Official 2010-2011 NHL Thread

[beyond_ban]

Here it is... Another year of hockey coming up. The good news it that the Flames can't do much worse then last year.

[flipstah]

Flames are going to have a fun time rebuilding.

But Halak to St. Louis? I wonder who Montreal got....

[cdnsir]

He's an RFA, maybe a pick?

[mac_82]

Lars Eller and Ian Schultz going the other way for Halak. Schultz is from Calgary and played for the Hitmen.

Lars Eller - C
1st round - 13th overall (2007)

Ian Schultz - RW
3rd round - 87th overall (2008)

[Quizzes]

Originally posted by flipstah
Flames are going to have a fun time rebuilding.

But Halak to St. Louis? I wonder who Montreal got....

I really don't think the Flames are rebuilding.

[flipstah]

Originally posted by Quizzes


I really don't think the Flames are rebuilding.

Then we are back to square one. At least, I think so.

[Team_Mclaren]

those fucking stupid montreal idiots fucked themselves over once again

[extm88]

I dont understand any logic behind that deal, price wanted out of MTL did he not...
I know nothing on the first rounder, schultz is a gifted tough guy but will be a 4th line player (if he even plays this year.
MTL is treating it like a rebuild when i thought they had what they needed.

[DelSoln]

It has everything to do with cutting costs. Halak will most likely go to arbitration and get a big raise while obviously Price will not. This allows Montreal to have a better chance at signing Plekanec and maybe Biron as a backup. I'm not a fan of the move but I can see the logic behind this.

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by DelSoln
It has everything to do with cutting costs. Halak will most likely go to arbitration and get a big raise while obviously Price will not. This allows Montreal to have a better chance at signing Plekanec and maybe Biron as a backup. I'm not a fan of the move but I can see the logic behind this.

hi fanboy, Halak deserves a raise dont you think? He's gonna be your number one goalie for years to come. While Price has been trying for 3 years and still cannot establish himself as a number one goalie in Montreal. Who cares about Plekanec or Biron. During the playoffs they were comparing Halak's performance to Roy!!! Under arbitration what did you think Halak is going to get? 4-5 mill at the most? Thats a great deal for a number one goalie who carried the team throughout the season.

ps: obviously you are also a Carey Price fanboy, but too bad the kid has been fucked over by the pressure of playing in Montreal. He can do better elsewhere

[extm88]

^^^^ Agreeed

[95teetee]

Originally posted by Quizzes


I really don't think the Flames are rebuilding.

you mean they're going to stay where they went after 'The Trade' last year?

[DelSoln]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren


hi fanboy, Halak deserves a raise dont you think? He's gonna be your number one goalie for years to come. While Price has been trying for 3 years and still cannot establish himself as a number one goalie in Montreal. Who cares about Plekanec or Biron. During the playoffs they were comparing Halak's performance to Roy!!! Under arbitration what did you think Halak is going to get? 4-5 mill at the most? Thats a great deal for a number one goalie who carried the team throughout the season.

ps: obviously you are also a Carey Price fanboy, but too bad the kid has been fucked over by the pressure of playing in Montreal. He can do better elsewhere

Hi Mr lack of reading comprehension. Do I think he deserves a raise? Absolutely. I guess you just choose to read the parts of my post that serve your needs. Where did I say he didn't? I never once said I liked this trade. As for Price he is still 22 yrs old. Goalies are often late bloomers. Why shouldn't I care for Plekanec? He led the team in scoring and is also their number one penalty killer at center.

[dezmarez]

Carey Price is still an RFA as well, whose to say that Montreal doesn't go for a different goalie and get rid of Price as well.

Also small other trade T.J. Hensick went to St. Louis as well

[NightFX2]

Interesting, there's no denying Price's talent but they just traded the guy that almost carried them to the stanley cup finals not to mention they wouldn't have even made the playoffs without him last season.

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by DelSoln


Hi Mr lack of reading comprehension. Do I think he deserves a raise? Absolutely. I guess you just choose to read the parts of my post that serve your needs. Where did I say he didn't? I never once said I liked this trade. As for Price he is still 22 yrs old. Goalies are often late bloomers. Why shouldn't I care for Plekanec? He led the team in scoring and is also their number one penalty killer at center.

Yet they are too cheap to pay a legit number one goalie? That has failed written all over it.

[DelSoln]

Originally posted by Team_Mclaren


Yet they are too cheap to pay a legit number one goalie? That has failed written all over it.

Like I said before this was motivated by dollars. They overpaid badly for Gomez and Hamrlik. If Halak gets a big pay day that leaves them little room to improve in other areas. They desperately need scoring and larger players. As for Halak, he played amazing last year but there is no guarantee he will do the same thing next year. He has never played over 45 games in a single season his NHL career. Giving big pay days to goalies for one good season leads to contract issues such as Tim Thomas and Jean Sebastien Giguere. Now what really frustrated me last year was that the Habs scored an average of 2.25 goals when Price was in net but scored an average of 3.15 for Halak in the regular season. They played a more up tempo game for Halak IMO because they were more confident with him in net. Ideally I would have loved to see them both come back but in the reality of todays salary cap system it just wasn't meant to be. Then again Chicago and Philly proved you don't necessarily need an elite goaltender to make it all the way.

[rumeo]

Jason Arnott to the Devils for Halischuk and a 2nd rounder

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532100

Dan Hamhuis to Flyers for Ryan Parent

Also going is a conditional 7th rounder (on the condition Flyers sign him). Hamhuis is UFA July 1st.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=532092

[mac_82]

Nathan Horton and Gregory Campbell to the Bruins for Dennis Wideman, 15th overall pick, and and undisclosed draft pick to the Panthers.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=325375

[D'z Nutz]

Quinn gets the bump. I'll miss his hilarious soundbites!

http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=325378