According to xGAR, these 100 players are better than Mike Matheson and make less or about the same amount as him in salary Matthew Schaefer Denton Mateychuk Jordan Spence Travis Sanheim Darren Raddysh Janis Moser Sam Malinski Esa Lindell Jonas Brodin Ryan Shea Nick Blankenburg Ryan McDonagh Sean Walker Philip Broberg Nate Schmidt Shayne Gostisbehere Brandt Clarke Charle-Edouard D'astous Mattias Samuelsson Brayden McNabb Mattias Ekholm Niko Mikkola Brent Burns Kaedan Korczak Lian Bichsel Ryker Evans Nils Lundkvist Jake McCabe Connor Murphy Adam Pelech Rasmus Sandin Dylan Demelo Trevor Van Riemsdyk Matthew Robertson Oliver Ekman-Larsson Josh Manson Nick Seeler Tyler Tucker Alex Nikishin Emil Andrae Jamie Drysdale Ben Hutton Bowen Byram Cam York John Marino Olen Zellweger Ian Moore Pavel Mintyukov Gustav Forsling Ty Emberson Vincent Desharnais John Klingberg Brett Pesce Connor Clifton Ian Cole Mario Ferraro Shakir Mukhamadullin Dylan Samberg Axel Sandin-Pellikka Mikey Anderson Jared Spurgeon Samuel Girard Nicolas Hague Yan Kuznetsov Radko Gudas Simon Edvinsson Maxwell Crozier Emil Martinsen Lilleberg Jeremy Lauzon Jonathan Aspirot Marcus Pettersson Artem Zub Brian Dumoulin Dante Fabbro Logan Stanley Parker Wotherspoon Martin Fehervary Uvis Balinskis Carson Soucy Simon Nemec Joel Hanley Brenden Dillon Jacob Bernard-Docker Wyatt Kaiser Matt Roy Scott Mayfield Sean Durzi Tyler Kleven Timothy Liljegren Rasmus Ristolainen Johnathan Kovacevic Justin Barron Albert Johansson Nick Jensen Zayne Parekh Erik Cernak Adam Larsson Jake Walman Neal Pionk Jacob Middleton

I seem to have angered the sex addicts in California

So either Matheson is back or someone is being traded I pray it’s the latter

Rebuttal for all of these and why we shouldn’t worry 1. Habs PP had an injured Demidov to start the year and now either Bolduc or Kreider. Slaf isn’t a half wall player. Once Demidov returns, the PP will be just fine 2/3. Habs have outplayed their opponents in 8/9 games. Not being able to kill games comes down to 2 things Bad goaltending and lack of talent. They can get 3 goals, they can’t get the 4th. An actual 2nd line would get you the 4th Dobes has been awful. I’d give him until December first to figure it out or to the AHL/traded

Habs fans are funny. I’m seeing people shot on Newhook Dude has Kreider and Anderson on his wings and playing vs top 6 comp wtf do you want him to do?

On my way back from work I was thinking as to reasons why a trade hasn’t been made yet for a top 6 forward and it hit me Habs need cap space to get it done. Easiest trade is Dach. Oilers want Dach. But the Oilers are injured to hell and have no cap because of it (many ahl call ups) So I think once the Oilers get healthy in the next 2-4 weeks, we’ll see Dach get moved there which gives the Habs the cap space to make a move without moving any cap space in that trade

Rick Nash, Artemi Panarin, Sergei Bobrovsky, Marian Gaborik, Jeff Carter All of these players wanted out of Columbus at some point in their tenure and were let go either by FA or trade. This was way before a 3rd string goalie passed away and Gaudreau tragically died Columbus as an org are a lolcow. Confined to be mediocre forever

I don’t understand how a goalie can get called for interference when his entire body is within the blue paint

Another loss after having a 2 goal lead Individual errors cost the team again Evans with an unacceptable giveaway (he should sit for Beck) Hutson gives up a 2 on 1 (not great but shit happens) Xhekaj with a dumbass penalty (fork found in kitchen) Dobes can’t make a save when it matters (he’s washed) Now the positives 1. I was right about Engstrom, please provide your apologies below 2. I was also right about Kreider, please provide your apologies below 3. RDS stole the New French Connection name from me 4. Habs have a 1st line, 2/3rds of a 2nd line , 3rd line and a potential 4th line and 5/6 Dmen. Go get Tippett pls

Another 30 year old has been linked to the Habs

There is 0 excuse for Saputo not to spend money and get 3-4 of these players Imagine Pogba, Ndombele to shore up the midfield and then Denayer for the backline and finally Martial for the front line

Rough start defensively for Dobson but the dude is stuck with this for most of his minutes Next to Guhle or Huston, he’s a completely different player

Lafferiere is a 3rd line winger at best on any contender. He doesn’t create offence and isn’t necessarily any good defensively He’s kinda just there on the ice Byfield is better in every aspect

I actually have a bigger issue if he had a super team and still didn’t spend any money. You’d know he was grinding that game like crazy

Trade a 2nd and Stramel for Zacha Send Zacha, Yurov and 1st for Larkin You’re welcome I made the trade work

Matheson victim

The vocal jays fans are the same vocal leafs fans who clearly cannot comprehend the obvious Vlad jr will be fine if he rests well this offseason Now signing Bo and Suzuki will help the offense. Skubal is a dream for the rotation but King would be very nice. Bullpen kinda chill, just get a better lefty than Little C: Kirk 1B: Vlad Jr 2B: Bichette SS: Gimenez 3B: Okamoto LF: Barger CF: Bateman RF: Suzuki DH: Sanchez/Santander Cease King Soriano Yesavage Ponce

Just saying, if you kept Matheson scratched for long enough, he’d be willing to waive his NMC for some teams You won’t get anything in return but honestly just getting the 6m in cap and the roster spot is enough for me

This team is so fun to watch for 50 minutes a night Those 10 minutes is the worst team in the league

Kapanen leave my hockey team

Reinbacher’s best shift was with Guhle But Xhekaj is never the problem