It may be a mistake waiting for Kovy to return before making any moves! Saks looks tired and will be out with a major injury or die of exhaustion by mid season. We need an offensive center now or our record will drop to 500 and we'll be scratching the rest of the way. Putting too many miles on Koivu too early!
Also Ribs not getting it done with lack of chemistry on that line!
Bonk showing great defensive work on PK and third line so keep him there!
Plecs or Begin are no more than fourth liners at this stage!
We're back to the last season's conversations! Lack of a centerman in one of the top two lines!
Is there anyone out there that we can pick up now? We also need a top d-man to play major minutes with Markov!
I agree that at this pace players are getting tired. Yes, because of injuries and some players are expected to step it up, but the new wide open play too. Look around at all the groin injuries this year. The new wide open play is taking a toll. I would hate to see the likes of our CATPAIN getting burned out this early in the season.
Well, there have been alot of trade rumors circulating about certain teams. With those rumors in mind I made a list of trades that wouldn't be too far off, and would better the Habs IMO.
With the Slumping Shane Doan, rumor has it Phoenix is shopping him around, we could get something like this:
To Montreal: Mike Ricci (C) $1,520,000.00 Shane Doan (RW) $3,002,000.00 Chris McAllister (D) $500,000.00
To Phoenix: 5th Round 2008 Draft Choice Cristobal Huet (G) $456,000.00 Mathieu Dandenault (D) $1,700,000.00 Jan Bulis (LW) $1,026,000.00 Mike Riebero (C) $1,178,000.00
Brain Burke has stated he isn't finshed trading players. From Anaheim we could probably see something like this:
To Montreal: (Either or..) Petr Sykora (RW) $3,116,000.00 Rob Niedermayer (C) $2,000,000.00
To The Mighty Ducks: 3rd round Draft Choice Mike Komisarek (D) $901,700.00 Jan Bulis (LW) $1,026,000.00
Florida is the most talked about team right now when concerning trades, anything with this team is possible.
To Montreal: 5th Round 2007 Draft Choice Jay Bouwmeester (D) $946,000.00 Roberto Luongo (G) $3,200,000.00
To Florida: Sheldon Souray (D) $2,128,000.00 Pierre Dagenais (LW) $550,000.00 Jose Theodore (G) $4,500,000.00
With Eric Daze potentially ending his career due to his latest injury Chicago would be looking to add extra spice to their lineup.
To Montreal: Todd Simpson (D) $600,000.00 Martin Lapointe (RW) $2,400,000.00
To Chicago: 3rd Round Draft Choice Sheldon Souray (D) $2,128,000.00 Mike Ribiero (C) $1,178,000.00
San Jose has reportely started looking for trades, with that we could probably have something look like this:
To Montreal: Marcel Goc (C) $836,000.00 3rd Round Draft Pick
To San Jose: Ratis Ivanis (RW) $450,000.00 Mike Riberio (C) $1,178,000.00
Other teams that haven't had much trade rumors going on offer a few good players we could go for.
A Boston-Montreal trade could yield something like this:
To Montreal: Nick Boyton (D) $1,750,000.00 Shawn McEachern (LW) $1,000,000.00
To Boston: Ron Hainsey (D) Pierre Dagenais (LW) $550,000.00 Mike Riebero (C) $1,178,000.00
Buffalo-Montreal has a few options that I could run down, but I'll list my favorite.
To Montreal: 3rd Round draft pick Daniel Briere (C) $1,938,000.00 Teppo Numinem (D) $2,000,000.00
To Buffalo: Radek Bonk (C) $2,394,000.00 Mathieu Dandenault (D) $1,700,000.00 Mike Riebero (C) $1,178,000.00
I heard Colorado was in talks to get theo, then I heard about Colorado trying to get Roberto from Florida. So I had a three way trade that I made, , so here is the Montreal-Colorado-Florida trade.
To Montreal: Alex Tanguay (LW) $3,230,000.00 Jay Bouwmeester (D) $946,000.00
To Florida: Cristobal Huet (G) $456,000.00 Andrew Brunette (LW) $800,000.00 Sheldon Souray (D) $2,128,000.00 Mike Riebero (C) $1,178,000.00
To Colorado: Mike Van Ryn (D) $1,064,000.00 Roberto Luongo (G) $3,200,000.00 Jan Bulis (LW) $1,026,000.00
Ok, here is the breakdown of the trade: -Montreal Trades Souray, Huet and Bulis to Colorado for Tanguay. -Colorado Trades Souray, Brunette, Huet to Florida for Luongo and Van Ryn. -Montreal trade Riebero to Florida for Bouwmeester.
I'm kinda tired so thats it for now, I'm gonna make this into a thread so people can post their comments.