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Sometimes I WONDER if Habs fans on other sites act the way they do in order to Prove they're Right instead of Caring about our team..(HIO fans ring a bell)?? Sure glad Some moderators/writers see Timmins as Not a good scouting director.. On another article, I mention Many of Timmins Busts, along with some decent picks (Epecially in latter rounds).. Fans actually were blaming Gainey with some selections..Timmins First rounders (Galchenyuk fell to us) are terrible, he loves his American fowards , and has trouble choosing players that COMBINE Size WITH Skill.. For him it's either Monsters or Hobbits.

Habs fan here, And one of the Many that has mixed feeling about our own scouting director..Trevor Timmins..A Few Hits, and several Misses in his 12 years with Montreal..i.e Passing up Getzlaf, Perry, Parise etc for Kos****ny... Drafting David Fischer (yep) when Claude Giroux was still there....Having to Sign a player like Parros via free agency, which means in all Timmins years of drafts, he hasnt been able to Find a Fourth line Enforcer....Anyways, who ARE the Best. Who would You rate say, Top 5 in the League?? Detroits....Chicagos......Pittsburghs.......New Jerseys.....Edmontons.......What teams have the best Scouting Directors to you.

I really like what I see from this site, my earlier comment is Not to Berate the team that I love..I also have a story about my Habs, growing up in Upstate New York my first hockey game (1960's) was an original six Habs vs NY rANGERS @Montreal..on T.V. Announcer's name was Winn Elliot.....My Stepfather (a Rangers fan) had me watch the game with him.. I kept looking at the screen, and focused on the Other team, and told my stepfather "No, the Other team I like'...A few years later, I found out my Birth father's side was half French Canadiens...It's in the Blood...What you said earlier about drafting smaller players,. I don't mind a player like Gallagher, who "Plays Big" and goes to the net, but when a mediocre tem like the Ottawa Senators makes us look bad in th playoffs...The size issue becomes Real...What bothers me is if you Had a couple of players that Combine Size WITH Skill, we wouldnt even Need a player like Parros...And with the salary cap, (and it's going down soon).an a team Afford a player like him?? Finally Looking at our fowards going in, we have Four really slight players in Gallagher, Briere, Desharnais and Gionta.. Rene Bourque doesnt bring any Physical preence to the table as well....We really screwed up passing up a player like Getzlaf or Perry years ago...Exactly the Type Players other teams seem to find in the draft...Size WITH Skill....

Looking at the 12 years Mr. Timmins has been the Habs scouting director, I have Mixed feelings about the job he has done, and I whe years ill give the reasons for this opinion. First, I see alot of bad first round choices and what the team Could of had. Remembering the 2003 draft, Many scouts and GMs that interviewed Andrei Kos****yn said they wouldnt touch that player with a 10 ft pole..Missed out on Getzlaf, Parise, Corey Perry etc... Then the David Fischer over Claude Giroux..Ben Maxwell over Milan Luicic....just a few examples... I also think Gainey doesnt go crazy the year we obtained Gomez, Camarreli, Spacek, Hal Hall if our picks were better.. Also, and hear me out here, Before Galchenyuk and Gallagher, the only Decent Foward in a decade of drafting I see on the club is Max Pacioretty..... Finally...Answere me this....Didn't the Canadiens recently sign Parros via free agency?? So, you mean to tell me in all the years of Timmins drafts, we haven't been able to find a Fourth line enforcer..