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Feb 7, 2017 18:56:08 GMT -5
Post by PTH on Feb 7, 2017 18:56:08 GMT -5
When asked about Galch being on LW again, Therrien said that wasn't the case. Chuck and DD alternated taking faceoffs depending on which side of the ice the puck was being dropped. I really didn't pay any attention to actual positioning during that line's ice time so can't confirm that. I saw him repeatedly deep in the defensive zone, so it makes sense to me. |
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Feb 7, 2017 19:02:01 GMT -5
Post by PTH on Feb 7, 2017 19:02:01 GMT -5
If Montreal had a goalie ready to step in and play a legit platoon system, maybe you can risk it. Still, it's too big a risk for me. I don't see Lindgren, Hawkey, or Fucale as being ready for that yet. Given the 2 year extension given to Montoya, regardless of expansion implications, I don't think the club feels any of the three are either. We don't know where the cap ceiling is going to be. We do know that Plekanec's deal expires before we have to pay Price anymore than the $6.5 he currently makes. We know that Markov, if he plays beyond this year, will be at a significantly lower amount and hopefully year by year. My hope would be that by 2018-19 Sergachev has assumed the role he was drafted for and Beaulieu is signed long term to a favourable amount (less than $4 million). Pacioretty will be entering the last year of his steal of a deal. Hopefully Radu is signed to a multi year deal similar to what he's making now. Hopefully Galchenyuk is signed long term. He'll likely require a deal similar to the likes of Monahan, Forsberg, etc. If Montreal offers Price the same sort of deal Lundqvist signed ($8.5 million), there's money for a #2 center at a similar hit to the $6 million it's going to take to sign Galchenyuk. Or, you take half that money and give it to Pacioretty, and the other half goes to a tweener. Maybe it's Danault. Either way, the money is there for Price. What the club does for a #2C dictates what they do with Pacioretty. That's 4 'hopes' in there. I'm not yet convinced Chucky is a full #1. The glass half full part of me says yes, but it's still competing with the glass half empty side. Right now he's still a liability on the defensive side. If he was merely ok at that part of the game, I'd say we had our #1. There's also that he still seems as much a shooter as a playmaker. IMO true #1 centers are guys who make their wingers truly better. A #1 center should be able to get decent numbers out of workaday wingers - Galchenyuk has done well with high-end guys, but is far from making a guy appear better than he is. So he might be the top center, but he isn't in the class of player we usually think of as being top liners. I really hate that we had to suck in such a bad draft year. Other years at #3 we'd get dominant, franchise players. |
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Feb 7, 2017 19:05:45 GMT -5
Post by PTH on Feb 7, 2017 19:05:45 GMT -5
I wasn't aware that Angela Price was a TV personality. Not many of them live in K-town. It must be a Montreal-only thing perhaps. What it boils down to is I don't see the Habs winning the Cup without him, so you sign him regardless. They were willing to give PK $9 million a year. Price is more valuable to the team than PK ever was, imo. Like Roy in his heyday, he can win a playoff series by himself. I don't see a centre like McDavid doing something like that. Pittsburgh needed both Crosby and Malkin... They did give Subban 9 million - but I also think that contract is what got him moved, as much as anything. IMO Price's contract expectations matter as much as anything, less in terms of yearly salary than number of years. If he wants a 3-4-5 year deal, you should keep him. But if he's looking for an 8 year payday for big bucks, you have to move him. The cap is just too much of a constraint to tie too much up for too long, even in such a terrific player. |
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Feb 9, 2017 17:54:18 GMT -5
Post by Skilly on Feb 9, 2017 17:54:18 GMT -5
In the 5 years previous, Galchenyuk is the second highest scoring #3 pick. I'd go so far as to say he is the second best as well. With Duchene being the only one better.
Heck, you could go back 10 years previous and the only franchise players are Duchene and Toews.
Certainly not Huberdeau, Turris, Barker, Horton, Gudbranson, Bogosian, Johnson ....
Arguably, the third best #3 pick in a decade ... Not bad I say.
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