24 Cups - (Steve)

Member since November 12, 2007

Habs fan since: 1959
Favorite current player: Ryan Getzlaf/Jeff Carter/Zach Parise
All-time favorite player: Guy Lafleur

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• Comment on Silver for Diaz, bronze for Galchenyuk at world championship
  It cost us a 2nd rounder to move up for Tinordi. I'd give our 2nd rounder but not Calgary's or Nashville's. There have been a lot of great players who go in the 31-36 slots.
• Comment on Silver for Diaz, bronze for Galchenyuk at world championship
  H17 - A final thought on the subject. Certain teams are going to jump ahead on these two players (Gauthier & Morin) due to their size. Both Toronto and Boston draft ahead of Montreal. Columbus and Calgary will have a second 1st round pick they can utilize before Montreal selects. One of those teams could easily take a run at Morin. And as Tom mentioned, Gauthier's stock is going to only rise. Philly picks 11th so who knows. I've studied this stuff for quite awhile now. Bob McKenzie's final draft rankings are the most accurate around. That should give us an idea where these two French-Canadien players might eventually go in the draft.
• Comment on Silver for Diaz, bronze for Galchenyuk at world championship
  If MB wants to get creative he can land both Gauthier and Morin. He should at least be ready to trade Montreal's 2nd rounder to move up and take Morin if need be. Or just pray he can grab him with the 25th pick.
• Comment on Silver for Diaz, bronze for Galchenyuk at world championship
  Earl - If Subban wins the Norris it will mean a Doughty like contract. That runs around 7M, long term.
• Comment on Silver for Diaz, bronze for Galchenyuk at world championship
  I doubt Ritsolainen will be around when Montreal drafts 25th. Same goes for Gauthier in the 2nd.
• Comment on Habs' Therrien not among Jack Adams Award finalists
  Ed - This might be a bit of a stretch on my part, but your comments about bigger ice surfaces is the same problem that the PGA Tour is facing with golf courses that can no longer handle the players of today. I would even take it a step further and say that the NHL will have to eventually consider a slightly larger ice surface than the international standard of today(maybe as much as 220 by 110?). As for our earlier discussion on Seth Jones, I wonder if Colorado will still take him first overall after bungling the trade with St Louis. They have a nice core of five young forwards but no real stud on the backend. If they do take Jones, then teams like Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto are going to have live with the fact that they will have to watch MacKinnon and Drouin play in Florida for the next ten years.
• Comment on Habs' Therrien not among Jack Adams Award finalists
  Maybe Drouin will fall all the way to the 25th spot in the draft:) http://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2013/05/18/memorial_cup_nathan_mackinnon_rises_to_occasion_cox.html