I always had the gut feeling this was going to happen. And as much as I've hated on Halak, I still really gained a lot of respect for him for what he did for us during our run.
But I also think him exploding was a blessing in disguise for Carey Price, because now he knows the job isn't his and everyone's been raving about his work ethic and attitude. I wish Halak all the luck in the world, and I'm happy he isn't playing in the East.
I see some big time riots going down today in Montreal.
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man oh man, for a pair of prospects?
reminds me of the VC trade
reminds me of the VC trade
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Now, I don't know much about Eller and Schultz, but you'd think after Jaro's amazing postseason that his value would be a bit higher than one and half prospects. Looks like Jesus Price is still their guy.
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Bautista outplays his contract by more than $70 million over the next four seasons (2013-2016).
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Suchh GARBAGE! Arghhhhhh.
Screw you Gauthier! They didn't even have any talks in regards to contracts either! Pathetic...
Screw you Gauthier! They didn't even have any talks in regards to contracts either! Pathetic...
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Fire Gauthier
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I love Halak, but I'm not going to lose it over this one.
Considering we were only trading the rights to negotiate with Halak, it's really not such a bad deal.
We lose a goalie going into arbitration holding all the cards and we get 2 young forwards on rookie contracts. Did I mention they're both over 6 feet and one them likes to hurt people?
A lot of this deal is about dollars and cents. We recently bought out Laraque, now we've turned what would have been a bloated salary into a couple of rookie contracts.
I don't know much about the nature of the hockey cap or the habs situation WRT it (I had read we were close to the limit); could a capologist here evaluate how the deal leaves us financially? Do we have room to sign someone as well as the rest of our own free agents?
In the end whether this was a good deal or not will be decided by how Price plays, how Eller and Schultz develop, and what Halak commands in arbitration.
Considering we were only trading the rights to negotiate with Halak, it's really not such a bad deal.
We lose a goalie going into arbitration holding all the cards and we get 2 young forwards on rookie contracts. Did I mention they're both over 6 feet and one them likes to hurt people?
A lot of this deal is about dollars and cents. We recently bought out Laraque, now we've turned what would have been a bloated salary into a couple of rookie contracts.
I don't know much about the nature of the hockey cap or the habs situation WRT it (I had read we were close to the limit); could a capologist here evaluate how the deal leaves us financially? Do we have room to sign someone as well as the rest of our own free agents?
In the end whether this was a good deal or not will be decided by how Price plays, how Eller and Schultz develop, and what Halak commands in arbitration.
Thanks TZ
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I was surprised you guys didn't get more, but I agree with the poster above me in terms of the fact that they're his negotiating rights and he was going to go to arbitration and make a killing anyways. I have no idea on Schultz, but Lars Eller is a going to be a solid hockey player. Great hands, smooth skater, pretty big guy and has actually put up some good numbers in the AHL which isn't always easy for younger guys to do. It'll be interesting to see how this works out for both sides.
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Hitlers take on the Halak trade... lol (In French)
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php ... 9944377706
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php ... 9944377706
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Snayr wrote:Hitlers take on the Halak trade... lol (In French)
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php ... 9944377706
lolll I love the ending!
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Abba Zabba wrote:I love Halak, but I'm not going to lose it over this one.
Considering we were only trading the rights to negotiate with Halak, it's really not such a bad deal.
We lose a goalie going into arbitration holding all the cards and we get 2 young forwards on rookie contracts. Did I mention they're both over 6 feet and one them likes to hurt people?
A lot of this deal is about dollars and cents. We recently bought out Laraque, now we've turned what would have been a bloated salary into a couple of rookie contracts.
I don't know much about the nature of the hockey cap or the habs situation WRT it (I had read we were close to the limit); could a capologist here evaluate how the deal leaves us financially? Do we have room to sign someone as well as the rest of our own free agents?
In the end whether this was a good deal or not will be decided by how Price plays, how Eller and Schultz develop, and what Halak commands in arbitration.
I agree with pretty much all of what you said. We're getting two good young forward prospects with nice size who could both be a part of the future in Montreal. I don't know much about Schultz, but as the poster above me said, Eller looks like he's going to be a solid player. He's not tiny like a lot of our forwards, his skating is solid, he's a decent playmaker and he's good on the defensive end of the ice. If Schultz is that good as well, I think we should be happy with this trade.
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Schultz has said he's trying to model his game after Milan Lucic. That alone makes me happy.
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