montrealgazette.com - 7/2/2009
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It was, as expected, a free-agent frenzy. The signings of a number of notable unrestricted free agents led by the capture of Marian Hossa by Chicago Blackhawks for an astonishing 12 seasons, of Minnesota's Marian Gaborik by the New York Rangers and the re-signing of a blizzard of others. So how ...
habseyesontheprize.com - 7/2/2009
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The insanity continues in Montreal, with the
Canadiens adding former Devils winger Brian Gionta at an...
inflated $25M over five season. You could say 20 goal scorers never had it so good! Gionta of course, rode shotgun to newly acquired Canadiens center Scott Gomez for a few season in ...
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Canadiens Sign Forward Brian Gionta
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novafantasysports.com - 7/2/2009
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The Chicago Blackhawks have signed Marian Hossa to
a 12-year contract averaging $5.2 million a season. The...
contract is front-loaded with about $53 million paid out over the first seven years, and little less than $9 million total for the final five years. "To add Marian, an elite and ...
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Chicago lands Hossa with 12yr deal
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The End of The Koivu Era: A Look Back At A Proud Habs Warrior's Greatest Moment
Habs Eyes On The Prize —
... In this morning's Montreal Gazette, Red Fisher authored a column titled "Mixed bag for Canadiens: New signings spell end of Koivu's run with Habs". In it, he says of Koivu: ...
The Morning Skate: Things Change on Free Agency Day 1
Slap Shot —
... and identity in such a short period. As Shawn Starr on Montreal’s Team 990 “Morning Show’ said today, “The fans now have a whole new team to criticize.” Almost the entire core of the Habs — a team that finished first in the East two seasons ago (when everything went right) and that collapsed last season (when everything went wrong) — is now gone, almost all the familiar names, save for defenseman Andrei Markov and goalie Carey Price. Captain Saku Koivu — gone (worth reading: Red Fisher’s tribute to him in today’s Gazette ). L’Artiste Alex Kovalev, the most popular Canadiens ...
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The Lead
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sports.yahoo.com 6/30/2009 — The first news was that Christopher Higgins , a Long Island native, was being traded from the Montreal Canadiens to the New York Rangers (via Kevin Allen of USA Today on Twitter). Then came the bombshell: Scott Gomez , signed through 2014 with a ...
Get with the Program!!!
crashthecrease.com 7/11/2009 — *start program*
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Every Contract is Moveable
gospelofhockey.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — Or at least that's the way it seems. In my last post I outlined which teams were in a good cap position heading into free agency. One of these teams was the Montreal Canadiens. One of the teams in a bit of a cap pickle was the New York Rangers. Today these two organizations made a trade: To ...
Sather evens things up
dailyhab-it.blogspot.com 6/30/2009 — I guess this is payback for Jozef Balej. When Bob Gainey hoodwinked Glen Sather into taking Balej in exchange for impending free agent Alex Kovalev back in 2004, Montreal was abuzz with the thought of a marquee name finally landing in the city. Now, just over four years later, those two men have ...
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lionsinwinter.ca 7/5/2009 — It's been swept under the rug a bit, but I still think it's a very pertinent question
To headline writers, Bob Gainey has blown up a team that crashed and burned in 2009.
To anyone with a developed memory and a modicum of sense, Bob Gainey also blew ...
Habs acquire Scott Gomez
canadiens.nhl.com 6/30/2009 — The Habs acquired forwards Scott Gomez and Tom Pyatt and defenceman Michael Busto from the New York Rangers, in return for forward Christopher Higgins and defencemen Ryan McDonagh, Pavel Valentenko and Doug Janik.
Canadiens sign Cammaleri, two others —
FOXSports.com News for NHL 7/1/2009
The Montreal Canadiens were busy again Wednesday with the signings of center Mike Cammaleri and defensemen Jaroslav Spacek and Hal Gill on the first day of free-agent shopping in the NHL.
One day after acquiring star center Scott Gomez from the New ...
