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you can forget about doughty.
even if the kings do not sign him, he will command way too much. We already have a player of his type with Subban anyway.
I would still re sign Markov. His price tag just went down, and he will probably finish his career in montreal.
It is nice to go after all of these young superstars, but it is really not feasible with the salary cap. We have some room money wise after this year, but not enough to go after doughty. Even with Hammer's contract off of the books, Josh Georges will eat up some of that money...probably get at least 3.5 mill/year.
Gill might be back, we will see how he does come playoff time...he would have to take a pay cut but i think he likes it here.
The way Kostitsyn is playing, he is going to get a raise...even if he had a bad year last year...he is what you call a poor man's ovechkin. (hard north south game, with laser shot and a nose for the net...physical presence when needed.) Obviously he is far from being ovie, but in the new nhl it would be hard to replace that. He is an RFA, but an arbitrator would certainly rule in his favour if he keeps it up.
The habs will most likely swap some bottom 6 guys around again...that is it. This team is not about big acquisitions, but based on a strong team game, good forechecking, and a defense that keeps shots limited to the perimeter. Lots of speed, production spread around all 4 lines, transition offense. They are sort of a New Jersey Devils hybrid from a few years back, but with a little more flair.
Jacques Martin is a good coach that never won anything, but now he finally has a good team up front and that goalie he never had in Ottawa.
The free agent market is a waste of time. You overpay for a player every time, the deals are always very long term for high caliber players (cough hack cough scottgomez cough), and there are 0 guarantees. If you look at how the free agent market worked last summer, you will see that gm's are smartening up and becoming cap wise. You build a great team by developing what you have, not by running after what others possess.
We have a strong core group of guys that have bought into the system, we have some decent talent coming up through the pipes, and so far it is working extremely well for us. If it ain't broke don't fix it.
The only time i think it is wise to make a big move is if you are certain that you have a good chance at the cup. Cups are hard to come by in a 30 team league...and it is still a big risk. Sometimes you have to take the big one to find out, but it is still to early to see anything before at least january to get a scope on who is buying, who is selling and what not. The problem with this is that rent a players rarely pay off...so if you have to give too much....eeeesh. Hello Iylia! Perfect example on hos to ruin a once well run franchise.
keep everything as is, and let us see where we can go without going all brian burke and destroying some of the future.
If marky is gone all year, don't be surprised to see Bergeron get picked up once he is healed from his injury. An awful d man for sure, but our pp would benefit.
Let's also see how healthy we stay before doing anything imo.
enjoy this wall of text nucca's.
ps. rumour has it that parize wants out of jersey....would love to see him as a hab, but it is doubtful we could afford him unless we got rid of stump gomez....which will never happen....even his own mother would not trade for him and his salary.
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