Who won't be back

Kendich · Veteran Member

Who won't be back

barry33 · Guru

Kendich wrote:

Found this on another board, no surpises really. I was hoping to get rid of Ribeiro, maybe we'll package him up though. Goaltender Olivier Michaud has a perfect record in the National Hockey League, but his dream of regular employment with the Habs has come to an end. Michaud joined the Canadiens from the Shawinigan Cataractes on an emergency basis in October 2001 because Jeff Hackett and Jose Theodore were injured. On Oct. 31, he replaced Mathieu Garon during the third period of a game in Edmonton. He played 18 minutes and stopped all 14 shots he faced in a 3-1 loss. Michaud was dressed as the backup for a total of four NHL games in what were heady times for the Beloeil native. He was named the top goaltender in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 2001-02 and also was named QMJHL scholastic player of the year and personality of the league. He played two games for the Canadian team that won a silver medal at the world junior championship. But Michaud's subsequent career hasn't been as productive and the Canadiens cut ties with the 22-year-old this week when they declined to make him a qualifying offer. Michaud, who slipped behind Jaroslav Halak last season with Long Beach in the East Coast Hockey League, becomes an unrestricted free agent. The Canadiens also said goodbye to two guys who were supposed to provide the team with some toughness. The tough-guy role was Peter Vandermeer's to lose in training camp last fall - and he lost it. Unheralded Raitis Ivanans won the job, but his NHL career was derailed when he was sucker-punched by Ottawa's Zdeno Chara in his second NHL game. Ivanans, who played a total of four NHL games, and Vandermeer didn't receive qualifying offers and neither did Pierre Dagenais, who had five goals and a pair of shootout winners before he was exiled to Hamilton. The Canadiens did extend offers to goalie David Aebischer, Christopher Higgins, Mike Komisarek, Mike Ribeiro, Alexander Perezhogin and Michael Ryder, as well as minor-leaguers Andrew Archer, Jean-Philippe Cote, Yann Danis, Jonathan Ferland and Duncan Milroy. They were offered raises ranging from 0-to-10 per cent.-- Edited by Kendich at 11:39, 2006-06-28

Believe it or not I think that they should have kept Ivans. Guys that big and strong do not come along every day. To me, the jury is still out on Downey in that role. As for those who would say "well Ivans is not a great skater blah blah blah"..the guy would be on the 4th line and getting 3 minutes of icetime a game....when you are that huge and tough as long as you can stand I dont care about your skating ability.

AB Habman · Guru

barry33 wrote:

Kendich wrote: Found this on another board, no surpises really. I was hoping to get rid of Ribeiro, maybe we'll package him up though. Goaltender Olivier Michaud has a perfect record in the National Hockey League, but his dream of regular employment with the Habs has come to an end. Michaud joined the Canadiens from the Shawinigan Cataractes on an emergency basis in October 2001 because Jeff Hackett and Jose Theodore were injured. On Oct. 31, he replaced Mathieu Garon during the third period of a game in Edmonton. He played 18 minutes and stopped all 14 shots he faced in a 3-1 loss. Michaud was dressed as the backup for a total of four NHL games in what were heady times for the Beloeil native. He was named the top goaltender in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 2001-02 and also was named QMJHL scholastic player of the year and personality of the league. He played two games for the Canadian team that won a silver medal at the world junior championship. But Michaud's subsequent career hasn't been as productive and the Canadiens cut ties with the 22-year-old this week when they declined to make him a qualifying offer. Michaud, who slipped behind Jaroslav Halak last season with Long Beach in the East Coast Hockey League, becomes an unrestricted free agent. The Canadiens also said goodbye to two guys who were supposed to provide the team with some toughness. The tough-guy role was Peter Vandermeer's to lose in training camp last fall - and he lost it. Unheralded Raitis Ivanans won the job, but his NHL career was derailed when he was sucker-punched by Ottawa's Zdeno Chara in his second NHL game. Ivanans, who played a total of four NHL games, and Vandermeer didn't receive qualifying offers and neither did Pierre Dagenais, who had five goals and a pair of shootout winners before he was exiled to Hamilton. The Canadiens did extend offers to goalie David Aebischer, Christopher Higgins, Mike Komisarek, Mike Ribeiro, Alexander Perezhogin and Michael Ryder, as well as minor-leaguers Andrew Archer, Jean-Philippe Cote, Yann Danis, Jonathan Ferland and Duncan Milroy. They were offered raises ranging from 0-to-10 per cent.-- Edited by Kendich at 11:39, 2006-06-28 Believe it or not I think that they should have kept Ivans. Guys that big and strong do not come along every day. To me, the jury is still out on Downey in that role. As for those who would say "well Ivans is not a great skater blah blah blah"..the guy would be on the 4th line and getting 3 minutes of icetime a game....when you are that huge and tough as long as you can stand I dont care about your skating ability.

Totally agree! Also Downey has shown squat in the fighting department.

You can't count that Chara caught him with a sucker punch after the refs stepped in to stop it. At least he was ready and willing. Downey was not always willing or ready.

Habtastic · Guru

Someone mentioned that Ivanans problem was balance and so he had trouble fighting on skates. I would have loved to have him, but if opponents can take him off his feet too easily then he is not worth much to us.

Habtastic