songles - (Matthew Higgins)

Member since January 18, 2011

Toronto

Habs fan since: 1990
Favorite current player: Tomas Plekanec
All-time favorite player: Steve Yzerman

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• Comment on About this season ... and next season ... and the one after that ...
  Is anyone else a little depressed by just how pathetic the Habs collapse was? The Canadiens showed a serious lack of composure and class during this series, and I'm not sure who too blame. Coach? Captain? Subban? Teammates who aren't mature enough to deal effectively with Subban? Prust? All of the above probably. The team needs size and a good backup. DD has to go. Gionta should probably go. So long Ryder. And somewhere, this team needs to find some solid, mature leadership, because they clearly are prone to serious bouts of infantile emotional breakdowns. I'm sad. And I hope Ottawa wins the cup because they deserve it after having to play through that garbage.
• Comment on Desharnais gets four-year, $14-million deal
  His D hasn't been as strong this year, but I think you'll see his +/- even out as the season wraps up. His line didn't have a good start to the year, but it looks like they'll finish strong.
• Comment on Desharnais gets four-year, $14-million deal
  There's some games left. The line didn't start off strong, but that was the case last year too. Who's to say they won't have a strong finish, bringing pace up?
• Comment on Desharnais gets four-year, $14-million deal
  But nothing has really changed here. If anything has changed, it's that Desharnais has become even more tradable, since he is getting less than what he probably could have gotten on the free market as an RFA.
• Comment on Desharnais gets four-year, $14-million deal
  What? $3.5 million/year for a 60 point centre who can score goals and play defence is hilariously cheap in this crazy league. I think it makes him more tradable.
• Comment on Habs call up Tinordi from Bulldogs
  I know this is like the most obvious comment in the world right now, but it absolutely blows my mind how much depth the Habs have this year, just from a few emerging rookies, maturing prospects, a couple of incredibly shrewd and high-value depth signings, and less injury trouble. While the depth signings are on MB, I think MT deserves a lot of the credit for the rest of it. The merit-based allocation of ice time and the team concept are doing for this team what JM's mathematical mind just wasn't capable of. With the cap dipping next year, I think the Habs really need to treat this year like a cup-run year. The stars are aligned, and I see this as a team that will only get better in the playoffs. What that means for personnel, I'm not sure. I think you could leave the team as is and they could go deep. But a big, shut-down D-man may still be in order for the playoffs.
• Comment on Liveblog: Canadiens break Leaf jinx
  If it was scored by Phil Kessel it would be confirmation of his franchise player bonafides.