The Chicoutimi Cucumber - (Greg Millard)

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• Comment on Habs GM Bergevin "100 per cent" behind Carey Price
  When the Leafs and Bruins play, everyone loses.
• Comment on About this season ... and next season ... and the one after that ...
  This playoff exposed a lack of depth in two areas: first, physical, tough defencemen (we have one, we need two); and second, C who can play in the top-6 (we have two, we need three). So yes, we need a second defenceman who brings what Emelin does. Tinordi projects to become that guy, but in the meantime we should go out and sign a bottom-pairing defenceman with size and physicality. Galyenchuk projects to fill that hole at C. It'd be nice to sign a transitional C who could eliminate the need for Desharnais, but I'm not banking on that happening. But basically, within two seasons Galy should be playing C, solving problem #2, and Tinordi should be ready for bottom-pairing minutes, solving problem #1. Be of good cheer.
• Comment on About this season ... and next season ... and the one after that ...
  I wouldn't be surprised by some regular-season regression. But - as long as MB adds a couple of pieces - I don't see us missing the playoffs, and when next year's team makes the playoffs it will be fundamentally a lot stronger than this year's. Many people are making the mistake of evaluating this team based on the Ottawa series. But first, like I said, we outplayed Ottawa for the bulk of the series, and second, everything that could go wrong did go wrong, from injuries to a bad game from Price to bizarre officating at key moments. The jump to contention will come within two years. We're that close.
• Comment on About this season ... and next season ... and the one after that ...
  Markov stays (and rightly so). You have two rookies on the back end, and that is a recipe for a step backwards next season. What we need to do is replace Bouillon with a bona-fide, tough bottom-pairing defender. Thus: Subban/Markov/Gorges/Emelin/Diaz/Shane O'Brien-type/Tinordi
• Comment on About this season ... and next season ... and the one after that ...
  A lot of silly comments on here. Anyone looking *rationally* at this team would be fundamentally optimistic. Tons of good young talent - including truly elite talent in Subban, Galchenyuk, and Gallagher. As for size, yes, we need to get bigger, but if Eller and Emelin play in this series, the size factor doesn't get nearly the same amount of play. We had a team eviscerated with injuries and still outplayed the Sens for much of this series. This team is not far away from contending. The pessimists are in for a big surprise, either next year or the year after. Book it.
• Comment on Gionta's season is over; Prust, White out for Game 5; Price listed as day-to-day
  No thanks. Go Isles go!!
• Comment on Gionta's season is over; Prust, White out for Game 5; Price listed as day-to-day
  This is good analysis. We've been the better team, on the whole, this series. And don't forget that Patches is obviously playing hurt and is only 23 - we can legitimately expect better things from him. The only longer-term organizational weakness I can see is that I'm not sure who will eventually replace Bourque. But the nuclues of serious contenders is indeed, as you say, in place. This series will be an invaluable learning experience for many of these guys and will make them better playoff performers in the long run.