MTL not at the point were they should go get big name UFAs

I know but they need players that can help first line only line that can put puck in the net

Demidov, he has 1 year left, let MTL get another top 10 pick, and in 2 years MTL get Demidov and Reinbacher should be ready too.

He’s clearly betting on health. Cause the team isn’t bad all healthy, and we should be out of the top 10 pick if we stay healthy next year. Don’t think playoffs is a need next year, although it could be in the back of his mind

Yeah i get it guys it just sucks that we never get big names and players that can put puck in back of net..............................

Habs have their plan and they are not moving away from it guys. It's going to be a slow methodical build and that's how it'll stay until they are ready to compete for the cup.

if they didnt plan on doing anything they coukd have taken a cap dump at least.

No because they want the young players to play and grow together. There's no point in doing random moves. They have to sign Guhle and Slafkovsky this year, and they will be finally free of bad contracts in three years. Slow and steady.

they brought dadonov, petry, pearson, desmith and monahan for picks, he never cared. we have a big hole in our fowards group anyway, dont even have a full top 6 right now. You cna bring a guy like mantha on a 1 year deal instead of having a plug like josh anderson playing there.

Our top 6 next year will be Cole-Suzuki-Slaf + Newhook-Dach-Roy. It's pretty damn full lol, again, not to win, but to allow young players to progess and have important ice time. Will Roy and Newhook end up on our top 6 full time? No, Probably not. But while we wait for the game changer in Demidov, they can certainly fill up the hole and get some valuable experience.

Anderson falls out of our top 9 by the way with our third line probably being something like Armia-Dvorak-Gallagher. Of course injury and rotation happen, but, unless he bounces back hard, Anderson is barely in the lineup at this time...

Not signing extra vets also allows us to open the door for guys like Beck, Kapanen, Heineman, or others (for rotation/injury) to surprise and seize ice time/opportunities.

And like, I do think it could be nice to have the good guy on a short term deal to play here, I just don't think it's THAT important. Not moving much is also smart.

with the injuries we had, i think it would have been nice to add a guy like mantha for a 1 year deal like he signed with the flames. Last year, newhook dach and Roy missed a lot of.time alone on injuries. Also, getting a cap dump doesnt mean he will take someone spot. you can waive him or buy him out too.

That said, i dont think its a big deal, i dont mind being bad for another year. But Hugues goes on press release saying he wants to compete this year but does nothing, i just dont why he goes on about tring.to make the playoffs but not do a single thing to make the team better. (not that i want to try to make the playoffs, but that's what he says)

I agree with your second point. I think Hughes gets excited sometimes and says dumb **** to the media. Looking back, it's certainly a weird comment to make. Off-season is not over though, we still do have too many Ds for next year and the habs could still do some moves over the summer or around september before the season starts!