I confess, i don’t have a police officer who has profiled, just bsing you all.

Izzy and Pactum you guys are pathetic you know that?

I like what HABSINBLOOD had to say, however you need teams that want these players and the way they’ve played doesn’t really make them trade material.

smiler, the jersey you saw is different then the one they’re going to have next year. It’s not as extreme.

The Habs jersey will be the exact same design, same stipes down the side and the front, the CH will still be there and the jersey won’t be tucked in. The players want this new jersey and it’s not as extreme as the other models we’ve seen(i.e World Juniors and the Olympics.)

Don’t worry about it. Same jersey but just a tiny bit tighter.

lol. where do you guys go to see the ip adress?

I still think he has crazy sexual frustrations though. Imagine if he’s like a 40 year old living in his mom’s basement.

Guys, I’ve been watching a few minutes of the young stars game from Dallas.But don’t understand the picks. Alex steen from leafs, (crappy player), gets picked, but no Latendresse! What are they thinking?
And the schedule remains the same next year, which means we don’t go to Edmonton, Calgary, or Vancouver. what a joke!

WE neve seem to do well in Western Canada. Last year we lost 6-2 in Vancouver to a sub par canucks team. THe flaes always smother us in teh nuetral zone and Edmonton usually finds a way to squeak one out. ALthough we did win the heritage classic, what a snub for them. SO not goign out there is not so bad as long as you dont live there. HEy I’ve been waitin gfor the Habs to come to WInnipeg for 10 years now. I have to settle for the Bulldogs playing the Moose.

Souray didn’t win the hardest shot competition, but the announcers really angered me. they said, before it started, that Chara would be a lock to win, even tho Souray won it last year. Even tho Chara won it, it wasn’t exactly accurate of who has the hardest shot, because: a) Souray has more goals than Chara, and b) Souray shoots most of the time from the point standing still. In this competition they are about 10 feet out,and skating. I’m positive that from the blueline, standing still, Souray has the hardest shot! that’s the place they should have placed the players, and standing still.
But of course those anti hab broadcasters don’t want a habs player to win, so they set it up for another player to win. Wouldn’t it be nice if Toronto dropped off from the face of the earth? But anyways,everyone knows Torontonians are cold, and their is no ambience there, unlike Montreal with all it’s european charm and friendly people. I hate Toronto, and I hate their team with their ugly blue uniforms!

What ticked me off is that the commentators at the ALL Star 3 0n the goalie competition; HUET shut them all out. At the end; he didn’t even get an honourable mention from them. What Blluhsit!!
Huet in the second 1/2 of the season will SHINE! Game On!!

***** I hate to change the subject from the “All barf” game and activities, but really I would… My only hope is that Souray will mow down some of the opposition tonight with some stay bullets! IZZY do not have me profiled for the “MOW DOWNâ€? comment, I meant pucks

Anyway, I’ve been bored with no Hab hockey play, so I would like to spark-up some discussions about continued success for second half of the Habs season. Maybe speculation of possible trades that Bob and the Gang might be planning (realistically), or strategy to sure up the Defense and Offense? Is this not why this forum exists?

I propose we play a little GM and put ourselves in Bob’s position?!?! What would we do to make this team a cup contender either this year or in the near future? I know there are a lot of Blogs that have discussed these type of deals over the months, but maybe you can restate them with more detail?

CHALLENGE: What would be the Your Ultimate Habs “Block Buster Trade” if the trade dead-line was this Saturday at noon?

RULES:
#1 – Must consider salary to the best of your knowledge (available on the NET).
#2 – Must consider other teams’ needs and willingness to make the trade.
#3 – Must include why the Habs need to make the trade.
#4 – Must add if the trade would be a short-term or Long-term move.
#5 – Must include replacements to the Habs to fill the openings left by making a multi-player move.
#6 РMust label your entr̩e MY ULTIMATE HAB TRADE at the top of your Blog.
#7 РMust submit an entr̩e by Game time Saturday 27th, 2007.

Note if you think the Habs are fine “AS IS” say so, and maybe discuss strategy enhancements????

Would anyone interested in such a Challenge? Any Feedback????

My ULTIMATE HAB TRADE

To SAN JOSE: D Andrei Markov, RW Sergei Samsonov, LW Andrei Kostitsyn, 3rd Round Draft Choice

To MONTREAL: C Patrick Marleau, D Kyle McLaren, 5th Round Draft Choice

NEEDS:
San Jose have expressed a need for a bonafide number one defenceman and wingers, Samsonov and Sharks center Joe Thornton are best of friends and have shown chemistry on the ice from their years in Boston.
Montreal desperately needs a strong center presence and some defensive toughness on the blueline as well.

I think the salaries here are a wash, the draft choice flip and the inclusion of a touted prospect on the Habs’ part make up for the fact that Markov is a UFA at season’s end. Due to cap restrictions, I don’t really think San Jose with all their upcoming young talent peaking together will be able to afford to keep both Thornton and Marleau as well as affording Cheechoo and their top notch goalie tandem. Samsonov is a risk but a change of scenery and the presence of old linemate and buddy Thornton could spark him back to what he was.

In a minor move, I’d like to see the Habs get Arron Asham back from NYI, come on, Garth Snow can be fleeced. Offer them Garth Murray and some cash or something.

I also wouldn’t mind seeing what Phoenix defencemen and/or if Shane Doan is available.

Is Florida willing to part with D Jay Bouwmeester if the trade is right?

I wouldn’t want Jokinen, can’t score away from Sunrise Center or whatever they call Florida’s arena and I’m sick of no guts/no grit Euros. Columbus will never trade Rick Nash but maybe pry Gilbert Brule away? Eric Daze is all but retired (he hasn’t filed the papers yet but he’s done). Washington has nothing but number 8 and Semin, the rest are plumbers.

Lapierre is back to the DoGS….

Re: Tampa, their big 3 take up I think around 50% of their salary cap – and that doesn’t even include Boyle. I think Richards, St.Louis and Lecavalier are all in the neighborhood of 7mil – give or take a few hundred thousand. I think this is partly the result of being the last Stanley Cup champion before the strike and salary cap was introduced.

I don’t see how their salary structure can last long term – one of the 3 will surely be traded at some point. Look at the Habs – our top 2 forwards Koivu and Kovalev make 4mil + change. I would take any 3 of these guys – although I don’t see how it would work at salaries of 7mil/year.

Problem with trying to deal 3 of the big 4 in Tampa(I include Dan Boyle) is that Boyle, St.Louis and Richards all have no-trade clauses. They would have to agree to leave.

Would you agree to leave Florida to go to Chicago? I didn’t think so.

And you’d have to be nuts to trade Vinny. He’s not going anywhere till he’s a UFA. And has anyone noticed how Tampa is back in the playoffs right now? A trade of the any of the big four will probably never happen.

As for my ultimate Habs deal, it would be Sergei Samsonov,Craig Rivet,David Aebischer,Andrei Kotstitsyn and a first round pick to L.A. for Anze Kopitar, Dustin Brown and Jack Johnson.

Darius Kasparaitis on waivers… should Gainey take a flyer on him or this guy done?

Kopitar is not going anywhere. He is a young talent in LA, and will only get better. LA would be crazy to trade him. They’re in a rebuilding stage, and going to keep their young stars. Maybe look to Phoenix, and Doan.
I heard Smolinski, in Chicago could be pryed away. They need D men, badly!
Rivet and draft pick? Also, does anyone want Perehzogin? We really don’t need him, especially with Begin returning, and he’s not great defensively, so I would trade him . I do believe a trade will be made before the trading deadline, Feb 27th! Gainey will not let Souray walk for nothing; either he will resign or get traded. So which D men to keep?

high 4 habs, welcome to the new NFL type CBA, teams WILL let players walk for nothing at the end of their contracts more often now. That’s the way it works in the NFL and that will happen in the NHL from now on with playoff bound teams.

Souray will not be traded and id he asks for anything more then 5.5 million and Gainey will let him walk.

ok, coutNY….if you’re going to hold the money, I’ll send you a check.bwahahahaha.

I will post my ultimate trade soon, but aside from who you’d want your ultimate trade to be, who do you think is actually going to move?

I’ve created a mini reverse draft order…( names in a hat ) to see which order you pick in.Otherwise I’d just say Samsanov and have the advantage because I created the thread. You cant make your pick until the person above you in the draft has picked.We’ll see who has gm savy and have some fun at the same time..
ok here goes…

1 Jack Tornton
2 smiler2729
3 habs #1
4 coutNY
5 hab-dab-a-do
6 joshtm ( yes I put his name in too )
7 HB
8 izzy
9 high 4 habs
10 snake
11 I am Canadien
12 pactum serva
13 habman
14 sam
15 xhabsfan
16 rubberman
17 kazmojo
18 higgy 21
19 riser8
20 Frank Doiron
21 Thomas Steenburg

ok…good luck!

oh…if you think this is stupid, by all means say so and just say decline…then the guy below you can make his pick.

Thanks!

And we can add Moarkov to this trade*

I am in! Not too far down the line…I guess I better come up with a pick? Maybe there should be a 12 hour “your on the clock” trade limit that starts from the end of the last pick. And you get bumped to the end of the line. This would be a just in case people do not participate, time differences or are unavailable otherwise we might be speculating until after the season? Looks like Smiler2729 would be up next…

Hey Jack, I sensed the sarcasm in the dig referencing #142 “And we can add Markov to this trade*”… I think it was in responding to my #139 “I am seeing some bold trades with smiler2729 leading the way, offering Markov for Marleau…” bit, which I did think was bold that would change the face of the team, but not necessarily the best trade for the team… and your move 141# would be a monumental move if you could sell it to Tampa! But, you’d probably have to throw in a Markov caliber player into the mix to make the deal. In the same breath, I believe getting rid of Markov, while we are playing a traditional Defense-style trap hockey would be a mistake. I also think Xhabsfan makes interesting points about Suring-up the D because of the way we play, but do not necessarily like all the people in the transitions. I like BOULLION and STREIT. Boullion has been producing more with his increased ice time. Streit has turned into quite the utility guy for Carbo. He better watch it with BERTUZZI; dangerously close to joshtm’s broken down category. joshtm I think Ryan Smyth might be available by trade deadline…