How that idiot even compares the Penguins with this edition of the Habs is beyond me.




Oh, and love your comments on there.
- Pecafan Fan

Sorry for finding advanced stats are useful.

Keep watching the games.

Because he creates a scrum almost every time there's a whistle when he's in front of the opponent's net?

Third and final guess..
- pete26

I get it...but I still think he gets a raw deal.

Thanks for trying pete. you're a swell guy.

Yes, the eye test says Diaz sucks because he's sofffffff

they will in all likelihood miss the playoffs but they'll still be "alive" by the deadline. so i expect Bergevin to keep him for the big push.
- DoubleDown

Well, trading him certainly won't help them 'push'.

I'd like to see them resign him actually.

Yes, the eye test says Diaz sucks because he's sofffffff
- hon_hon_hon

So on paper Diaz is our best D.


Tabar....

I get it...but I still think he gets a raw deal.

Thanks for trying pete. you're a swell guy.
- number_23

You're welcome.

Us numbers gotta stick together!

Sorry for finding advanced stats are useful.

Keep watching the games.
- hon_hon_hon

They sure are useful when they are put in context.



But comparing a team's trend under a certain coach while completely ignoring the players on the rosters is an exercise in futility.
But feel free to think that Diaz and Leblanc are as useful as Crosby, Malkin and Gonchar if you see fit.


Is that's the moment in my post where I tell you that you should watch the games?

Well, trading him certainly won't help them 'push'.

I'd like to see them resign him actually.
- pete26

Me too.

Gorges or Emelin are the ones I would trade.

They sure are useful when they are put in context.



But comparing a team's trend under a certain coach while completely ignoring the players on the rosters is an exercise in futility.
But feel free to think that Diaz and Leblanc are as useful as Crosby, Malkin and Gonchar if you see fit.


Is that's the moment in my post where I tell you that you should watch the games?
- Pecafan Fan

?

Me too.

Gorges or Emelin are the ones I would trade.
- hon_hon_hon

Emelin's contract will bite us in the ass ...

According to the blogger for L.A., the Kings are looking for a top 4 defenceman who can play on the PK. Wonder if there's a trade to be made there.

Toffoli would be nice target in a trade.

Emelin's contract will bite us in the ass ...
- WaterBoy

(frank)ing MB giving 4 year contracts like candy.

According to the blogger for L.A., the Kings are looking for a top 4 defenceman who can play on the PK. Wonder if there's a trade to be made there.

Toffoli would be nice target in a trade.
- sEb_666

Sure would. But they won't trade him.

?
- hon_hon_hon

It's stupid to compare the pens and the habs.

It's stupid to compare the pens and the habs.
- Pecafan Fan

The teams, yes.

The coach, no.

(frank)ing MB giving 4 year contracts like candy.
- hon_hon_hon

he's also giving out these contracts way too early. signing a guy who has played a year and a half in the NHL and is coming off reconstructive knee surgery while he is still re-habing that knee for 4 years? couldn't wait for the summer?

I don't see it happening.
Diaz, on the other hand...
- EricEngels

I agree with the Diaz point. What would a team like Anaheim pay for Andrei Markov, I think a first rounder and a solid prospect like Devante Pelly Smith or Emerson Etem, What would a team like Colorado pay for Andrei Markov who think this might be the year. There are teams out there that feel they are close, and will give up solid pieces to go for gusto, If you were Bergevin would you say no to a piece that can help us in two to three years from now when we should be a contender, and Markov is no longer a part of the teams plans at that time..?

The teams, yes.

The coach, no.
- hon_hon_hon

How can you blame a coach for everything when the 2 teams are incredibly different?

So on paper Diaz is our best D.


Tabar....
- WaterBoy

Barenaked Ladies singer?

he's also giving out these contracts way too early. signing a guy who has played a year and a half in the NHL and is coming off reconstructive knee surgery while he is still re-habing that knee for 4 years? couldn't wait for the summer?
- DoubleDown

4 years at 4M+ per year...

CRAZY

he's also giving out these contracts way too early. signing a guy who has played a year and a half in the NHL and is coming off reconstructive knee surgery while he is still re-habing that knee for 4 years? couldn't wait for the summer?
- DoubleDown

Ya, I'd probably waited a little on that one too.

He seems to be playing better lately though.

Barenaked Ladies singer?
- weirdoh

his name is Steven Page. (frank)in idiot.

Ya, I'd probably waited a little on that one too.

He seems to be playing better lately though.
- pete26

It really takes a year to fully recover from a knee rebuild...he'll be fine.

How can you blame a coach for everything when the 2 teams are incredibly different?
- Pecafan Fan

Therrien got the Pens to the finals, Bylsma won the Cup the following year and hasn't been back. It's not like Bylsma was the difference, Malin and Crosby taking another step was.

his name is Steven Page. (frank)in idiot.
- DoubleDown

His name had escaped me for a moment, thank you for filling me in.