Canadiens Should Avoid Stamkos & They Have Too Many Defensemen
Also, a trade was the best thing for Lehkonen and some stuff from our archives
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Canadiens Have Bigger Storms to Chase than Lightning’s Stamkos as UFA
May 1, 2024 by Ryan Szporer
As playoff eliminations pile up and free agency draws closer, it’s easy for teams and their fans to get their heads stuck in clouds, playing “what if?” However, Montreal Canadiens fans really don’t need to run their imaginations too wild at the notion of the Habs signing Tampa Bay Lightning star Steven Stamkos. There’s one simple reason: It’s inherently unlikely.
Canadiens’ Excess Defencemen Both a Good & Bad Thing
May 2, 2024 by Trege Wilson
The Montreal Canadiens’ season is over, and the players have cleaned out their lockers and headed to their summer homes. There were no playoffs this season, as expected, but there was still plenty to be hopeful for. One of those positives is the abundance of NHL-ready defencemen in the Habs’ system. Some, if not most, are talented enough to be in the top four. This is excellent, except you usually only dress six defencemen in a game and carry seven or eight on a team. If the Canadiens want what’s best for the team, some players must be moved to make room.
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Canadiens Trading Lehkonen to the Avalanche Saved His Career
May 1, 2024 by Luc LeBlanc
Artturi Lehkonen showed promising signs of becoming a bonafide top-six scoring winger after an 18-goal rookie season with the Montreal Canadiens in 2016-17. This was following him becoming the highest-scoring Finnish-born player in his age-20 Swedish Hockey League (SHL) season, and he was quickly rising the ranks of the influx of young Canadiens players.
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Stamkos signing is a non starter. Too old & TOO EXPENSIVE....FINI !
You need a minimum of 16 D - Men for Montreal & Lavaĺ . Anyone at the AHL .
level has to have bona-fide NHL potential .Norlinder, Bisson and Galipeau are career AHL players with Montreal .The Habs don't have too many defenseman of NHL caliber!