Comments on: Montreal's offensive problems solved?

By: AVGJOE

AVGJOE — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 01:47:39 +0000

hey why not trade a fifth rounder for crosby…..come on folks, ….think about it…. pittsburgh didn't get laraque for his goal scoring prowess. he's there for crosby and malkin and that's it. he'd be great in a habs uni but guess what crosby and malkin are still in pittsburgh and not going anywhere soon. if you wanna talk habs penguins deals try this one …..not a rumour but makes sense without looking at $$$$ or length of deals or anything cause it's 2:30 am and all…..HUET & RYDER ( not needed & dog house) for SYKORA, MALONE & STAAL (doghouse, doghouse and doghouse) all players are very much (with the exception of huet) underacheiving this season and i'm sure pittsburgh would make the deal…..i watched the fleury injury happen a few short months after suffering the same fate myself….barring a medical miracle (million dollar rehab guys) he won't be back any time soon. in fact they've told me my injury is never going to be back to anywhere near 75 %. he is a professional athlete and has the best of dr's and will return but at what level for this year anyway"s. i've been a ball player my entire life and tinkered with the professionalism of the sport briefly and can tell you (however fun it is) there is so much more to trading this guy for that guy…..teams don't always take the best guy in a draft or trade. they consider who his agent is what his maturity level is, age, locker room contributions/hinderences etc.etc. i'd try and make that deal in a fantasy world as i think the three coming would help but if the rumours are true we (habs) gotta make room for lecavalier…..anyways come playoff time folks i'd bet you'll see the same team you see now and should everyone (kovalev) pull their weight ..i'm comfy with that ….although we don't need 3 starting goalies

By: ferron

ferron — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:42:39 +0000

Very good Observation, I notice the same thing.

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:52:36 +0000

A two time 30 goal scorer gets traded for a guy who can't make the Panthers? If Martin wouldn't give Sprukts a guaranteed contract, I guess he didn't think he was all that great.

I just marvel at how powerful montreal's "top rated" prospects are if they have to raid non playoff teams for their 8th round pick from 2000.

By: habsoverserver

habsoverserver — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:40:40 +0000

Since defensemen no longer have to cheat on Souray's slapshots, they can play Ryder closer, so he isn't getting as many shots from the slot as last year. Ryder is still taking the same number of shots per game, but his shooting percentage is down from 12% to 4%.

Carbo needs to run some isolation plays that create room for Ryder to take wrist shots from up close.

By: ferron

ferron — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:24:24 +0000

We all remember that Ribiero trade, this year Ribs has 16 goals and almost 40 pts so maybe we should try trading with Dallas and try prying Modano away!

By: ferron

ferron — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 09:22:10 +0000

We don't have an offensive problem , the habs problem is a lack of testicular fortitude, grit and size! The thing is Spukts is another Lahti, nothing more. Montreal will be force to pull a blockbuster trade and sooner than later since Huet won't want to be Price's backup for much longer and how could Carbo play Huet over Price who is becoming one hell of a goalie, as for Ryder , with Kostitsyn on the first line now and who BTW is much more talented than Ryder , that was the only spot available for Ryder who doesn't fit in the habs plans anymore. Plus we all know that we have tons of NHL ready defensemen so I think that Gainey will be force to make a trade hopefully Gainey will finally reward us(habs fans) and not pull another Ribiero/Niinimaa trade!

ps; we need a real enforcer , a guy like Laraque, not another bum like Kostopoulos who can't fight, Most of the time the Habs loses games cause they get pushed around and intimidated, so I think that a goon would solve a lot of problem in MTL!

I heard that Pits was looking for a Goalie and a winger and was also trying to unload Malone so why not make a deal ?

to pits= Ryder, Huet, Gabovski, Georges and a 2nd rounder

to Mtl= Laraque, Malone and a 1st rounder

Higgins-Koivu-Kostitsyn
Kostitsyn-Plek-Kovalev
Latend-Chipchura-Malone
Streit-lapierre- Begin/Laraque/Dandenault this would be our checking line.

By: Habs_pm

Habs_pm — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:57:03 +0000

Never heard of this guy?....tried going on the site buy I can't read Finnish.

I think Montreal can get more than that for Ryder....Especially if hes packaged with Huet/Halak or whoever.

By: billypilgrim

billypilgrim — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 18:33:25 +0000

I'm not familiar with this guy Sprukts but a 6'3 235 lbs power forward with skills would help our team. But as there's no guarantee he's NHL ready he might not be the solution short term (as in NOW!)

We're all sick of having Ryder in town but he's still probably worth more in a trade. I wonder if other GMs take into consideration that slumping habs players almost always get their game together as soon as they're traded.

Why is that by the way?
Coaching?
Pressure?
Line mates?
Personal issues?

Ryder's goals in past seasons were mostly ugly goals but these days he can't even put the puck on the net. He managed to put in 30 last year with the same line mates under the same coach in the same city. I'm betting he's going through tough times personally. His concentration is KO.

Why isn't the Journal de Montreal looking into this?