Team booked a Manhatten skinjoint for after the game and then Carribean
- Pie

Howard is at the game....Habs are doomed

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 8m8 minutes ago
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Also worth noting Nesterov played both sides in Tampa. So versatile.

Flying v PP

https://twitter.com/Moeni...status/824777474621968386

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 8m8 minutes ago
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Also worth noting Nesterov played both sides in Tampa. So versatile.
- Symba007

Not a monumental trade by any stretch but a good depth pickup.

I dont understand the trade from the TB perspective though. You want to make the playoffs so you trade your 6th dman for nothing?

Not a monumental trade by any stretch but a good depth pickup.

I dont understand the trade from the TB perspective though. You want to make the playoffs so you trade your 6th dman for nothing?
- muffin_man

http://nhl.nbcsports.com/...-nesterov-from-lightning/

The Montreal Canadiens made a nice trade on Thursday, adding some defensive depth by acquiring Nikita Nesterov from the Tampa Bay Lightning for Jonathan Racine and a sixth-round pick in 2017.

Nesterov’s enjoyed the best season of his young career, setting a personal best with 12 points despite playing in just 35 games with the Bolts. His possession stats are pretty nice, although it’s worth mentioning that he’s had a very sheltered role in Tampa Bay. (More than two-thirds of his shifts have begun in the offensive zone.)

You can quibble with Nesterov on a higher-level, but he’s a depth guy with some potential to maybe be even more than that to the Canadiens.

The Lightning get that sixth-rounder and Racine. The 23-year-old was the 87th pick of the 2011 NHL Draft by the Florida Panthers.

He seems like he can bring some grit to the table, considering his penalty minute numbers in the AHL, peaking with 149 in 70 games in 2014-15. Racine hasn’t really shown much offensive ability, however.

Montreal seems to get the better of this trade, even if you might equate this to a mere line-drive single in baseball.

It appears to be a straightforward trade with no salary retained:

Not a monumental trade by any stretch but a good depth pickup.

I dont understand the trade from the TB perspective though. You want to make the playoffs so you trade your 6th dman for nothing?
- muffin_man

I'm waiting for Eklund to write about the trade to make an opinion.

Not a monumental trade by any stretch but a good depth pickup.

I dont understand the trade from the TB perspective though. You want to make the playoffs so you trade your 6th dman for nothing?
- muffin_man

Maybe they gave up on the playoffs?

Not a monumental trade by any stretch but a good depth pickup.

I dont understand the trade from the TB perspective though. You want to make the playoffs so you trade your 6th dman for nothing?
- muffin_man

reeks of banana eatery. Radulove will set him straight.

Maybe they gave up on the playoffs?
- deadpoulet

Hell of a rebuild strategy. 23 year old NHLer for a 6th rounder and a guy for the Syracuse 4th line...

Hell of a rebuild strategy. 23 year old NHLer for a 6th rounder and a guy for the Syracuse 4th line...
- muffin_man

I guess they don't see much in him and they have better options internally.

Hell of a rebuild strategy. 23 year old NHLer for a 6th rounder and a guy for the Syracuse 4th line...
- muffin_man

Yeah. I don't know.

Not a monumental trade by any stretch but a good depth pickup.

I dont understand the trade from the TB perspective though. You want to make the playoffs so you trade your 6th dman for nothing?
- muffin_man

Habs got a great player.

Habs got a great player.
- AGalchenyuk27

Whatever keeps Redmond/Henley/Barberio/whoever-the-(frank)-else-they-find-raping-a-chick-behind-a-dumpster out of the lineup is a great pickup.

I'm waiting for Eklund to write about the trade to make an opinion.
- BashCH

maybe the other blogger will have an opinion and get more than 7 replies to it?

maybe the other blogger will have an opinion and get more than 7 replies to it?
- weirdoh

No, he won't.

maybe the other blogger will have an opinion and get more than 7 replies to it?
- weirdoh

Is he dead to you guys now?

I guess they don't see much in him and they have better options internally.
- Symba007

certainly confirms MB sees the same thing we do.
we're not so bad after all!

Is he dead to you guys now?
- muffin_man

What the (frank) would I care?

Gotta bury that

Cat fight!
- Pie

What the (frank) would I care?
- weirdoh

hard to say weirdoh

Dominoes?

Gotta bury that
- Pie

Are they playing again?!??!?!


Wtf is it a 100 game season this year? !


Edit: oh yeah the Howard game!

Are they playing again?!??!?!


Wtf is it a 100 game season this year? !
- dt99999

1-0 NYI, Howard is at the game, Habs have no chance