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Pat astutely mentioned:

I don’t know about that, of course there’s a dumb portion of the fanbase who might complain that Crosby is “past his prime” but I feel the majority of fans would understand where he’s at in his career… there would most likely be an endless honeymoon between Crosby and the fanbase if he ever wears a habs jersey.

Habs would make their money back on jersey sales alone.

LOL.

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Pat exclaimed:

I don’t know a whole lot about Carter Bear, but Simon the snake Boisvert (who now works for the Olympiques de Gatineau :)) seems to like him quite a bit, and I like the name, so I hope the habs do get to pick him loll.

I think at the position they’re drafting they’re in a good spot to take a gamble on a player that has size and a certain skillset that could be developed further, as opposed to picking in the top 5 where the margin for error is usually almost non-existent.

Yeah.

The pressure of a top 5 pick is huge, and with 2 picks in a row in the middle of the 1st, they can take a swing with one of them.

I really like Bear, but I honestly do not think he will be there at #16.

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Kick said:

i like the alex lyon idea.

if jake goes back to montreal and still doesn’t go with cool gear like he did in st. louis, i’m gonna be real unhappy with him.

I am not sold on Lyon, very inconsistent.

I still think Allen would like to finish in a Habs uniform, and given there is a plethora of same-quality back-ups available, why not go with the (former) devil you know?

Habs will likely force him to put “get cool gear” in the contract.

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Pat said:

apparently the penguins have confirmed they wouldn’t be re-signing Malkin, so who knows if he could join the habs, but I enjoy considering the Crosby pipe dream a whole lot… can you imagine how insane that would be? holy. ????

I think it would be cool for Habs fans, but the expectations on him would be ridiculous. They would want Sid to be the Sid from his prime and accept no less.

Regardless, he would still be an amazing 2nd line center and make the Habs depth in the middle 6 really strong.

But I am also a sucker for players who play their whole career for 1 team, especially a player that has meant so much to an organization.

I was sort of sad to see Ray Bourque go to the Avs, but he wanted a cup, so I get that.

Sid has nothing left to prove.

Malkin has also meant a lot to the Pens, but not as much. I think he would be really good for Demidov, too. But Malkin does have 1 more year left, so who knows how the Pens play that out (or if they wait til the deadline).

Will be interesting to see what they do with that second line.

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Looks like Pronman thinks the Habs will go big too.

He projects the Habs to get LW Carter Bear (#16), LW Lynden Lakovik (#17), C William More (#41) and D Carter Klippenstien (#49) in the first 2 rounds.

While this all seems unlikely to land as predicted (even if the Habs keep their picks), it does point to the thought (among many) the Habs will pick bigger / tougher players

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There is a new thread/

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Can someone organize an emotional support group to help Pete with the transition?

I know that is a big ask, given it is such a big task.

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You stole my post.

Prepare to lawyer up, this will get ugly.

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Gonna figure out how to abuse this…..

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