jl-1 Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Marc Denis Position: Goaltender Catches: Left Height: 6' 1" Weight: 193 Born: 01 Aug '77 (Age 31) Born in: Montreal, QC, Canada Drafted: Colorado's 1st round choice, 25th overall, in 1995 Acquired: Free agent - July 3, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jl-1 Posted October 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 I was looking for his thread and after searching the entire forum, I noticed that he didn't have one. What a start to the season he's having! His second shutout tonight, he only allowed 12 goals in 7 games so far. Great job Marc, you will get another shot at the NHL is you keep it up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmash Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 Thanks for creating the thread. As he wasn't a Hab but also isn't a prospect, he kind of slipped under the radar. But as the likely callup in case of injury, we should probably be keeping an eye on him. Good to know he's off to a good start (but wow how fast this guy fell). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoneandonly12 Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 It's too bad about Denis. There were such high hopes for him, started well, and fell off. now look at him a 31 year old (suppose to be) good goalie playing in the minors. good on him for having a good start in the minors, but if he didn't he wouldn't deserve a contract. he's not that great. but a good third string call-up. good job nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmash Posted October 30, 2008 Report Share Posted October 30, 2008 It's too bad about Denis. There were such high hopes for him, started well, and fell off. now look at him a 31 year old (suppose to be) good goalie playing in the minors. good on him for having a good start in the minors, but if he didn't he wouldn't deserve a contract. he's not that great. but a good third string call-up. good job nonetheless. I'm surprised he didn't go off to Europe, I'm sure he could make much better money. It could be family reasons (not wanting to move to Europe), but I have a suspicion this guy wants to return to the NHL and that's easier to do being signed by an NHL team and playing in North America. Europe pays well and is good once your NHL career is done, but it's rare to make a return to the NHL from that point. If he hasn't returned to the NHL in the next couple of season I expect we'll see him somewhere in Europe. He kinds of reminds me of Abby, was a relatively promising #1 goaltender, got traded and just sank like a rock. It wasn't that long ago he played in over 60 games posting a .918 save percentage; then he was part of a trade that Tampa thought was giving them a #1 goaltender, and the next year found himself in the minors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximus123 Posted November 3, 2008 Report Share Posted November 3, 2008 just updating some stats on Denis who was just named AHL player of the week Since the start of the season he has a 7-1 win record, 1.84 goal average and stop percentage of .945% he's doing just what he should be doing to get back in the nhl one day http://www.rds.ca/bulldogs/chroniques/262881.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeC_mtl Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 How Denis is playing we might see Halak being traded sooner then later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs_rock_go_mccabe Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 How Denis is playing we might see Halak being traded sooner then later I doubt it. Denis is on a one-year, two-way contract. I am sure next season he is going to make his agent's task getting him back into the NHL. Halak is signed with us for two seasons, making him available to us for this season and next season, where as Denis is probably going to leave our organization next year and look for a starters role elsewhere, in my opinion. If we traded Halak, then lost Denis, we wouldn't really have a capable backup. I think Denis, for the Montreal organization, is simply an insurance policy if Price goes down with an injury. That's all. He is playing excellently, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HabsAlways Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I doubt it. Denis is on a one-year, two-way contract. I am sure next season he is going to make his agent's task getting him back into the NHL. Halak is signed with us for two seasons, making him available to us for this season and next season, where as Denis is probably going to leave our organization next year and look for a starters role elsewhere, in my opinion. If we traded Halak, then lost Denis, we wouldn't really have a capable backup. I think Denis, for the Montreal organization, is simply an insurance policy if Price goes down with an injury. That's all. He is playing excellently, though. I think it's doubtful Denis will find a starting role in the NHL next season. At best, he will have to accept a backup role and "earn" the starting role. *IF* we were to trade Halak, we could then leverage Denis into the backup role to Price and hopefully increase his value in a trade as well ... making the way for one of our other young goalies to become Price's backup next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsprite18 Posted November 4, 2008 Report Share Posted November 4, 2008 I doubt it. Denis is on a one-year, two-way contract. I am sure next season he is going to make his agent's task getting him back into the NHL. Halak is signed with us for two seasons, making him available to us for this season and next season, where as Denis is probably going to leave our organization next year and look for a starters role elsewhere, in my opinion. If we traded Halak, then lost Denis, we wouldn't really have a capable backup. I think Denis, for the Montreal organization, is simply an insurance policy if Price goes down with an injury. That's all. He is playing excellently, though. This makes a lot of sense!!! we are three deep in NHL level goaltending! For Denis he gets a chance to resurrect his NHL career either by overachieving in the AHL or by getting a backup role in Montreal pending injury! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brisebois Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 If the Habs have to call-up Denis because of an injury to Price or Halak or a trade does he have to clear waivers first and can be claimed by another team? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs_rock_go_mccabe Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 If the Habs have to call-up Denis because of an injury to Price or Halak or a trade does he have to clear waivers first and can be claimed by another team? I believe so. I think Montreal will be hoping no one will claim him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romy22 Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 What qualifies as an "Emergency Callup" to negate the waiver wire? Would both goalies have to be hurt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmash Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 I doubt it. Denis is on a one-year, two-way contract. I am sure next season he is going to make his agent's task getting him back into the NHL. Halak is signed with us for two seasons, making him available to us for this season and next season, where as Denis is probably going to leave our organization next year and look for a starters role elsewhere, in my opinion. If we traded Halak, then lost Denis, we wouldn't really have a capable backup. I think Denis, for the Montreal organization, is simply an insurance policy if Price goes down with an injury. That's all. He is playing excellently, though. It's possible Halak is traded this offseason and Denis is brought back (on one way contract) as our backup if he has a good season in Hamilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockey_gal89 Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 This makes a lot of sense!!! we are three deep in NHL level goaltending! For Denis he gets a chance to resurrect his NHL career either by overachieving in the AHL or by getting a backup role in Montreal pending injury! I think if he continues to play this way and if MTl has no intentions of resigning him, then they should use him as a piece in a trade deadline day package...If it's possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsprite18 Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 What qualifies as an "Emergency Callup" to negate the waiver wire? Would both goalies have to be hurt? This is a very good question, can anyone clarify his contract status re be called up to the Canadiens now or later in the season or on an emergency basis...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madsprite18 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 He continues to work away game in, game out and is doing an exceptional job......he has played as well as Halak or Price in most games and surprisingly moves the puck around very much in the style of Price which is certainly a big help to the breakout.......he was robbed of an assist by the scorer the other night.....in fact he was basically the reason for the goal........beyond that in seeing/reading his interviews and in talking with him he seems to have a really good head on his shoulders and is willing to work hard whether he stays in Hamilton for the whole season (and playoffs :D ) or be backup in Montreal. His ultimate goal is to be back in the NHL but he is willing to do the necessary work to get there.......he is also a very pleasant positive guy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio20066 Posted November 22, 2008 Report Share Posted November 22, 2008 he is also a very pleasant positive guy! He was one of the nicest players to talk to at the Bulldogs Season Ticket Skate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babinator77 Posted December 1, 2008 Report Share Posted December 1, 2008 the score may not show it but watching some of denis' saves yesterday reminded me that he's too good for the ahl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA_Champion Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Seems he's been allowing more goals lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leafs_rock_go_mccabe Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Seems he's been allowing more goals lately. And that's exactly why he's currently in the A.H.L. Some people were really excited about his play to start the season in Hamilton, some had even mentioned he might deserve to play in Montreal at some point in time. I'm really not sure if Denis is ever going to succeed in the N.H.L. again. He may, but he may also be destined to fall into obscurity in the American Hockey League. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_rudeboy Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Seems he's been allowing more goals lately. His save percentage has been up and down over the last 8 games too with 4 games above .900 and 4 games under .900 (3 of those games at .824 or less). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
js2 Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Denis has been called up with Maxwell. http://canadiens.nhl.com/team/app/?service...rticleid=397673 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HABFANDOG Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 wow. with these call ups Dags, Maxi & Denis we are really showcasing what we have in the minors. We haven't been able to do that for a couple of seasons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbGamer Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Wow we are falling apart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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