Jaroslav Halak

If you can keep your head while all about you

Are losing theirs and blaming it on Lowe ... you'll be a man in the treacherous world of salary cap hockey.

Bob Gainey is a man.

He has locked up Andrei Kostitsyn for three years at a fair-but-affordable $3.5 million per.

Gainey has re-signed Jaroslav Halak for $1.5 million over two seasons. Halak will play about 20 to 25 games as the Canadiens Number 2 goaltender. Should Carey Price falter or succumb to the sophomore jinx, Halak has the experience and talent to step in and carry the team.

With Marc Denis rediscovering his game and sharing time with young Cedric Desjardins in Hamilton, the organization is set at hockey's most important position – and every goaltender is playing for six figures.

Two years, a cap-friendly $1.55 million. Halak made $500,000 last season.

Total salary, excluding bonuses, of Montreal Canadiens goaltenders this season: $1.6 million

Total salary of Chicago goalies: $12 million.

Canadiens are $8.5 million under the cap, with Josh Gorges, Ryan O'Byrne and .... oh, we dare not speak his name ... still to sign.

RDS is reporting that the Canadiens have sent goaltender Jaroslav Halak to the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League.

While it hasn't been announced yet, the likely scenario will see the Canadiens recall Carey Price before Tuesday's game against the Ottawa Senators.