Comments on: Montreal Canadiens Trade Speculations

By: passionch

passionch — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:32:02 +0000

If I was Gainey, I would to the following this off-season (Ah, so fun!):

- Sign #3 center Handzus or Belanger instead of going for big contracts...
- Sign #3 defenceman D. Markov or Preissing or Hannan
- Sign UFA 3rd line LW like Kozlov (Viktor), Nieminen
- Sign our UFAs Danis, Cote, Dancevic and Johnson
- Sign our RFAs Ryder, Gorges, Plekanec, Locke, Milroy, Ferland, Archer and Sanford
- Forget Souray and the rest of our UFA not even worth mentioning
- Draft the 2 best forwards available in the 1st round (12th and 22nd)
- Make a minor deal during draft day to get a bit of excitement for fans...
- If possible, trade Kovalev for picks since he will be unhappy playing in the 3rd line and keep Johnson in 3rd line
- Move up Ferland or Milroy from minors to fill 4th line RW

G. Latendresse - S. Koivu - M. Ryder
A. Kostitsyn - T. Plekanec - C. Higgins
V. Kozlov/V. Nieminen - M. Handzus/E. Belanger - A. Kovalev
S. Begin - M. Lapierre - M. Johnson
Repl: Milroy, Ferland, Grabovski, Chipchura

A. Markov - M. Komisarek
D. Markov/T. Preissing/S. Hannan - M. Streit
F. Bouillon - M. Dandenault
7th: J. Gorges, J.-P. Cote

C. Huet
J. Halak
Repl: Y. Danis (Let's keep Price as no.1 in Hamilton)

Not much changes just like how Gainey works and improved team with cap space for trade deadline moves.

Thanks for reading!

By: Ryderman

Ryderman — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:13:22 +0000

wat are you talking about?? Nashville just traded both hartnell and kimonens rights both were gonna be UFA's

By: MtlHabs09

MtlHabs09 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:47:58 +0000

Souray's UFA, they can't trade his rights.

By: the_word

the_word — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:43:44 +0000

"Given the right situation, Kovalev is one of the top offensive players in the league." Lol, that statement was equally ridiculous as the Kilger trade.

What's the right situation, five years ago? Back when Saku was promising talent too, huh.

By: wayne2

wayne2 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:53:11 +0000

Montreal will probably trade a goalie but i doubt its to Boston.Maybe Columbus,Phoenix,Los Angeles or Florida.The trade i would try to pull is:
To Pittsburgh:Alexei Kovalev + 2 rd pick.
To Montreal: Ryan Malone
Montreal gets much needed size on the wing and Pittsburgh get a talented veteran to go with Malkin.

By: wayne2

wayne2 — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 05:48:01 +0000

Agreed but Esposito is very talented,i seen him play against the Hull olympiques and he was fun to watch.

By: Ryderman

Ryderman — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:50:00 +0000

y would the habs trade halak just to move up 4 spots and to get a lower pick inthe 2nd even 3rd round. Many people think esposito will fall anyway plus if someone takes him then u can cut out a deal. If I'm Gainey what I do if i wanted to move up in the draft is a deal with Sourays rights involved similar to the timonen hartnell deal. Also minnesota wont part with demitra columbus wont take Kovalev because doug maclean is gone,lol and burrows is not gonna make our team any better we should look at pursuing Eric Perrin of Tampa come July 1st.

By: mtl_prince

mtl_prince — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:36:39 +0000

none of your fantasy's are going to come true!

By: habs_punk

habs_punk — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:16:19 +0000

Along with LaBarbera, Halak was the best goalie in the AHL last year. He came up to the NHL and played very well for the Habs. Considering he's only 22 years old, he has turned himself into one of the top goalie prospects in the entire NHL. Obviously he isn't projected to be as good as Price, Rask, Montoya, etc, but he is pushing these guys, and over this past season looked MUCH better than Pogge. I don't think Boston wants him because they've got Rask, but implying that he isn't a very desirable commodity as of right now is just Leaf bias speaking. Outside of the top 3 picks there isn't anybody that is "worth 10 Halaks". Halak and the 12th overall pick should be enough to move up fairly significantly, assuming the other team is in need of a good young goalie (not Boston).

By: MtlHabs09

MtlHabs09 — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 18:11:48 +0000

hehe. I'm not saying we should do every trade, just 1 or two.