Comments on: Habs need an enforcer

By: paluchis

paluchis — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:06:42 +0000

he traded Jarome Iginla before he ever suited up for the NHL

By: nightmare_49

nightmare_49 — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 00:02:23 +0000

On the passing of John Ferguson sr. and his leadership in his day the habs must find an enforcer anybody half as good as Fergie would do. What do you think of Reed Low , any domment.

By: BLUE_AND_WHITE

BLUE_AND_WHITE — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:09:27 +0000

look, i like matt Cooke a lot, and might do it if i were the habs GM. but Gainey hasn't traded a young player EVER. not very likely

By: canucklehead_101

canucklehead_101 — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:06:02 +0000

Grabovski & 1st to Van for Cooke, Edler

By: canucklehead_101

canucklehead_101 — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:04:18 +0000

ahhh, no
To Habs:
Matt Cooke
2nd Rd Pick 08

To Nucks:
Latendresse

By: ferron

ferron — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:52:12 +0000

What we need is for Gainey to wake up and sign DANNY MARKOV, he is still available, that's unbelievable, Markov is a very aggressive DMan who skates very very well, hits hard and play impecable defense. This guy(D.Markov) is what we need, we only have one hard hitting defenseman(Komisarek), the rest of them play better ofensively than defensively. and this would look more like a Playoffs team than without D.Markov

Kostitsyn-Koivu-Kovalev
Higgins-Plek-Ryder
Laps-Smolinski-Latends
Kostopoulos-Begin-Chipchura-Lahti-Grabovski/Milroy/Locke

Markov-Markov
Komisarek-Hamrlik
Bouillon-Streit/Dandenault/O'Byrne/Gorges/Subban

Huet-Halak/Price/Danis

Am i the only one who thinks we will make a trade regardless, some players want to play more than 30 games a year and are NHL ready and might ask for a trade?

By: BLUE_AND_WHITE

BLUE_AND_WHITE — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 16:09:52 +0000

I have a trade proposal

To Toronto: Habs 7th round pick in 08
To Montreal: Leafs 3rd round pick in 08, Belak

By: paluchis

paluchis — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:10:26 +0000

I wrote about Chris Simon before, but I guess no one reads the replies.

By: the_purolator_guy

the_purolator_guy — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 06:18:45 +0000

Isn't chris simon still available? I know this guy is a little haywire but he is tough, can fight and can score you anywwhere between 10-20 goals a season inclucing a 29 goal season with the caps. He is also constantly a plus player so he is defensively responsible as well. Just a thought.

It wouldn't hurt to have a player on the ice that would put the fear of god in opposing players, i would say sign him or try to pry zack stortini out of edmonton, he played most of last season will the hamilton bulldogs.

By: Ariel1

Ariel1 — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 22:57:41 +0000

Montreal might not have any pugilists, but they do have a few players that are quite physical. They all play different physical roles.

Komisarek (6'4'' 242 lbs.) was one of the leagues biggest hitters this year.
Ryan O Byrne (6'5'' 234 lbs.) will probably be called up to play a similar role as Komisarek.
Maxime Lapierre (6'2'' 205 lbs.) plays the little pest role to perfection ( à la Avery, Kasparitis and Tucker).
Latendresse (6'2'' 229lbs.) has enough size, talent and youth to become a strong power forward in the next few years.
Bégin, despite his size (6'0'' around 195lbs), is a good forward checker and energy player.
Bouillon, (5'8'' 205 lbs.) (has the same weight and six inches less than Hamrlik...) used to be one of the leagues top hitters two years ago. Last year he his knee injury prevented him from playing his game well but is a small pitbull.

For defencemen, there is also Mathieu Biron (6'6'' 230 lbs.) who would be my personal favorite to replace Dandenault. There is also Fisher who, at 19 years old is already 6'4'' but still needs to put on some weight.

So I don't think the Canadiens will be cowed with physical play such as checking and fights along the boards. However, they did lose their last big enforcer, fight wise. It's up to the younger guys ( Komi, Latendresse, O,Byrne ) to fill in the void.