Hockey Trade Rumors

The Canadiens were quite busy this offseason by acquiring UFA Sergei Samsonov and by acquiring Mike Johnson from the Coyotes.By consequent, we notice a light increase in the habs total payroll which doesnt leave much more room for a UFA...::C::..

Radek Bonk $2,394,000.00

Steve Begin $646,000.00

Saku Koivu $4,750,000.00

Tomas Plekanec $450,000.00

Mike Ribeiro $1,900,000.00

..::LW::..

Christopher Higgins $672,980.00

Andrei Kostsitsyn $801,800.00

Garth Murray $575,000.00

Alexander Perezhogin $627,000.00

Sergei Samsonov $3,525,000.00

..::RW::..

Aaron Downey $475,000.00

Mike Johnson $1,900,000.00

Alexei Kovalev $4,500,000.00

Michael Ryder $2,200,000.00

..::D::..

Francis Bouillon $1,875,000.00

Jean-Philippe Cote $495,000.00

Mathieu Dandenault $1,700,000.00

Mike Komisarek $946,827.00

Andrei Markov $2,000,000.00

Craig Rivet $2,470,000.00

Sheldon Souray $2,432,000.00

Mark Streit $600,000.00

..::G::..

David Aebischer $1,900,000.00

Yann Danis $543,400.00

Cristobal Huet $3,000,000.00

TOTAL PAYROLL:$42,836,007.00

Higgins-Koivu-Ryder

Samsonov-Ribeiro-Kovalev

Perezhogin-PLekanec-Johnson

Murray-Bonk-Begin

Huet

Aebischer