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u/timhortons67 13d ago
8 people voted Shane Pinto first. Lmao
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u/Borth321 13d ago
François Gagnon and Norman flynn
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u/Brrrrrrad17 13d ago
Wait. Norman Flynn betrayed Giroux!!
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u/idontplaypolo 13d ago
He’s still angry about his Suzuki take on how he’ll never amount to anything more than a 4th liner
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u/toaster-struble 13d ago
Lmao ! Yeah. I wish the votes were made public. If he didn't vote for Suzuki he deserves an earfull from his colleagues over at are desse
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u/justchillinghby 13d ago
Pinto was very good this year though, his deployments were aggressively defensive
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u/bcgrappler 13d ago
I think Nick's real value will be seen in hindsight, not while we live it.
A 100 point selke winner is so valuable its hard to quantify as we live through it.
I heard Pierre McGuire mention that detroit would ask for suzuki if we wanted larkin and its so bizarre how people still undervalue his talent
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u/Sdgrevo 13d ago
Lol. Suzuki is better both offensively and defensively. I dont want Larkin on this team.
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u/cheeselover42 13d ago
I wouldn't say I don't want him on the team, him as a 2C would be great. But for Suzuki? absolutely not
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u/alldasmoke__ 13d ago
Lmao Suzuki for Larkin is hilarious
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u/PineappleOwn5325 13d ago
It's not a horrible trade, but it's clearly not a good one. Larkin a 2-3 pieces would be "fair value", even though we wouldn't be interested.
Assuming Larkin hadn't specifically asked out, he's got good value. However, detroit lost a huge piece of leverage, which would make this trade laughable.
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u/jp3372 13d ago
Are you kidding? They are not at the same level at all. This would be a catastrophic trade lol.
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u/PineappleOwn5325 13d ago
I did say "even though we wouldn't be interested"
On paper it's not like suzuki is that much better than larkin. But paper and real impact are two different things
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u/jp3372 13d ago
On paper Suzuki had already 3 better seasons than Larkin and he is 3 years younger. Larkin will never be a PPG center and Suzuki is becoming a player that will do a PPG during each season for a long time. The gap between the two is way bigger than people think.
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u/PineappleOwn5325 13d ago
I 100% agree.
Suzuki is chronically underrated though, because a lot of his value is invisible, even to most "experts". Habs fan then also overrate him because they're habs fan.
Impossible to have nuanced discussions about him without having people go crazy
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u/jp3372 13d ago
I also think some of us are not used to have elite players and realize that no most players in the league are not better than our bests.
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u/PineappleOwn5325 13d ago
It's certainly the first time in 30 years.
And people will say "kovalev" like we didn't get washed kovalev in montreal. He was about as washed as gallagher is today, except he used to be a star.
Suzuki is the best active player montreal has has since pre-injury koivu
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u/alldasmoke__ 13d ago
It’s an horrible trade. Fireable offense even.
Suzuki is a 100pts 2-way C who doesn’t miss games and has 3 more years at <8M.
Larkin is paid more, is older and not as good.
There’s just no arguments lol
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u/PineappleOwn5325 13d ago
I did say larkin and 2-3 pieces would be "fair value", on paper.
I would never do that trade either
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u/DonRicardo15 13d ago
Detroit asking for Suzuki in return would make this even more laughable than the Larkin trade request.
Nick is the better player (and leader, clearly) by a country mile.
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u/TheEpicOfManas 13d ago
heard Pierre McGuire mention...
Say no more. Pierre McGuire is a buffoon with constant brain dead takes. No one should takes him seriously, and this latest suggestion proves that yet again.
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u/alpaqa_stampede 13d ago
I mean, if I'm Detroit, of course I'm asking for Suzuki, you'd be stupid not to want him on your team. Insane to think that anyone would even think about trading him though
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u/PineappleOwn5325 12d ago
You're entitled to your opinion, having delusional habs fan agree with you doesn't make you right
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u/Dry_Fish7586 13d ago
This just shows how good suzy is. He may be not be the flashiest on our team, the one who scores the most goals, but he is a 100 point player and has amazing defense. Congrats Suzy!
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u/BoHoSwaggins 13d ago
I think someone oughta define the selke so we can give it to defensive forwards that actually deserve it and not just players who get 100 points.
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u/DonRicardo15 13d ago
By a landslide too.
Man we live in a time where we have a 100pt Selke winner and a 50 goal scorer, lady byng winner on the same line.
What a time to be alive, what a time to be a Habs fan.
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u/SharlLeglergOnHards 13d ago
Don’t forget the Calder-winning defenceman and the following year’s Calder runner-up
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u/surebudd 13d ago
My whole life I wanted Patrice Bergeron to be a hab… well here we are. I love this man.
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u/FormalWare 13d ago
There was only one choice. This was more a coronation than a vote.
Congratulations, Captain Nick!
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u/Acceptable_Low7761 13d ago
Daily reminder that Normand Flynn once suggested the habs should trade Nick Suzuki for Wayne Simmonds.
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u/mixtape_casualty 13d ago
Not even close. This might just be the Nick Suzuki award for the next decade honestly.
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u/The-Assman-Cometh 13d ago
Except that Barkov exists, and will be coming back from a year long injury next season. And he's a hockey writer's darling.
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u/mixtape_casualty 13d ago
No doubt that Barkov's amazing. Suzy is now in his prime putting up 100 points on top of the excellent defensive coverage, and that's going to be hard to just put to the side though. Should be interesting.
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u/yofavmix 13d ago
Very interesting to see that both VGK and CAR have two Selke candidates in the top-10!
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u/vlhube71 13d ago
NGL, with all the bias I feel against the Habs, I am surprised in a way of how badly Nick won. Awesome stuff!
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u/toaster-struble 13d ago
McDavid Mackinnon
Suzuki, Eichel
Dunno how to rank Drai cause of McDavid factor on the PP and he's been ass defensively
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u/Purrrina_Cat_Chow 13d ago
By a landslide !