Well if i was Gainey i'd address the habs lack of experienced goaltending .
You can address all the other short comings the habs have until your blue in the face and none of it will matter until you bring in some solid proven goaltending.
Well if i was Gainey i'd address the habs lack of experienced goaltending .
You can address all the other short comings the habs have until your blue in the face and none of it will matter until you bring in some solid proven goaltending.
I disagree. I strongly feel that Price and Halak can not only do the job, but do an excellent job pushing each other.
I was reading that Price has lost 25 lbs at the recommendation of goalie coach Roland Melançon, in order to be even quicker between the pipes. Price was quoted saying that he feels rejuvenated, well rested and that he felt like he had been playing for two years non-stop.
__________________ "Too bad for Mats, he could have been playing here" ~ Robert Lang.
I disagree. I strongly feel that Price and Halak can not only do the job, but do an excellent job pushing each other.
I was reading that Price has lost 25 lbs at the recommendation of goalie coach Roland Melançon, in order to be even quicker between the pipes. Price was quoted saying that he feels rejuvenated, well rested and that he felt like he had been playing for two years non-stop.
I guess only time will tell and when that time comes you'll be saying you were right yet again Doug.!!
Joce I'm not convinced that price's quickness was or is the problem , rather his biggest short coming remains rebound control with traffic around his net , plus a shaky glove hand both which were exposed even more so in the playoffs last year.
I guess only time will tell and when that time comes you'll be saying you were right yet again Doug.!!
Joce I'm not convinced that price's quickness was or is the problem , rather his biggest short coming remains rebound control with traffic around his net , plus a shaky glove hand both which were exposed even more so in the playoffs last year.
Those are things that get fixed with experience. The more rubber he sees the better he'll get (and with uncle George in the lineup a lot less douches like Neil and Avery will be bumping him).
I still don't see how it's so likely that Price might collapse this year "because we don't know yet" is a very weak argument imo.
I guess only time will tell and when that time comes you'll be saying you were right yet again Doug.!!
Joce I'm not convinced that price's quickness was or is the problem , rather his biggest short coming remains rebound control with traffic around his net , plus a shaky glove hand both which were exposed even more so in the playoffs last year.
Price's best qualities have always been his rebound control and his glove hand. Those are the first things you lose when fatigue kicks in...
And you can come out cheering him when you see that I'm right, you closet Habs' fan!
__________________ "Too bad for Mats, he could have been playing here" ~ Robert Lang.
Anyway, I was working on something here... which goes exactly with what Bob Gainey was saying yesterday about his Plan "B" having to do with the teams that are over the Cap, the teams in a bind, not in a good position to negotiate. First, let's recap...
If I'm not mistaken, the Cap is set at $56.7M and teams are allowed to be up to 5% ($59.535M) over the cap until the start of the season, then they all must be under the cap. All figures below were taken from nhlnumbers.com
Chicago at $59.208M
Need to shed $2.508M by start of season
Robert Lang C 37 4.0 UFA
76GP 21G 33A 54PTS +9 18:25TOI/G 53.1FO%
To Montreal:
Robert Lang
To Chicago:
Kyle Chipchura $0.943M Prospect and/or pick
I guess it turns out that I would have grossly overpaid. Glad we still have Chipper in our line-up and we only got to give one of our two second picks in 2010 to get Lang!
__________________ "Too bad for Mats, he could have been playing here" ~ Robert Lang.
Although I do like the looks of our team, I still would like to see a top 4 defenseman join our ranks and with the acquisition of Robert Lang and his $4 million contract, we don't have room for Schneider, my first choice. So...
To Vancouver:
Chris Higgins or Guillaume Latendresse (their choice) Francis Bouillon
To Montreal:
Sami Salo 2nd round pick
As much as I'd hate to see Higgins or Latendresse go, we do have a lot of depth up front on the wing to step in.
In return, we'd get a right handed PP shot, a top 4 defenseman who can play in all situations and he still has two years left to his contract after this year. He does have a NTC and did sign a contract under fair market value with Vancouver but that was under a different management. He would most likely welcome the idea of going to a team with a chance at the Cup and to play with his national team captain Saku Koivu.
The second round pick would replace the one we had to give for Lang.
On the other hand, we have Komisarek (which I'm sure will re-sign), Bouillon and Brisebois who are all UFA's next summer.
The idea of having a top 4 with Markov, Komisarek, Hamrlik and Salo really changes my take on this team.
__________________ "Too bad for Mats, he could have been playing here" ~ Robert Lang.
STAR-TRIBUNE.COM: Michael Russo reported yesterday the need for the Wild to move defenseman Brent Burns recently to forward has demonstrated to GM Doug Risebrough he might need to shop a blueliner for a forward. Russo suggests the only d-men Risebrough could move are Marek Zidlicky, Kim Johnsson and Marc-Andre Bergeron. The latter is a UFA next summer while the former two have two years remaining on their current contracts. Russo writes he doesn't see Zidlicky or Johnsson being moved right now.
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