It ain’t wrapping up to be a summer of big players for the habs. Continuation of the downsizing to fit Koivu. Great, small habs playing with lazy larger size habs who would rather get knocked around than use their size to advantage ala Ninnima-style/Johnson-fall down style!

And the Habs pre-draft promises Esposito, who may save us in the future, at least Gainey is planning, whether he keeps the rookies when they are just good enough, or whether the rookies get worn down because of crappy small forwards and crappy defensemen to play with, in otherwords, hey we have great rookies, they just don’t have veteran hockey players who want to protect them, instead you have rentals who don’t give a hoot, wasting salary cap, Gainey trading garbage for garbage and not making significant moves. He woulda been better just to buy Samsonov outright and start clean.

Now we got Cullimore who may get dressed if the defense get thin and the rookies buckle under the strain, or worse, do really well only to have Gainey shunt them down to the dogs so he can go after another Calder Cup run, way to go Crazy Bob, destroy your chances at first round Stanley Cup action and revenue so you can have a mini-habs ring instead of the real thing!

Oh ya, Gainey is still stuck in his Looney-Store mentality, you can promote that eastern townships goon and make him GM of the Habs but hey, he’s still gonna live on plastic cheese and two dollar shoes and draft small midget players and think he gets a big deal signing used-Russian players who were yesterday’s news, oh ya, like Salamander is gonna do anything more than skate fast, another young Johnson in the making. Skates fast but can’t handle the puck worth damn!

So we got Markov who can’t defend his own goalie, we are gonna see Gainey try and dump Sheldon’s big contract in return for two more used-broken down veterans and used-broken down rookies (who woulda thought that trading for a used-broken down rookie actually exists?) But hey leave it to Crazy Bob to actually find a Used Broken Down Rookie!

Honestly, as if Gainey would be able to realistically dump 3.8 million total, and as if Chicago would accept taking the whole amount. Honestly Habs#1 you are living in a dreamworld of Gainey Is God….oh well, ignorance is bliss. Only the bean counters at the Hawks and the Habs and most of all Bettman and the Governors are gonna know just what the final deal is. On the face of it Gainey is pretending he is freeing up salary cap space, but listen to his words wisely won’t you? Over the next two years. Guess what Samsonov had two years left on his contract. Cullimore only had one. So if it was a real buyout, Cullimore would clear the books this year, not over a space of two years. We didn’t have a hockey lockout for nothing. A deal is a deal, a contract is a contract.

Guess what Samsonov cleared waivers, Gainey promised that he wouldn’t play him, as did Carbo, but guess what, all of a sudden Gainey and Carbo and Samsonov were the best of friends. Do you really think Gainey would let Samsonov sit around next year? Do you really think Gillett would allow Gainey to buy out Gainey’s mistake? No, Samsonov would be helping the other habs to destroy yet another promising season.

Get real. Stay real and most of all Habs#1 live in the real world won’t you?

Whatta you bet that Cullimore is gonna be suited up? Heck Gainey thinks Dandenault is God’s Gift to defense for God’s Sake! Heck Cullimore would fit naturally to the next horrible defenseman Ninnima. Instead of one really crappy line of defense, now we have the promise of Cullimore and Ninnima, fighting it out with Dandenault and Bouillon for the worst defensive line.

And you think Gainey is still God? We sure as heck ain’t seeing Ninnima on the chopping blocks! Not signing Sheldon means that Gainey will use up the money which would have gone to Sheldon to buy another used broken down veteran no one wants and an equally used broken down rookie that no one wants, heck, we all thought Gainey was great for buying out a used broken down defenseman and also taking a used broken down rookie!

Honestly. These are warning signs, it shows number one: habs fans are the most gullible, number two: that Gillett doesn’t care for Montreal or the Habs!

Montreal is not on the hook for ANY of Samsonov’s contract. You dont trade away half a contract, you trade the whole 3.75 million. This trade was dead wood for dead wood. It wasn’t meant to improve the team, it was a salary dump. In this days NHL you have to do that free up some cap space. Salimander is going to play in hamilton, no doubt about that. Janne Lahti will play with the habs, not salimander. So all Gainey did was find a creative way to save the habs 1 million on the cap over the next 2 years. it’s gonna cost 700 thousand on the cap instead of 1.2 mil. I dont see whats wrong with this. It’s like the theodore trade. it didnt matter what we got from colorado, the main issue was getting rid of theos contract. not every trade is made to make a team an instant contender.

And you guys no nothing about the CBA, I think you’ve proved that.

# 27 Paul
Posted on June 17th, 2007 at 8:27 pm. About ‘Sergei Samsonov Traded to Blackhawks’.

You frogs don’t know what you are talking about. Because the Habs-not had a bad season you want to blame it on one person. You will never make it to the Stanley cup as long as you you the same two people coaching and as the general manager. The days of a team with nothing but french players is gone. There are not enough french players left to help montreal. Sergai will do good in Chicago

Your aware that when we were winning all those cups back in the day we didn’t have all francophones so those days your talking about never happened. we actually had close to a 50/50 mix of french and english canadians. so when someone says something like that it tell me they don’t what the hell they are talking about, then throw in the frog comment and it just comfirms the presence of an idiot.

yes we need to add far more canadian content to the team. and before some folks get there panties in bunch about this comment let me elaborate. in europe they play on a bigger ice surface and get penalized for what would legal plays over here. so naturally they are going to have a different/softer style than whats played in North america. it has nothing to with nationality and more to do with the style of play, rink size and enforcement of the rules.

I don’t understand some of the comments I read here…. what did you guys expect in return for Mr. Samsonov….friggin Vinny Lecavalier??? mabe Ovechkin … it’s like some of the other people noted … both these guys will probably be bought out anyways at a lower cost than it would have cost the Habs to buy out Samsonov’s contract … this was a good move we got rid of one of our biggest under-acheivers … it’s too bad that the complainers can’t see this …
just my two cents

Habs#1……no-one out there is currently questioning or ever has questioned Espositos work ethic, grit, mental toughness or desire. All of the critics however have questioned his consistency…..that is different than the other qualities. Consistency is hand in hand with maturity. Maturity comes in time…..give this kid 2-4 yrs and he WILL be a star, possibly at the level of Crosby, Ovechkin and Malkin. He has all of the tools and with the proper guidance he will blossom into a verifiable star. THIS IS FACT!!

Mark these words…..if Montreal does not draft this kid, they will regret it more than they did when they missed the boat on Denis Savard….this is the exact same situation as that.

With this said though……I fully expect the Oilers to take Esposito at #5.

Any comments from the peanut gallery???

No one questions those things? He’s being compared to Mike Ribeiro, Alexei Yashin and Alexandre Daigle! Come on!

And I live in deadmonton and I can tell you for a fact that they have no interest what so ever in Espo. They want Alzner, Cherepanov, Gagne or Voracek. They WILL NOT draft Angelo. They view Gagne and Voracek as better centres.

Boston wants Esposito. They would need to trade up to #7, just in front of Boston to get him. And the draft is a **** shoot. Esposito is not a sure thing. He will be boom or bust. He will be a star or the next Daigle.

PACTUM SERVA….sorry to leave you out man…..I had the feeling that Bob was going to swing something today but you could be right…maybe Thursday, for sure Friday. I would be shock n’ awed if he sits tight. I really feel Montreal has to pull an Edmonton(pronger/peca)kinda deal in order to make this coming year as success. They need something huge to get their offence going. These past years(noted exceptions to Ryder/Higgins)have been soooooo bad for offence.
I don’t necessarily like Carbo as the coach(i loved him as a player)…he is all defence and that is why so many offensive minded players die out in Montreal when they sign there. No wonder players like Shanny and Arnott refused to sign there…bring back the flyin’ frenchman…so to speak!

We need OFFENSE!!!

Hey, by the way…what the @#$! is PACTUM SERVA????

Habs #1- Ha that is a big laugh. As long as you have Ganey and Carbo running the team it won’t happen. Watch Chicago next season. Sammy is going to help bring them back. They way Carbo treats his players it is no wonder some players would never want to play for Montreal.