Kovalev Koivu Zednik
Dagenais Ribeiro Ryder
Bulis Plekanec Perezhogin
Higgins Bonk Ivanans

Sundstrom could be used as a PK specialist, one of the best.
Still, something’s mysterious here.
I hope they trade either Zed or Dage for a D, giving more ice time for Perry and Plekanec.

Anyways… season starts in 2 days! we’ll see what happens on opening day!

OFFENSE:
We don’t have full lines in montreal… we have pairs. We had 2 good pairs last season: Zednik-Koivu and Dagenais-Ribeiro. Those guys can’t be seperated or they won’t play. A third good pair i think would be matching Bonk and Kovalev. Full lines would go this way:

1. Zednik – Koivu – Ryder
2. Plekanec – Bonk – Kovalev
3. Dagenais – Ribeiro – Bulis
4. Begin – Higgins – Perezhogin/Ivanans

1. First line was what we had before Kovalev joined and worked fine. However I’d like to see Zednik back on RW instead of left.

2. Plekanec has been by far the best rookie in preseason. He deserves playing with good guys more than Perezhogin.

3. Bulis is the most underrated player on the team. He’s never been given a chance too play on the top lines for more than a few games. He played in czech republic during lockout with Pardubice HC with other NHLers and had good stats:

Player Name……………………………… GP G A Pts PIM
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Michal Mikeska………………………….. 50 21 34 55 99
Milan Hejduk…………………………….. 48 25 26 51 14
Jan Bulis……………………………….. 45 24 25 49 113 DEFENSE
What habs79 said.
Komi and Souray is a heavy pair… above 460lbs.

PS: just heard Latendresse was officialy cut from team. I agree with you that was the best thing to do for him and for the team.

(Vandermeer)

With the trade of Hossa for a the career AHLer there is talk that Gainey is going to keep Laterndresse with the club. I hope not cause if he does there is a good chance he will turn into the next Zuburus or Daigle. He should be sent back to junior to develope properly they are not lacking depth there is no need to rush him. Send him back to junior then one year in the AHL and then he will be ready. As for Dagenais he should be traded for some defensive help which is what Gainey should have got for Hossa.

Souray________Komisarek
Markov________Rivet
Bouillon_______Dandenault

(Hainsey, Streit)

This is Komi’s year to put up or shut up. Hainsey has proven himself a bust, but there is still hope for Komi he will be with the club all year as he is compitent in his own end and plays physical. He should be given a chance to play with Souray as he shares his qualites. Souray should be a good influence on Komi. If that plan should fail they could flip Komi and Dandenault around.

Theodore
Huet (injured)

Danis will fill in for Huet during the duration of the injury. Even though Danis has not been all that impressive in pre-season he should be a decent back-up since Theodore will carry the workload. I would like them to maybe sign Potvin instead for insurance puposes, as I am not to thrilled right now at having Danis or Huet at the back-up position.