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Id be pretty shocked, but who knows.

We cant keep 3 goalies on the roster & cant send either halak or price to the minors. That means we would clearly be shipping one of them to dallas - and frankly, there's no one on that team who Id really want/fits our needs.

That said, I do expect Gauthier to make at least one "impact" move in the next couple of weeks...I do think he wants to show he's not just "more of the same" as gainey. This scares me because it could potentially be making a move to "make a move" - rather than waiting for the right one to come along, but who knows.

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*sigh* why?

I don't see the point and I doubt he would do that. It's not like it would make the team any better.

I believe his first move as the GM will be indicative of what he plans on doing with the team. Whether it's landing a big name like Lecavalier or getting rid of our dead weight for picks and/or prospects, it'll at least show his intentions.

Trading for Turco would just be... a waste.

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Id be pretty shocked, but who knows.

We cant keep 3 goalies on the roster & cant send either halak or price to the minors. That means we would clearly be shipping one of them to dallas - and frankly, there's no one on that team who Id really want/fits our needs.

That said, I do expect Gauthier to make at least one "impact" move in the next couple of weeks...I do think he wants to show he's not just "more of the same" as gainey. This scares me because it could potentially be making a move to "make a move" - rather than waiting for the right one to come along, but who knows.

Well, it's possible he's considering trading away one of our young RFA goaltenders to Dallas in axchange for Turco and, most definitely, something else. Turco goes UFA this summer, so he would just be a veteran presence to finish the year with. Which is something a lot of fans have been vocal about Montreal needing. A veteran backup for the young guy. ;) I s'pose it's possible that Dallas would part with a draft choice in exchange for Halak/Price. A first rounder even. :unsure:

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Id be pretty shocked, but who knows.

We cant keep 3 goalies on the roster & cant send either halak or price to the minors. That means we would clearly be shipping one of them to dallas - and frankly, there's no one on that team who Id really want/fits our needs.

That said, I do expect Gauthier to make at least one "impact" move in the next couple of weeks...I do think he wants to show he's not just "more of the same" as gainey. This scares me because it could potentially be making a move to "make a move" - rather than waiting for the right one to come along, but who knows.

agreed..

with the injuries we have now. we need someone to score.. REAL BAD!

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agreed..

with the injuries we have now. we need someone to score.. REAL BAD!

I think acquiring some scoring help would be really short-sighted and a huge mistake. If we're considering trading one of our goaltenders to Dallas it should be for a scoring prospect in return or a draft choice. Maybe a top-4 defender. While it's possible we could acquire someone that could help right away, I think it would be better to look towards the future and not this season. Does anyone really expect us to make any noise this year in the playoffs anyway?

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I think acquiring some scoring help would be really short-sighted and a huge mistake. If we're considering trading one of our goaltenders to Dallas it should be for a scoring prospect in return or a draft choice. Maybe a top-4 defender. While it's possible we could acquire someone that could help right away, I think it would be better to look towards the future and not this season. Does anyone really expect us to make any noise this year in the playoffs anyway?

ok jr... maybe i was not quite clear. not really trading a goalie to Dallas or anywhere for right now. but I think a trade for a big player (and I will use VLeC for a sample) like a Pouliot type guy. You know what I mean...

But as for the playoffs... we have all seen it.. a hot goalie will win you some games.

My comments are not in stone and some of the posters know the insides and out of the salery cap etc.. but its just my thoughts etc..

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Well, it's possible he's considering trading away one of our young RFA goaltenders to Dallas in axchange for Turco and, most definitely, something else. Turco goes UFA this summer, so he would just be a veteran presence to finish the year with. Which is something a lot of fans have been vocal about Montreal needing. A veteran backup for the young guy. ;) I s'pose it's possible that Dallas would part with a draft choice in exchange for Halak/Price. A first rounder even. :unsure:

Yes, of course if we were to ship either halak or price to dallas I would expect Turco + ______ in return, but to be honest, Im not sure what that _________ is - and I dont really know there's anyone there i'd want. All of their "good-to-great" players are older and Im not sure Id be willing to give up on Price or Halak for a prospect - even a top one - like Benn, Glennie or Larson.

I suppose if the deal were:

Price

for

Turco

Neal

Larson

Id bite :) not sure Dallas would. ;)

My guess is that if you could wait until draft day/summer, you could arguably get a top quality young player who has already established himself to an extent for Price. Trading one of these guys now has to be a mistake imho.

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The only way I would want Turco coming here is if Price or Halak is involved in a trade where we are far and away the obvious winners. Obviously, we'd have to send some cap their way, and I really can't imagine who we'd be sending their way without losing that trade completely. Who would Dallas be including in a package coming our way, because frankly, aside from the veteran goalie benefits for our young goalie, we couldn't benefit from accepting an old, expensive, bad goalie that takes the place of one of our young upcoming goalies.

Keep Turco, unless they want to take Spacek, Gomez and/or Laraque off our hands.

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Keep Turco, unless they want to take Spacek, Gomez and/or Laraque off our hands.

What about Gomez for Richards? The last 3 or 4 years people were saying he had the worst contract in the NHL (even worse than, shudder: Gomez) but this year...he's earning his keep... lets hope Scott can do the same next year ;)

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The only way I would want Turco coming here is if Price or Halak is involved in a trade where we are far and away the obvious winners. Obviously, we'd have to send some cap their way, and I really can't imagine who we'd be sending their way without losing that trade completely. Who would Dallas be including in a package coming our way, because frankly, aside from the veteran goalie benefits for our young goalie, we couldn't benefit from accepting an old, expensive, bad goalie that takes the place of one of our young upcoming goalies.

Keep Turco, unless they want to take Spacek, Gomez and/or Laraque off our hands.

Would we have to send some cap their way? Turco's UFA after this year, and with all the injuries we've had I'd bet we've got some cap room to spare for the rest of the season. With that said, though, I'm with you: I wouldn't make this trade unless their offer was otherwise really one-sided to the point where they shouldn't even be considering it (James Neal or something).

Whatever we could get for either goalie now, I bet it's not half of what we could get at the draft or over the summer. Nobody really needs a young, promising but ultimately unproven starter for their playoff run, but lots of people would love to add that over the summer (as more of a long-term deal).

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What about Gomez for Richards? The last 3 or 4 years people were saying he had the worst contract in the NHL (even worse than, shudder: Gomez) but this year...he's earning his keep... lets hope Scott can do the same next year ;)

Richards, that's a pretty bad contract too. Even if Brad were putting up Gomez's numbers this year, and vice versa, the difference is that Richards only has one year on his contract after this year. If it were Richards and Turco for Gomez, Spacek (Hamrilk?) and anything else, I would do it, simply because that's a lot of cap space off our books for the next couple of years (10 million I think?).

I hope Scott can turn it around next year, but even if he does, and he puts up a 70 point season, I still say we should trade him.

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Dallas just picked up Lhetonen and they now have three goalies so I can't see them trading Turco for yet another goalie. If Turco is coming to Montreal then one of our goalies is getting shipped elsewhere, not back to Dallas.

If they would be interested in some of the Habs over-paid players (Gomez for example) as part of the deal... it would be an okay dream for me.

And it wouldn't necessitate moving one of our goalies right away in any case... also Turco is UFA in the summer but his veteran experience could possibly help now.

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I get the impression Dallas wants to shed salary. If that's the case it would seem we'd have to send salary somewhere else if we're going after Turco.

How about Spacek for Turco? It would help them shed some salary. Of course that depletes our cap or puts us over unless we can do something else without hurting our team. Would be nice if it could work as we would shed Turco's salary after the season and be rid of Spacek's contract.

I don't even really know what Dallas needs though. But getting Turco who is UFA could ease the pain of having to part with one of our young goalies which I would assume we would do.

I don't know.....................

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Can we hire Bob MacKenzie as our GM?????

LMAO.....we can, but why would he want to be one..... He has perhaps the best job.....he can dream up trades...make deals on paper, be wrong and second guess real trades, all while getting paid for essentially only his opinion.....lol.....and we give our opinion for nothing....LMAO

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trade BGL+halak for turco and ott :) carey price finally gets that mentor goalie even if for a short time(we can always resign turco to a 2 year dirt cheap deal since im guessing his career as a number 1 is pretty much over considering his age...)so we can have a turco-price tandem and of course we can switch picks to even out the trade.

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LMAO.....we can, but why would he want to be one..... He has perhaps the best job.....he can dream up trades...make deals on paper, be wrong and second guess real trades, all while getting paid for essentially only his opinion.....lol.....and we give our opinion for nothing....LMAO

Bob MacKenzie is likely one of the most plugged in guys in the business of hockey. Let's not turn him into Eklund here. He's a smart and well connected hockey guy.

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