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Benoit has been sent down to Hamilton for conditioning. http://tinyurl.com/yjmwhqd

Here's a link to an article where Craig Ludwig says good things about LeBlanc: http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=423360&...id=rss-mcgourty . (It's down towards the bottom of the article.)

Bob Gainey's best total in junior was 22 goals. At the NHL his best goal total was 23. That's a whopping difference of one. I've learnt my lesson.

Actually I was talking about junior (which a player can actuaklly play until he's about 20) and Ahl Echl etc. BTW, Matt D'agostini is not 18, and I never said not to draft 18 year old.

That's right, it's ridiculous to think a guy who has been a consistent 20 goal scorer at every level will be at best a 20 scorer. At the junior level these guys get more ice time against lesser opponents. It would make perfect sense that less icetime against a higher level of competetion would mean far greater offensive numbers. All those examples you gave-like Mario Lemieux, Gretztky, Crosby-who were all 20 goal scores at the junior and AHL level totally proved your point. He's not a late bloomer, he's putting up the kind of numbers you would expect. Guy Carbonneau would proove the argument I would make: guys do not become better scorers at the NHL level than they do at the junior level. Some people's assessments of the scoring ability and skill of players like Max Laperriere and D'Agostini is unrealistic. I never said D'ago stunk or that i would give him away for nothing.

D'Agostini is really overrated. This guy has never scored more than 20 goal at any level. Stats for D'Ago

A season of Mara means guys like Subban and Weber get more time to develop. I like these kind of depth signings too.

For this thread I would think this song is more appropriate

5 mil seems like a lot for a 5'7 20 goal scorer.

In theory having a lot of young cheap talent-especially in the cap system- should allow the Habs to package some in trade for an impact player. I'm not sure if our talent is overrated by our organization compared to how other teams rate it, or if Bob just incapable of pulling the trigger on something.

Leblanc played with Danny Kristo in Omaha.

I keep reading that Marleau might be available from SJ. If Lecavalier isn't available could he be an option? My problem with Marleau is that the guy seems wildly inconsistent from season to season.

How could TB trade an asset like Lecavalier with the current state of their franchise? My impression is that no on even knows who's running things inTB. Gm Lawton seems like a moron.

I'm watching sportnets news, according to the news at the bottom of the screen there's a report that the Habs will not offer Koivu a new contract. I don't know if it's worth starting a new thread based on this alone because I haven't heard it anywhere else.

Better Colarado than Montreal In all likekyhood he'll probably be a disaster. If does a good job somewhere down the line Montreal could hire him after he's had experience there.

I don't mean to be a jerk but In "1992–93, Vigneault got his first break in the NHL as an assistant coach with the expansion Ottawa Senators." (took it from wikipedia). I can't think of a succeesful NHL who started as a goalie, so why would Montreal want him as a coach?

Craig McTavish would rip out Youppi's eyes if he got close to him. Remember what he did to Harvey the Hound.

People should keep the current state of the economy in mind when talking about contracts. Some teams are really hurting financially and the cap will probably be going down over the next few years. You might find a guy like Komi might not get the crazy offers he might have over the last few free agency seasons. You might also find teams are willing to part with good veterans they can't afford for cheap younger players. Hopefully, Montreal with their young prospects and still selling out the building nightly will be able to take advantage of this landscape.

Here's a link to the list of free agents http://www.sportscity.com/nhl/2009-nhl-unr...ts-by-position/

There's usually someone who believes all a player like Kovalev needs is a change of scenery. People should also rememember that teams like Pitts. NYR or Van. must be desperate to make some kind of change in the hopes that there teams might get back on track.

If he decides to play in Montreal for 700,000 I think the fans would be less likely to boo him. I think part of his problem years ago was that he was being overpaid based on his performance. Personally, I like the idea of him as a 5,6 d-man seeing time on the 2nd pp unit. It could provide some nice depth. Pople should also remember that Streit and Dandenault have the option of playing forward ( I thought Streit played much better at forward).

Last year, Souray had the hot hand. Understandably this lead to guys passing him the puck and letting him shoot. I'm hoping a guy like Markov and a few others take more shots which should lead to more scoring from them.

English version from Tsn: http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=213814&hubname= Was Yann Danis A UFA? I like him, but don't understand why he'd resign with them. He's fallen pretty loe on their depth chart. It seems to me he'd have a better chance at the NHL somewhere else. Is Ryder the only major RFA left to be signed?

I like Higgins. I find that guy shows up to play every game. I also like that he slammed Kovalev at the end of the season.

http://predators.nhl.com/team/app/?service...rticleid=327013 Didn't see this mentioned by anyone else. Thought people might like to know.