Garbage Bag Day at the Bell

This is kinda random but- does anyone know if any of the players that are staying in town ever play hockey with kids? I heard that Kostopolous played with a couple kids and I just want to know if anyone can give me any advice on finding players to play street hockey with. thanks

Ron Hainsey 26 CLB $900,000
Chris Chelios 45 DET $850,000
Branislav Mezei 26 FLA $850,000
Steve Montador 27 FLA $800,000
Steve McCarthy 26 ATL $725,000
Bryan Berard 30 NYI $725,000
Kurt Sauer 26 COL $719,000
Joe DiPenta 28 ANA $700,000
M. Johansson 33 FLA $700,000
P. Brisebois 36 MTL $700,000
Alexei Semenov 26 SJS $650,000
Sandis Ozolinsh 34 SJS $625,000
J. Kwiatkowski 30 ATL $600,000
Mark Streit 29 MTL $600,000
Matt Walker 27 STL $600,000
Mike Weaver 29 VAN $600,000
David Hale 26 CGY $590,000
Nolan Pratt 31 BUF $550,000
R. Fitzpatrick 32 PHI $550,000
J. Cullimore 34 FLA $535,000
A. Nasreddine 31 PIT $535,000
Freddy Meyer 26 NYI $525,000
Rob Davison 27 SJS $525,000
Bobby Allen 28 BOS $500,000
Dan Jancevski 26 DAL $500,000
Jeff Jillson 26 COL $500,000
Wade Brookbank 29 CAR $500,000
S. Brookbank 26 NJD $500,000
A.Hutchinson 27 NYR $500,000
Jason Strudwick 31 NYR $500,000
Luke Richardson 38 OTT $500,000
Micki DuPont 27 STL $500,000
G, Stafford 27 DET $500,000
Andy Wozniewski 27 TOR $500,000
Kevin Dallman 26 LAK $490,000
Jeff Finger 27 COL $475,000
Allan Rourke 27 EDM $475,000
Sean Hill 37 MIN $475,000
Mike Mottau 29 NJD $475,000
Matt Carkner 26 OTT $475,000
Ryan Caldwell 26 PHX $475,000
Brad Norton 32 SJS $475,000
Doug Janik 27 TBL $475,000
B. St. Jacques 26 ANA $475,000

Heres a list of possible ufa defensemen...

Wade Redden 30 OTT $6,500,000
Rob Blake 37 LAK $6,000,000
Adam Foote 35 COL $4,600,000
M. Norstrom 35 DAL $4,250,000
Brad Stuart 27 DET $3,500,000
D. Kasparaitis 34 NYR $3,116,000
Paul Mara 27 NYR $3,000,000
Aaron Ward 34 BOS $2,750,000
Teppo Numminen 38 BUF $2,600,000
Oleg Tverdovsky 31 LAK $2,500,000
Marek Malik 32 NYR $2,500,000
Bret Hedican 36 CAR $2,432,000
Michal Rozsival 28 NYR $2,300,000
Dmitri Kalinin 26 BUF $2,250,000
Keith Carney 37 MIN $2,100,000
Dick Tarnstrom 32 CLB $2,000,000
Jason Smith 33 PHI $1,976,000
Brian Campbell 28 SJS $1,750,000
Mark Eaton 30 PIT $1,600,000
Bryce Salvador 31 NJD $1,500,000
Aaron Miller 35 VAN $1,500,000
Andrei Zyuzin 29 CHI $1,475,000
Glen Wesley 38 CAR $1,400,000
J.Michael Liles 26 COL $1,400,000
Karel Rachunek 27 NJD $1,400,000
R. Matvichuk 34 NJD $1,368,000
Mike Commodore 27 OTT $1,300,000
Jim Vandermeer 27 CAL $1,225,000
N. Baumgartner 31 DAL $1,200,000
Jaroslav Modry 36 PHI $1,200,000
P. Nummelin 34 MIN $1,200,000
Jan Hejda 29 CLB $1,000,000
Andreas Lilja 31 DET $1,000,000

I wouldn't be surprised if we signed Morrow. He is Carbo's son-in-law after all!

Hes said that on RDS for one (inbetween period interviews) whenever the habs played the islanders. And dont be a smart ass 'the teacher' ;).

While were debating about trading/keeping Higgins, do we know the answer to this question -does he like it here and does he want to stay? Seems Ive heard him say a few times that he wouldnt mind playing closer to his family (NYIslanders)

there is a disturbing post on page 2 (at this time) of this thread by Mr. Hainsworth in reply to my defense of Saku.....not sure I want to touch it with a 10' pole.

Resigning Streit at the money he'll probably be worth is a mistake and money best kept for more pressing needs IMO.

Check out this website as you ponder next year's moves...

http://nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=MTL

Totally off-topic.

At work I have a write-up that references a rider in an insurance policy. . . and yup I spelled it Ryder!!!!

And now I leave it up to the rest of you to fill in the roster - I'll start:

I'm Begin for another beer . . . .

Oh yea since we have to keep it clean kosTITsyn's and hammerLICK may be off-limits.

I, along with many others, was calling for some new blood during the playoffs. We were collectively told that it was not possible because they were untested rookies. Did anyone else pick up on the fact that the Dallas Stars have THREE rookie defenseman in their lineup? If this years playoffs were mainly for seasoning of our young players, then not playing Chips, Stewart, Grabs and O'Byrne was a wasted opportunity. The energy boost and enthusiasm they would have injected might have helped. Oh well, water under the bridge. Bring back the Cup in our 100th year!

Agree with the folks who talk about an overlooked part of our team - the backup goalie. We cannot have anyone in who is a potential threat to Price as a No. 1, or a goalie who aspires to be a No. 1.

Halak can be packaged for a draft choice, I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes Vokoun-like, but it doesn't help Price.

If Kolzig would come, he'd be ideal. Big guy like Price, great in the room, would be an excellent mentor.

Others: Curtis Sanford, Johan Hedberg, Curtis Joseph.