Slaf Wins the Day | The Basu & Godin Notebook

On this episode of the Basu & Godin Notebook, Jujraj Slafkovsky signed; UFAs did not (0:00), Alex Burrows won’t return (42:20), Mailbag (50:40)
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Recorded: July 1st, 2024
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[@dataminerdaniel]

OMG Arpon and Marc Antoine! I will miss you guys so much this summer! Your channel is the best hockey channel on KZbin, period. Thoughtful, insightful, funny, and informative… Can’t wait until next season. Les Canadiens sont la! Go Habs Go! (A fan in Connecticut since Dryden gave Espo and Orr what for in 1971… )

[@shmitzysays]

I realize a lot has to hit for this to actually work out, but I low-key feel like they already have a championship-contending team in the system. It’s just three to five years away from doing it. Caufield Suzuki Slaf Demidov Dach Newhook Roy Beck Hage Mesar Kapanen F. Xhekaj Reinbacher Hutson Guhle Mailloux Xhekaj Barron/Harris/Engstrom Fowler

[@williamarmour1656]

Thank you.. Have a good summer... Come back for the good stuff ... soon we hope

[@Jc21112]

Merci pour la saison à vous deux, votre balado s'est instantanément inséré dans mon horaire et je n'ai pas manqué un épisode :) Bon été!!

[@markhodge7]

I remember the Habs winning The Cup in 1965. I've never been more fascinated, intrigued and excited about this club in decades. I didn't really understand how the team of the 70s was built at the time. It was a different era of drafting and contracts, but they did something right back then. This feels like something right.

[@edtamboni4752]

Ah man, I'll miss this podcast over the summer, it's the best...I'll .be jonesing for Habs news, it's such a great time to be a Habs fan...this is going to be a fun year.

[@MrBellsa61]

Enjoy the summer gents, thank you for the great content! See you next season!

[@BokuPower]

Thanks for your hard work this season. Love your insight. This is my favorite Habs Podcast of the lot of them. Have a great summer!

[@captainawesome2472]

Thank you for the season guys! Have a good summer

[@Donquity]

Thanks for a great season, looking forward to next already! 🤩

[@user-xv1ym6rg6i]

Really great job guys. Look forward to hearing from you next year

[@user-ry2fw7sr1z]

Well done guys .. thank you

[@danielofarrell5387]

Merci les gars. Enjoy the summer

[@spiderjerusalem6887]

man I was refreshing late last night for my monday mailbag

[@benoit-xavierlavoie8812]

Basu is right

[@claudemartin7785]

Bonne vacance 😎😌

[@yanicrobertson1359]

Im not ready for no more episodes 😭

[@user-fj9uu2jl1n]

Great first season see you both in the fall GHG 🏆

[@Roma1251]

Have a great summer! Go Habs

[@goradhen]

Imagine Kane showing old tricks to the habs youngsters who can actually emulate or even replicate them. Glad they sticking to the plan. I'm so enthusiastic about Demidov. Watch replays or highlights and look closely at his skating/stance. Unique skill. Figure skater smooth too. So refreshing since we don't usually get to have nice things but HuGo be stacking them thicc talents.

[@edtamboni4752]

We ARE making a big add this year - Dach.

[@travisdecheno5670]

Until somebody breathes on him.

[@onesharpmarble]

Signing Slav isn't a risk at all, if he produces well then the contract is good. If Slav is terrible the contract doesn't matter because the rebuild is screwed anyways.

[@dayzovc]

Team stats last season showed that goals against was where the Habs were extremely bad. Scoring wasn't great but it was actually close to teams that made the playoffs. If they somehow improve their defense then they'll see a significant rise in the standings. But Habs haven't done anything to improve their D and are solely relying on the kids to improve. They'll probably score more goals with a healthy Dach. A bounceback from Anderson could also help a fair bit. Habs will probably make a bigger push for quality UFAs next summer since Armia, Dvorak, Savard, Evans contracts will be finished.

[@marc-antoineauger8685]

Msl didn’t inherit all his assistants. He did hire Robidas after Richardson’s departure.

[@arponb]

Right! Good call, my bad

[@y3ee3e]

basu missing the point that Godin was making. San Jose and Chicago were horrible last year but they made moves to get better...will they surpass montreal? no. but they probably bought 4 to 5 wins more than last year...that's about 10 pts. now the habs were 20 to 30 points ahead of those 2 teams, but the hawks and sharks increased their chances of beating more teams next year. teams like Florida, Colorado and Dallas did nothing to improve their rosters so considering teams below them improved its conceivable those top teams lose points while teams around the habs gain points. all Godin is saying is that there's a finite amount of pts that's available to be had in a season. good chance the habs don't move up much in the standings due to the activity of other teams.

[@powers1500]

Montreal will be better next season...no doubts about it. Just guys like Dvorak, Armia, Anderson and Dach will likely have better seasons than last year...so they don't need any free agents for the time being. We are still rebuilding but...near the end of it !!!

[@AltJon10]

Yeah exactly. The chances are greater they'll pass us next year even if they're still very low. And like Utah, Columbus, Ottawa - these teams around the Habs are the ones they have to be better than to find themselves maybe 20th in the league next year like some are expecting. They are less likely to do that today than they were a few days ago. Plain and simple. Thats all Godin is saying and he's 100% right. It's not necessarily a bad thing. But this expectation for the Habs to improve their position in a meaningful way isnt really supported by anything right now. Dach coming back I guess? Hoping for Dvorak to have a bounce back year? But then there are major subtractions too like losing Monahan...having a top 5 pick again next year is not that unlikely.

[@y3ee3e]

@powers1500 yes there's internal growth and a healthy dach. but the point is its talking like you're in a vacuum when there's internal growth and healthy player returns for surrounding teams as well. as I do like montreals core pieces, and I do see some improvements in the standings it's ignorant to suggest teams that dipped into free agency didn't expedite the process for improvement. now willl many fas be ineffective? sure. will some players regress negatively due to age or just growing pains? sure. but from a visual stand point habs will likely still remain a bottom 10 team..and is that fine? absolutely as long as our core take positive steps which is kind of the reason why the habs are doing what they're doing.. it's all long term building.

[@y3ee3e]

@AltJon10 yup you get it. every team has internal growth that we expect our habs to have...it's ignorant to suggest only habs will take steps in that regard. when surrounding teams make ufa signings they're taking deliberate steps to improve their roster. these teams are likely taking wins an points from the teams that didn't dip into free agency for at least the short term. I'm not saying you need free agency to win the cup. but I am saying to make small visual gains year to year adding quality talent should make your team better.

[@OmegaMaximuss]

But we're adding Dach

[@dav4303]

Love your guys intellect We need Laine if anybody can do it and make it work it’s Montreal. We have to take chances not always playing it safe to supposedly protect some of our young guys and Culture. We already have the culture let’s get setup for 2 years time. In 2 years time can you imagine a top 6 of Slaf Suzuki Caufield Demidov Dach Laine then Newhook Roy Beck Hage and see if Armia and Anderson can come back. Use Matheson picks and prospects to trade for Laine.

[@ryanbakker3668]

In the year 2027... in the year 20twenty seveeeeennnnnnn

[@DANZIG138]

23-24: 20G -19, enough said

[@matt-px3yz]

I’m sorry but did Arpon just say at the 34:30 mark that “after Cole Hutson was picked on day 2, the Habs somewhat suddenly made Lane Hutson available”??? As in available for a trade???

[@krushingkobra]

I’m not sure how I feel about the Habs exiting their “bottoming out” phase of the rebuild without and elite centre or a number one defenceman…

[@paulgiardetti1579]

I agree with Aapron, stay the course in one year, the Habs will know their exact need, San Jose , and Chicago and Columbus will not make the playoffs but will not be as bad as last yr, and will be middling., and miss out on another high draft pick. Only Utah, New Jersey, Nashville, everyone else you can argue went sideways, or got worse.

[@robertlegault9226]

Nooooo you can't leave us 😱😱😱

[@philp793]

Did Arpon drop an edible before the pod ?

[@aliyoun2476]

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[@THEGDB]

Almost all the free agent forwards talked about seem alot more like roadblocks to the young guys and stop gaps ,we need 1 more tip 6 player and that will vome via trade in my opinion , and it will be someone that no one is talking about , ie newhook and dach .

[@claudelemay3912]

Daniel Sprong

[@Spotnick2]

It Draisatl is not extending in Edmonton they should be all over him.

[@davey989]

2027? Geez

[@Mylife4hockey]

How does? 3 Western bottom teams like (maybe Utah) but more so Chicago, and Sanjose? Affect the Habs in playing meaningful games in March and pushing for Wildcard... Buffalo, Ottawa. Philly are the teams you guys should be looking at... what did they do a FA day to increase there chances of taking a standing spot from the Habs. Not Chicago... that affects the Overall standing but not the Wild cars spot... Only argument there is did one of those teams take your guy... Did Chicago take one of your guys that would make the Habs better???

[@BrayGoesTV]

Slaf > Matthews.

[@davey989]

The next time arpon says anything negative concerning the Habs will be the first. He's a cheerleader

[@matthewlarose9958]

Basically don’t so mean to Godin next season 😂 bully 😂

[@davey989]

Do these guys ever question what Hughes says? Are they allowed?

[@THEGDB]

Bring markov in as a coach , let him start in the ahl as an assistant and earn his way up , we have a large group of defense prospects , markov can only help them

[@charlesc-r2926]

Markov the famously great communicator

[@y3ee3e]

so glad bergevin is gone what an absolute clown. the fact the kings have made so many bad moves is all due to him

[@dden7670]

Arpon, no you definitively are not getting MA point. You kept saying Montreal has those guys. They finished 5th WITH those guys, the other teams finished where they finished WITHOUT those guys, and now they have them. On paper at least, they might have improved their lineup, Montreal has not.

[@ChrisMakesBeats]

Habs need English habs talk. Can we got some people with actual personalities or charisma? You gotta admit arpons voice is torture. During scrums he sucks the energy out of the rooms with the long questions. Smart educated dudes but podcasts need more than that and this one is missing fun

[@y3ee3e]

not everyone wants to be annoying loud frat boys like the spitting chicklets podcast. some of us just want to hear educated opinions from journalists that do this for a living.

[@robertlegault9226]

This is a very chill podcast I personally like it like that! 😎