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If the Habs are in rebuilding mode trade Price, no need for him if winning is not on top of your list. Get what you can for him now, he would be a nice fit in Edmonton, I think Talbot's contract is up.
Wow...certains journalistes bien informés affirment même que Pacioretti aurait laissé jusqu'à 20 millions sur la table en refusant l'offre des Kings.....je comprends maintenant mieux pourquoi lui et son agent Pat Brisson se soient séparés......et son nouvel agent a tout fait pour sauver les meubles avant que la saison ne
débute.....il voulait vraiment quitter Montréal.
débute.....il voulait vraiment quitter Montréal.
Is Suzuki the first Japanese player in Habs history?
Is this a good value when he did not even make the Vegas team last year and is not yet established as an NHL player?
Is this a good value when he did not even make the Vegas team last year and is not yet established as an NHL player?
Gaby...... Just got sick of Talbot and there is not much out there, unless a team is rebuilding they will not give up an upper tier goalie.
Would he be a savior... no but we may be in the playoffs.
Would he be a savior... no but we may be in the playoffs.
Carey Price has a full no-trade contract which has already begun kicking in. I doubt he'd agree to be traded to Edmonton. I doubt Angela would agree to move there. However i'm sure he could be bribed into waiving his no-trade clause in order to be traded 'to a team of his chosing'. I'm certain he'd love to be traded to Nashville. He's a huge fan of country music and once described walking through Nashville as 'walking through paradise'. I'm sure he'd also agree to be traded to a Florida team where he wouldn't have to pay any State income tax. I'm also there are many teams in the league he'd agree to be traded to if the offer to waive his no-trade contract is right. But i'd seriously doubt one of those teams would be Edmonton.
I also can't see many teams willing to pay $10.5 million US for a goalie......until 2016!!!!!
I also don't believe he's that good anymore. I'd say he's not even among the top 12 goalies in the league. Maybe this year he'll prove me wrong, who knows.
The habs also have other contracts they may like to move out before contemplating asking Carey Price to waive his no-trade clause. Karl Alzner is one of them. But they might have to eat up some contract if they trade him and they likely won't get much in return. Shea Weber is another contract they likely would contemplate moving out. But the list of teams who'd want him keeps getting smaller year after year. He's not getting any younger and he may be starting to be injury-prone due to his age and lagging very high minutes throughout his career. Father time is starting to catch up to him. But the main problem is that he's getting paid top money & his contract also expires only in 2026. Weber is still a very good player but the term on his contract is what would scare away most teams.
Pacioretty is outta here. Good riddance! I thought he was too much of a wuss to be a captain. Habs had zero swagger with him wearing the C jersey. More often than not Habs were the hittees for opponents and that was painful to watch as a Habs fan. The re-tooling of this year’s version needs to start with attitude. I’d like to see Webber named the new captain. Problem is he’s shelved until Dec.
Chose certaine pour l'organisation....avec le départ de Subban 2016 et maintenant Galcheyniuk--Pacioretty.....le ménage est fait et l'attitude----terme cher au DG---devrait être meilleure dans la Chambre et sur la glace......l'esprit d"équipe devrait être au rendez-vous et produire des résultats positifs sur la glace.....
MAIS avec le départ de ces joueurs talentueux il y aura une forte production à combler.....et c'est loin d'être évident.....on peut facilement imaginer la pression de produire pour certains joueurs dont particulièrement DROUIN qui devra livrer la marchandise......my 2 cents.
MAIS avec le départ de ces joueurs talentueux il y aura une forte production à combler.....et c'est loin d'être évident.....on peut facilement imaginer la pression de produire pour certains joueurs dont particulièrement DROUIN qui devra livrer la marchandise......my 2 cents.
The so-called 'captaincy' issue in hockey is so ridiculous. It's a stupid obsession. It's the only sport i can think of that makes such a big issue out of it. Can anyone name the Blue Jays captain? The LA Lakers captain? The SF 49ers captain? The Toronto FC captain? Only in hockey!
They should get rid of the captaincy. If anyone believes the bullshit that professional hockey players need a captain in order to motivate them to play as hard as they can then if it's true those so-called 'professional hockey players' should not be getting paid. But it's all bullshit & just there as a talking point since the so-called 'hockey media' has nothing else to write about and by putting so much emphasis on 'captaincy' issues they treat hockey fans as a bunch of retards.
The NY Yankees have traditionally had captains but usually bestow it to exceptional players who have exemplary character and work ethic. I think it’s largely ceremonial and is more intended to honor the player than actually appoint him as an erstwhile leader of a team.
Examples of New York Yankees past captains are Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly, Thurman Munson and Lou Gehrig. All of these players became captains after long and successful careers as NYY players. Although the Yankees captaincy is currently vacant there are several future candidates on the team, the two strongest of which are Aaron Judge and Sir DIDi Gregorious. If Gregorious is made captain he would be the first captain who is also a Knight and there would be confusion on whether to call him “Sir DIDi” or “Captain Didi”.
On the current Habs team the only player who is remotely by this criteria Captain material is Gallagher. However Gallagher isn’t as good a hockey player as the Yankees captains I mentioned above were as baseball players. You have to be really good and put in years of quality service to the team. Markov could have been made a Captain his last few years on the team, IMHO, but the Habs organization didn’t want a Russian in their captaincy. It’s not really fair to Markov because he deserved it after all of his years of service. If he was French and from Quebec, his captaincy would have been more automatic than my hard on the last time I saw Dahlia Of Euphoria. It is what it is. He will be captain of his KHL team probably.
Examples of New York Yankees past captains are Derek Jeter, Don Mattingly, Thurman Munson and Lou Gehrig. All of these players became captains after long and successful careers as NYY players. Although the Yankees captaincy is currently vacant there are several future candidates on the team, the two strongest of which are Aaron Judge and Sir DIDi Gregorious. If Gregorious is made captain he would be the first captain who is also a Knight and there would be confusion on whether to call him “Sir DIDi” or “Captain Didi”.
On the current Habs team the only player who is remotely by this criteria Captain material is Gallagher. However Gallagher isn’t as good a hockey player as the Yankees captains I mentioned above were as baseball players. You have to be really good and put in years of quality service to the team. Markov could have been made a Captain his last few years on the team, IMHO, but the Habs organization didn’t want a Russian in their captaincy. It’s not really fair to Markov because he deserved it after all of his years of service. If he was French and from Quebec, his captaincy would have been more automatic than my hard on the last time I saw Dahlia Of Euphoria. It is what it is. He will be captain of his KHL team probably.
Doc...bien d'accord avec l'importance exagérée que l'on accorde ici au rôle de capitaine.....d'ailleurs je comprends très bien l'hésitation de Gallagher hier quand on lui a posé la question....LES 9 DERNIERS CAPITAINES ONT ÉTÉ ÉCHANGÉ.....pourrait peut-être penser à désigner PRICE.....lol.
The biggest mistake any hockey player in Montreal would be to accept being named as the team's captain. It's too much of a zoo-like atmosphere out there & every time something goes wrong the media & the fans start blaming the captain. And if after a game or losing streak he doesn't feel like facing the media he's dubbed a traitor & should be traded.
The exception would be a player like PK Subban who loves & thrives in front of the cameras. But he's no longer with the habs and there aren't many PK Subban types out there.
The exception would be a player like PK Subban who loves & thrives in front of the cameras. But he's no longer with the habs and there aren't many PK Subban types out there.
The next Habs captain has to be Gally or Weber. Then there is the option to go into the season without a C...
I agree but the problem with Gallagher is that he doesn't fit the typical mold of 'captain'. My guess is that Shea Weber should get the nod (if he wants it) since he's the team's best player, is a veteran and a respected leader. If not him or Gallagher i can't think of anyone else.
By the normal criteria of captaincy which I mentioned earlier, I don’t think Gallagher is a good enough player and Weber, although he is a good enough player, has insufficient tenure with the Habs and is too injury prone to be a Captain. All the Yankees captains I mentioned above were, for most of their careers, durable horses. If you appoint a guy who is constantly being scratched or is on the hockey DL it sets a bad example because the other players need to look at their Captain and see a horse who logs a ton of ice time. This was why Mark Messier was a great captain. The dude was a freaking horse and was always there for his team.
There are simply no good candidates on the team at the moment so I say leave it vacant for now.
There are simply no good candidates on the team at the moment so I say leave it vacant for now.
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