Comments on: Montreal: Not a popular destination

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:48:40 +0000

he is very good at disposing of his mistakes – he should take more chances. montreal had no cap space last year.

By: DoubleDown

DoubleDown — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:06:25 +0000

the problem wih gainey is he wants to bring in everyone on a low-risk contract (a la samsonov)…he's not willing to take a chance. the irony is that he saves all this cap space, but he doesn't use it

By: DoubleDown

DoubleDown — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 13:05:08 +0000

you're clueless my man. roy was traded because there was an internal power struggle between him and mario tremblay. it was roy's team when tremblay cam in, and tremblay wanted that to change. he purposely left roy in the game during the creamfest against detroit to embarass him in front of the city. he hung him out to dry...that's why roy was traded. not because of the fans.

By: BLUE_AND_WHITE

BLUE_AND_WHITE — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:34:46 +0000

Habs will get Yashin, Souray, and one more guy this week(likely today)

By: kamullia

kamullia — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:51:23 +0000

A lot of truth in this article and probably part of the reasons why, according to TSN, Briere turned down a higher offer from Montréal to join Philadelphia.

By: Habroller

Habroller — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 11:16:47 +0000

Where did you get that part where the Habs fans chased Roy out of town?

Do you even know what you're talking about? Where you even born in December 95 when Mario Tremblay single-handedly chased Roy to Denver for a bag of used puck (with the help of Réjean "the Genius" Houle).

If someone was booed, it was ti-Mario, not St. Patrick. If you're talking about Théodore or Brisebois, then it's a totally different story...

By: my_sphincter

my_sphincter — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:04:45 +0000

Obnoxious Fans ?!?

Give me a break.

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:25:53 +0000

all valid points. this is not news. it should have been required reading for every dreamer who posted that montreal would be signing briere, smyth or kariya.

the issue is gainey doesn't know what to do about this. like you wrote, the solution is pretty simple. montreal should stay at the bare minimum above salary requrements. they should not waste a cent on third tier guys like they did last year. the payroll eaten up by the bonks, samsonovs, kovalevs, dandenaults and niinimaas are preventing the team from making the trades they need to win.

it takes two assets to trade for a superstar (1) young talent (2) cap room. the next time some disgruntled superstar gets put on the block, montreal needs to be in a position to trade for them. at some point this year, a federov, thronton, heatly, pronger type player will be on the block. and they won't be able to choose where they are going. it will be a business decision, everyone will want them but only teams with the cap space to take on their nutty salary will be able to bid on them. that's where montreal should be waiting to pounce. but instead, gainey panics and signs mediocre talent, ensuring the team will not be able to improve themselves.

if gainey thinks that outbidding colorado by 250k for smyth, or matching the Rangers for briere is even remotely a competitive offer, he has no grasp of reality. he needs to be outbidding by millions of dollars, or he should not be wasting his time and energy.

this team can easily be turned into a winner. it takes having a plan and being aggressive. every year that the team doesn't take action, i get more and more resentful of mangement's laissez faire attitude.

By: openclose

openclose — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:22:26 +0000

koivu is a leader since the entire team follows him. Koivu sets the tone for them. And he actually has a few 3rd period speeches that resulted in a comeback. One last year where he took the game in hand by scoring the tying and winning goal.

By: openclose

openclose — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 08:18:50 +0000

just one note right now. Bergeron is a Nordiques fan, therefore he doesn't like Les Canadiens. There is no hometown effect when he grew up rooting for your provincial rival.... plus all bergeron rumours are dumb because Boston wouldn't trade him.

happy canada day.... yesterday...