Actually, the NHL Combine was in Buffalo, NY and you did not tell me that the article gave a translation of the La Presse French article that sucked moose balls. The place is called Buffalo Chophouse, not Buffalo Steakhouse, and it is in Buffalo. Lindstrom apparently ate very well on the Habs' dime:
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He still have one year left on his contract with St.Petersburg....so will look for an appartment later....lol.....he was introduced by CÉLINE DION....great great moment.....she looks good and what a surprise.....is she ready for a comeback????....fans are waiting.
Contracts can be bought out.....exactly what the Flyers did with their Russian Michkov. All you have to do is pay.
This Habs management team is extremely smart & patient with their young players. With the team not expected to make the playoffs & the team likely still in rebuilding mode the fact the player still has a year left on his KHL contract is a blessing for them & possibly was one of several reasons why they picked him. There is no hurry for him to play for the habs & once his current contract expires he’ll come to America & join the habs when he’s NHL ready. It wouldn’t surprise me if he ends up in Laval for the start of the 2025-26 season & will join the big team when they deem him ready. Montreal is a very tough market to play in for a young player. Especially one from a foreign country.
Many top scouts had Demidov at #2 behind Celebrini. Habs management may have won the draft with this selection at #5. The problem with Galchenyuk was that he wasn’t ready for the NHL when they rushed him in, which was the trend at the time under their management teams. Chucky should have been sent back to his junior team. He had missed his entire last year of junior due to knee surgery & sending him back for another year would have been beneficial to his development. Another problem is that instead of having him stay with one of the team veteran’s family he ended up staying on his own & knowing how Mtl nightlife can be tempting we all know how this turned out. At the time an sp from Eleganza had told me they were dating. But she wasn’t the only hot girl he was dating at the time & it caused problems. And his family didn’t help. Top agents later mentioned that his mingling father was a headache to deal with. But all this could have been avoided had he been sent back to Sarnia for a year & then the team should have been more hands on once he’d made the team.
With the exception of the guy who was picked at #3 by the Ducks, all of the players in the top 5 are supposed to be NHL-Ready, plug and play players. Meaning their teams can, and will be expected to rush them. You think the Sharks are not going to throw Celebrini and Dickinson right in there? They are better than anyone the Sharks have right now. If Demidov is as good as the scouts say he is, he can be thrown in there right away. On the first line of the Canadiens. Not even trying to buy him out from a team that needs money is a weak, leave options on the table measure. I favor aggressive development of young players. The good ones take their lumps and get better, the weak shall perish.. Also, you can find out quickly what you have on your hands.
Her dramatic call of the draft pick was rivalled only by Philadelphia native son Michael Buffer announcing the Flyer's 1st round pick. Both Celine Dion and Michael are Buffer paid a lot of money to use their voices, and they both came through big for their home teams.
Yep....they need space/money for STAMKOS...ont libéré 8,5 M.UHC acquires Sergachev for JJ Moser 2 Days Before Sergachev No-Trade Clause Kicks In:
This is purely a cap related trade, in which TB needed to clear space and UHC needed an offensive minded defenseman to pair with Marino, whom they acquired from the Devils in a separate deal. I think Utah has improved their team substantially, also with the selection of Tij Iginla.Bolts deal Sergachev to Utah in flurry of moves
After a quiet first day of the NHL draft, Day 2 kicked off with a stunner as the Tampa Bay Lightning traded defenseman Mikhail Sergachev to the Utah Hockey Club.www.espn.com
There is a report in the NY Post that the NY Rangers are working on a trade of Trouba (whom they really do not need) to the Red Wings to free up money to sign Stamkos. Trouba has a no trade clause, but it's believed he will waive it to play in his native Michigan. He grew up near Detroit.
