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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Jun 15, 2009 4:36:19 GMT -5
Two Wild and crazy free agents are Gaborik and Pouliot. Gaborik is an expensive disgruntled talented forward with the potential to be great if he can be coached. An UFA with a long career ahead of him. Pouliot is cheap and underperforming RFA with size, speed and upside off the charts. He is young enough to be turned around and cheap enough (currently $850,000), fed up in Minny and Minny is fed up with him. We have our own underperforming players to deal with, but these two could benefit from a change of scenery. Just a thought?  |
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Post by Doc Holliday on Jun 15, 2009 7:40:47 GMT -5
Quite frankly, It's the first time I read that Pouliot is a problem in Minny, though I'll admit his devellopment can't be considered fast according to today's standards.. Many have said that he was the HABS first choice in the 2005 draft.
If he's available, I'd definitely take a chance on him.
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Post by jkr on Jun 15, 2009 8:46:47 GMT -5
Gaborik's injury history scares me. Plus didn't he turn down a pretty lucrative offer from the Wild? Not sure what kind of dollars & term it would take to get him.
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Post by Skilly on Jun 15, 2009 9:57:15 GMT -5
Many have said that he was the HABS first choice in the 2005 draft. Bob Gainey said Poulliot was the team's first choice. He told a little gathering of Habs fans here in St. John's when he unvelied the travelling Rocket Richard exhibit. The question was why did you select a goalie with the #5 pick and not Kopitar. Gainey said that if Minnesota's selection was different, then they would not have picked Price, because Poulliot was #1 on their board. I sometimes question the Habs overall scouting department .... both the pro scouts and the amateur. No wonder we can't find that star player like most teams.... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2009 9:59:26 GMT -5
I sometimes question the Habs overall scouting department .... both the pro scouts and the amateur. No wonder we can't find that star player like most teams.... Number of teams that did not choose Kopitar: 10. |
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Post by CrocRob on Jun 15, 2009 9:59:33 GMT -5
Gaborik's injury history scares me. Plus didn't he turn down a pretty lucrative offer from the Wild? Not sure what kind of dollars & term it would take to get him. I'm pretty sure it would take not playing under Lemaire. As for Gaborik's injury history, I'm not that concerned. It's not one ongoing injury. His groin reportedly hasn't been a problem the last 2 seasons, and his hip injury has now been repaired. As for Pouliot, I doubt the Wild would trade him. As much as he's underperformed to date, they don't really have someone to stand in and replace him immediately. |
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Post by clear observer on Jun 15, 2009 11:42:09 GMT -5
I sometimes question the Habs overall scouting department .... both the pro scouts and the amateur. No wonder we can't find that star player like most teams.... Number of teams that did not choose Kopitar: 10. Number of HabsRus posters that DID want Kopitar: 10 ;D |
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Post by HFTO on Jun 15, 2009 12:31:17 GMT -5
.....will Gainey ever hit it out of the park? ?? be it a trade,a UFA or UFA's or a pick? ? HFTO |
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Post by clear observer on Jun 15, 2009 12:55:33 GMT -5
.....will Gainey ever hit it out of the park? ?? be it a trade,a UFA or UFA's or a pick? ? Kovalev/Balej |
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Post by Boston_Habs on Jun 15, 2009 13:22:34 GMT -5
.....will Gainey ever hit it out of the park? ?? be it a trade,a UFA or UFA's or a pick? ? Kovalev/Balej Ribeiro/Niinimaa..... oh sorry, that was the other way around. |
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Post by CrocRob on Jun 15, 2009 14:22:43 GMT -5
Every GM takes their lumps. Even Ken Holland gets taken to the cleaners once in a while (Bertuzzi, anyone?)
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Post by HFTO on Jun 15, 2009 16:17:03 GMT -5
I'd call that one a triple CO given Kovy's indifference at times..lol
HFTO
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Post by Skilly on Jun 15, 2009 20:16:22 GMT -5
I sometimes question the Habs overall scouting department .... both the pro scouts and the amateur. No wonder we can't find that star player like most teams.... Number of teams that did not choose Kopitar: 10. Number of teams I'm not concerned about making mistakes: 29 |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jun 17, 2009 0:02:16 GMT -5
Number of teams that did not choose Kopitar: 10. Number of HabsRus posters that DID want Kopitar: 10 ;D Yuppers. |
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Post by NWTHabsFan on Jun 17, 2009 0:06:11 GMT -5
.....will Gainey ever hit it out of the park? ?? be it a trade,a UFA or UFA's or a pick? ? HFTO Lang for Toronto's second rounder looked pretty darn good until he wore that goofy looking barberpole jersey and ended up leaving with a severed tendon. Lang seemed to really want to play in Montreal too boot and always projected himself in the media as an easy going guy. |
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Post by gy on Jun 17, 2009 20:55:58 GMT -5
Ribeiro/Niinimaa..... oh sorry, that was the other way around. In baseball that would be the equivalent of dropping a pop fly to shortstop. |
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Post by Andrew on Jun 17, 2009 22:49:04 GMT -5
Quite frankly, It's the first time I read that Pouliot is a problem in Minny, though I'll admit his devellopment can't be considered fast according to today's standards.. Many have said that he was the HABS first choice in the 2005 draft. If he's available, I'd definitely take a chance on him. Now would be the time to make an offer if the Habs think he can fulfill his potential as a top line forward. A new GM in Minny might have an easier time parting with him, having not been the one to draft him - and his stock can't exactly be soaring given his slow development thus far. |
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Post by Douper on Jun 23, 2009 19:49:01 GMT -5
Ribeiro/Niinimaa..... oh sorry, that was the other way around. In baseball that would be the equivalent of dropping a pop fly to shortstop. In baseball that would be equivilent to bunting foul with 2 strikes and the bases loaded. |
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Post by Anardil1 on Jun 23, 2009 22:58:19 GMT -5
Ribeiro/Niinimaa..... oh sorry, that was the other way around. In baseball that would be the equivalent of dropping a pop fly to shortstop. Bitter Mets fan...or sarcastic Yanks fan? |
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