Davehab

i'd rather have Rolston or Koivu we really don't need souray to be competitive... and we are never going to get as much for him as we can right now. I say Deal Him for a second line center that can score. I've said this in another forum but I would love to see Kovalev + Souray for Rolston(or Mikko Koivu) + Schultz. dream come true for me we might have to throw in a pick to make this happen because of the salary differences...but MAKE IT HAPPEN

I can see Souray going to Minnisota for Koivu, there has been alot of rumors between these two teams lately.....this is purely speculation. I would love to see Souray and Kovalev for Rolston (or Koivu) and Schultz. it saves us money and we dump the enigma that is Kovalev for a scoring center to play with Samsonov next year. the Koivu brothers would be great in montreal

Souray + 1st rounder + mid-prospect (or Ryder) = 1st line center that we desparately need so.....yes trade him

this is not what we need right now....we need a big, scoring center, not another small skilled center. I dont care who we have to give up, anything goes for the right man. (right man being under contract next year)

there is no way that Bonk for Carle would happen, Bonk although playing better is old, and Carle is a future star for the San Jose Defence

works for me

and next year as well....poor guy, but thats the reality of the situation. but I don't believe that they will even send him down...he is on waviers until tomorrow at 12:00 noon, after that (if he is still with the team), they can decide to either send him to the minors or to keep him in montreal. If he goes to Hamilton he will be there until the end of next year, cause montreal will not pay half his salary next year and i can't blame him, if he stays there they pay him but it doesn't count under the cap. Or they might keep him and try it out on the first line. i just hope he is gone by tomorrow...my guess is Washington

sorry I just realized that I misscalculated.....more like 2-3 mil

Amen I calculate that we now have roughly 4.5 mil (if Samsonov gets plucked off waviers)

this is so unlike Gainey.... to react so quickly or rashly. I mean it was only this morning that Sammy asked for a trade and 3 hours later he is on waivers? something is not right here...either something bigger was in the works before Samsonov asked to be traded or Gainey is simply fed up with his crap, or both. But it just seems to me to be a reactionary move instead of a proactive move by Gainey...this is not something that I am used to seeing from him. I just hope this is part of a larger plan

just let me get somthing clear, if he goes down to the minors does his salary stillcount against the cap?

totaly agree the team is barely holding it together as it is, i really hope that this isn't as huge a distraction to them as it is to me. on the other hand it might be just what the doctor ordered, this team went through alot last year and mabie Sammy was just not fitting in personality wise with the other players

I am not so sure man.....3.5 mil is a lot for 7 goals in 52 games

I just hope someone picks him up....if not we may have to pay for half his salary if we try to pull him back up..... this is really suprising for me, couldn't we get anything for him?! a pick?

minus the jock strap that might actually work.... I just don't know what we need more a first line center or a future great Goalie..... just a little...but we can dream cant we

I can see Sammy going to Chicago but I really hope that we get more back than just smolinski, please oh god we need a puck moving defenceman. that way we can deal Souray for the 1st/2nd line center that we need

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or even better Anise Kopitar from the Kings.....Souray and ryder for Kopitar (I wish that we would have picked him instead of Price he is awsum, plus he is slovanien just like me)

I hope you are being sarcastic.....i don't think I ever saw him play hard

agree with you 100%, a good defenceman is worth his weight in gold, and we aren't very deep in defensive prospects... But there seems to be a few good defencemen like Stuart, Sopel, nick Schultz, Aucoin that could be acquired via free agency or trades, as much as we need a strong shot from the point we need a good first passing defencemen that is not a pilon in his own end even more(see Souray). and I hazard perhaps even a Cam Barker(young and cheap) could be had in return for Souray. Has anyone noticed that we get spanked by good forchecking teams? this is because our defense(other than Markov) can't make smart first passes under pressure so therefore they turn over the puck too much, which just makes everyone look bad. Not too mention that without those first passes out of their own end we have a really hard time generating any offence with our speed game. That is why players like Dan Boyle, Markov, and Lidstrom are so useful they can play under pressure. Souray not so much. Sorry about the length just had alot to say

I wouldn't give philly anything more than a midround pick and Garth Murry for Forsberg.....but we all know that they want more than he is worth. If they want somebody to take him then they should be the ones to sweeten the pot with a pick or prospect, nobody is stupid enough to give up their future for a broken-down rental player that will almost surely leave at the end of the year. I say something like: To Montreal: Forsberg, R.J Umberger, mabie a 2nd/3rd round pick To Philly: Abescher, Perezhogin this way when Forsberg walks at the end of the year at least we have something to show for our players, and Philly gets a quality netminder and a good winger...Philly can stand to lose a center anyways

I just pray that we can pull this off......Buffalo playing back to back is good news for us in this one Go Habs GO!!!!!!!!!! Lats gets the winning goal...

It just makes me laugh to think that Koivu actually let them take this picture of him.....I bet he regrets it now it says courage on the steering wheel....lol

I am happy..... Go HABS GO

where are these rumors coming from... I havent heard anything this year about Aucoin (isn't he injured right now anyway?, cause thats the last thing we need, well mabie other than another useless russian winger, that could be slightly worse...slightly) personally I think that the Pitkanen rumor was my Favorite thus far, he's gonna be great in a year or two, he just needs a new system, with another puck moving dman like him we'd be able to get away from the apposing teams forchecking for a change. anyways go Habs go