Comments on: Dumont A Possibility, And That's All

By: habs4tw

habs4tw — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:53:33 +0000

The difference is bonk has one year left on his contract so if he sucks they let him go where as dumont wants a multi year contract so why would washington use that space on dumont when they have alot of young talent that could fill that void in the future.

By: habs4tw

habs4tw — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 19:50:21 +0000

I really hope the habs get Dumont. He has said he wants to play here which mean she will bring it his all. To have a third line that consists of Johnson Plekanec Dumont would just go to show how much depth mtl has.

By: passionch

passionch — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 17:23:52 +0000

Yes but Dumont didn’t mention about wanting to go to Washington so he’ll be asking more to go there.

By: neiltaylor11

neiltaylor11 — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 14:41:14 +0000

good point.

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:47:44 +0000

if i was washington - would i rather have Dumont for $2.4 million or Bonk for $2.4 million?

By: PatsPlayer

PatsPlayer — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:21:55 +0000

if we could get dumot it would be great and the only way we could get im if bg dumps some salary and he thinks he likes the way the teamis dont bet on getting dumont

By: neiltaylor11

neiltaylor11 — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 10:14:23 +0000

I would love too see Bonk out of Montreal. That would be alot of habs fans dream come true. Even tho he picked up his game a bit at the end of the season, I still think he’s pretty useless…and DEFINITELY not worth 2.4 Million.

By: bobsUruncle

bobsUruncle — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 09:37:08 +0000

let's put things in perspective though guys. While Gainey might be happy with the play Bonk played down the stretch and in the playoffs, and that he has proven to be a good checking line center...but really, why would we be paying a checking line center MORE then our leading GOAL scorer. Yes I know it is an important role blah blah blah, but it is still a lot of money to be paying for a position that someone at more then half that salary could do

Ie. Murray,Begin,Chipchura

While I would rather see Ribeiro moved, it is illogical to me to hang on to Bonk and his bloated salary if someone could actually be interested in him.

That 3rd line of Bonk begin and Murray (call it what you want guys but this is the third line since the checking line has always been the 3rd line)has 3 good centermen.

As much as everyone has been saying that we have a weakness up the middle, it is not completely true. While we are a lacking that big body in the middle...we are quite deep at center.

Koivu,Higgins,Kovalev,Ribeiro,Plekanec,Bonk,Begin,Murray,Johnson...and Chipchura and others upcoming!

By: Les-Habitants

Les-Habitants — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 05:58:14 +0000

Agreed, and I personally would doubt to see a Bonk trade (or salary dump), especially after the recent positive comments that Gainey has said concerning Bonk. Gainey was impressed by Bonk's late season play, and while he wasn't able to step up and be our no. 1 center when Koivu got injured, he has proven to be a very reliable 4th line center and PK man.

Additionally, Koivu has recently begun skating again. While this was done on his part in case he is given clearance to play over the weekend (he is seeing his eye specalist sometime in the next 2 to 3 days) and shouldn't be taken for a guarantee of his return, it is definitly a postive sign. That said, a lot of speculation concerning Dumont since there was concern that Koivu wouldn't return. With our captain back on skates, however tentatively, the chances of Dumont becoming a Hab this season have decreased.

If you reallly want sources, lemme know, but the Bonk comments are from the Montreal Gazette while Koivu's status is from La Presse and RDS.ca