Luke Belcourt🦆

A conflict adverse fence sitter
Spewer of boring moderate takes
Socially inept and lacking in charisma
Aspires for decency

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

The American Olympic team really did some work

[Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun]

Hearing that the Florida Panthers are getting close to acquiring Brady Tkachuk from the Ottawa Senators.
I believe Ottawa will get three first-round picks and a second-round pick in the deal if finalized. More to come.

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@williamdube_ 1) Trade, since whoever they draft will likely be a depth piece that won't help the team for ~4 years.

2) Take a swing, so Villeneuve would make the most sense. If he hits you get a back up Hutson who you could shelter in a third pair role like Tampa did with Sergachev

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@mndamico I don't really think Byram is a top pair D, but I could see Detroit, St. Louis, Nashville, and Toronto being interested in him

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@fnveenie It's not like his assistant coaching job will stop him from becoming a head coach if the opportunity comes. Montreal knows what he brings and will hire him as the head coach if he fits what they want.

Now they can give a new coach a shot in Laval to develop that pipeline

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@JW_eats_plastic @ColtonBaxter17 I'm going off memory but I'm pretty sure Misa, Beniers, Byfield, Kakko, Svech, Patrick, and Laine were all consensus top 2 picks.

Nemec and Carlsson were seen as part of a group of top prospects.

Levshunov is the only reach on this list

[Dude Where's Makar @joelthesakic]

Brett Kulak in his post-game interview just said he's happy the Avs ended the series tonight because his daughter's birthday party is tomorrow and he doesn't have to miss it traveling to Minnesota. What a guy #GoAvsGo

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@JhanHky 24

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@SlafGoalZki The line lacks somebody who can efficiently transition the puck, Evans would be much more effective there in my opinion

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@paulfranque @JhanHky https://t.co/nrUZR2fZw6

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@ChaissonSpencer My ideal line up would be something like:

Texier Suzuki Caufield
Slafkovsky Hage Demidov
Bolduc Evans Newhook
Dach Danault Kapanen

Guhle Dobson
Huston Struble
Matheson Carrier

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

Habs Legend Jordan Weal is out here saving his team from a few bad calls

[Uggg @Uggg_uggg]

One player managed to piss off the referee, his own head coach and players from not just the opposing team but his own team. Max Comtois actually pulled it off

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

Seems like next season could be a changing of the guard moment at all 3 positions

[JFresh @JFreshHockey]

With all our conversations about generational players, etc. I thought it might be interesting to go back and think about who was generally considered to be the top player at each position going back to 1970.

This isn't about who /was/ best that year, but what the consensus was.

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@T2TProspects Filip Eriksson

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@JeanFrancoisCBA Huston is the more impactful player, but Kapanen would be this team's 1C without Suzuki --- I'm going with the captain

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@Suzy4Selke D zone micro stats have been crazy too

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

A huge development in the defensive zone

[Rono @RonoAnalyst]

🔄 All cards and charts on https://t.co/f2fjKG34D3 have been updated! Player cards are available to subscribers only. Other tools — including goalie cards — remain free. Lane Hutson has been excellent this season.

[HockeyStatCards @hockeystatcards]

well this is certainly a statement

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

He's not great but he's also getting PDOed to all hell

[/r/Habs @HabsOnReddit]

Joe Veleno in 23 games with the Habs this season:

• 1 goal
• 0 assists
• 52.1% on faceoffs
• 11:49 mins per game
• On-ice goal differential of -12 at 5v5 (710th out of 719 NHL players)

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

@DcalabrettaTFP A big decline across the board this year :(

[Luke Belcourt🦆 @Simple_Handle]

It's really tough to draft a top 6 C

2023 They all seemingly went in the top 4
2022 Could have gone Cooley but Slaf is still good
2018 Not a good year for C
2015 If only they drafted Aho
2012 Bad draft, Galchenyuk was a good bet
2011 they got Danault anyways
2005...

[/r/Habs @HabsOnReddit]

The best Habs centres drafted by the organization in the last 35 years:

- Saku Koivu (1996-2009)
- Tomas Plekanec (2004-2019)
- Jake Evans (2019-Present)