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White back with the big club
...and now White is injured.
http://www.atdhe.net/ <---in case of emergency...
actually White was taken out of the game because the leauge office was not informed of his callup and thus was not allowed to play in the game.
great... spacek out probably for 1 month or two the way he walked off the ice... precisely what we needed in december! FML
Is Gomez playing?
How can Kovalev not be a hab. This is ridiculous!!!! Have you ever heard of someone saying something like that while being on another team. Usually its, oh I cant be sure right now, we will have to see what happens when I retire. No he comes out and say's it like it is. THAT heart should be in Montreal. Im so pissed he isnt. I bet he would play for us for 2Mil a year.
im putting my money on him playing in ottawa for 2 years, then coming back to us for a reduced salary, then us winning the cup the following year with him being our emotional leader a la sergei fedorov but with more passion. you heard it here first!
At age 40 plus not likely unless he's paying Gainey.
"The Allo Police Media - a collection of bitter ex-coaches, players and wannabees whose collective lack of success accounts for their present positions in Sports' equivalent of a Jerry Springer Show"
yeah but a guy like kovalev, you KNOW will stay in game shape at that age... plus at that age he wouldnt be a 1st line guy, more like a PP specialist and a character 2nd/3rd liner like bill guerin
Good 1st. Halak looking good. and FINALLY a bounce our way.
When does Gionta come back?
early in the new year
Thanks, cant wait to have both him and Markov in the lineup
Sens are gonna get pounded 2night by the habs ...i predict a 6-3 hab victory.Take it to the bank.
The eminent Krob says below that Bob Gainey has made some good but also some bad moves.
Leaving Gomez aside for the sake of the discussion, and also setting aside for the same reason the Francophone component (& for the record, I would like a strong Francophone complement on the team, cetirus paribus), since last season's end, what moves do Mr. Gainey's critics not like?
I wasn't referring only to this season with that statement but I don't think there was a need for all three of Spacek, Mara and Gill.....two of the three would have sufficed. people gave credit for three years for him "standing pat" when in reality he failed at landing the guys he sought...worked out alright. BGl was a terrible acquisition and I am not saying I wouldn't have done it because I would have at the time but he ended up being physically and mentally damged goods as he has lost his fighter mentality. I think we should have signed Koivu.....I like most of the signings and understand the slight premium we have to pay to draw players to Montreal. The Tanguay deal was costly and we let too many guys walk with no return. I am a Bob supporter and have been since day one but as stated many times I think he made a monumental blunder....other moves could have panned out either way but the gomex one was doomed from the get go.....hopefully it works out but it is defnitely gonna take a lot of stars aligning for that to happen.
Hmm.. thanks for that. Good to know others' thoughtful opinions clearly stated.
I like the off-season acquisitions personally, only one I dont know for sure is Mara, seems hes not there whenever I watch.
Note that Mara is a 1yr signing; nobody knew how OB would pan out. If he flopped, Mara would be a good signing, but OB decided that he wanted to be an NHL player. so the Mara signing seems like too much - I don't expect him back next year. In addition, all of the call-ups has shown that we have 2 young d-men ready for fulltime duty (Carle, Belle) and a 3rd who needs 1 more year (Weber).
yeah, but we need guy that sticks up for his teammates like that. We can afford for him to a get a few game misconducts
Yay! My man White ;)
"love cannot drown truth, Nefertiti"
anyone can give me a link for tonights game, i wanna watch it online..
http://www.justin.tv/nad_et_pic_4
bookmark it!
"love cannot drown truth, Nefertiti"
Watching Kovalev play here was like watching a synchro swim team in a relay at the Olympics. Yeah, I guess it was a show of skill, but there was no forward movement. He was the perfect player for a franchise that was treading water and waiting for talent. He filled seats, even though he rarely filled nets, and his fans were prepared to settle for him in lieu of a real team with potential.
He kept us amused, but he was never a top player in the league. He was sometimes a top entertainer. If he decides to show off, he could kill us tonight. But a star to build a team around? No.
spoken like a true CharlieHodgeFan almost like he wrote this himself :) ..... agree with you all the way
We could sure use his sharp-shooting on the powerplay, that's for sure...
And also, Kovy LOVED playing for the Habs. He was passionate about the team and the city in a day and age where players move regularly from "market" to "market".
I'd like to see him back in la flanelle.
---Hope Springs Eternal---
M - I've got news for you - Kovy hasn't scored a PP goal this year. He's also only had 3 assists with the man advantage. The season is basically a third over, so that works out to about $500000 grand a point on the PP.
I know that...
But he was good with us. His heart's not in it this year in Ottawa, it's pretty obvious.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think that he's the Answer To Our Prayers or anything, but he was an important part of our PP, which has been struggling badly.
Also, I don't buy the money argument. GMs don't pay for points, they pay for a piece of the machine.
---Hope Springs Eternal---
No surprise the lack of Kovy talk from Bugs too.
Kovy has enormous talent, why he doesn't use it in EVERY game he plays in... That I do not understand...
... Wild coach Todd Richards sees a Shark in new winger Lats - Compares Gui to Ryan Clone ..... http://www.startribune.com/sports/wild/78737557.html
I see the confusion... the coach said he asked Gui first to describe himself. I'm sure Gui's not shy on singing his own praises. Just wait til the honeymoon is over and he gets upset becuase he's not playing on the first line and has no-one like Koivu to (literally) bounce pucks off him. That's where he should have gone - Anamheim.... Koivu's not doing well, neither is Lats. There was something there.
-------------------------------------------------- Listen to the SmartDog. He knows his poop!
Isn't Ryan Clowe a fast skater though? And he's played with Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton his whole career.
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a b - I think most NHL players are quicker than Lats and Clone usually plays on the 2nd line and some 3rd as Milan Michalek had the most time on the #1 line after Cheechoo went south, Heatley will have it now for years. Clone is a stud. Go Habs Go.
Clone...?
"love cannot drown truth, Nefertiti"
He's a good player, that's for sure. I think he plays with Marleau and Pavelski right now, not a bad line by any stretch.
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I heard that Marleau was playing on a super line with Heatley and Thornton. I have no idea who Clowe is playing with at the present moment.
Every year we all get hyped up about San Jose and then they fall flat on their faces. April should be interesting in the West. I still can't believe how poorly Anaheim has been playing.
Am I reading this wrong or can Ville Koistinen be claimed off of re-entry waivers for league minimum?? Does any of our Florida Contigent have any details on this guy? I thought he was pretty decent, why is he available for chump change?
TF - He's been brutal the last two years, a coach's nightmare.
thanks, it seemed odd as I remember him being fairly decent (not that I pay much attention to Florida's defensive defencemen)
Just noticed this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Edwards_(sportscaster)
The edit I spotted was changed back already, but here's an archived version:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack_Edwards_%28sportscaster%2...
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hey andrew berkshire....and anyone interested...I actually found a pretty good site for finding the standings at a given date..it's pretty cool actually ..http://www.shrpsports.com/nhl/stand.htm
I noticed this morning that Lats, Weber and Chipper had been replaced with Pyatt, White and Pouliot on the "Je Suis" montage that lines the metro and Windsor station entrances to the Bell Center.
They couldn't replace White so quickly so I'm guessing thats the real reason he's been recalled.
JM leaves the Panthers and all hell breaks loose first Ballard tries to take Vokoun head off the Aleen runs over Campbell.
http://www.fromtherink.com/2009/12/8/1191691/talk-about-a-tough-week-for-the
"The Future Belongs to Those Who Believe in the Beauty of Their Dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt
Holy Crap!!!
What a hit! Poor bastard... that's bizarre that it's the same team as the last crazy thing.
Get that team out of Florida before it implodes!!
---Hope Springs Eternal---
no no no you cant get the team out of florida i need to see th ehabs live a least twice a year. i thinks its becaused they lost THE SYSTEM.
"The Future Belongs to Those Who Believe in the Beauty of Their Dreams." Eleanor Roosevelt
What's with these Panthers hurting their own players??
Brian Burke = Overrated Loud Mouth POS
ottawa has lethal scorers other than kovalev, alfredsson, speza, cheechoo, fisher etc. when kovalev setteles in otttawa will be true contender. all they need is a goalie
Ottawa is fine in the goalie dept. They should try for Souray if the price is right of course.
Souray won't leave Edmonton.
---Hope Springs Eternal---
How much more settling in does he need? He's been there for 1/3 of the season.
Cheechoo went 56-37-23-12 in his last four seasons and doesn't have Jumbo Joe to set him up anymore, Ottawa will be fortunate if he is a 20-goal man, Kovalev didn't really settle in after 4 years in Montreal either. Kovalev is an aging star who won't change his game to the detriment of his own performance and team.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
"When Kovalev setteles (sic) in"? Oh yeah? Has Clouston found a method of removing head from @$$?
"All they need is a goalie"
That's been the mantra of the Senators for their entire existence. They aren't going anywhere, that organization is allergic to success.
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The Habs better play like jilted lovers tonight and get on the rebounds!!!
Great news...White is a great gritty NAG player that we need in the lineup every night, he is a younger version of MOEN...I'd like to see PYATT in there as well.
hopefully we can shut down the GREAT former Montreal Canadien the greatness KOVY...damn Gainey should have signed the magician...greatest hab since Lafleur....and we had him in his prime, dammit...
1.The N.A.G. (North American Grit) Youth Movement will bring us respect... 2.The NHL-Ref-Syndicate will do everything in its power to never allow the HABS (or the Leafs) to win another Stanley Cup. 3.Take it easy on the boys, they are going 110%
I think I get your schtick now, you love laughing at Kovalev, don't you!
Cammalleri - 16g 10a Salary: $ 5,000,000
Kovy - 4g 10a Salary: $ 5,000,000
4 times as many goals...
AND FOR FUN...
Koivu - 3g 8a Salary: $ 3,250,000
Tanguay - 4g 13a $ 2,500,000
Happy to see White back though, I'm really liking his play.
"When Chuck Norris goes to sleep at night, he checks under his bed for Brendan Witt"
thanks..but while your at the numbers game, consider this:
BELL CENTRE: 21273 x $200/ticket (avg) = $4,254,600
mulitplied by the number of times KOVY brought them to a standing ovation? at least once / game over 41 home games....that equates to 4254600x1x41 = $174,438,600 in revenue/gross franchise income.
This is ridiculous. Are you implying that Kovy is responsible for every single seat being filled in the bell center? Have you noticed that the Bell Center continues to sell out without Kovy? And what's your point about standing ovations? Money doesn't fall out of pockets each time people stand up - the money is made once the ticket is bought (which is still happening at sell out pace right now).
Regardless of the fact that the entire premise that your math is based on doesn't make sense, Forbes has an average Montreal Canadiens Ticket Price pegged at 67$.
That is some awful math. And the worst part of it is that you're saying Kovy is responsible for selling out the Bell centre. wow. I think you should go deeper with your math and find out how many Kovalev jerseys have been sold and how much money was made off of that... that would be better math.
How about the number of hats thrown to the ice at the Centennial Game during the Cammalleri hat trick? That's some pretty good revenue right there as people buy new hats plus Cammalleri T-shirts and jerseys. This city loves goal-scoring stars like nothing else and Cammalleri will soon be the definitive fan favourite with his ability to light the lamp at the Bell Centre.
Kovalev will be a distant memory in three seasons as Cammalleri reels off 30+, 40 goal seasons with regularity including hat tricks.
- I shall always remember Captain Koivu. http://habsandhockey.blogspot.com/
You mean Kovaleft!!! Yep, he's gone alright. I forgot about him already.
Professor, I like your comments when it comes to canadiens...true fan. But I have to disagree about Kovy. He is exellent when he plays well, that is when he feels like it. While his dismal moment keeping him from getting points and his team struggles, other players are collecting points and making a difference like Cammaleri. Cammaleri has made me forget about Kovy.
And don't forget the relief of a coach for not having to coach him. And are you saying we should have kept him so that Bell Centre can keep making good money? I thought you were a better fan. But I take that back.
That is the worst math I've ever seen. The average ticket to a Canadiens game isn't even close to $200 btw. The premium tickets are barely over 200.
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Professor professing his love for Kovy! WOW! :)
Keeping things in perspective, there have been several players since Lafleur that were a notch above...it's just that people suffer from incredibly short attention spans and memories. Forwads that I would take on my team above Kovy in no particular order: Mats Naslund, Vincent Damphousse, Bobby Smith, Pierre Turgeon, Mark Recchi...probably a few more that escape me. I won't even get into defencemen and goalies (well one in particular...good ol' 33).
As for shutting him down, he does a pretty good job of it himself so I wouldn't be too concerned :)
sorry but i have to disrespectfully disagree!....not one of those players is above KOVY or accomplished what KOVY did for the HABS and the FANS....not one of them had the bag of tricks that Kovy used nor did they consistently win the 2pts singlehandedly, in fact you would have to combine all the talents of those players you mentioned just to attempt a comparison with the Magician.
KOVY was the first HAB (since the dynasty) to re-awaken our senses of a superstar that could pull a win out of a hat, that last hope for victory that a Richard or Lafleur provided...our "ace in the hole".
That magic is wrongfully gone, but we now forge ahead with a disciplined work ethic, and a more North American Gritty composition that rightly so can take us all the way....
It doesn't matter if you Triple Lutz while scoring or a simple shot in the slot.......still only counts for one.
Don't have the numbers in front of me but it looks like Cammy is on pace to match Kovy's best year as a Hab........not to mention he's not a liability on D.
Brian Burke = Overrated Loud Mouth POS
Dude, he's gone, get over it.
You say we haven't had a star since the Dynasty....one question for you, what was Roy?
You say that Kovalev consistently would win 2 pts single handedly... last year he needed to be sent home before he started playing better. If you look at Kovalev's career, consistency is the last thing that comes to mind.
Oh please stop! I'm laughing myself to death here, you big kidder! Ottawa will just have to find a way to use all that magic. Their @$$ in a hole now! But where would they find room up there for his head?
You're using the word consistently in the same sentence as Kovalev? Please refer to the comment I left below.
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I wonder if Senators fans spend time dwelling over Travis Moen like some of you are scared of Kovalev, seeing as he has 2 more goals than Kovalev. Or Maybe Metropolit, or Bergeron. Together they have 18 goals to Kovalev's 4, and combined they make just over half his salary. Amazing. Fire Gainey?
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or it could be looked at this way......Gomez has 3 goals and makes 7.3 million.......Kovy, MAB, Metro and Moen combine for 22 goals and only make about a million more than Gomez...who is locked up for 5 years at that rate. I didn't want Kovy to stay really but I would have liked Koivu too though and in that case we could have those guys and money to burn to add to the stats...and flexibility moving forward re the cap, Mcdonaugh and Higgins...so....yes gainey has made some good moves but also some not so good ones...only time will tell how he has really done and I am hoping it works out but it isn't looking that good right now...although it's getting better as guys start to come back.
Honestly, you guys gotta give it a blinking rest already. We get it, you don't like the Gomez contract. Now go howl at the moon for all it'll change things.
Must this effing "issue" be regurgitated in EVERY G*DDAM COLUMN?!?!
Not looking so good Krob? After going 0-7-1 without Markov last year Gainey rebuilt the team in a few short days that's gone 14-14-2 without Markov. That's pretty damn impressive comparatively.
Also bringing up Gomez is a non-sequitar to my point as I was poking fun at people who constantly lament over Kovalev. Gomez has nothing to do with it, unless you wanna look at it as the move that brought in Cammalleri, who has 4 times more goals than Kovalev. 16 goals in his last 24 games, a 50 goal pace.
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.500 without markov isn't that impressive, .500 with the rest of the injuries as well as Markov is something to build on but I don't think comparing Markovless lineups is really all that fair especially since last years team wasn't doing so hot with Markov either..but the year before they were great with most of the same guys..that's hockey..comparing apples and oranges....but knowing you are keeping the apples for 5 years even if you might realize you like oranges better? and paying a premium on top to do it. I know what you were doing but my bet is the majority of people who are frustrated with Gainey are most pissed about thae gomez deal and that was my point...I think very few blame Kovy for us sitting outside of a playoff spot..I agree on the kovy thing. As far as it bringing in Cammallerri I already expressed that Hal Gill is who I believe is responsible for our signings lol.....I don't buy into that crap at all...and I mean not a single little, tiny, fragment of a bit......PR fix job if ever there was one.
Actually Krob that's a bit of revisionist history. Before Markov went down last year we were absolutely rocking, we'd been scoring at will and if you remember the line of Tanguay - Koivu - Kovalev was the hottest in the NHL by a mile. Markov goes down, complete implosion. This year is different because we have guys with character that bring it ever game instead of a guy like Kovalev who refuses to use his linemates at the slightest sign of trouble, and tries to deke out 4 guys to score a highlight reel goal. It rarely works and more often he goes offside or gives the puck away. Useless 50 games of the year.
As for Gomez being brought in being responsible for Cammalleri and Gionta, of course it isn't solely responsible, and it has nothing to do with Gomez himself, but do you really think either of those guys would have come here if we HADN'T addressed a need for a center (Koivu did not want to return)?
Think of it this way, if we didn't get Gomez, Gainey's pitch to Cammalleri and Gionta would be to play with Plekanec as a top line center. Nearly everyone in the hockey world thought Plekanec was done last year. 39 points was not a beacon of opportunity for wingers to want to cash in on. Who would have been the second line center? Ben Maxwell? Sorry but you aren't getting any free agents to sign here for that. Gomez is a veteran with a solid reputation around the league, was he the best option? No. But he was a solid option. He provided what was needed to lure those guys in. It has nothing to do with Gomez specifically, more to do with having 2 top 2 line centers instead of one coming off a terrible season.
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Actually Andrew you are wrong...we were "rocking" were we? for how long? I guess we are "rocking" right now or we were when we won four in a row? our record on December 8th was 15 wins 6 losses and 5 ties....look at the bigger picture last year and check out our first half versus our second half...we imploded. How is it we fell from a race for first place in the conference for the first half of the season leading up to the All star game to eking in to the playoffs? It wasn't on an eight game stretch...and that line was put together out of desperation becuase we were sucking...Price was hurting huge, we had mobstergate, tehe centennial crap, Carbo's firing...talk about revisionist history...look in the mirror. Our record from Hanuary 8th to March 8th was 9-14 and 1..we were really rocking that second half!
The first hint I have ever heard of Koivu not wanting to return was on here by Eric aka " Two Cents" and all he said was maybe he didn;t want to sign here....first of all we don't know that anymore than what you sugest about Gomez and Cammo but that is a huuuge stretch and like I said...I stick steadfast to not believeing it for a moment...believe what you want but there is no way anyone will ever convince me of that..they have never even played together, don't know each other and Gomez is coming off of brutal seasons...yeah I'm sure Cammallerri said sign me up because of that Gomez guy I saw him on the highlight reel the other day.
Your whole last paragraph is under the assumption that Koivu wasn't coming here, made the staff aware who then in turn shared that info with other agents and guys around the league and it never got out?......for that matter how do we know these guys weren;t sold on Vinny coming here...at least that was a rumour that we know had some substance..maybe Cammalleri thought it was gonna be Pleks and Vinny or Vinny and Gomez or Koivu and Gomez and Vinny...or......or maybe it was Hal Gill? that is a silly argument IMO and he came to a storied franchise that was competitive the last couple of seasons for big bucks, wher ehe would be the best goalscorer the team had seen in 20 plus years and he could talk hockey with his dad and play in real hockey town not to far from home and without the Western teravel...sounds far more believeable to me than because we have Scott Gomez..so I'm going with that.
OK Krob, that's a bunch of horse manure if I've ever heard it. We had turned it around with that top line and we were cruising at the time that Markov was injured. What happened before that is irrelevant. Were we going to win the cup? No, but we were playing extremely well, and Price was turning it around slowly. Remember the game against Chicago that we were supposed to get destroyed in? I said nothing about rocking the second half, you're putting words in my mouth, I'm talking about the games right before Markov was injured.
As for Saku not wanting to come back, Showey plays pickup hockey with Brian Savage (one of Koivu's best friends) and he told him Saku no longer wanted to play in Montreal, he needed a break. So yes, I'm sure Koivu did not want to return.
As for you completely writing off a sound logical argument for how Gomez was used to lure in free agents, if that's the way you wish to argue then consider the conversation over. I make a strong argument with several points and you just write it off as "I don't believe that"? Come on. That's pathetic. Everyone knew the day Gomez was acquired that Vinny was no longer part of the plan. How in the hell would we be able to sign more free agents with two guys making almost 8 million as top 2 centers? Cammalleri could have gotten big bucks from anywhere, lots of teams had money to spend and he was the highest scoring free agent on the market.
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are you seriously trying to rewrite history...look at the facts andrew from March 8th to April 6th were 6-4-3...playing a bit better but hardly turned around after last seasons debacle. Choose to deny but don't be bitter with me for calling you on it.....ahhh Showey said it so it must be true lol I am from Kingston...you know Kirk Muller, Doug Gilmour and Don Cherry's town...I hear all sorts of crap around here at the rink and from people around town...but if I believed any of it I would be afraid what I might feel like now as so few of those things ever pan out. The press can;t get a word out of "the kremlin" but go play pickup hockey and all is revealed...... yeah cause those guys really tell people everything at pickup hockey lol....actually I gave you more reasons and you are turning uot to be quite pathetic...all you have is a make believe reason instead of cold hard cash...sound argument? give me a break......Hal Gill is as sound as that argument ......Hal Gill brought them all here.....word got out I swear....and then they heard we were getting Tom Pyatt and it was a no brainer....sound logic? sure bud...
as for "the games right before markov got injured we were cruising along"..I did address that...we won four games in a row this year ..."cruising"??? hardly...
Whatever Krob, go back to July 1st with Plekanec and Maxwell as your top two centers and try to sign Gionta and Cammalleri. Won't happen.
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who did gaborik sign to play with? dubinsky? no he wasn't even the rangers plans at that time?...who did Havlat sign to play with? money talks...and bs walks....there is the occasional time a player goes to a contender but they don;t go tto play with someone for kicks especially someone they don;t even know or have never played with ..and especially not for scott gomez
I agree with you krob, I dont buy that Cammalleri signed because of Gomez.
Completely different situations, and completely uncomparable. Gaborik and Havlat are both injury prone and likely had very few suitors. Havlat made it known that he wanted to sign with Chicago, and they cut him loose for Hossa. Money talks, sure, but when you're the highest scoring free agent coming into July, you have all the bargaining chips. Do you really think Toronto didn't offer Cammalleri more than 6 million? Do you really think there weren't comparable offers in several other places? When money is equal other factors come into play. For Cammalleri it was wanting to play in Canada and for a competitive team with a dedication to winning.
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Cammalleri has said from the beginning he didn't want to play in TO......and no...there is no way they offered him more than 6 million dollars....you just like amkin *** up don't you....Gaborik is injury prone...well both Gionta and Gomez have seen there time on the ol IR this season....7.5 million bucks gaborik got...and worth every penny...I would wager you anything you want that Gaborik and his injury prone self has more goals now than Gomez wil get all season...wanna bet on it bud? Havlat played the entire season last year and obviously was ousted because Hossa is more complete and is older and able to have some contract games played. Let me ask you this...were there other comparable offers out there for Gomez? not a friggin chance...was there one even in the same stratoshere? not a chance....who offered Cammallerri 6 million dollars? who? NOONE.....and especially not for 5 years.....someone may have been close short term but noone would give a guy who has been basically run out of two towns now that kind of money...and yes he was not wanted by two teams...despite his production....I like him, happy to have him and think he has grown up finally but you are grasping at straws bud...he took the money and ran.....live in your dream world all you would like but I still maintain that it was Hal Gill that brought them here and I have every bit as much proof as you.......the only line you have typed this whole exchange that has any valifity is the last one.....but I already said it so you're welcome.....he wanted to play in canada, didn't want to play in TO, already has played in calgary, appreciates the history in Montreal, we have been competitive....you are grossly mistaken in thinking someone else offered him more...name one team that would have...just one andrew...
Andrew soundly defeats the usually undefeatable and much beloved Krob.
i left work ...and if you think I lost that then you should perhaps talk to Vince Mcmahon because they are looking refs in the WWE.....the only thing I regret is rehashing a ubject I have beat to death but prople insist on denial and it just bothers me for some reason...I honestly have tried to refrain...I have even requested others do it but this blowing of sunshine up Bob's *** on this deal when there isn't a single person in hockey who has agreed since day one is a little much for me....
holy crap!: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=301565
Gotta love them prairy boys.
"When Chuck Norris goes to sleep at night, he checks under his bed for Brendan Witt"
Some of the comments are pretty funny...
"'Tried to jump onto the hood?' Great! Now Campbell's gonna suspend him for leaving his feet..."
I thought they were trying to stop hoodshots! The NHL just doesn't get it.....
kovy the magician who pulls his dissappearing acts will tryn light us up tonight you can be sure. were playing better but can halak getter done.