Comments on: Montreal need two make 2 moves… Zus Prospal

By: passionch

passionch — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:54:42 +0000

I'd try hard to get M. Handzus and Preissing in. They were both players I think would be very good for a playoff run.

By: RoenickTheGreat

RoenickTheGreat — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:05:06 +0000

Lay off the meth buddy. Handzus is making like $5M for the next three years after this season, he makes Bryan Smolinski look like a bargain.

By: RicHalifaxHabsNut

RicHalifaxHabsNut — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:55:13 +0000

Just about perfect in my opinion.......Prospal would be good and inexpencive to get and to hold on to.
Our biggest need is for a shut down forward NEED a def specialist ....just not sure who...thinkin Peca; good face off, great in the playoffs. Dont think hes on the market though

By: habsrock99

habsrock99 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:36:30 +0000

Well, at least this is WAY better then the last guy who titled his article "The Habs need to me 2 Deals".

I really don't want to see Prospal come to Montreal simply because I highly doubt he'd produce. I'd love to see Hossa come over though, but that may be a dream.

I wanted the Habs to get Handzus this off-season but he signed for 4 years at 4 million a season and he's done squat since. He'd end up hurting the Habs long-term, especially when we'd try to re-sign Koivu, Plekanec, Higgins, Kovalev, Komisarek, etc. etc.

The only trade I want to really see happen is for Hossa and Eric Perrin. Hossa would do great with Koivu and Perrin would help solve the Face-Off issues and would be a very nice addition to our PK.

By: Vinnypleasecomehome

Vinnypleasecomehome — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:24:07 +0000

This is exactly what we don't need. Two more soft Europeans.

By: sanj91

sanj91 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:20:43 +0000

sorry meant to post that in the main column.

By: sanj91

sanj91 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:20:13 +0000

If you're going to pay 4M, why not get Bertuzzi. He's got more upside POTENTIAL if he plays with the right guys. Plus, he would become a UFA just in time for our resigning bonanza at the end of next year!

By: careyprice31

careyprice31 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:13:20 +0000

if we dont end up getting hossa i really believe that holik and recchi can be an answer to face offs and size with holik plus leadership and maybe recchi can wake up koivu and have an awesom run like they were in 1997 or 96 forgot which year but they were racking up points together and correct me if im wrong here but i think they are good friends as well

By: Habs_pm

Habs_pm — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:57:25 +0000

I like the idea of Prospal but Handzus is to expensive and unproductive.

Even if Prospal would come to Montreal it wouldn't be a long term fix.

My trade suggestion(dream suggestion):

Higgins/Ryder/Grobovski/Dandenault or Bouillion/2nd round pick/Conditional 1rst round pick if Hossa re-signs

For:

Hossa/Holik or Recchi

Pretty fair trade in my view.

Atlanta will trade Hossa, Making the playoffs this season won't mean anything for them. If they would make it they would get smoked by any team 4 straight.

But Montreal won't do anything but trade Ryder for a prospect....Probably take a shot at a UFA on July 1rst...

By: habfan1

habfan1 — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:07:28 +0000

you left out our good friend francis bouillon, but other than that i like where you're going with this. prospal would be a great addition at a fair price. i also believe that instead of getting a guy like handzus why not go after a guy like jarret stoll. this guy is great at faceoffs and is a big body, two things the habs need. i have a feeling that gainey is getting something big and unexpected ready. STAY TUNED