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Glen Sather still hasn't offered Shanahan a contract yet. Is there any possibility that Gainey is trying to persuade him to join the Habs this year instead of waiting for Sundin? I'd rather have Brendan on the Habs than Mats....wouldn't you guys???
I thought Gainey pretty much ruled Shanahan out of the equation a few weeks back. I don't think Bob really appreciated losing out to the Rangers for less money because Mrs. Shanahan didn't want to live in Montreal.
I hope she doesn't mind the $4 million she cost the family by her decision.
I don't think Gainey would have dumped him to the curb like Slats has with no respect at all.
Gainey said just last week there is no interest in Shanahan. The team needs a center.
On Tanguay, everyone talks about how he will add to the PP, but I did not realize that he was so consistantly good at even strength. A reader at my site just posted this link. Alex is the sixth highest point producer at even strength since the lockout.
http://battleofalberta.blogspot.com/2008/01/latest-in-series.html
That list is interesting....I never would have figured Spezza would be the leader either. Where would Tanguay be if he didn't have such a poor season last year??
Or.... where would Tanguay be (on the list) had he spended last season with us instead of CAL..... closer to the top thats for shure... but no worry he is here for the long haul and he'll be back in the race soon enouph.
Read this somewhere... What do you guys think of trying Tanguay at centre? Apparently he played that in junior and was asked to try it last year in Calgary. He's already expressed a willingness to try playing on the other side, so you never know...
Potentially, if it works out of course, we could be looking at
A.Kost - Pleks - Kovalev
Higgins - Tanguay - S. Kost
Latendresse - Koivu - D'Agostini
BGL - Max - Kostopoulos
I kind of like the looks of that...
WTF, I love these crazy people who insert A young garbage picker in D'Agostini on our 3rd line. WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
"Give Koivu a Lifetime Contract"
Do you actually have something to say or are you just going to leave it at that? I mean I'd love it if you had a better idea, suggested an alternative, or maybe just told me why you think it's ridiculous to put D'Agostini there...
Or maybe you can just type a bunch of question marks and exclamation points after every statement you make and it'll make you seem very intelligent.
D'Agostini didn't seem to impress Carbo or Gainey in his brief stint versus Stewart who did
Maybe if you made sense I would. Nothing more to say about it. D'Agostini? 'nuff said.
Maybe if you explained the whereabouts of Begin and Dandy before you put Mr D'Agostini in?
"Give Koivu a Lifetime Contract"
Maybe if I made sense? Check out today's audio buddy! Gainey specifically mentions D'Agostini when talking about young players that could challenge for a roster spot.
As for Dandy and Begin... are they really pieces of the puzzle going onwards? If they're outplayed then they won't be around anymore.
Now if only we could get that stick out of your ass...
D'Agostini has not shown he is NHL ready yet and he still needs to develop a more complete game (he had a team worst -22 in Hamilton last season). Patience.
True but the Bulldogs were pretty bad last year from what I heard (not that it excuses a -22). The reason I tentatively put Dags there was because I think that with Koivu feeding him and Guillaume's hopefully physical presence, they have a chance to form a pretty good line. If Gui can bang like he did against Boston, you've got a triggerman in D'Agostini that complements Koivu well.
Locke was deemed expendable, yet he had way more points and was a +4. Your calling him "Dags" reminded me of Dagenais who was a more proven trigger man (and with little else to offer). I still think more time and patience is required for D'Agostini to hopefully develop into an NHL player. I don't think Montreal is a team that needs to gamble on rushing a prospect.
As for Latendresse, it sounds like he has dropped weight to try and get faster which could take away from what ever physical presence he may have shown so far.
or you could always move Max up to the wing with Saku and put Chips in at the 4th centre... although by his own admission Lapierre would grow more than a few inches playing with BGL
In my personal opinion, I think Tanguay will have as much impact as Damphousse did when he first came onboard. Tanguay is perhaps not the same type of goal-scorer as Vinnie was but their overall game seem to be quite comparable.
Either way it should be a fun year to watch the Canadiens...
Gainey's Plan B
Since it is assume that Sundin will sign elsewear a likely destination (Sundin's supposed preference) might be Philly. Since Philly has cap problems they will need to shed players. This is where Plan B comes in. Gainey trades Dandy, Fisher, the rights to Emelin for Simon Gagne.
Gagne plays wing since Carbo has moved Sergei K. to center.
mjames
And then Gagne promptly retires due to PCS and we just cleared up some more cap space.
Brilliant.
"Give Koivu a Lifetime Contract"
The long week-end is over and I can feel your pain....
NOT! - Trading for Gagne is a step in the direction of Leaf land. The guy is one good hit away from the end of his career. Plus, we need a center, not more wings.
Oh wow that could work for us, but doesn't seem like enough for Gagne. Gainey would have to throw in a pick.
- Matthew
There's only one small problem...Philly would need to shed more salary than just Gagne to make room for Sundin.
Philly is already over the cap by 1,031,667 minus 5,250,000 for Gagne equals 4,218,333 under the cap. Now, add Dandy's salary of 1,725,000 to that total which equals 2,493,333 under the cap.
Certainly not enough to sign Sundin to a contract!
Philly will need to shed at least 8 million of salary to sign Sundin and then pay the other players coming back their way in a trade.
In other words I don't see Philly being players in Sundin...It's hard enough to make one trade in the NHL, but to make trades to shed close to 8 million dollars is almost impossible...IMO
Flyers have said they are not in the Sundin sweepstakes.
Poll Time : Eastern Conference's Fan Poll - What Teams will make the Playoffs (pick eight) .. by James Mirtle ..... http://mirtle.blogspot.com/2008/09/eastern-conference-your-early-picks.h...
I see there are 11 toronto votes so far. Those leaf fans might not be too bright, but they are loyal, or delirious.
NHL Morning Papers (Tuesday Edition) .. by Richard Pollock .. illegalcurve.com .....
http://www.illegalcurve.com/2008/09/02/nhl-morning-papers-tuesday-editio...
Thanks Stat-ic , now i'll have my coffee and wake up.
I thought I had found the missing link. As for coffee, I see you are on the go all hours of the morning, meaning 5 am & earlier. What is your secret?
Ed - Back issues that i have to live with and sometimes it means pitting 4 times a day for short intervals. There's always the medication but one gives you crapper issues and the other puts you in a daze like i am today.