Les Nouveaux Habitants – Judging, Judging, Look At The Baby
Posted by jtbourne on July 11, 2009 · 5 Comments
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So, The hockey pot has continued to bubble since I last mentioned it, with the Montreal Canadiens continuing to demonstrate their endless wealth, and my beloved Islanders continuing to sign players by pointing at random pages in the phone book.
Paul Mara and Travis Moen have been added to the Canadiens line-up, I assume because Gainey felt an immediate Les Habitants backlash after signing three talented oompa-loompa’s to contracts after July first. Never hurts to chuck a little sandpaper into the line-up.
And, all the sudden, the Habs roster looks pretty good. Look at the new names headed there:
Mike Cammalerri, Brian Gionta, Scott Gomez, Travis Moen, Jaroslav Spacek, Paul Mara and Hal Gill -- Pretty decent twin towers to have backing up the three one-level-ranchers on forward.
I retract some (but not all) of my previous Hab-trashing.
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A quick run down of a few free agents that are still “free”:
Miroslav Satan: Well past his best-before date. Isn’t going to be a legitimate help to any cup contending team. What’s gonna happen is, some team that needs to make it look like they’ve made changes to get better is going to sign him to appease their fan base. If your free agent bio on NHL.com reads “didn’t mesh with Crosby or Malkin in the Penguins line up”, go commit Hari Kari. Kelsey Grammar on roller blades could mesh with those guys.
Mike Grier: Does anybody else feel like this guy’s played on 52 NHL teams? I just checked, and it’s only been four. I can’t keep track of this guy.
Brendan Shannahan: I was always super-opposed to the play-until-the-league-ushers-you-out theory, like you’re some guy on Mystery, Alaska, that the town needs to take aside and politely say “stop it” to, but for some reason it doesn’t both me with Shanny. It fits how he’s played all these years, with that one dimensional “I’m a hockey player, so I play hockey” mentality. Plus, he doesn’t Favre-flop, so it makes it easier to to deal with.
Mats Sundin: I hope the Rangers or Oilers sign him. Maybe the Hurricanes. He’s a year away from using his stick as a tripod to stay standing.
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Its still my at-bat song. Feel it. “Hopped up out the beeeeeed, turn my swag onnnn, took a look in the mirror, said what’s up”. God it’s awful good.
I'm a hockey player turned writer. After playing for Alaska Anchorage in the WCHA (NCAA), I carried on with an NHL tryout (New York Islanders in 2007) before spending a couple seasons in the AHL/ECHL (last year was 2008-09). My father, Bob Bourne, won four Stanley Cups with the Islanders in the '80's, as did my fiancee's dad, Clark Gillies. I'm now the web editor for theScore's hockey blog "Backhand Shelf."
Yup, you gotta give Gainey credit, his squad from last year was clearly not going to get it done and the city was pissed, so he made a whole bunch of big changes without having to give anything away (although some people are not happy about the Gomez deal). New first line, some big boys to replace Komi, a little grit for the third line, if the Habs stink next year it certainly won’t be for lack of effort from the top.
I think Tanguay is still out there, wouldn’t mind seeing him in a Canucks jersey. Oh, and how useful would Brendan Morrison be for 1.5 in an Isles uniform (or any uniform, really). That guy was crap in Vancouver for 3.5 but at 1.5 he’s a steal, imho.
Not a lot of dumb moves this year (there is still time, come on Tampa!) and lots of smart, long-term thinking on display. Gotta love that cap!
Tanguay is one of those guys people say needs to “rebuild his value” but has proved he can be valuable. At his age, he’s a non-risk. Would be a great pick up for the Canucks.
Morrison would be a great addition to the Isles, strictly because he’s NHL calibre, which they could use. Except they’d have to pay him TWO point five because we have to reach the salary floor still.
hahahahah see, I don’t get that, as an owner, why not just drop the money on some better players (throw 6 million at Tanguay) and get the ticket sales up? Are they intentionally sandbagging it Penguins-style for the epic rebuild, or is the money just not there?
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Like the new site man, just got my feed reader updated. So you want Sundin to go to Raleigh because you don’t like him huh? I get it. Does the fact that I also follow the Rangers due to the local Checkers being affiliated make the me the bad guy? I’ll close the door behind me, no sweat. Seriously, keep up the good work.
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