Comments on: No Samsonov…No Problem!

By: ferron

ferron — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:56:48 +0000

ok how much do you think souray would be asking for 5 millions,and he will get it even if it's not in Montreal, and anybody that knows a shit bit about hockey knows that is not worth it . Next you say sign bonk and jonhson but what about all the prospect in the minors, ok lets bring up Chip chura when he turns 28 lets keep paying him almost a million a years to rot in the AHL.I'm the biggest Habs fan in the world but why is everybody so high on there prospect , news flash how can you even call these player great { konstityn, perezhogin,milroy , cote Lapierre ect..] when they got in the league at 23, 24 and 25 years old.Great and Good Players get to the NHL at under 20.

By: Les-Habitants

Les-Habitants — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:19:45 +0000

I'd have to disagree, trading Souray would hurt the team, not help it.

If Gainey is serious about building a team here to win, the first 2 steps are signing both Markov and Souray to contract extensions...after that, I'd say get Bonk and Johnson on board if they'd be willing to sign for 1.9-2mil.

If the cap does go up to 48 mil, we'd most likely have somewhere in the range of 5-8 mil...which I would love to see Gainey put towards a top line forward (this is assuming we either put Samsonov on re-entry waivers or buy him out)

By: Komic-J

Komic-J — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:55:17 +0000

While I agree that Montreal has been lacking a true franchise player for way too long, I'm not sure that free agents or trades is the way to go. You usually don't see that kind of player on the free agent market...and I like Daniel Briere, but he's not "it"...at least, not in my book.

That's why I think we should keep trusting Trevor Timmins...and why the Habs should have traded Souray for a solid prospect and yet another 1st round pick. That was the first step...next step would be to get rid of Samsonov, and possibly Kovalev eventually. I like Kovy, but no matter how good he can be, the Habs can't afford to spend that kind of money on a player who plays only in the last 10 games.

By: rojoke

rojoke — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:25:23 +0000

It's not a one way street. 100-pt players have to want to come to Montreal, and as seen in years past, Montreal isn't at the top of a lot of free agents' wish lists.

By: rojoke

rojoke — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 19:23:52 +0000

They'd still have to buy out the last year of his deal.

By: ferron

ferron — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:37:13 +0000

MONTREAL should just concentate by signing a STAR for once instead of signing talentless player {SAMMY , SOURAY , NIINIMAA…….}.Our last 50 goal scorer was Stephane THE FAIRY Richer ,our last 100 pts man was Mats Naslund , 23 years ago. I mean Come on WE Montreal Canadiens FANS deserves better we fill up that building every night even though our top scorer as only 67 pts andour top goal scorer as 26 goals, and espescialy now with the new rules this is unacceptable i rather have a team with two 50 goals scorer that finish 9th than a team with five 20 goals scorer that finishes 8th and loses in the first round of the playoff any freakin DAY.

By: GodandHabs

GodandHabs — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:23:22 +0000

prayin for the wce…… speaking of idiot fans who go down on ……. why don't you just bl*w me? go back to your potatoe picking and shut the f*&^ up.

By: GodandHabs

GodandHabs — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:20:19 +0000

i think you should mind your own business, just like this hero who didn't.

By: Komic-J

Komic-J — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:31:12 +0000

Yeah, my mistake about Streit…I think you misunderstood what I was saying…I'm not ciriticing Carobonneau's decision to demote Latendresse, and you're absolutely right when you say that Lapierre and Bégin are third and fourth line players. But the original post stated that Samsonov would have been treated differently if he was a french speaking canadian, which I don't think would've been the case. That's why I made that comment about Latendresse…just to show that, if that was true, Samsonov or Ryder would've been demoted, and Latendresse would've played the entire season with Koivu and Higgins.

By: habs_punk

habs_punk — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:32:53 +0000

First, Streit is Swiss.
Second, Lapierre and Begin are both third and fourth line players no matter where they were born.
Third, Latendresse is 19 years old. Give the kid time to work his way into a permanent first liner. Right now, besides Crosby, how many 19 year olds are getting first line ice time in the NHL? Kopitar is the only other one I can think of. Face it, Gui isn't a first liner yet. He was the most logical player to drop the the fourth line. It isn't because he's French Canadian. He's still got a lot to learn. He'll be getting more ice time next year.