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    Josh Gorges praised by Gainey

    in Habs & Hockey Talk

    Posted

    Dear Josh, i've been bashing on you a lot of times this early season, now i'd like to take all these comments back and apologize.

    You steped your game up in a way thay BLOWS ME OFF !!!

    You represent my #1 surprise of the season and now make Gainey look like a genius with this trade !

    GO GORGES GO

    It think you mean "away" not "off" :lol:

    I don't understand the Edmonton Oilers...

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    Posted · Edited by les_glorieux

    Last summer, the Edmonton GM went on a spending spree. His offer sheet to Thomas Vanek forced Buffalo to sign Vanek to a seven-year contract worth $50 million, starting with a cool $10 million this season.

    Then Lowe made Dustin Penner an offer Brian Burke could and did refuse to match: $21.25 million for five years. The contract infuriated the Anaheim GM, who has been trashing Lowe ever since.

    Edmonton also signed Sheldon Souray for $27 million over five years.

    Lowe's latest signings are defenceman Tom Gilbert and forward Robert Nilsson, young Oilers who were pending Restricted Free Agents.

    Gilbert, who's 25, got a six-year contract worth $24 million (3.5, 3.5, 5.5, 5, 3.5 and 3). Gilbert, who made $825,000 this season, played 82 games. He scored 13 goals, added 20 assists, was minus-6 and blocked 159 shots – tops among NHL rookies.

    Nilsson, 23, signed for $5 million over three years (1.5, 2 and 2). He played 71 games, scored 10 goals, added 31 asssists and was plus-8. Nilsson made $942,000 this season.

    Bear those Edmonton numbers in mind as you weigh the value of a couple Canadiens RFAs:

    • Mark Streit, 29, scored 13 goals, had 49 assists, was minus-6 and made $600,000.

    • Andrei Kostitsyn, 22, had 26 goals, 27 assists and was plus-15. His salary was $612,000.

    Josh Gorges, who made $425,000 this season is another pending RFA. So's Maxim Lapierre.

    And we won't even talk about Tomas Plekanec and Christopher Higgins, who become RFAs at the end of next season; or Mike Komisarek, who will be a UFA in the summer of '09.

    www.habsinsideout.com

    EDIT: Their cap hit for 08-09 is $39,547,000.

    The Detroit Red Wings win the 2008 Stanley Cup

    in Habs & Hockey Talk

    Posted · Edited by les_glorieux

    Yep. I've seen a lot of these types of games but seeing as I have Nabokov in my pool, I'm quite happy. :D

    If we look at just stats, Marty Turco has 4 shutouts in his last 8 playoff games. That's freaking sick too.

    He was playing in a super-defensive and mind-numbingly boring series against the offensively-ret@rded Vancouver Canucks.

    Still good though.

    Game Thread | Boston Bruins vs. Canadiens de Montréal | 04/12/08

    in Habs & Hockey Talk

    Posted

    You know the respect level in the dressing room?

    Why do the Habs need a guy who can fight when they have not needed one all season? Why do they need to make changes to a lineup that

    won game one handily? Why remove a guy who had 3 goals and an assist and is a +1 against them this season?

    What has been identified that they need to beat Boston? I think the fact that they have won 12 straight that they have done a pretty good job

    of identifying what they need to win.

    I don't really think tossing in an inexperienced rookie in Grabs or Stewart is going to make the Canadiens significantly better.

    Until Dandenault does something that warrants a removal I don't think it makes sense to replace a guy who can drop back to D should an injury arise

    with mulitple Stanley Cups for a soft speedy forward or a kid who played 1 NHL game with nothing on the line.

    Seconded!

    Game Thread | Boston Bruins vs. Canadiens de Montréal | 04/10/08

    in Habs & Hockey Talk

    Posted · Edited by les_glorieux

    Didn't see the whole game, but saw a good chunk - enough to know that it was mostly a laughter. However, I AM a little worried about the PP. Another game our two like that and it becomes an 'issue.' :rolleyes:

    Price is bizarre - in his postgame interviews he seemed almost comatose. :lol: Komisarek is studying meditation but Price is already an eerily calm Zen Master.

    Bruins will be desperate next game, but you really have to wonder if they're not beaten before they begin.

    I think you mean laugher. And it wasn't.

    Here's a statistic for you: including tonight, we haven't scored in 3 straight games on the PP against the Bruins.

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