No Marian Hossa, no Brad Richards, no Martin Havlat, no Impact player...unless the Canadiens have acquired Mauro Biello.
At 3pm on trade deadline Tuesday the Canadiens are a worse team than they were 24 hours ago.
Habs fans who live in the past will bring up the names of Ken Dryden in 1971 and Patrick Roy in 1986.
Let's be clear , Carey Price will be the goalie of the future and he may go on to win a Cup , but I believe that Bob Gainey has taken a huge risk by trading Cristobal Huet for a second round pick in 2009.
This is the same GM who last year,at the deadline, hung on to Sheldon Souray, Radek Bonk and Mike Johnson who were all UFA's at the end of the season.What was the rush this year to trade away your number one goalie.It just doesn't make sense.
In the end the Canadiens still need a top six forward, and now they will go into the final 19 games of the regular season and the playoffs with two unproven goalies.
With this move, the spotlight is now on Carey Price.He is only 20 years old and the pressure will be unbearable.Gainey should have protected Price with at the very least an experienced backup, not a 22 year old Jaroslav Halak.Did Gainey jump the gun on Huet believing he had a deal with Atlanta for Marian Hossa and Johan Hedberg ?
Huet was a very popular player in the dressing room and a good teammate for Price.This move is a big mistake by Gainey.
Saturday, 21 273 fans stood and applauded Bob Gainey, the player.
Today, a whole city is booing Bob Gainey, the general manager.
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im sorry denis you are wrong... Gainey did the right move but should of got rid of Dandenault, Smolinski, and if possible Latendresse... Bring up Chipchura.. I was listening to someone say Kyle Chipchura has a weak skating, did they ever watch Mr. Latedresse. Anyways, Bob knows what he is doing. Thrashers wanted to much for a "Rental"... We were not going to win te cup with Hossa n the line-up either o what would of been the point...
a big mistake?...Denis I respectfully disagree with you. Last year was a different situation. The Habs were not sure of even making the playoffs, not that there a lock this year but they are in a much better position. As for Bonk, Johnson and Souray, well.....why would any team want Bonk or Johnson? Souray, who I love, is Hal Gill with a booming shot. From what I hear is that the offers he got for Souray weren't great and it was just better to keep him and make a push for the playoffs. Huet is a UFA and the Habs believe that Halak is a capable back-up and Price is better then Huet. I still don't see why they would keep Huet ? Experience? Experience means nothing when your coaching staff has zero confidence in you and your play is shakey.
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