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crazydoo

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  1. There is a few things working in our favor 1- The penguins need to pick up some salary to make the minimum required 2-Michel Therrien is the Penguins' coach, he knows the Montreal players (some of them) 3-The Pens need to make the playoff now to get an arena 4-Crosby is and will be their number one center and Staal will be there soon also 5-Andre Savard is there too.
  2. What about offering a third year to Shanny. Let's say a 4.5, 4.5, 3 million. This way 4 millions would go over the cap instead of 4.5. You save money cap wise and offer him a third year, which could attract him. I would like to add that Shanny is worth a lot more than 30 goals, even if he scores less goals, he will drag Kovalev night after night, and he'll score more. Ribeiro will rack it up too. His leadership will help Koivu in the room, if K goes down, we don't have to worry about leadership. It's so much more than goals, he will also develop guys like Chipchura, Latendresse, Higgins, etc. He'S perfect for Montreal, Bring him IN!!!
  3. What about that Nigel Williams guy, huge guy 6'4 230, that played with Johnson
  4. I HATE Pedneault. Besides that, I disagree that the french media tries to protect the french players, They do say that we should have more francophones in the team, but when one of them comes in and he makes mistakes, he's all over the paper. The french crap goes both ways, they praise a french canadian that performs well twice as much as anyone else, but they also get twice the load of crap when they do something wrong. During the Canadiens' slope, I remember french medias all over Ribeiro's back, Theodore has been bashed quite a bit too. Dandenault was one of the worst players of all time in their opinion. I watch french T.V. all the time and understand everything they say, believe me it's not always pretty for french canadians! They I tell you that I HATE Pedneault, I think he needs thicker glasses.
  5. I agree, Bouillon should stay in the line-up in front of Dandy, Simpson and Streit (If we get someone else). The only thing missing to Bouillon is offensive abilities. He's one of the top in bodychecks, blocked shots and you never see him getting beat in a one-on-one. the problem is that Gainey uses him on the PP, he shouldn't be there! He's the kind of guy that will never hurt your team. He doesn't take stupid penalties, never looses one on ones, forces other team to keep their heads up, etc. On the other end he isn't a game breaker neither. If you look at the Pittsburgh game closely, Aeby gave many rebounds in the slot, BOu would of been able to clear and I believe that we wouldn't of needed 6 goals to win. On the other hand, Souray is the complete oposite, if we'd get another top d-man (offensive), he's the one I'd trade. He sucks on one-on-ones, and takes stupid penalties. His offensive upside could be carried by the new player picked by Gainey. My 2 cents!
  6. I would like to add that canadian dollar is doing very well also!
  7. Yeah, but isn't there a maximum % of the cap that you can pay a player?, this would keep it relatively stable (although mediocre players could get too much for their value), and if the cap goes back down at some point, many players of nhl caliber might end up in the AHL (Mogilny)
  8. Yeah, our young guns wil ahve an extra year of experience, hopefully a long playoff run and we'll have the space to sign free agents, and we'll even be able to trade and absorb some difference in salaries.
  9. Thanks for the correction, I just know they don't want to risk it.
  10. Don Meehan the very popular nhl players' agent, came to my class at McGill university today and said that the cap will be at 43 Million minimum and 46 maximum. He also explained that the players will make a push to have it at the lowest end of the fork. It seems weird, but he explained that there is an "escroc" (not sure how to spell it) costing the players a certain part of their salary when it his raised to high, which is sort of lke a tax, and he explained that a lower cap would keep the owners in line, reducing the probability of this extra "tax". Let's say that we can look forward to a 43 M cap next year and that it will allow Montreal to make hopefully, some great moves.
  11. I believe the Canucks are now over the cap, could someone clear it up for me?
  12. As far as I know, there is no increase on player's salaries counting towards the cap space. Each contract is divided into even amounts for every season. ex: someone makes 3M, 4M and 5M, for a three year contract, the average is 4M, therefore every year he would count for 4 M towards the cap. Let me know if I'm wrong, but I believe this is how it goes.
  13. You guys suck, you just deflated my bubble!
  14. On CKAC they say that Koivu was sent back to the hotel half way thru practice in Buffalo, what does that mean? Injury, trade or argument with Gainey? (after his comments after the game)
  15. The tuck, apparently, is what drives some GMs crazy. For a team like Chicago or Carolina, which have unique markings or striping along the bottom of the sweater that is an intrinsic part of the their look, the tuck issue is huge. Because the fabric is tight, tucked and made of a new space-age material, there is some concern whether the traditon and integrity of the Montreal Canadien bleu, blanc et rouge, for example, will be upheld. This shouldn't be a problem, each team will be able to modify the looks of the pants, or change the patterns on the shirt to make it more commercial. I believe that we need to keep an open mind, and tradition is BS. Goalies would still have brown pads and no helmets if you'd think about tradition before safety.
  16. What about trading forwards for other forwards, this way kids can still play.
  17. I would also add that Ivanans was sent back down rds.ca I think that Montreal will carry 3 goalies starting this weekend, wouldn't be surprised if Danis takes Ivanans' spot in Montreal.
  18. Thank you I appreciate it. Starting to be really curious. Something must be brewing, but what could it be?
  19. Your link for Halak's recall doesn't work and on the ice dogs' website all I could find was an article form december, could you clarify please?
  20. This is one of the dumbest excuses I hear. After the fact people look back and say oh look, we could have had him instead of him. I mean how many other teams before montreal would have draft Bergeron if everyone could predict the futur. On that I also want to add the people that do the same looking back on trades, in a different environment, with different players, different coaches, etc. The same player could be completely different. I think that Bergeron would probably not be half the player he is right now if he was in Montreal (in fact he'd probably be in the minors). The problem is not our draft picks, but how we develop our players.
  21. On HTR, there's a list of the teams that have drafted the most acitve players in the NHL. Everyone always complains about how we've been doing, but we rank 2nd on this list. I think the problem is the quality of the players we drafted that are in the NHL. We drafted mostly 3rd and 4th line players. Another problem is that we weren't able to keep them here, a lot of them had good careers elsewhere. Best and Worst NHL Team at the draft! stanleyfan writes " Which Team has the best scouting staff. The criteria, the most active players in the NHL drafted by a specific team. Regardless of where they play now. I just finished counting up which team has the done the best in the draft. All players currently in the NHL as of Feb 2, 2006 counted towards team totals. (Players out with injuries were included in the count) Whichever team drafted the player is the team that player will count towards. Example given, John Leclair counts as a Canadien not a Flyer or Penguin. The goal was to see which team actually has drafted the most NHL caliber players who are playing in the league. A couple of things too remember, Some franchises have not been around long Some franchises have moved (If this is the case I have added the former and current teams together. (E.g. Colorado/Quebec) THE RESULTS New Jersey 38 Montreal 37 Colorado/Quebec 37 Boston 32 San Jose 31 NYI 31 Buffalo 30 Pittsburg 29 Philadelphia 29 Calgary 28 NYR 28 Edmonton 27 Los Angeles 27 Florida 27 Toronto 26 Carolina/Hartford 25 Ottawa 25 St Louis 24 Chicago 23 Vancouver 23 Detroit 22 Phoenix/Winnipeg 22 Washington 22 Anaheim 21 Dallas 18 Tampa Bay 15 Minnesota 14 Atlanta 11 Nashville 10 Columbus 8 Even though New Jersey has been a powerhouse they have the most drafted players playing in the NHL! (A lot of them are on other teams but they have the best scouting system!) I found the roster info on www.thehockeynews.com This is my first post, be kind.
  22. What's wrong with talking about a rumor, I'm fed up of all the people that just complain people saying if they would like a deal to hapen or not. As far as I know a forum is made for discussion, If you don't like the subject or the way a thread develop, why the F do you reply to it? If I want to say that it would be logic for Theodore to be traded for Luongo & Jokinen, what's wrong with that? People can say they agree, disagree, reliable or not, they can. Replying to say that people should just not talk about it is stupid. Just don't reply.
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