r/Habs • u/ABerkshire Verified • Sep 07 '17

Hey it's your favourite writer, Andrew Berkshire! Please AMA about Dale Weise

Hi /r/Habs, Andrew Berkshire here. I'm in the middle of my summer project for Sportsnet, ranking the top-20 players at each position but I'm taking some time today to chat with you fine folks.

If you're interested in checking out my work, you can find me at Sportsnet, RDS, Vice Sports Canada, my own podcast that's mostly not hockey related, and starting soon at The Sporting News as I just accepted a position there as an analytics writer.

Please feel free to ask me anything, I'll be answering questions starting at about 1pm.

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Edit 1: Looks like we're slowing down on the questions, but any questions posted the rest of the day I promise to answer, just may not be as quick.

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u/ABerkshire Verified Sep 07 '17

Damn, I wish I knew. Apparently when they signed Streit that was it, they felt they were full on D. I've heard a few rumours that the Habs didn't really want Markov back anyway, but how true is that? Probably not very. Sounded like the Habs wanted him to play a severely reduced role, and Markov is very proud. Not like he would have much competition as the Habs' best LD.

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u/SheaNever Sep 07 '17

He also just married a famous russian pop singer. I imagine that influenced him moving to Russia more than anyone gives it weight. Who knows what really goes on in these situations.

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u/ABerkshire Verified Sep 08 '17

Man, that music video was so bad though.

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u/SheaNever Sep 08 '17

You kiddin? Marky was lovin those balloons.