the 2C ?

Cannot discount the idea that Hughes gets him to sign this summer

no

that seems like a desperate fallback in case a bunch of potential deals fall through

 

[worm]

But we know picks 15 and 16 are not usually top line players. They can be. But you go with probabilities.

Sure. I bet they have inflated value.

 

[worm]

no

I'd be fine with that. Then get a stop gap at the deadline if needed but I doubt he signs so I'd trade him for a 2c

 

[worm]

They tried. Apparently there was a deal in place.

Never heard that. Interesting.

Do the jackets have a centre we want?

 

[lecoqsportif]

Fantili

 

[CH1]

I'd be fine with that. Then get a stop gap at the deadline if needed but I doubt he signs so I'd trade him for a 2c

i would feel different if he signed with us, played some games with us or Laval, showed us something

but if he thinks his game requires so much work that he needs to back to Michigan, who am I to argue?

 

[worm]

Fantili

I'd be willing to trade Hage for him

 

[Rolex]

Trying to think of centres on underachieving teams. Like Larkin but I doubt he is available. Which is why if Thomas is doable . Get him. Or Nico.

Mason McT, Nico, Thomas, Larkin

Or they go with a big winger like Knies, and pair him with Demidov (and Newhook maybe).....

The question remains....does having an effective 2nd line make Cole-Slaf not play lazy in the playoffs ? Not sure them being ineffective was all because they had no 2nd line to support them....they had their chances but didn't convert

 

[worm]

i would feel different if he signed with us, played some games with us or Laval, showed us something

but if he thinks his game requires so much work that he needs to back to Michigan, who am I to argue?

Fair

 

[Rolex]

i would feel different if he signed with us, played some games with us or Laval, showed us something

but if he thinks his game requires so much work that he needs to back to Michigan, who am I to argue?

I'm sure he also said he was injured.....so he was never gonna be 100% in these playoffs

 

[lecoqsportif]

He was injured.

 

[CH1]

he was injured 7 weeks ago...more serious than I thought

 

[Krustchev]

Really a shame that Dach injured himself in game 2 of his second season with us. He was trending so well at the time. Has never been close to that form since then.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

It's a shame that it ended this ugly. Tarnished a nice run.

Time to move on.

We played 101 games, last two were bad but I prefer to focus on the 99 before, was a great season, played 19 playoff games, tied for 2nd most playoff games since 1993.

Looking up.

 

[TheCountofMonteCristo]

Really a shame that Dach injured himself in game 2 of his second season with us. He was trending so well at the time. Has never been close to that form since then.

Yep sigh

 

[Habsy]

That's exactly it.....

the whole lineup is screwed up because we are missing a 2C

Need more than that. The wingers were an embarrassment.

First line was a no show.

 

[habsfan]

Mason Marchment would be a good fit.

 

[habsfan]

Wonder if Hughes and Gorts go offer sheet hunting

 

[Habspatrol]

Need more than that. The wingers were an embarrassment.

First line was a no show.

Looking at just these playoffs, pretty much all of our skill guys besides Hutson and Demidov were an embarrassment. That's not how I'd evaluate our team and needs though.

We all know that a 2C is the #1 need. A big SKILLED winger is next imo. I think the management group is smart enough to figure that out... hopefully there are players available to fill those spots. Oh yeah, a Slavin too, please.