alexstream Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 http://www.rds.ca/hockey/chroniques/277989.html Koivu with the ducks. I premerged my thread, although this is more a fact than a rumour. I'm saving some judgment less mods the job to merge a thread that shouldn't really be merged. I've also decided that it should be in every Koivu thread, just for the sake of being annoying with that mod, so that he gets my message straight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlétique.Canadien Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 http://www.rds.ca/hockey/chroniques/277989.html We'll miss you saku. Off to the Ducks - 1 year: $3.25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Looks like we'll have to wait another year to see if he'd sign with either team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy26 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 So the answer is NO... I hope him and Teemu rekindle the magic. Best of luck, Saks! I'll miss ya. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House11 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I'm happy that I'll get to see him play alot more now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycing Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I figured the best fit for him would be Anaheim if not Montreal. It's only a 1-year deal though, so maybe he comes back to Montreal after a new Captain is ushered in next off-season. One can only hope... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 All those years of us hoping Saku could woo Teemu to Montreal, and it ends up happening the exact opposite way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sakiqc Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I figured the best fit for him would be Anaheim if not Montreal. It's only a 1-year deal though, so maybe he comes back to Montreal after a new Captain is ushered in next off-season. One can only hope... I bet Teemu retires next Summer and Saku goes to the Wild Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 This thread is somewhere beween Blue Sky, Strawberry Field and Electric Avenue !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFT77 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Sad to see Saku go, and i year at 3.25M. Wow. Sure would look good in the red-white-and blue. Easily could have fit him in getting rid of Metro 1M and some other junk. Then sign Dandy for $1M and let him be the 21st player so the Habs could carry less on the active roster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trizzak Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Sad to see Saku go, and i year at 3.25M. Wow. Sure would look good in the red-white-and blue. Easily could have fit him in getting rid of Metro 1M and some other junk. Then sign Dandy for $1M and let him be the 21st player so the Habs could carry less on the active roster. Metro is right handed. Saku is left handed. It actually matters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCHabnut Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I think if Bob wanted to fit Saks in, he would have. He did a major purge, and unfortunately Saku was a big part of that purge. I'm going to miss the little warrior. 13 years is a lot of familiarity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexstream Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Metro is right handed. Saku is left handed. It actually matters. Metro is willing to play 4th line minutes. Saku might not have been willing to play less than 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psycing Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I could see Koivu coming back into the fold next season if: a) There's cap room b) There's a roster spot for him c) Another Captain has taken over and earned the respect of the locker room d) He wants to come back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MFT77 Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Metro is right handed. Saku is left handed. It actually matters. Saku can play, Metro is junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeLassister Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Saku can play, Metro is junk. I'd say he's very decent on a 4th line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koivu11 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Check my video guys, Tibute to a great Captain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KoZed Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 LOL After all the years of hearing about Selanne signing with us to play with Saku; it's the othe way around. And forget it, he's not coming back to MTL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazy26 Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Saku signs a one-year extension for $3M with the Ducks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Surprised he got that much, but good on him. I'd love to have him back for a season in an 'elder statesman/sentimental favourite' role, like Trevor Linden did with Vancouver (or, more bathetically, Brisebois did here) - but I guess it ain't gonna happen. A shame that we'll never get to experience that closure with the only bright light from the darkest era in Habs' history. We still love ya, Saks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Machine of Loving Grace Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 Surprised he got that much, but good on him. I'd love to have him back for a season in an 'elder statesman/sentimental favourite' role, like Trevor Linden did with Vancouver (or, more bathetically, Brisebois did here) - but I guess it ain't gonna happen. A shame that we'll never get to experience that closure with the only bright light from the darkest era in Habs' history. We still love ya, Saks!! He had the best +/- out of any Ducks forward and performed as expected. It sucks how he left since I had fond memories of him and he carried the team at a dark time but he was was a poor leader off the ice. The team was in constant leadership problems while he wore the C and the only time there wasn't was when Doug Gilmour was playing the captain role. I don't believe history will be very kind to Saku but the times it should he deserves it. He was never going to lead Montreal to the Cup but at least he lead them out of obscurity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chicoutimi Cucumber Posted May 10, 2012 Share Posted May 10, 2012 There's no question that Koivu's teams had character issues. Look at the ridiculous number of problem cases that defined the Gainey Rebuild 1.0. But whether this was Koivu's fault, or made him a 'weak leader off the ice,' is really impossible to say. Teams always need a leadership core that goes well beyond any single player. Considering that the other big leader on Rebuild 1.0 was Kovalev (!) - a whiny head case par excellence - I'm not sure it's fair to draw ANY inferences about Koivu's leadership from the poor overall results. Anaheim's GM singled out his 'leadership on and off the ice' in justifying his pay raise. My only real question about Koivu as a leader is that he appears to have clashed directly with, and thus contributed to driving out, both Ribeiro and Grabovski. Given how weak we've been at C over the past decade this certainly warrants a raised eyebrow. Anyhow, he was a very fine player for us and a man of sterling character on the ice and off. I hope someday the Habs will find a way to honour him - not by retiring his jersey, but in some other way that befits his unique contribution to Habs' history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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