sbhatt

Agreed. You'd have to blow up every abortion clinic in America to equal 9/11 alone.

I don't see any moves that would improve the club without crippling us as far as cap space room. But, maybe Bob sees something I'm missing...who knows?

There are reports that he's disappeared from Metallurg's training camp in Finland, along with his belongings and his passport. Could this be a good old-fashioned 'defection'???

The Leafs need help up front...wouldn't be surprised if it was them.

I grabbed a few tickets. If I win, my first big purchase will be Habs season tickets!!!

Picking up Dumont would push our cap to the max. I'd rather save some cap space for picking up a hired gun at the deadline.

Tucker is a cheap-shot artist and a whiner....I'm glad he was only in Montreal briefly.

he's not worth 2.9, that's for sure

This isn't that bad a thing for the Pens...one more season in the toilet equals another high draft pick. They'll be stacked with talent for the 2008 season, when Malkin will be free to join them.

I have waited for him to put together a start-to-finish season playing at his best for so many years that I'm pretty much convinced it's never going to happen. I'm hoping that having to compete for the ice time he's normally accustomed to with the Kovalev line will light a fire under his ass this season.

Wow...that's a lot of hall-of-famers...an embarassment of riches to chose from.

Great breakdown of the tax situation, ADP. I remember during the free agent period, some people here were arguing that the higher taxes weren't a legit reason for some UFAs not wanting to come to Montreal. Perhaps you have opened their eyes to just how bad the taxes are.

It felt good to sign that petition! I added the comment: "1967 was a LONG time ago, Leafs fans...get over yourselves already!" As far as the pictures of NHL stars in peewee...wow...Rick Nash was a porkchop back then!

I agree with KoZed's rankings, so no need to repost. You know, when I first opened this thread...I said to myself: just watch the blindly devoted Koivu fans posting up a five-star ranking on a guy who coasted on far too many nights after the Olympics. Sure enough....

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=172350&hubname= Brian Gionta must be kicking himself for not going to arbitration, given what point-per-game type players have been awarded thus far.

Gomez is 5mil too....looks like that's the going rate for a good offensive player that goes to arbitration.

The Habs got a good deal....can't complain about 2.2 mil for your top goalscorer.

I don't know if Briere is worth 5M to this team....I'd pass and wait for a center with size to become available.

Brockville, Ontario

So we'd lose a 1st line winger, a prospect, and a first rounder to pick up a 1st line center....while downgrading on our blueline???? Doesn't make much sense to me.

I've always thought that Portland would be next in line.

Time for Ed to hang em' up....no shame in retiring due to a wonky back at his age.

Keep in mind, they don't have any 'hard' evidence on him. Circumstantial evidence and hearsay doesn't amount to much in court. If they had the 'goods' on him, they would have charged him by now.

I'm guessing 2.75M to 3M

Aebi isn't all that expensive...I like the security of having a proven NHL tender as a backup for the time being. Not worth unloading him for 'peanuts'.