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Official 2009 - 2010 Montreal Canadiens Thread. (pg. 17)
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| Schadenfreude |
curtis sanford.
while you are probably right, we can't be so sure because they might blow this team up again. |
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| Romchik22 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Schadenfreude
curtis sanford.
while you are probably right, we can't be so sure because they might blow this team up again. |
Impossible to blow this team away because we trade for a very very expensive player that no team will ever want (Gomez) and Gionta ( way too expensive for what he is IMO). God bless we signed cammelari that is worth his 6 million unquestionably.
Then our second problem is, we need to sign : Plekanec, Sergei Kostityn, D'agostini, Pouliot, Price, Halak with 2,5 million left in our salary cap.
In my humble opinion, I think we're royaly ed for the years to come. Find a second team to cheer for, I did.. GO CAPS GO! |
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| Schadenfreude |
not necessarily.
the nhl is studying on teams being able to trade and still pay partial salaries of the traded players without it counting towards the cap.
also some of the clauses of those big contracts come with buy out options already included in them, so the 8 million is not as bad as it looks.
the habs have their hands tied a but there are a few loopholes to be able to manage something. (aka back ended contracts.)
and all those players other than Pleks are Restricted free agents and will not really get too many offers. If they do, look at the compensation scale i posted above to see what we will get if they go go. Even if it is only draft picks, drafting is THE way to build in the new NHL. |
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| Spin Laden |
Habs may pay for Price trade
For those Nervous Nellies in Montreal who are now yapping for general manager Bob Gainey to trade laconic 22-year-old Carey Price and anoint 24-year-old Jaroslav Halak as the No. 1 goalie, please take a giant step back from the situation. Maybe Price doesn't blossom into the Second Coming of Ken Dryden, but it is still far too early to tell in a profession rife with late bloomers such as Miikka Kiprusoff, Tim Thomas and others who have had a far skimpier portfolio than a fifth overall draft pick.
Although no two circumstances are identical, Montrealers -- who live in a province where the motto on the license plate reads (in French), "I remember" -- should recall the early career of another goaltending prodigy: Patrick Roy.
Roy was bulletproof while leading the Canadiens to a surprise Stanley Cup as a rookie in 1986, but he essentially split the job with Brian Hayward the following three seasons before claiming it utterly in the 1989 playoffs. (Roy played in 46, 45 and 48 regular-season games between 1986-87 and 1988-89 while Hayward had 37, 39 and 36.) Obviously, Price has not come anywhere close to Roy in terms of tangible achievements, but he has shown flashes of brilliance. Halak has modestly better numbers this season and a more energized presence, but ultimately Price might have a higher ceiling than the Slovak who will start for his country in the Vancouver Olympics.
As long as the division of labor between his goalies does not divide the dressing room, Gainey should be in no rush to move either goalie prior to the trade deadline. This summer, he can choose between the restricted free agents -- Price or Halak. Or, again, both.
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| Schadenfreude |
that hack farber stole my ing explanation.
read above. |
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| Spin Laden |
| lol, yeah I saw that earlier. Farber's a TA lurker no dobbt, prolly has you on his buddy list too :p |
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| Schadenfreude |
i don't read SI because reading SI for good hockey coverage is like reading Womens Journal for rape tips.
Farber is a head so i'm not surprised that he likes trance:p |
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| Spin Laden |
:p
I read them all.. TSN, (is THN still around?), Globe... with CNNSI it's more out of curiosity with how NHL is being covered down there. We aren't much better sometimes.. Ron MacLean is a trance-loving douche also :p |
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| Schadenfreude |
| no one is a bigger trance lover than eklund from hockey buzz. |
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| Spin Laden |
| I wasn't aware of the site.. is the rest of it good? I'll heed the Eklund advice, hehe. |
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| Schadenfreude |
| the blogs are good if you want view points from around the league, eric engels does a good job writing on the habs. Eklund though makes up everything, it is great for lulz. |
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| Spin Laden |
| will start reading this too, thanks. i know Canuck fans want to hang MacLean by the balls, but I've been wanting to do that to him for some time now :p |
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