People seem to be missing the point. Smolinski is a replacement for Bonk, a higher scoring 1 year replacement. Hamrlik is NOT a replacement for Souray he is a replacement for Rivet, a much better (albeit more expensive) replacement. Sourays spot will be filled by autumn probably through a trade. By the way my friends and I have noticed when down at the Bell Centre that the 2 players who really seem to give it all every night are Latendresse and LaPierre, both big guys, both near to a break to the next level. Yashin does come with a number of problems but if he signs a short deal for peanuts what the heck you can never have too many centers.

My 2 cents:

I’d put my wallet away. Bob, don’t sign anyone for the sake of looking busy!!! I don’t have much confidence in anyone big coming here unless we trade some real good prospects. Bob wouldn’t do that, so…

The GM has to do everything possible to get LEcavalier. Everything possible: trade away some good players. Bob, you owe it to the fans to get a big star like Lecavalier. There’s no other option, management owes it to all the fans, eg: sold out every game for 2 yrs, all merchandise sold, blogs similar to this one. I don’t care if we trade Price, even if he’s great, Vinny’s great too…

Don’t let the HABs become a version of the Leafs!!!

Gainey offered Smyth and Briere more money then they took to go elsewhere and apparently even Jean Beliveau called Briere to convince him to come and he still said no. Montreal is not a desirable locale for the big names anymore.

Get used to slow rebulding through the draft.

Gainey’s logic makes no sense. He is basically paying less qualified players good money to replace players who should have received that amount. I bet if Gainey actually offered Bonk the money he woulda taken it. So it looks like Gainey is playing Scarface in his own mind, cause he’s too cheap to give Bonk a minor raise, he’ll pay Homerlink there more, and cause he doesn’t wanna pay what Souray wants he’ll overpay Homerlink to prove the point home…and cause he wants to look like he’s doing something he’ll hire Smokerlinksky too much for one year, with Smokerlinksy knowing he can pull a Samsonov and not score and not even try, along with Homerlink there….bejezuz bye as Ryder would say…someone take Gainey out cause hey he’s too high on that Columbian dust or what?

It’s too late Rubberman…you have all the criteria there, Gainey who courts bigots to come, knowing they ain’t gonna come cause they are way too bigotted, heck we got Carbo who wanted to put his kids in English school…if that is who is leading the habs…its sad. The Rocket all over again eh? Anglo bigots destroying the habs just to get even with the Quebecois! Habs fans should riot all over again, show these bigots who are running the habs where they should go! Give the Habs back to Montreal! If you can’t find enough english speaking bigots to play, heck hire local born players! Pay them what they deserve too!

Joshtm were you not the one that was throwing a fit about people making up excuses why players were not signing here.. Do you really think being english is the reason why the habs are always a 7th-11th place team. Your an idiot.. Souray is not coming back. Him and his agent dismissed the offer bob showed them and told him he was not coming back. I’m dissapointed in the signings as usual but we have unreal young talent coming up through the system. Price, Halik, o bryne, locke, grabovsky.. These guys playing with lapierre, latendresse, kostitsyn,and pleks, higgins and ryder.. As long as Bob doesn’t do anything stupid with these guys I’ll be happy.. Until then.. I’m prepared to be cheering for the habs in the fight for the last playoff spot, at least it gives us a little something to hold on too

RBK just did not get it. The NHL is a league of bigots! RBK must be one of them! Imagine if francophone players were given a real chance to play in Montreal! Instead they have to leave Montreal to show how good they really are! Its time for Montreal to resurface as a team from Quebec with Quebec talent! Not this sham of a team that Gainey and his American puppet masters have forced us to watch. Going cheap so they (Gillett and partners) can make a profit!

JOSHTM, YOU SAID ALL WHAT WAS NEEDED TO BE SAID.

Guys, if you bash Joshtm for comment # 64, then you must be out of your mind. Just hope Bob Gainey signs both Souray and Shanny, and Joshtm might jump in the bandwagon next year.

Way to go Bob!

Bob’s been a huge disappointment this offseason. However i’d rather the team in his hands then Regean Houle. He put us in this mess to begin with. We can’t even attract french canadians like briere, not like Bob didn’t try. He offered the most money. Briere wanted to join philly where he’ll get a concussion and be forced to play.lol.. Bad move on his part, will get the last laugh, just hang in there, shanny is a must if we can get him for a 2yr deal. I think in 2 years will be looking good. Players used bob as a bargaining chip to up they’re own stock with no intentions of coming here. Guys like koivu have no weight to get guys like smyth to come here, we don’t have a joe sakic, maybe saku can call ville nimmenen, hahaha.
Time is running out Bob, get yur **** together or get the hell outta here

Hey all…….I may be way off in lala land here but I sense a big trade comin….like a Saku Koivu trade…….maybe to Anaheim for either rights to Ryan or for Getzlaf or maybe both….think about it…if Selanne plays this coming year it might be with Koivu and not in Montreal, if he does play it will be with Anaheim….both of those players have stated they would like to play together. Based on what Saku said before the free agent period about not wanting to stay in Montreal if they keep rebuilding, I think he may ask for a trade. They really did not do much. Koivu may be pissed off about it and rightfully so!

Never say never folks….always remember…Gretzky got traded!!

I would be awfully surprised if Shanny were to end up with Montreal. Sather will re-sign him. I saw Bob speak on TSN and I think what we saw is it. He claims to have approx. $2-$3 mil. left. Cannot buy alot with that these days.

Oh well…..I will wait for Lecavalier next year and Crosby in 2013. Then we will have a team to be proud of!!!

To Bob Gainey: I know that you Crazy Bob read this blog on and off.

I have a message for you Bob Gainey. Maybe it is time you take on some other duty within the Habs organization, maybe you and Trevor Timmins should concentrate on scouting rookies.

Bob Gainey, I want you to resign your position as GM of the Habs. Time to call it quits. It is sad when you have to get the Great Beliveau begging on your behalf, that is insulting, and demeans the dynasty.

Just for that, Bob Gainey it is time you call it quits. After this past year, with the trade deadline, and with yanking rookies back and forth and destroying two great goalie rookies, and now with basically wasting the Habs negotiating money on broken down players….maybe Bob Gainey it is time you realize that you don’t have what it takes.

If only to keep Quebec from seperating once again, for the good of Canada and Hockey, for the Montreal Dynasty, for all those poor young kids, most of all for your good name, Bob Gainey, resign. Please.

Re: RBK#61(Comment) You had mentioned that as long as Gainey doesn’t do anything foolish.. (I mean stupid) with the young guys already on the “beloved” and the young fellas we have coming up through the system, you’ll be fine cheering for the eighth and final playoff spot… Me to! There is something to be said about being a Habs fan, and anyone who isn’t, just wouldn’t understand?(I would hope they are as passionate a fan as we “ALL”are to our team) Sorry to get of track there, but you’re right… all the youngans you mentioned, and shall I add, ‘Lil’ Kostitsyn, and by the way I’m stoked to see what ‘Big brother’ does this year, I think he’s a gem! Valentenko, Chipchura, Milroy,… I could go on, but it will be very exciting in the next say… 3-5 years. Sure it would be nice to be winning now, and have that comfortable guarantee of a playoff spot each and every year, but I believe that some great seasons are not that far away. To end off here… anyone tell me, if there is one player in the league right now that you would love to see in a Habs jersey… who is it? For me it’s a no brainer! Ryan Smyth is the ultimate hockey player. What is the guy not capable of? 30-40-50 goal scorers will always be around, but a player of Smitty’s contributions to the game…
need I say more? Ovechkin, and Crosby wouldn’t be that bad either.(hehe!)

There is no guarantee under Crazy Bob’s yankem yo-yo’em hockey style with rookies that any of the rookies will get to stay in Montreal. Oh no, Bob’s got his eye on another Calder Cup. He doesn’t care if the habs do well or not. I guess no one has figured out that Bob doesn’t give a hoot now, he’s insulted that great players don’t kiss his big arse! Bob’s so big headed and so conceited that he’d rather destroy the habs and blame Smyth and Briere et al.

But someone forgot to remind Bob that he built this crappy team. He hired his crappy coach. He drafted and recruited mighty mite rookies who are only good at winning the Calder Cup. That would be alright if all Bob had to do was win the Calder Cup. He’s supposed to have a winning heart, he’s supposed to want to win the Stanley Cup, not just the Calder Cup!

Man Gainey talks like a real loser. He knows he built a lousy team, where no great players want to come and grind it out on behalf of the likes of Dandenault!

That’s Gainey’s answer to losing Souray. We’ll have Dandenault take his place. Great….just great. Heck if you people didn’t see it, Bob was basically telling the whole world to frig off, he was practically pointing his middle finger at everyone. He doesn’t care anymore, he never did.

It’s time we all ask for Gainey to resign, have him take Carbo with him too, hey Guy, go to some other city where they have English schools for your bigotted children okay Guy? You *******!!!!!

Bowman,Lemaire,Cornyier,Dryden and Andy Murray for g.m. Coach:Hartsburg or Andy Murray

# 68 habs4ever
Posted on July 3rd, 2007 at 10:20 pm. About ‘Canadiens sign Roman Hamrlik and Bryan Smolinski’.

The biggest problem is Carbs, no 95 point scorer wants to sign in Montreal and lose 30 points off theyre total to play Carbs defencive system. Its a no brainer. It isn’t the crazy media, it isn’t the taxes. Its this defencive **** we play, and were not any good at it BTW, we hav a young fast team, who is more design to run and gun then lay back and wait for mistakes, theyre not mature enough to play this boring style, and guys like kovalev and saku shouldn’t be in any defencive system, theyre highly skilled players who should be given the chance to do theyre thing. I’ll start the fire carbs chants, if we do that and people still won’t come. I’ll admit I was wrong, if I was a star player I wouldn’t sign in this system.

Huh the biggest problem is Carbo? he’s been coach for one season and we haven’t been able to attract elite ufa’s for over a decade? is it Carbo’s fault for all those years to? sounds like a ridiculous notion to me.

Huh the biggest problem is Carbo? he’s been coach for one season and we haven’t been able to attract elite ufa’s for over a decade? is it Carbo’s fault for all those years to? sounds like a ridiculous notion to me.

Montreal has never been big players in the FA market, this was a storie franchise a decade ago, and people loved to play here. Problem was, we were content selling out seats without being competitive, hockey in montreal will sell whether we spend or not. It’s a fact. If someone offered mre money to a french canadian 10 years ago. Of course he signs. Carbs is the problem. If scotty bowman or a somewhat offencive minded coach were here, we would of landed someone other then samsonov over the past 2 years, but after seeinng what they did to him and kovalev. Noone wants to be here, everone harps on kovy, hes a 30 goal scorer on another team. Skilled hockey players don’t like playing in weak traps. Jersey has problems with thi issue too, not many UFA sign there. If you think carbs is good for this team, your sadly mistaken he’s producing one of the mst boring on ice products to watch, layed back bullshit hockey. That doesn’t impress high profile talent.
Pierre Turgeon, Vincent Damphousse and a few others examples of french canadians. Before Bob got here this team was in turmoil, hes rebuilded a nice nucleus of young players, but young guys alone won’t do it. I am losing faith quick. Fire carbs, bob. hire scotty bowman or someone of his style and watch the smyths and briere’s tak the money and run. Carbs might tur out ok, but it won’t be fun to watch. I, as a fan enjoy exciting hockey and we deserve to see our skilled players using theyre skills. He must go.

Gainey said he mentioned Smolinski to Carbo and Carbo just smiled.
Why is Carbo happy? Smolinski’s no Briere??

Instead of Smolinski why not get Peca ?? On defense Brad Stuart and Hamrlik

According to TSN Ed Jovanovski might be up for grabs. If he could stay healthy he’s the allstar defensmen we might need.

Yes, Larry Robinson for GM and Andy Murray as coach! Maybe they can do something with this bunch, make them competitive enough to make the team attractive to other winners, then maybe players like Shanahan would love to come to Montreal.

I can’t wait to be proven wrong in the fall, when all of a sudden Roman and Bryan and Tom there come out as superstars! Not that they were great before, like all of their stats leading up to the trade are dismal! And they are the calvary come to save Montreal from itself?

And honestly, if the fans and the media are that bad in Montreal…..maybe Gary Bettman should permanent shut down the habs forever! Cause hey, according to Mr. Gainey there, the media, they are toooo bad! and the fans? toooo demanding!!! Honestly, like the media who pay through the nose to the habs for rights to cover the habs, and the fans who pay through the nose for tickets, both of who give their hard earned cash to Mr. Gainey and Mr. Gillett….honestly, what a bunch of total BS!!!!!

And we’re not supposed to be pissed at that?

If it is so bad there Bob Gainey, resign! And if the pro hockey players can’t stand adoring fans and media, what are they doing becoming pro hockey players??? Talk about being totally out to lunch or what?

And you are all so stupid as to accept those stupid BS excuses!!!

I heard that Bettman was considering waiving the rules regarding equipment, to allow Sakku Koivu and Roman Hamrlik use their walkers on the ice, and an additional waiver for Sakku to use his seeing eye cane and german shepard…maybe that way instead of hooking players Sakku could actually play hockey!!!

Hey Bob, instead of water bottles, the Habs are gonna be giving out Ensure to half of the team during the game!

I feel sorry for the Habs trainer, he’s gotta get those adult pampers for Sakku and Roman!

I also heard Gary Bettman is considering hiring a researcher so Bryan and Tom there, the other old age pensioners that Bob Gainey hired, hiring a researcher to find out ways in which they can transfer their social security cheques to Canada…..

There was a replay on the old CBC HNIC black and whites, and Sakku, Tom, Bryan and Roman all looked old in those too! I think half of the Habs were born just after they invented electricity!

Man, the NHL is considering making the nets larger just for Sakku’s behalf! That’s cause Sakku’s so old he can see for trying.

I also heard Gary Bettman is considering waiving the hockey stick rule for the habs forwards, seems on top of getting larger lighter pucks, they are considering allowing Roman, Tom, Bryan and Sakku to be allowed to use Goalie sticks in the hopes that the bigger blade will allow them to actually pass the puck!

I have never seen such a wide range of players, one side of the bench is the old folks home for retired worn out used up broken down veterans in pampers and the other side are for Tim Bits players who are still in potty training!

Man is that sad or what?

And you know what is even funnier? There are fans out there who think Bob is Hockey God cause he can find a way to still allow old folkies to still play hockey and on the flip side, be a walking talking ad for Tim Bits peewee hockey!!!!HAHAHAAAA!!!!!

if Daniel Briere & other stars don”t want to come to Montreal because of the prssure well then I for one don”t want them. They should be honnored the Canadians even asked them to sign. Most of the free agents were very over paid and not worth the money they are getting. Even Souray is not worth re-signing. Maybe he could score goals but his defence was terrible. WE have a great farm system and within a couple of years we will have a great team once again! I have been a HAB fan for almost 50 years. We will be great once again and will do it within our system not with greedy free agents that only play for money. We want players that want to play here & have pride in being a Montreal Canadian. I believe in Gainey. I know that when our players are drinking from the stanley cup Briere and the other players that did not want to come here will be sitting at home thinking Hey that could have been me.