I believe the Habs are going to be a really good hockey team this season. Despite the losses of Danault and Weber their roster is a handful. They are going to compete hard. Their assembled combination of attributes and skills will make them hard to overcome. They can win playing multiple ways, taking advantage ofContinue reading “Goalies – the Silver Lining”
Monthly Archives: September 2021
“The Players make the decision for us”
This worn out adage, which we hear every year, needs to be scrapped. There is so much more that goes into the decisions about who is playing on an NHL roster, and saying that its on the players is a not-so-subtle way to put responsibility elsewhere. There are three things that need to line upContinue reading ““The Players make the decision for us””
And the winner is…
… NOT the Carolina Hurricanes. They have just been saddled with a player who still has loads of potential but lines up as the fourth or fifth center on a team with Sebastien Aho, Jordan Staal and Vincent Trocek clearly ahead of him in the pecking order. He will be competing for a center iceContinue reading “And the winner is…”
Donny and Drouin
Two issues in Carolina and Montréal this week that can’t do much except grind my gears. Honestly, folks, why do they do this to us? First : Carolina. No, Donny, it doesn’t make sense that you would pay Jesperi Kotkaniemi but not Dougie Hamilton. Yes, I understand that the contract can be renegotiated eventually ifContinue reading “Donny and Drouin”
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