umm guys, sorry but they’re just qualifying offers. So they can still be claimed, but It makes it alot more easier.

Alias, in my statement that you quoted, I was NOT saying the Habs do not need tough physical players, but was responding to Senet suggesting Sundin should be that kind of player. I was merely pointing out that using Sundin to stand in front of the net and take abuse would be doing a huge disservice to Mats and his immense talents. For that role, all you have to do is sign a policeman/fighter type of journeyman player. The “Flying Frenchmen”, or more accurately “The Flying Europeans”, got pushed around way too much last year. The Canadiens need a tough physical forward up front, even if he just sits on the bench most of the time. And as I said, Laraque is the toughest guy that is currently available. Bob Gainey, are you listening????

And while I am on a roll with the GMs, let me say this: Thanks a lot, Serge Savard, for decimating our beloved Habs, a year after they won the Cup. You traded away Momesso, LeClair, Chelios, Claude Lemieux, and on and on and on. Savard was THE WORST General Manager in the storied history of the Montreal Canadiens. We made a step in the right direction by bringing back Bob Gainey, but another of my pet peeves is how we never retained the great Larry Robinson, in my mind the best defenceman to ever suit up for the Habs, and in his prime one of the top 5 to ever play the game. He was the heart and the backbone of those 4 Stanley Cup winning teams in Montreal. It took us 20 years to even retire his jersey — what a sham!

Lets make one thing perfectly clear, I never said Sundin should stand in front of the net, I never said he was not tough. I said he is best suited as a perimeter player which is what he is and has always been. Yes he will go to the net for a rebound and that is where is toughness come in but he does address one thing a need for a front line centreman who has size. He does not address the short comings of our offense nor does he change the deminsion of our offense that we already have, he just makes it better because of his talent. However, if we are going to win he have to have a power forward who will address that other deminsion of offense that we did not have this year in the playoffs. I do not know how I can make my point any clearer.

Here is some interesting new Streit was our third leading point getting for the season. Now that tells me that he was hurting in the playoffs. As I said earlier, same injury as Komy yet he only sat out one week. Komy on month and still was not right when he returned? Think about it?

Senet, how do you know Streit had exactly the same injury as Komasarev, are you the trainer for the team? Even if the injury was similar, how do you know the extent of the injury in either case? Different players react differently to injury, including many factors such as body type, family history, pain tolerance, precise location of injury, its acutenss, whether it happened before, etc. If you like Streit, just leave it at that, don’t try to rationalize his poor play in the playoffs by pretending to be a medical doctor.

Secondly, in my post I was answering Alias, not you. I have already told you I am not interested in discussing the point with you any further, so why do you persist? If anyone had the slightest interest in what either one of us thinks about Sundin’s game, they can go back for themselves and read what we wrote. So let it go, you sound like a broken record.

NHL TEAM PREDICTIONS lol
1.Montreal 1.Detroit
2.Pittsburgh 2.Anaheim
3.Washington 3.Calgary
4.Philedlphia 4.Dallas
5.NewYork R 5.Sanjose
6.Ottawa 6.Nashville
7.NewJersey 7.Edmonton
8.Buffalo 8.Minnesota
9.Carolina 9.Phoenix
10.Boston 10.Colorado
11.New York I 11.Columbus
12.Tampa Bay 12.Chicago
13.Florida 13.Vancouver
14.Toronto 14.Los Angelas
15.Atlanta 15.St.Louis

STUO 11:

“Our guys didn’t get in front of the net because they were too young to know what it was all about”.

I do not agree with this.

It is the Coaches job to tell these Guys to go to the net and park there Asses there!

I don’t think Ryder would come back for 5 mil a year. Ryder has a sour taste in his mouth now. He would take a lot less money to sign else where.

The way that The Habs handled Ryder was terrible.

Who’s harsh on Ryder?

Not I.

Carbonneau sat Ryder out. Was he supposed to sit there, cry & whimper. NO !!

Ryder showed alot of class through it all.

Not one complaint Buddy. Not One…….

Here’s the latest on Sundin:

http://www.thehockeynews.com/articles/16838-Leafs-captain-Mats-Sundin-continues-to-deliberate-as-clock-ticks.html

Radical Dude: You are right, I do not know how serious Striet’s injury was, all we know is what we were told and that is it was the same as Komy’s. I just would not give up on him so quickly, he was our third leading point getting. Anyway, it seems you and I don’t agree on much, I respect your opinion I just wish you would respect mine as well as other without making personal comments.

Here’s something I do agree with you about and that would be that Bertuzzi would be an improvement of Laracque. However, I am not so sure we need his legal problems.

Sorry Malone and Roberts not traded just yet it was their rights to sign to Tampa

Marc Denis said that he would love to sign with his home club(mtl). lol but he sucks. Maybe he would be better with the habs, but I would only sign him for 0.900 Mill max! Instead of getting Sundin I say we go after Rolston. Sundin will be probably 7 Mill and Rolston, because of his bad season last year he will only be about 5 to 6 Mill

lol Tampa Bay is signing Malone for a 7 year deadl worth 8 Mill the first 2 seasons and 4.5 Mill the other two seasons lol I would pay this guy more than 3 Mill!!!!

I can’t wait to see his (Malone’s) numbers next year. 7 mill!!! He better score 90+ pts for that kind of money.

yeah but guys, now they have Rolston!He could sign some where else, but knowing Tampa they’ll sign him for about 9 Mill lol. and Now Roberts. I think Tampa Bay is going 1st in the southeast 3rd in the conference, but don’t worry, the bolts are no threat to the habs.

Well I think Gainey should start looking at other ufa’s because it’s not looking to good for Sundin coming. He was supposed to make up his mind yesterday and didn’t. Now Rolston is pretty much a goner. All the better players are being snatched up while we wait on Sundin. But I’m sure Gainey has a plan. Well I hope so anyways.

I disagree. I think that Sundin is going to retire or play for Montreal. Sundin told Fletcher it’s the only team he pcture himself with either than the leafs. Since Sundin was a hab fan growing up as a kid.

He probably hates Montreal. But It’s taking him a while because he knows It’s his best chance to win the cup. Detroit is great but they just won it last year and they won’t have the passion the habs will this year. Carey Price 4 VEZINA!!!!

So you wish Montreal was more like Tampa? Hmm, well they did get the #1 pick this year because thye sucked ***, they over spent on Malone (7 million, r u kidding?), they signed Gary Roberts who is 43 frickin’ years old, and they have no goaltending. Okay they’ve been aggressive so far this off season, but don’t slam Gainey for not acting like them, no one is acting as desperate as they are, jumping on anything that skates. Bob has built this team from the ground up, we are contenders not pretenders!