Montreal is a confusing organization

They seem to always want to trade their best players (besides Price)
- sbroads24

Well if they wanna send us Max,
I'm on board

Depending on the cost of course

Unless we move Reinhart back to Center,
one of them is our 3C as of now
- jdfitz77

thats the problem for sure ... as a 3C or 4C they need to have a better face off % than 47-49% ... hoping we can improve there over the summer

Andrej Nestrasil not qualified. I'd take a flier on him

Andrej Nestrasil not qualified. I'd take a flier on him
- chilliard77

Elpaso
Andrej Nestrasil has had a rough calendar year. Last season, theCarolina Hurricanes winger, formerly a member of the Detroit Red Wings before being picked up by the Canes in November 2014, was performing at a career-best level. However, on February 25, 2016, he fractured a vertebra in his back in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs when he fell into the boards

Grigs

Andrej Nestrasil not qualified. I'd take a flier on him
- chilliard77

i think we make a play for despres and versteeg

left wing

even strength points 2016-17

marchand 61
pacioretty 54
panarin 53
ehlers 52
arvidsson 52
saad 50
forsberg 49
jt miller 49
skinner 48
sheary 48
zucker 46
zetteberg 46
schwartz 46
gaudreau 45
josh bailey 44
ovechkin 43
benn 43
jvr 43
kreider 40
johansson 39
byron 39
hall 38
lee 38
tatar 38
maroon 38
palat 37
e kane 35
steen 35
hoffman 35
tkachuk 35
panik 35
vanek 35
pearson 34
perron 33
n foligno 30
marleau 30
d sedin 30
parise 30
drouin 27
lucic 25
- homiedclown

Its not that I was huge fans of BYRON, MITCHELL, & that other guy, but I've always found it odd that we had no need to move them, at that time, these players were too early to simply give them away.
What was the return on them if anyone remembers ?


Then we get their 24yr Defenseman , logging major minutes on first place team. Then his play slides, he isn't dressed for the Final Playoff game which they lost 3-1.

I think we gave them a favor and we just called ours in, I just believe that there had to be another team offering more than a 3rd pk for this guy.

Just my two thoughts. Side deals keeps the Hockey People in the Know, which then means it also serves as a sort of Job Security, if someone outside their Hockey Circle comes in they don't start with ANY collateral , whereas , if you have trust with 5 or 10 or more Solid Respected Relationships with Current GMs around league.

Of course, when somebody outside shows up and WOWS the Old Guard, they are quick to tie them into their group.

That's right. Teams with good D do their best. Teams that score goals bang the prom queen. Players have been brought in to improve the D. Nobody was brought in to improve the offense. Best defense is a good offense. This team's weakness is scoring goals.
- Hatboro_Swords

You win sir ....... my position exactly. Score more ........... stop worrying about trying to win the 2-1 games.

i think we make a play for despres and versteeg
- Sabresfan-365

Think they try these:

Bonino-Pit
Schultz-Pit
Stone-Cal
Smith-NYR

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Forward Mikhail Grigorenko was not given qualifying offer by #Avs. A piece in Ryan O'Reilly trade is done in COL

You win sir ....... my position exactly. Score more ........... stop worrying about trying to win the 2-1 games.
- fastek

Eureka!

Think they try these:

Bonino-Pit
Schultz-Pit
Stone-Cal
Smith-NYR
- sabreswarpath

Schultz is an rfa and I'd love smith but think he goes else where. Stone and bonino are gunna get major overpayments

I'm not quite sure I'd go McCabe at this point, only because it doesn't jibe with what our needs are. But value wise it's not even close. Pacioretty is like (frank)ing Wolverine when healing from injuries he had that whole Chara thing, came back super fast from that, he had his appendix out in an emergency surgery(they tend to be less gentle when they need to get that (frank)er out ASAP), they thought he was going to miss a month, he came back in 8 days, he scores like 35 goals a year.

What else do you need? Seriously, the guy's a beast and woefully underrated by so many for no reason.
- Wetbandit1

Glad someone gets it

Think they try these:

Bonino-Pit
Schultz-Pit
Stone-Cal
Smith-NYR
- sabreswarpath

They aren't going to do anything until they find out the outcome of our own players.

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Forward Mikhail Grigorenko was not given qualifying offer by #Avs. A piece in Ryan O'Reilly trade is done in COL
- chilliard77

Schultz is an rfa and I'd love smith but think he goes else where. Stone and bonino are gunna get major overpayments
- Sabresfan-365

I thought Schultz was UFA, but saw how he was saying its time he got paid, maybe he becomes available.

Unless we plan on never playing guys like Bailey, Fasching etc, there will be changes very soon in the coming weeks to the roster.

Kane
Larsson
Girgensons
Ennis
Moulson
Foligno


I'm predicting two of the above gone by July 10th

- sbroads24

So? Are sabre fans going to plan a parade that Avs didn't qualify a throw in piece

thats the problem for sure ... as a 3C or 4C they need to have a better face off % than 47-49% ... hoping we can improve there over the summer
- Doug&theSlugs

Girgs & Larsson are both "ok"
Improvement needs to come from Jack,
and Sam if he's gonna play Center for us

Young guys usually struggle on the dot though

The rest of our centers need to spend some serious time with O'Reilly working on the faceoffs skills

So? Are sabre fans going to plan a parade that Avs didn't qualify a throw in piece
- DDM-Coga

Won't speak for him but it's funny to me cause of how highly we once regarded him not cause of the trade or whatever

Unless we plan on never playing guys like Bailey, Fasching etc, there will be changes very soon in the coming weeks to the roster.

Kane
Larsson
Girgensons
Ennis
Moulson
Foligno


I'm predicting two of the above gone by July 10th
- sbroads24

I think he keeps those guys in roch

So? Are sabre fans going to plan a parade that Avs didn't qualify a throw in piece
- DDM-Coga

No but GMTM will hoist his glass over it this evening

Won't speak for him but it's funny to me cause of how highly we once regarded him not cause of the trade or whatever
- Sabresfan-365

And goes to prove not even top 15 guys are a sure thing (or whatever pick he might have been ).

I think he keeps those guys in roch
- Sabresfan-365

I agree. It was Always about

Zadorov for O'Reilly


I would like Zadorov but I think we came out ahead here, but both teams did fine. We needed O'Reilly for Jack and Vice Versa, so I Love having a hard working, talented, gritty Centerman respected around the league w/Jack.

So? Are sabre fans going to plan a parade that Avs didn't qualify a throw in piece
- DDM-Coga

Yes. Tomorrow. Down Perry Street.