June 6, 200719 yr Gettin' Giggy With It GiggyIf the Ducks win the Stanley Cup as it increasingly looks like they will, goalie Jean-Sebastien Giguere stands to win his second Conn Smythe Trophy for being the MVP of the entire Stanley Cup playoffs. Not bad for a guy who didn't even play in the first three games of the first series against Minnesota. Giguere has been outstanding for the Ducks this postseason, and if not for his play in the west finals against Detroit, Anaheim probably wouldn't even be here. And because of that, Anaheim would be crazy to let him walk away this summer. Not saying the Ducks aren't going to do just that, but it's going to be hard for them to allow it. Giguere is going to be a hit on the free agent market, with the Panthers leading the charge for his services. The Panthers are desperate for a goalie of Giguere's stature, after realizing what they had in Roberto Luongo once he left. It's not Florida's fault Todd Bertuzzi got hurt. But the trade was a bust -- no matter how good Bryan Allen played in the second half of the season -- and signing Giguere this offseason would offset much of the damage done. So how do the Panthers bring Giguere to South Florida? First, he has to decide he's not going back to the O.C. The Ducks are paying him almost $4 million this year on a $40-plus million payroll. The Ducks are going to have to dole out some raises next year and at the same time probably bring some on as they try to tweak things to ensure they stick around the top of the league. The Ducks are going to reap financial benefits for winning the Cup, but GM Brian Burke says the team has a budget he will adhere to.Giguere2 With Giguere to demand a boost from his $4 million salary (look for him to start negotiations at $6 million per), the Ducks may say they are happy with Ilya Bryzgalov ($1 mil this year) as their No. 1. Why not? He's proved he can do the job and deserves a shot somewhere (the Ducks could sign Giguere and trade Bryzgalov, but Bryz is a bargain so they might as well keep him.) Even if Giguere and the Ducks part ways, that doesn't mean the 30-year-old is headed to Broward County. Tampa Bay would be interested in signing him, although the Bolts' financial restraints could keep them on the sidelines in this one. There have been rumblings Montreal would be interested in bringing the Montreal native home, and after missing the playoffs last year, the Habs are desperate for a big splash. Detroit, Los Angeles and Boston have also been mentioned as possible suitors. The one major thing the Panthers have in their favor is mucho dinero. The Cats have Cash. Will they spend it? There's the question. The thought here is Florida has to go after Giguere and go after him hard. This is a team that needs to not only make the playoffs but be good enough to do something once they make them. A world-class goalie like Giguere may be that catalyst. Sure, you can say Florida never made it when Luongo was here. The truth is, some of Luongo's best young years were wasted in Florida. The team tried building up and it never caught up before Mike Keenan sent Luongo west to Vancouver. Will the Panthers have to over pay to get Giguere? Probably. Will folks question why said money didn't go to Luongo in the first place to avoid this mess? Yep. The Panthers can't worry about second guessing in this case. And by all accounts, JM and his crew don't seem to care what outsiders think anyway. If Giguere decides to stay with the Ducks, great. The Panthers can't blame the guy for staying with the franchise he led to a Cup championship (probably). But if he ventures onto the open market, JM and the organization needs to do everything in its power to get him here. What if Giguere isn't out there? Florida can look west to San Jose and maybe swing a deal for Evgeni Nabokov or Vesa Toskala; maybe they go after Minnesota's Manny Fernandez or even Niklas Backstrom. The Panthers are expected to be active once the Stanley Cup Finals come to a close. Getting a true No. 1 goalie should be at the top of their list. http://miamiherald.typepad.com/flapanthers...omment-71888290 Richards keeps a good blog I highly recommend it.
June 6, 200719 yr That would be huge for the panthers. We're right around the corner of at last being a playoff team, and having a top goalie may push us over that edge. Although, I must say Belfour did a very good job for us this year.
June 6, 200719 yr This would have to the the first priority. There is no chance we make the playoffs with Belfoure. He played pretty good last season, but he must be 43 now or something like that. Does a 5 year 30 million dollar deal get it done? Is there a list of free agents anywhere? I think we need a goalie badly, then maybe another top 1-2 line forward.
June 6, 200719 yr I say a 4 year 28 million dollar or a 5 year 33 million dollar contract would get it done. If we could pull that off, it would certainly lessen the sting of trading Luongo.
June 6, 200719 yr No way in hell the Ducks let him slip away. How do you figure? They need to give raises to all their young kids (especially the kid line), resign Selanne, and they already have almost 35 million in payroll committed for next year (estimate). They have Byzgalov who can play at this level and in the playoffs for five million dollars less than what it would take for Giguere to sign with the Ducks. But hey, stranger things have happened.
June 7, 200719 yr If the Ducks can't keep him, I say we give him whatever he wants to play in South Florida. A great goalie would do wonders for the franchise and it may finally get the bad taste of the Luongo trade out of our mouths.
June 7, 200719 yr Also signing a top goalie immediately brings hype for the team. Fans are watching him play for the Cup, so if we sign him, people will know who he is and get excited about the team.
June 7, 200719 yr Author 6 years 6.8 million per with a no trade clause I would go to him tomorrow and offer it. Is it a huge overpay? Yes, but damn he is good. We know Boston and LA will offer up a fortune for his services. I also would love to get my hands on Hartnell, Blake, Smyth, Nilson whom are all Free Agents. Hartnell would fit in good with our youthful group and be perfect to put on the first line with Olli. As for FA out there, I found this in a hockey forum perhaps it helps? Anaheim Ducks Jean-Sebastien Giguere Teemu Selanne Sean O'Donnell Shawn Thornton Joe Dipenta Ric Jackman Mark Hartigan Brad May Sebastien Caron Ian Moran Trevor Gillies Kent Huskins Atlanta Thrashers Keith Tkachuk Vyacheslav Kozlov Greg De Vries Pascal Dupuis Eric Belanger Eric Boulton Jon Sim Denis Hamel Andy Sutton J.P. Vigier Andy Delmore Brad Larsen Shane Hnidy Kevin Doell (Group VI) Scott Mellanby (retired) Boston Bruins Marco Sturm (re-signed; 4 year deal) Jeremy Reich Petr Tenkrat Jeff Hoggan Bobby Allen Jason York Nathan Dempsey Jay Leach Dennis Packard (Group VI) Buffalo Sabres Chris Drury Daniel Briere Dainius Zubrus Adam Mair Mikko Lehtonen Teppo Numminen Ty Conklin Michael Ryan (Group VI) Calgary Flames Roman Hamrlik Brad Stuart Marcus Nilson (re-signed; 2 year deal) Tony Amonte Darren McCarty Wayne Primeau Jeff Friesen Byron Ritchie Jamie McLennan Brad Ference Carsen Germyn (Group VI) Brent Krahn (Group VI) Carolina Hurricanes Ray Whitney (re-signed; 3 year deal) Josef Vasicek Anson Carter Scott Walker Dave Tanabe Glen Wesley (re-signed; 1 year deal) Jesse Boulerice Shane Willis Scott Kelman (Group VI) Derrick Walser Chicago Blackhawks Michal Handzus Peter Bondra Patrick Lalime (re-signed; 1 year deal) Reed Low Jeff Hamilton Craig MacDonald David Koci (Group VI) Carl Corazzini Colorado Avalanche Joe Sakic (re-signed; 1 year deal) Ian Laperriere (team option exercised based on games played) Tyler Arnason Scott Parker Ossi Vaananen Antti Laaksonen Pierre Turgeon Patrice Brisebois Ken Klee Brett McLean Mark Rycroft Jeff Finger (re-signed; 1 year deal) Ben Guite Columbus Blue Jackets Fredrik Modin (re-signed; 3 year deal) Bryan Berard Fredrik Norrena (re-signed; 2 year deal) Anders Eriksson Jamie Pushor Brian Boucher Ryan Caldwell (Group VI) Brandon Sugden Dallas Stars Ladislav Nagy Darryl Sydor Stu Barnes Eric Lindros Patrik Stefan Stephane Robidas (re-signed; 3 year deal) Shane Endicott Matthew Barnaby Mike Smith (re-signed; 2 year deal) Krys Barch (Group VI) (re-signed; 1-year deal) Dan Ellis (Group VI) Mike Green (Group VI) Detroit Red Wings Pavel Datsyuk (re-signed; 7 year deal) Danny Markov Todd Bertuzzi Tomas Holmstrom (re-signed; 3 year deal) Kirk Maltby (re-signed; 3 year deal) Matt Schneider Chris Chelios Dominik Hasek Kyle Calder Robert Lang Brad Norton Matt Ellis (Group VI) Brendan Brooks Matt Hussey Josh Langfeld Dan Smith Edmonton Oilers Petr Sykora Petr Nedved Steve Staios (re-signed; 4 year deal) Jussi Markkanen Daniel Tjarnqvist Jan Hejda Toby Petersen Florida Panthers Jozef Stumpel Martin Gelinas Eddie Belfour Ville Peltonen (re-signed; 2 year deal) Ari Vallin Joe Nieuwendyk (retired) Los Angeles Kings Mathieu Garon Jaroslav Modry Aaron Miller Jamie Heward Derek Armstrong (re-signed; 2 year deal) Tom Kostopoulos Sean Burke Raitis Ivanans (re-signed; 1-year deal) Mike Weaver Noah Clarke Jeff Giuliano Tim Jackman Minnesota Wild Niklas Backstrom Martin Skoula Wes Walz Todd White Jason Morgan Wyatt Smith Montreal Canadiens Sheldon Souray Andrei Markov (re-signed; 4 year deal) Mike Johnson David Aebischer Radek Bonk Janne Niinimaa Aaron Downey Mathieu Biron Jean-Philippe Cote (Group VI) Yann Danis (Group VI) Dan Jancevski (Group VI) Nashville Predators Peter Forsberg Scott Hartnell Paul Kariya Kimmo Timonen Vitaly Vishnevski Scott Nichol Pat Leahy Nolan Yonkman Jerred Smithson Ramzi Abid (Group VI) Sheldon Brookbank (Group VI) Karl Goehring Kim Staal New Jersey Devils Brian Rafalski Scott Gomez Sergei Brylin (team option exercised) Erik Rasmussen Scott Clemmenson Jason Wiemer Brad Lukowich Jim Fahey Michael Rupp Grant Marshall Alexander Mogilny Dan McGillis Adrian Foster (Group VI) Justin Papineau (Group VI) New York Islanders Alexei Yashin Ryan Smyth Jason Blake Viktor Kozlov Tom Poti Richard Zednik Arron Asham Chris Simon Mike Dunham Sean Hill Joel Bouchard Eric Boguniecki Rick Berry Wade Dubielewicz (re-signed; 1-year deal) Peter Ferraro New York Rangers Brendan Shanahan Martin Straka (re-signed; 1 year deal) Michael Nylander (player option) Kevin Weekes Sandis Ozolinsh Brad Isbister Jed Ortmeyer Craig Weller (Group VI) Thomas Pock (re-signed; 2 year deal) Ottawa Senators Tom Preissing Chris Phillips (re-signed; 4 year deal with NTC) Mike Comrie Dean McAmmond Serge Payer Jamie Allison Brian Maloney Lawrence Nycholat (Group VI) Jeff Heerema (Group VI) Neil Komadoski (Group VI) Philadelphia Flyers Mike Knuble (re-signed; 2 year deal) Robert Esche Martin Biron (re-signed; 2 year deal) Sami Kapanen (re-signed; 2 year deal) Mike York Brad Tapper Boyd Kane Niko Dimitrakos Todd Fedoruk Mark Cullen Martin Grenier (re-signed; 1 year deal) Phoenix Coyotes Shane Doan (re-signed; 5 year deal) Curtis Joseph Jeremy Roenick Owen Nolan Kevyn Adams (re-signed; 1 year deal) Mike Ricci Mike Morrison Pascal Rheaume Pittsburgh Penguins Gary Roberts Mark Recchi Josef Melichar Ronald Petrovicky Jocelyn Thibault Nils Ekman Joel Kwiatkowski Rob Scuderi Eric Cairns John LeClair Wade Brookbank Alain Nasreddiene Nolan Schaefer (Group VI) Matt Carkner (Group VI) Micki Dupont (Group VI) Libor Pivko (Group VI) Wade Skolney (Group VI) San Jose Sharks Scott Hannan Bill Guerin Craig Rivet Mark Smith Pat Traverse Mathieu Darche Scott Ferguson Vladimir Malakhov (until he officially retires) Garrett Stafford (Group VI) Grant Stevenson (Group VI) St. Louis Blues Eric Brewer (re-signed; 4 year deal) Manny Legace (re-signed; 2 year deal) Ville Nieminen Glen Metropolit Radek Dvorak Jamal Mayers (re-signed; 3 year deal) Vladimir Orszagh Trent Whitfield (re-signed; 1 year deal) Jamie Rivers Peter Sejna (Group VI) Mike Stuart (Group VI) Tampa Bay Lightning Cory Sarich Ruslan Fedotenko Luke Richardson Nolan Pratt Jason Ward (re-signed; 2 year deal) Rob DiMaio Dan Corso Andreas Karlsson (re-signed; 1-year deal) Eric Perrin Johan Holmqvist (re-signed; 1 year deal) Kyle Wanvig (Group VI) Stephen Baby (Group VI) Eric Healey Norm Milley (Group VI) Toronto Maple Leafs Mats Sundin (team option thru 6/15 @ $6.3 million cap hit) Mike Peca Darcy Tucker (re-signed; 4 year deal) Yanic Perreault Nikolai Antropov Jeff O'Neill Jean-Sebastien Aubin Boyd Devereaux (re-signed; 2 year deal) Bates Battaglia Tyson Nash Brad Brown Travis Green Marc Moro Brad Leeb (Group VI) J.F. Racine (Group VI) Vancouver Canucks Sami Salo (re-signed; 4 year deal) Taylor Pyatt (re-signed; 2 year deal) Trevor Linden Bryan Smolinski Jan Bulis Brent Sopel Mika Noronen Rory Fitzpatrick Josh Green Jeff Cowan Wade Flaherty Lee Goren Tommi Santala Yannick Tremblay Joe Rullier (Group VI) Prestin Ryan (Group VI) Dany Sabourin (Group VI) Nathan Smith (Group VI) Washington Capitals Bryan Muir Brent Johnson (re-signed; 2 year deal) Donald Brashear (re-signed; 1 year deal) Peter Vandermeer Trevor Byrne (Group VI) Alexander Giroux (Group VI) Quinton Laing (Group VI) Chad Wiseman (Group VI) Players signed overseas Corey Larose (Atlanta) to Kazan, RUS Nathan Robinson (Boston) to Berlin, GER Timo Helbling (Buffalo) to Lugano, SWI Denis Arkhipov (Chicago) to Aks Bars, RUS Jean-Marc Pelletier (Florida) to Hamburg, GER Marty Murray (Los Angeles) to Lugano, SWI Peter Ratchuk (Minnesota) to Dusseldorf, GER Randy Robitaille (New York Islanders) to Yaroslavl, RUS Tomas Malec (New York Islanders) to Trinec, CZE Martin Richter (New York Rangers) to Pardubice, CZE Cory Pecker (Ottawa) to Lausanne, SWI David Prinz (Philadelphia) to Djurgarden, SWE Eric Meloche (Philadelphia) to Straubing, GER Tomas Mojzis (St Louis) to Novosibirsk, RUS Joe Rullier (Tampa Bay) to Lukko, FIN Erik Westrum (Toronto) to Ambri-Piotta, SWI Alexander Suglobov (Toronto) to St. Petersburg, RUS Brad Moran (Vancouver) to Hamburg, GER Brandon Reid (Vancouver) to Dusseldorf, GER Andy Hedlund (Washington) to Dusseldorf, GER
June 7, 200719 yr Author nope, belfour wants even more money to come back Plante, Anderson, Auld one of them will be the backup I think. Of course smarter cats fans might know for sure.
June 7, 200719 yr Author Martin Weighing His Goaltending Options Florida Panthers Jun 6, 2007, 5:01 PM EDT BELFOUR ANDERSON By: Dave Joseph for floridapanthers.com The list is endless. There?s future Hall of Famers Ed Belfour and Dominik Hasek, promising stars like Vesa Toskala and Niklas Backstrom, journeymen Robert Esche and Martin Gerber, and even the possibility of Conn Smythe winner J.S. Giguere. The number of goalies who could change teams this off-season is staggering, and Panther coach Jacques Martin is carefully weighing his options as he moves toward the most important weeks of the summer. Three weeks before the Entry Draft and less than a month before the frenzy that is free agency, the Panthers? coach is devising a plan and looking at a plethora of options when it comes to who could be in goal for the upcoming 2007-08. ?There?s a lot of different scenarios and a lot of different options,? Martin agreed. ?We haven?t firmed up our decisions regarding goal. They?re not quite clear at this point.? And that?s because much will depend on the decision of three teams: the Ducks, Wild and Sharks. Giguere, making $3.99 million for the Ducks, will become an unrestricted free agent July 1 and is expected to command approximately $6 million. With the Ducks committed to paying defensemen Chris Pronger and Scott Niedermayer a combined $13 million next season ? they?re also likely to resign Teemu Selanne and restricted free agents Dustin Penner and Travis Moen - they may have to let Giguere loose and take a shot in goal with Ilya Bryzgalov, who is making $1 million and is three years younger than the 30-year-old Giguere. The Sharks and Wild are also looking at cap issues. With Evgeni Nabokov holding a no-trade, $5 million contract, the Sharks could take $1.375 million off the books by trading Toskala. Meanwhile, the Wild must decide whether to sign unrestricted free agent Niklas Backstrom to a deal worth at least $3 million. If they sign Backstrom, the Wild will actively seek to trade Manny Fernandez, who is set to make $4.33 million in 2007-08 and $4.5 million the following year. The key could be whether Giguere and/or Backstrom sign with their current teams or shop for the best deal. ?Really, the top unrestricted free agents are very limited,? said Martin, referring to Giguere and Backstrom. ?If they decide to (shop around), there?s so few of them (at that level) they?re price could be too high.? The group under Giguere and Backstrom includes veterans Curtis Joseph, Robert Esche, David Aebischer, Kevin Weekes, Mike Dunham, Mathieu Garon, Jocelyn Thibault, Hasek and, yes, Belfour. Coming off back surgery and an inconsistent season in Toronto in 2005-06, Belfour wound up carrying the Panthers the second-half of last season. With Alex Auld struggling in his third NHL season before getting injured, Belfour played in 27 consecutive games from Jan. 20 through March 27 while compiling a 15-8-4 record. Martin believes the Panthers goaltending situation wasn?t settled last year until the second half of the season. ?I think what happened was Alex had a fairly good start, but the team had trouble shortly after the start and they weren?t getting goals for him,? Martin said. ?Then Eddie was coming off back surgery and I don?t think he really started coming around and was 100 percent until sometime in December.? Martin believes Belfour?s training regiment allowed him to play as well as he did during the second half of the season. But is it too much to ask a 42-year-old to be your No. 1 goalie? ?Well, that?s a legitimate question,? Martin said. ?When you look at guys like Belfour and Hasek, they?re making less money because there is a higher risk with them than a 28 or 30-year-old. When you?re older and get injured, the recovery time is longer. So there can be that drawback.? One scenario for the Panthers is to hope Auld can come back healthy from knee surgery and battle Belfour for the No. 1 spot as he did last year during the opening month. To accomplish such a competition, Martin would have to sign Belfour as an unrestricted free agent and give Auld a qualifying offer (approximately $1.6 million) by June 25. A second scenario has Martin not qualifying Auld, signing Belfour, and looking for the best deal. That could depend on whether the Wild sign Backstrom or whether the Panthers can trade for a Toskala or a Fernandez or a Martin Gerber ($3.7 million). There could also be better deals. For instance, maybe the Bruins are willing to deal acrobatic Tim Thomas ($1.2 million) or Hannu Toivonen now that they?ve signed their goalie of the future in Tuukka Rask. Yet, a third option is letting Belfour and Auld go, signing a No. 1 goalie and keeping Craig Anderson or trading for someone like Thomas as a backup. ?A lot will be determined on what teams are looking for and which players they?re willing to trade,? Martin said. Could Martin swing for the fences by making noise at June 22-23 Entry Draft in Columbus, Ohio? Could he make the kind of blockbuster deal the Panthers have in the past? ?We?re still trying to improve in certain areas and fill certain holes with free agents,? said Martin, who could be shopping or a couple forwards come July. ?I don?t know if we?re at the level with our depth that would allow us to make the kind of deal Florida has a reputation of making. But, again, there?s a lot of different scenarios. And we?re keeping all our options open.? http://panthers.nhl.com/team/app/?service=...rticleid=316763 Thank god for the underlined statement. No need to make a move like trading away our all star at the all star game, bah humbug. I really dont like the Belfour/auld possibility next year. Toskala might be fun to see though still want JSG.
June 7, 200719 yr If we keep the Belfour/Auld platoon next year, there will be no playoffs yet again.
June 7, 200719 yr I've heard this rumor floating around for awhile now. I think it would be great. Let's hope it happens.
June 8, 200719 yr Totally unsubstantiated and off the wall, but Horton (or even Jokinen) for Al Montoya makes a ton of sense for both teams. Lundqvist is an RFA so he's going to get a big extension, and Montoya's not going to sit in Hartford forever.
June 8, 200719 yr Totally unsubstantiated and off the wall, but Horton (or even Jokinen) for Al Montoya makes a ton of sense for both teams. Lundqvist is an RFA so he's going to get a big extension, and Montoya's not going to sit in Hartford forever. Make it happen please!
June 8, 200719 yr Totally unsubstantiated and off the wall, but Horton (or even Jokinen) for Al Montoya makes a ton of sense for both teams. Lundqvist is an RFA so he's going to get a big extension, and Montoya's not going to sit in Hartford forever. No it doesn't at all. Horton is worth much more than Montoya. However, trading Jokinen for a package of Montoya and others isn't such a bad idea. :mischief
June 8, 200719 yr we just need something. Does everyone realize its been 8 years since we last made the playoffs (yikes)
June 8, 200719 yr Totally unsubstantiated and off the wall, but Horton (or even Jokinen) for Al Montoya makes a ton of sense for both teams. Lundqvist is an RFA so he's going to get a big extension, and Montoya's not going to sit in Hartford forever. No it doesn't at all. Horton is worth much more than Montoya. However, trading Jokinen for a package of Montoya and others isn't such a bad idea. :mischief Well, I respectfully disagree, but whatever it's not going to happen because the Rangers got burned thinking Blackburn was the goalie of the future and they'll at least hold onto Montoya for one more season, and the Panthers would never make a huge risk/reward move like that since a goalie's value is never really known until he's gone, it'd be tough for the Panthers to watch Horton or Jokinen put up 90 point seasons on Broadway.
June 8, 200719 yr Totally unsubstantiated and off the wall, but Horton (or even Jokinen) for Al Montoya makes a ton of sense for both teams. Lundqvist is an RFA so he's going to get a big extension, and Montoya's not going to sit in Hartford forever. No it doesn't at all. Horton is worth much more than Montoya. However, trading Jokinen for a package of Montoya and others isn't such a bad idea. :mischief Well, I respectfully disagree, but whatever it's not going to happen because the Rangers got burned thinking Blackburn was the goalie of the future and they'll at least hold onto Montoya for one more season, and the Panthers would never make a huge risk/reward move like that since a goalie's value is never really known until he's gone, it'd be tough for the Panthers to watch Horton or Jokinen put up 90 point seasons on Broadway. Horton should not be traded. I happen to think Jokinen is tradable judging by what I've heard from people. Horton will be a better player than Olli ever will be. My opinion, but you do not trade that wrist shot and Horton's playmaking skills (don't believe me? Look at his stats from Junior and last season). He is maturing as a player and he will score 50+ goals in the near future. He's got that talent. I don't believe Olli does have that in him, however, since he doesn't go to the net with enough regularity.
June 8, 200719 yr What is Horton, 21, 22? and he's pretty much already a stud on the verge of stardom. We'd be absolutly crazy to trade him. Hopefully we can just take the free agency route, but if comes down to trading, Horton fits more in with the future than Olli.
June 8, 200719 yr Anyone think if the panthers can get JSG, they re-sign belfour as a backup? Belfour has already made it known he wants to be a starter. If he doesn't get that chance here (which I hope to God he doesn't), he'll go elsewhere.
June 8, 200719 yr What is Horton, 21, 22? and he's pretty much already a stud on the verge of stardom. We'd be absolutly crazy to trade him. Hopefully we can just take the free agency route, but if comes down to trading, Horton fits more in with the future than Olli. I think free agency needs to be tried first. There should be some decent goalies out there. However I am sure the panthers will have to overpay. The teams hasnt done anything since the 99-2000 season, so this isnt an atractive team. However this team is only a few players away from making the playoffs (as a 7-8 seed)
June 8, 200719 yr Author Totally unsubstantiated and off the wall, but Horton (or even Jokinen) for Al Montoya makes a ton of sense for both teams. Lundqvist is an RFA so he's going to get a big extension, and Montoya's not going to sit in Hartford forever. No it doesn't at all. Horton is worth much more than Montoya. However, trading Jokinen for a package of Montoya and others isn't such a bad idea. :mischief Well, I respectfully disagree, but whatever it's not going to happen because the Rangers got burned thinking Blackburn was the goalie of the future and they'll at least hold onto Montoya for one more season, and the Panthers would never make a huge risk/reward move like that since a goalie's value is never really known until he's gone, it'd be tough for the Panthers to watch Horton or Jokinen put up 90 point seasons on Broadway. Horton >>>> Montoya in value by far sorry maybe if for the rangers it makes a lot of sense but a kid on the verge of breaking out that is 30+ goals at his age traded for an unproven prospect (not even the best goalie prospect in the minors? Price is far better) would make no sense at all. The cats need to get 2 forwards, easier to give up a 3nd (detriots) for fernandez, eat that contract for two years. He is a pretty good goalie if a headcase. Then go sign Hartnell and another for the top line with Olli.
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