Comments on: What we need to succeed!

By: passionch

passionch — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:39:44 +0000

Yeah, Plekanec probably will accept 2M but Ryder will want more than 2M. We all know he's a 1 dimensional shooter but he still puts up the goals on the sheets and that means big bucks for him. Just replace Bertuzzi with one of our young guys.

By: leafssuck67

leafssuck67 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:25:43 +0000

ryder will also probably go to arbitration…back-to-back 30 goal seasons (84 goals in his first 3 seasons) will get him a lot more than $2M….

By: leafssuck67

leafssuck67 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 20:22:28 +0000

I was just thinking....plekanec is our 2nd line center isnt he? i mean thats the position he played pretty much the whole season since ribeiro left. Im not saying hes the man for the job but he did make use of the ice time and got 20 goals....

so actually, id place him at 3rd line center, u see that guy on the PK?? and what about the guys who'll crack the line-up this year? i.e.: O'Byrne, Biron, maybe Grabovski, Chipchura...who loses their job? kostitsyn? lapierre? True there will be injuries, but we gotta give these guys ice-time if they wanna be NHL-ready. And also, theres lots of other prospects coming up....

anyway, thats probably just me wantng the belarusian line quicker (Kostitsyn-Grabovski-Kostitsyn) but i just wanted to mention that about plekanec

By: sanj91

sanj91 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 18:00:52 +0000

Just thought I'd add….the lines I've described in the article are the actual lines I have in my dynastyin NHL 07. I'm 15-0 so far!

By: sanj91

sanj91 — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:58:49 +0000

Blake is a hell of a player, but he's not the main focus of attention. Montreal is aware of this. In other words, there aren't that many teams that have Jason Blake on their list. Maybe after Kariya and Smyth turn them down they might look to Blake, but if Montreal calls Blake out of genuine need for his services he will probably agree. And anyways 3.5M is about a M more than he was making last year. He'll get too be a first liner. Although I do think if we can sign Briere before Blake it will entice him even more. Nothing like playing next to Briere eh!

By: tonin

tonin — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:04:14 +0000

i could see them getting brierre, preissing and sutton but betuzzi wont end up coming to montreal most likely toronto, but over all good article

By: The_Dynasty

The_Dynasty — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:05:40 +0000

Blake will get far more on the open market. Also, as much as I would like to see us get all of them, it won't happen. I think we may get Briere and Preissing, but even that might be pushing it.