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Post by Skilly on Jul 13, 2020 17:40:04 GMT -5
Maybe my Galchenyuk jersey will have to become a Romanov jersey at some point. my Kovalev jersey will always be a Kovalev jersey! If we were to choose an all number team ..ie , the best player to wear each number ....for Montreal, #27 is The Big M
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Post by franko on Jul 13, 2020 17:58:03 GMT -5
my Kovalev jersey will always be a Kovalev jersey! If we were to choose an all number team ..ie , the best player to wear each number ....for Montreal, #27 is The Big M no doubt there, but I've aged a bit and put on a few pounds since the Big M played. I was still wearing my Beliveau jersey anyway.
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Post by folatre on Jul 13, 2020 19:35:46 GMT -5
Interesting idea, PTH. I like the way Gourde flies around and competes. And his versatility is a plus too. However, in the new flat cap economic landscape, I am not sure that his contract is good value anymore. Given his age (28), his ceiling as a player is what it is and five more years at a $5.166 cap hit seems a little too rich. Hockey is debatable and I may be wrong, but I think his 2017-18 may be a bit of an outlier and I see Gourde as more like a 45-50 point guy.
Maybe Tampa would retain a little something (half a million or 3/4) to get something done. Or maybe Montreal could move a small forward with a cap hit, albeit a lesser one, in the other direction (Byron?).
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Post by seventeen on Jul 13, 2020 20:20:14 GMT -5
Maybe my Galchenyuk jersey will have to become a Romanov jersey at some point. I would have replaced the "'2" with a "1" On a more serious note, I cant believe you have an Alzner jersey. What the hell were you thinking?! Or was it during one of those wild, crazy, drunken parties laced with amphetamines and LSD?
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Post by folatre on Jul 17, 2020 20:02:17 GMT -5
Did Romanov ever arrive this week and go into a mini-quarantine?
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 18, 2020 9:49:41 GMT -5
Did Romanov ever arrive this week and go into a mini-quarantine? Arpon Basu said there were delays on the visa/immigration side as they could only formally start that process once they had the contract signed on Monday. Romanov may miss all or most of the camp as a result.
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Post by Scotty D on Jul 20, 2020 14:34:43 GMT -5
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Post by Skilly on Jul 20, 2020 19:34:57 GMT -5
This writer seems to selectively apply his own rules it seems. He bases his best player to wear the number based on the career, not the time they actually wore the number. Ok Well, Montreal has had players wear multiple numbers over their careers (Beliveau wore more than #4 according to Claude Mouton's book) , yet he didn't say Beliveau was the best to wear those other numbers ... Yet one year of Gallagher is better than a plethora of goals by Ryder. Also, Plekanec is better than Tremblay?? And Kovalev was better than Frank Mahovlich? He says no one wore #99 on Montrèal. Clause Mouton's book lists Joe Lamb as wearing 99 in 1934-35
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jul 21, 2020 10:14:10 GMT -5
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Post by madhabber on Jul 21, 2020 12:20:05 GMT -5
This writer seems to selectively apply his own rules it seems. He bases his best player to wear the number based on the career, not the time they actually wore the number. Ok Well, Montreal has had players wear multiple numbers over their careers (Beliveau wore more than #4 according to Claude Mouton's book) , yet he didn't say Beliveau was the best to wear those other numbers ... Yet one year of Gallagher is better than a plethora of goals by Ryder. Also, Plekanec is better than Tremblay?? And Kovalev was better than Frank Mahovlich? He says no one wore #99 on Montrèal. Clause Mouton's book lists Joe Lamb as wearing 99 in 1934-35 No way Kovalev was better than the Big M. .841 ppg vs 1.178. It's not even close. 0 cups to 2 for the Big M. I also put Plekanec ahead of Tremblay but not by much. Only because Pleks played a more important position than Mario really, cause Tremblay had some good seasons. 4 with 30+ goals plus 1 with 70+ pts.
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Post by madhabber on Jul 21, 2020 12:34:44 GMT -5
Oof. I just looked at that list. It isn't a very good list. First with Kovalev over Mahovlich. Damphousse over Lemaire, really. Souray over Richer. Gallagher only wore that # 73 one year. His rookie season which was not as good as Ryder's rookie season. So sorry, Gallagher at #11 but behind Koivu maybe slightly behind Lambert but ahead of Tardif (what could have been). And of course the Joe Lamb thing. I don't give much weight to this list.
Dickie Moore also has a good case to be listed ahead of Cournoyer. Moore won the scoring championship ahead of guys like Beliveau, Geoffrion, Richard, Howe, Mahovlich etc. Cournoyer never did that.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 21, 2020 12:38:00 GMT -5
Sounds like he is going directly to TO to start his quarantine. Makes sense. It won’t be much of a first season burnt off his ELC, but because he does not play any games his UFA status does not jump forward a year. If team personnel were not so limited in the phase 4 bubble, I am sure the team would have brought an interpreter to help him acclimatize a bit better. Still great to see him so committed to playing in the NHL.
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Post by BadCompany on Jul 22, 2020 9:33:24 GMT -5
Sounds like he is going directly to TO to start his quarantine. Makes sense. It won’t be much of a first season burnt off his ELC, but because he does not play any games his UFA status does not jump forward a year. If team personnel were not so limited in the phase 4 bubble, I am sure the team would have brought an interpreter to help him acclimatize a bit better. Still great to see him so committed to playing in the NHL. I could be mistaken, but I thought Romanov already had a rudimentary understanding of English? Not fluent, but I seem to recall hearing an interview with him where he pushed his way through? I'm curious to see what he does once this play-in is over. Assuming we lose in the first round, does he go back to Russia? Or does he stay in Montreal and wait for next season to start in three months? Is he even allowed to stay in Montreal to wait for the season to start in three months? The current plan is for training camps to open November 17th.
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Post by folatre on Jul 22, 2020 10:50:29 GMT -5
Yeah, it was probably a couple months ago, but I heard some media conference call with Romanov on the radio and he sounded functional in English, not fluent or even proficient, but functional is certainly better than nothing. A couple of times his agent, Dan Milstein, who is Russian Ukranian, jumped in to help him out.
A twenty year old guy when he is not on the ice or the gym will probably just hang out in the room of whoever brought the PS4 into the bubble.
I do not know, though I imagine his work visa will allow him to stay in Canada during the off-season if he wishes to. The bigger dilemma could come January or so if Julien is not sold on his readiness to be in the lineup regularly and the AHL is not playing, then management may have to find him a temporary gig somewhere in Europe. Let's hope Romanov wins over the irritable head boss behind the bench and that dilemma never arises.
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Post by franko on Jul 22, 2020 10:52:08 GMT -5
Sounds like he is going directly to TO to start his quarantine. Makes sense. It won’t be much of a first season burnt off his ELC, but because he does not play any games his UFA status does not jump forward a year. If team personnel were not so limited in the phase 4 bubble, I am sure the team would have brought an interpreter to help him acclimatize a bit better. Still great to see him so committed to playing in the NHL. I could be mistaken, but I thought Romanov already had a rudimentary understanding of English? Not fluent, but I seem to recall hearing an interview with him where he pushed his way through? I'm curious to see what he does once this play-in is over. Assuming we lose in the first round, does he go back to Russia? Or does he stay in Montreal and wait for next season to start in three months? Is he even allowed to stay in Montreal to wait for the season to start in three months? The current plan is for training camps to open November 17th. is he allowed to go back to Russia and would he be allowed back in Canada without extensive isolation once again . . . and is it worth it?
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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Jul 22, 2020 12:37:02 GMT -5
Yeah, it was probably a couple months ago, but I heard some media conference call with Romanov on the radio and he sounded functional in English, not fluent or even proficient, but functional is certainly better than nothing. A couple of times his agent, Dan Milstein, who is Russian Ukranian, jumped in to help him out. A twenty year old guy when he is not on the ice or the gym will probably just hang out in the room of whoever brought the PS4 into the bubble. I do not know, though I imagine his work visa will allow him to stay in Canada during the off-season if he wishes to. The bigger dilemma could come January or so if Julien is not sold on his readiness to be in the lineup regularly and the AHL is not playing, then management may have to find him a temporary gig somewhere in Europe. Let's hope Romanov wins over the irritable head boss behind the bench and that dilemma never arises. I was under the impression that the border to Canada was closed so either Markov is essential to Canada or he is an illegal Syrian immigrant Trudeau wants to bring in.
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 22, 2020 12:56:18 GMT -5
Okie dokey.
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Post by folatre on Jul 22, 2020 14:28:54 GMT -5
Hold on, so he is serving the quarantine in Montreal and then permitted to enter the bubble in Toronto? Or is it the entirety of the NHL's initial decision that has been overturned (i.e. players not eligible to participate are not allowed in the bubble)?
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jul 31, 2020 13:41:02 GMT -5
Quarantine is over. He can hang out with and practice with the team.
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Post by folatre on Jul 31, 2020 13:58:29 GMT -5
At first glance I thought those were skulls on his shirt, I was like cool, the Habs' destroyer is bad to the bone. Jeje, then I realized they are pandas...
Nice to see the kid arrive in Toronto.
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Post by UberCranky on Jul 31, 2020 14:28:12 GMT -5
Pandas? PANDAS? For the love of a good Richard elbow, when are we going to get a kid that loves blood milkshakes?
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Post by seventeen on Jul 31, 2020 14:52:39 GMT -5
If you look closely, those are Great White Pandas. Rabid, too.
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Post by BadCompany on Jul 31, 2020 15:10:44 GMT -5
I'm more concerned about the pony tail. If you've got enough hair for a pony tail, you've got enough for a mullet. Or what we Canadians call Hockey Hair. And Hockey Hair is meant to flow, flow, from out under a baseball cap.
Somebody needs to teach this kid how to Canadian.
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Post by folatre on Jul 31, 2020 16:12:11 GMT -5
I didn't notice that. Come on kid, a pony tail? I mean, sheesh, I know it wasn't a true mullet but Romanov had some good flow in his draft day photo, so he just needs to get back to what he was doing before.
In recent years the world of futbol is getting overrun by pony tails (that whole Ibrahimovic style). Back when I was a kid, we all respected the mullet. My favourite players (Batistuta and Zamorano) sported the classic mullet (choco pandero) with pride.
The truly scary thing, however, will be if Romanov embraces that man bun look that Matthews and Nylander were styling a couple summers ago.
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Post by habsorbed on Jul 31, 2020 17:37:04 GMT -5
I'm good if he wants to look like Karlsson as long as he plays like Pretty Boy use to play.
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Post by UberCranky on Jul 31, 2020 18:22:27 GMT -5
This is a warrior.....no buns, no pandas, no style, no pretty, no words, just a lions heart..... This is MY hero..... Attachments:
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Post by UberCranky on Jul 31, 2020 18:33:37 GMT -5
How abut this guy? Does he look like he's going to back down? Give an inch? care about how he looks? Care about what people think of him? Honestly say that besides my parents, what these guys represent in terms of guts and determination influenced my youth.
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Post by folatre on Jul 31, 2020 19:41:43 GMT -5
Yeah, for sure, the Richards embodied what it meant to be proud and fearless.
Regarding Romanov, I am just having fun with that photo of him. From all accounts, he is sort of throwback player in terms of physicality and intensity. If God willing Struble turns out to be a NHL player and Fleury keeps progressing, the Habs could have a d-corps that worries puck carriers.
Now if Bergevin would only get off his backside and get two or three mobile big bodied wingers to supplant some of the overabundance of smallish forwards that have been populating the roster for in this so called retool.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jul 31, 2020 22:31:39 GMT -5
Alexander Romanov skates with Canadiens for the first time Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette 1 hour ago TORONTO — It was a dream come true for Alexander Romanov Friday as the Russian defenceman joined the Canadiens on the ice for the first time since agreeing to an NHL entry-level contract just over two weeks ago. Romanov, who is not eligible to play in the NHL Return to Play tournament, said he was glad to be skating at practice after a week of quarantine. “I was in the hotel room all by myself and it was boring,” said Romanov, who was wearing a sport shirt adorned with pandas as he talked to the media on a video conference after practice. The 20-year-old provided a glimpse of how serious the NHL is taking the bubble when he noted there was a security guard sitting outside his room to make sure he didn’t break quarantine. Romanov will spend at least the next week getting to know his new teammates and acquiring a feel for the smaller North American ice surface in practices. When the Canadiens are eliminated, he will go back home to Russia to rest before the Canadiens open their 2020-21 training camp in November. More ...
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Post by Willie Dog on Aug 1, 2020 7:52:19 GMT -5
I didn't notice that. Come on kid, a pony tail? I mean, sheesh, I know it wasn't a true mullet but Romanov had some good flow in his draft day photo, so he just needs to get back to what he was doing before. In recent years the world of futbol is getting overrun by pony tails (that whole Ibrahimovic style). Back when I was a kid, we all respected the mullet. My favourite players (Batistuta and Zamorano) sported the classic mullet ( choco pandero) with pride. The truly scary thing, however, will be if Romanov embraces that man bun look that Matthews and Nylander were styling a couple summers ago. Everybody binge watched Sopranos during Covid isolation and they grew a pony tail because of Furio... I'm waiting to see who sports a Paulue Walnuts hair style
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