we need to try and pick up a shutdown centerman who can take important face-offs maybe a pahlsson from columbus would do it???
I wonder if Habs fans realize that we have on our roster a player who consistently wins 55% of his faceoffs over a several year period and has some offensive skill?
I wouldn't mind getting a guy like Eric Belanger for the third line if the Wild are out of the playoff race at the deadline, solid at both ends of the ice and is 57% in the faceoff circle.
I wouldn't mind getting a guy like Eric Belanger for the third line if the Wild are out of the playoff race at the deadline, solid at both ends of the ice and is 57% in the faceoff circle.
Cammalleri - Plekanec - Kostitsyn
Pouliot - Gomez - Gionta
Bergeron - Lapierre - Kostitsyn
Tough guy from Hamilton- Metro - Darche
Markov - O'Byrne
Hamrlik - Gorges
Spacek-Gill
Price
Halak
I think Spacek would profit more from being on his natural side than Gill, because Spacek needs to shoot, Gill just shuts down. I like that 3rd line, because with Bergeron and SK, Lappiere can really up his offence, and we need a real banger, either Conboy or sign Neilson to drop 'em, but with O'Byrne establishing himself as a force in the making, we can rely on him to provide some muscle.
i expect to see max pac up for a playoff push. i think for this years playoffs, the experience would be important even if he was on the 4th line. so, max pac in for bergeron for me. darche is still a question mark, maybe someones comes in at the deadline if we are making a push.
I definitely just shed a tear. I understood the organization letting him go and giving him a chance at a cup, over staying here and being part of the mini rebuild...But I would love it if he ever came back!
I'd move Mara (and a pick, 3rd/4th?) for Jay McClement. Or if we can get a solid defenseman in our goalie deal, then we can move Hamrlik for McClement which IMO would be a fair trade (possibly a pick coming our way, but considering Hammer age/salary..), preferably the defenseman would be a replacement for Bergeron as well, and then run this D-Man group
Markov-New Guy/Gorges
Gill-Gorges/New Guy
Spacek-O'Byrne
Mara
Bergeron
We would finally have 2 big bodies on the top 2 lines in Pouliot and Bernier, a 3rd line with both defensive and offensive skills and a bigger mean 4th line.
We would finally have 2 big bodies on the top 2 lines in Pouliot and Bernier, a 3rd line with both defensive and offensive skills and a bigger mean 4th line.
switch up bernier with andrei
bernier is more of a 3rd liner
andrei is a waste on the 3rd line and has showed great chemistry with cammy and pleks on the 1st
and why is everyone so insistent on us getting belanger, i dont see him being THAT much of an upgrade over metro or lapierre
(I know im dreaming hehe, the ducks will never trade them they can do the playoffs, but that would've been awesome)
I understood the organization letting him go and giving him a chance at a cup, over staying here and being part of the mini rebuild...But I would love it if he ever came back! 
