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You have to get the points when you outplay an opponent- Because youyr not going to play like that all the time- this keeps up and there will be no playoffs for this team- This team again doesnt have many finishers and of course the same cast of poor starters

Yep still there some not a much though-- and yes KR Courney emb still around - Gap the Bruin fan is banned for i beleive life And im doing fine Im not as gung ho getting Tanguay- i read where supposdly jolkinen has asked for a trade- now that would be interesting

Chips is to me a better player he seems to have some instincts that Laps does not by the way how's it going Alex long time no talk

Greedy ! LOL wanting a decent team that can make the playoffs be consistent is good common sense !!

[ ." I agree. Gainey is sticking to a plan that will make the Habs a contender, not just in 2009, but for years afterward. I hope your not too dissapointed if it doesnt happen

I doubt he is going back to Edmonton There will be some bad blood between Smyth and Lowe they wont say it Publicly but i dont thinlk Smythe will be back To Late to react- Now thats Bob Gainey in a nutshell

Unless Gainey knows he can sign Souray If not GAiney and the team are going to be the big losers today I really dont understand What Gainey is thinking but he is the GM !!

Isles won this deal Smith still has a lot Game in him I much would have had Smith Than Forsberg When your owner wants to win this is what happens

Ryan Smith traded to the Isles MAn Gainey really screwed up today Smith was the exact type player this team has needed for years!!

he got a good deal with geico.. !!

Dont think gaborik will be playing tomorrow hopefully not anyways

tell me who of these players had the best camp last year? and if that same player has the best camp out of the younger players then by all means he should be on the big team. As far as what Zhogin can bring and has brought ? ehh not that impressed ! just too add Lats has more to bring to HABS than Zhogin!

One thing i and you can say is Souray would Like to be closer to his family! So your hope of Souray being resigned i think is a pipedream. 2 ways to go 1)He stays, plays and leaves 2)Gainey trades him

i really think you are making things much more complicated than what they are. The simplicity of the siutaion is plain to see now as how us fans see it and the way it actually is a whole nother thing. But i can only see it as the way it is presented to me. Souray is impending UFA HE can play out the year and go to a team and city that he is comfortable in with his family situation possibly being a factor (i think it will be a big factor) Gainey can ride it out and have him play this whole season for HABS which Souray might not have any problem doing. Culminating with GAiney giving Souray an offer to resign with the HABS And hoping Souray signs . Or Gainey can see there is a big Gamble holding on to Souray in this situation and trying to get as much as he can at the right time. I would think the longer Gainey holds on to him the less he will get!(if he goes this way)

2005-06 season - any player who is 31 years of age or older and has 4 or more accrued seasons as of the end of the 2004-05 season. 2006-07 season - any player who has 8 accrued seasons OR 29 years of age or older as of June 30 of the 2005-06 season. 2007-08 season - any player who has 7 accrued seasons OR 28 years of age or older as of June 30 of the 2006-07 season. 2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11 seasons - any player who has 7 accrued seasons OR 27 years of age or older as of June 30 of the 2007-08 , 2008-09, 2009-10 season. Now im not sure if im understanding this right But look at the ufa for 2007-2008 It sais 28 years of age or older as of june 30 of the 2006-2007 season Markov will be 28 this december! So wouldnt that make him UFA for 2007-2008 season?

I agree ! Question is Markov going to be UFA after this season? i dont know if you can say Souray has a gun to Gainey head! He is UFA after this season and has every right to go to another team if he decides to Gainey knows this and has known this for some time now plus he also knows and has knownabout the personal issues which might be a factor in his UFA decision

Souray requesting a trade or not is non consequential!! The scenario is Souray is in his last year of his contract with impending UFA after this season. I would think that itself would be enough for HABs to be possibly looking to move him at some point BUt add on the personal issue of Souray wanting to be closer to his famiily on top of that and i would be very very surprised if he isnt moved ! Because if he isnt traded and plays out the year in Montreal he isnt coming back!

he does have a daughter he and his wife and child have split with plenty of distance between the two why wouldnt he want to be closer to his daughter. he is going to be UFA after this year if he isnt traded then i would think he would sign with another team probably in California!! Makes perfect sense to me!

the extra money will be spent on the HABS D who will be UFA after this year.

How about hurt them on the scoreboard and crank williams every chance you can make him dizzy with all the thunderous checks when he wanders into the corners

You F*ck with the Bull you get the horns!!

Why Lang? what would having him for 1 more year do for the team at 3.8 mill? doesnt make any sense.

well i dont know what interview you saw but the one i saw on CBC English Koivu definatley laughed albeit not a loud long laugh but he did laugh or possibly call it a chuckle

I think thats a fairy tale weve heard rumours like that when Theodore was playiing better and nothing happened

i agree cant fathom any team giving out alot of value for Theodore. But if HABS could get a team to bite on a theo deal i would think HABS would be looking for another goalie