Comments on: An Analysis of our future talent.

By: habsrock_19

habsrock_19 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:25:22 +0000

very solid, surprisingly i love this line-up send this to BOB right away lol. but only if it was as that to get richards, but another thing why is everyone all of a suddon bringing up trading Ryder i love ryder and think he'll be with montreal for a long time.

By: habsrock_19

habsrock_19 — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:21:29 +0000

ok well this line-up is OK. i think this is basicly what our line-up will look like in a couple of years with a few exceptions. i think Chipchura will definetly be there in a few years if not next year(with bonk and johnson gone) i also think one more big name on the forwards and its done and this team will be fine, its hard to say who that big name should be but we obviously would need a bigger forward just because this team lacks grit, so add Chipchura and someone like bertuzzi. I DONT want bertuzzi but someone like him wiould be good. also i think yemilin will be i montreal by then with a good team i think he end up leaving russia for this line-up. other than that good post

By: TheStryker

TheStryker — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 22:37:17 +0000

Not a very good line-up. Im not too sure how near the future is in your mind. You seem to be forgeting a few players on the roster and in the system : Kovalev, Chipchura, Valentenko. First off Lapierre is not and will never be a second line center. Guys like Locke, Ferland and Milroy, are guys you call up in case of injury. Montreal is in desperate need of a BIG center. Im fed up of hearing about Briere. Sure he had 95 points this past year, but if anyone thinks that he can get 95 points playing with Montreal, they are nuts. Montreal should be looking a signing a vetran center that they don't have to sign for 4 or 5 years, or look to trade for an established center who is already under contract long term i.e. Brad Richards.

So if im Bob Gainey I call Jay Feester in Tampa and offer him this

Ryder, Kovalev, Dandenault
To Tampa
Richards, Ranger

Sign

Eric Belanger
Eric Boulton
Dainius Zubrus
Vitaly Vishnevski

kotisyn-Richards-Zubrus
Higgins-Koivu-Pleckanec
Latendresse-Belanger-Chipchura
Begin-Lapierre-Boulton

Komisarek-Markov
Ranger-Boillon
Streit-Vishnevski

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:58:47 +0000

that could be, although it is tough to compare them since Price has yet to play in the nhl.

By: habsalicious

habsalicious — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:21:19 +0000

Although I agree with most you say, Fleury is way overrated. Price will be a much better goalie.

By: The_Dynasty

The_Dynasty — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:10:27 +0000

Agree with what you said, with the exception of the spoiled veterans part. While most of our vets are spoiled, Koivu is EXACTLY like Smyth in the sense that he would die for a team (cancer and eye injury).

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 18:03:32 +0000

compare and contrast montreal's top youngster's with pittsburgh's and then tell me how montreal beats them for the cup every year. crosby is winning mvp trophies as a teenager. malkin, staal, whitney and fleury are all superior players. only in fantasy land does montreal beat pittsburgh.

i would bet that if they lose sourray, half the nhl previewers don't have montreal making the playoffs.

your comparison to anaheim is really stupid. on their team, only Bryzfalov (back-up goalie), Getzlaf and Perry were drafted by the ducks. everyone else was acquired either through trade or free agency. anaheim proves the point that teams need to actively sign star free agents like Selanne and Neidermayer and need to trade for big time players like Pronger. The difference between montreal and anaheim is that montreal trades for nimiinaa and the ducks trade for pronger. montreal signs samsonov and the ducks sign selanne. montreal finds wimps and anaheim collects bruisers. montreal was disappointed with kovalev and endures his rants. anaheim dumped federov as fast as they could. teams that make good deals win cups. teams that push mediocre players in and out of the lineup end up on the golf course.

By: ferron

ferron — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:56:42 +0000

I don't think MTL should spend money on UFA Fowards this year cause theres not much available right now and the one available wont give us what we need, Briere would not produce as much with the habs as he did with the sabers, same thing goes for Kariya and most of the UFA, the only guy that would change things in MTL even though i hate him is "Ryan Smyth". We have lots of talent in MTL but no one can show the youth a good example, all of are veterants are example of money hungry players and lazynest. we need a player(Smyth) who would die for is team not a Vertigo infected muthaf---a(Kovi)! We also need a couple d-men to replace Souray and overaged Dandenault

ps; It's time to give Archer, O'Byrne, Cote, Locke, Grabs and Chip a chance!

By: Habroller

Habroller — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:23:13 +0000

…and please switch Plekanec with Lapierre in your line-up. It just doesn't make any sense.

By: Habroller

Habroller — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:21:54 +0000

So where is the analysis of our future talent?

Nothing new brought up here.