Comments on: Doan Coming to Montreal????

By: hesaplayer

hesaplayer — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:04:05 +0000

±He's re-signed with Phoenix at a hefty price tag, which he deserve's. But first they would need to clear up cap room of course. They would have to probably give up Ryder, another front-line player, and a prospect. Probably would be worth it. Ryder is the real deal. But Doan is a better all-around player. Plus it seems to me that Ryder hasn't been showing up every night for whatever reason. Anyone have a theory why?

By: kamullia

kamullia — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 11:36:17 +0000

Oh whao...eklund gets a rumor wrong. I am flabbergasted. NOT

It still baffles me that anyone would read that site.

By: camerak

camerak — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:30:01 +0000

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story.asp?ID=196137&hubName=nhl

That pretty much puts the nail in the coffin for the Doan to Montreal rumours.

By: kamullia

kamullia — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 05:00:08 +0000

This contradicts absolutely everything I have heard the REAL media (i.e. not eklund) say about Phoenix and Doan.

CBC is one of the media that in not so many words said that since Nagy was impossible to agree with, Phoenix had decided that they would trade Nagy (and they did one day after the report), and that this would clear the way and further budget to keep Doan. With all due respect to eklund, I am going to lean towards the rest of the media's reports.

Not that I would ever doubt eklund, of course (Please see the definition of sarcasm).

By: macguiremonstermoron

macguiremonstermoron — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:22:35 +0000

I am all for bringing doan here to help jump start some of our european "stars" and while i'm on the topic of jump starting how about getting our captain into the game by bringing lil bro here. Minesota has goalie problems and maybe all we need is a little sibling rivalry on the first line to get us into the playoffs.

I propose
huet for mikko koivu and a first rounder
or abeschier and perzhogin for mikko and stephane veiullex
and we bring up hallock or yann dennnis

just think about it I'm no pro just a fan hanging on for dear life

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:10:29 +0000

very sadly, montreal more likely a seller of souray and aebischer than a buyer of doan.

By: habs_forever

habs_forever — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 16:44:12 +0000

Well, it comes down to breaking down the decisions he has made and not seeing too many good ones. You mentioned that the only questionable trade he made was the Ribeiro one. Well, it depends on what you consider to be a good trade.

None of the trades he made actually made the team any better. The only one he can be credited with is the Huet trade but that was pure luck. You're right, he did get rid of problematic players only to replace them with other problematic overpriced players.

Now, the Habs are where they were last season, only the people being blamed have changed. They are still too small and lack offensive punch. At some point, the blame needs to start falling on some of the management for the decisions they made. I used to be like you in that I had a lot of confidence in Gainey but then I started breaking down the decisions he's made and none of them have improved the team.

On top of that he has overpaid for the players he did sign. Samsonov, Bonk, Koivu, Niinima (via trade), Theo, and Kovalev just to name a few.

I am not trying to say that Gainey is to blame for ALL the problems but I just don't understand how some people can still have this blind faith for Gainey and not question any of his decisions.

By: gohabs24

gohabs24 — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:12:29 +0000

Enough with the Gainey bashing, he is one of the best GM's in the league IMO. The only questionable trade he has made was the Riberio trade and personally I was glad to see him go. He was a dressing room killer.
People seem to forget the other trades he has done that worked out like Aebischer for Theo. He was smart enough to get rid of him last year and not get stuck with that huge contract, plus get a solid backup goalie. There is also the Garon trade that everyone thought was horrible but we ended up with Huet and Bonk. Gainey knows what he is doing. If he can get Doan that would be awesome but I trust what Bob does.
In Gainey We Trust.

By: sdopus

sdopus — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 13:37:14 +0000

Don't count on it, the hockeybuzz is bush, their rumors rarely come true, and according to them Montreal is somehow linked to nearly every potential player move (Eklund is a habs fan, he can't help himself). Further, there is no way only Montreal and Calgary are the only two teams after Doan, if in fact he even is avaiable. Don't get me wrong, the guy is a solid player and would look good in a habs uni, but if every habs hockeybuzz rumor came true they'd have Marleau, Dumont, Malkin (yes, that was a rumor, remember him for 1/2 of the team), Gagne, Aucion, Smolinski, Forsgerg, Horcoff…

By: the_purolator_guy

the_purolator_guy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 12:32:01 +0000

this would be huge if the habs have any chance of making the playoffs. Its time for bob to get off his hands and change the face of this team cause if he doesn't the habs won't make the playoffs and he should just trade souray to the highest bidder now. This team lacks size, grit and leadership on the top 2 lines and could use a shane doan and/ or a bill guerin and perhaps a gary roberts or martin lapointe on the third line