How about the Sabres/Sens game last night? Spezza's garbage goal crushed me, but still...down 8 players and fighting back from a 3 goal deficit is freakin incredible. Plus my fav Tallinder scored twice haha. =) I don't care that we lost at all, it was that good of a game.

Wooo, Go Leafs Go, we won yesturday, nothing special though, it was only against the flyers!

How about the Sabres/Sens game last night? Spezza's garbage goal crushed me, but still...down 8 players and fighting back from a 3 goal deficit is freakin incredible. Plus my fav Tallinder scored twice haha. =) I don't care that we lost at all, it was that good of a game.

 

From what I saw it was pretty exciting. There were a bunch of garbage goals by both teams I thought, but hey a goal is a goal.

 

My favourite game from last night was the Calgary and San Jose game. It went back and forth for quite a while and then finally the Flames pulled ahead.

Canadiens send veteran Rivet to San Jose for Gorges, first-round pick

 

MONTREAL (CP) - Craig Rivet, who was the Montreal Canadiens' longest-serving player, is now a San Jose Shark.

 

In a move that general manager Bob Gainey said will boost both teams for the playoffs, the 32-year-old Rivet was dealt to the Sharks on Sunday for 22-year-old Josh Gorges in a swap of defencemen.

 

Rivet, who was about to return from a bout of pneumonia, had spent is entire 12-year NHL career in Montreal but had an inkling that he would be moved. He is to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.

 

Going to San Jose, one of the strongest teams in the Western Conference, suits him fine.

 

"It was something that I was preparing myself for," the North Bay, Ont., native said. "It's something that's difficult because I've been in Montreal a long time.

 

"I have a lot of roots here. But at the same time I kind of saw the writing on the wall. I was thinking in my mind that change would be good. I feel great about it."

 

The Canadiens will also receive a first-round draft pick in 2007 while the Sharks get a fifth-rounder in 2008.

 

It may appear a stiff price for Rivet, but the Sharks already held New Jersey's first-round pick for 2007 from a previous deal.

 

"We acquired that pick for this purpose," said Sharks GM Doug Wilson. "I would rather get exactly what we want and pay a price than to have to chase your tail and get something that maybe doesn't fit as well."

 

Gainey said San Jose wanted an experienced defenceman who is a right-handed shot.

 

Montreal wanted a fit, young defenceman who could step into the lineup right way and help with their playoff push. The Canadiens sit ninth in the East, one spot out of playoff position.

 

"We are still a team that isn't a selling team," Gainey said. "We want to make the playoffs and we're in position to make the playoffs."

 

Gorges is to arrive in Montreal on Monday but will not play before a game Tuesday night against the Rangers in New York.

 

Gainey said the deal gives Montreal "a full, healthy player in the next week or 10 days when it's going to be critical for us.

 

"Craig may have been in the lineup (Monday) night after an absence of two weeks, so you'd expect it will take him a bit of time to find his game shape and to be comfortable and productive again.

 

"The Sharks look like they're locked into a playoff position and they can allow him the time to get his full form back."

 

Rivet has 39 goals and 112 assists in his regular-season career.

 

He was not expected to remain with the Canadiens after a dispute with coach Guy Carbonneau that began Jan. 16 when he was made a healthy scratch for a game against Vancouver.

 

But Rivet said - and Gainey confirmed - that he did not ask for a trade.

 

"Guy made that decision that night and I don't think it was solely directed at me," said Rivet. "I think it was more that he wanted to get a major jolt out of the team to get them going in the right direction."

 

Gorges, 22, has a goal and three assists in 47 games this season, his second. The six-foot-one blue-liner played on Canada's silver medal-winning squad at the 2004 world junior hockey championship.

 

The Kelowna, B.C., native was never drafted, but signed as a free agent with San Jose in 2002 when he was with the Kelowna Rockets, with whom he served as captain and won a Memorial Cup in 2004.

 

The Sharks finally added a veteran defenceman to one of the NHL's least experienced groups.

 

"We were looking for a Mike Grier-type player to play on our back end," Sharks GM Doug Wilson said. "Mike Grier has had a big impact up front and we look to get that from Craig on defence. He's obviously been well-coached coming from the Canadiens' organization."

 

Rivet has six goals, 10 assists and 57 penalty minutes in 54 games this season as a quietly dependable presence on Montreal's blue-line.

 

He has been out of the Canadiens' lineup since Feb. 8, missing nine games with pneumonia.

 

Hours before the trade, Rivet was looking forward to getting back into action against Toronto on Monday night, even if he had not yet regained top form.

 

"It will take time to be 100 per cent, but I've worked hard all week with the trainers to try to open up my lungs a bit and get into the best shape possible," said Rivet. "I feel pretty good on the ice now."

 

Rivet was drafted by Montreal in the third round in 1992 and went on to become a dependable defensive player who could play on the power play if needed. He also played for Canada at the 2003 IIHF world championship.

 

"I have so many memories here in Montreal," Rivet said. "Not all good, but I've enjoyed every single minute that I've been here in Montreal. It's a fantastic city, it's a very passionate hockey city. Even the good and the bad, I take it all in stride."

 

Last season, he had a career-high 34 points, but he struggled at times this season, which led to his being pulled from the lineup for a game.

 

"I really enjoyed my time in Montreal, but it's my unrestricted year and I was going to look at all my options," he said.

 

The Sharks desperately needed a playoff-tested defenceman to help lead a blue line that has been criticized this season despite the club's strong record. San Jose gave up 29 goals on its just-completed eight-game road trip, including seven in a loss to Calgary on Saturday night.

 

"I would not have felt very comfortable if we had gone through the trade deadline and not addressed this area," Wilson said.

 

Rivet says he is excited to play for the Sharks.

 

"I know they have a very, very strong team," Rivet said. "I think they have a great future, I think they have a team that can really do some damage."

 

The 32-year-old Rivet becomes the oldest player on one of the NHL's youngest rosters. San Jose general manager Doug Wilson has consistently resisted the temptation to ship out his stable of young forwards and goalies to supplement his defence, insisting the Sharks' youngsters deserved the right to play.

 

Gorges was among those youngsters who earned an opportunity, but he had just four points this season while struggling in his own end.

 

Gainey said he only discussed Rivet with the Sharks. Canadiens defencemen Sheldon Souray, Andrei Markov and Janne Niinimaa can also be unrestricted free agents this summer.

 

He did not say if he was pursuing further deals before Tuesday's NHL trading deadline, but added that "we'll be alert. We'll be prepared to respond to anything that comes along."

 

Source:http://www.thehockeynews.com/en/news/DetailNewsCP.asp?xml=h022570A

As a Habs fan I'm happy with this trade. I don't think Rivet was worth a first round pick.

go wings!

think they'll make a trade?

Nice Thread ^^ !!

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CP) - The New York Islanders have acquired winger Richard Zednik fro

 

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (CP) - The New York Islanders have acquired winger Richard Zednik from the Washington Capitals in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2007.

 

Zednik will be an unrestricted free agent July 1 and was unable to come to terms on an extension with the Capitals.

The 31-year-old Slovak had 18 points (6-12) in 32 games with the Caps, missing half the season through injury.

 

Source: http://tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=197782&hubname=nhl

Ah i'm still mad about the wings preds game. Flippin refs stole the game. But oh well we only had ozzie in net anyway. Go wings!!

CANUCKS PICK UP SMOLINSKI, SOPEL

 

VANCOUVER (CP) - The Vancouver Canucks bolstered both their forward and defence corps Monday.

 

The Canucks landed centre Bryan Smolinski from the Chicago Blackhawks for a conditional second-round draft pick, then re-acquired defenceman Brent Sopel from the Los Angeles Kings for conditional second-and fourth-round draft picks.

 

Smolinski, 36, will be an unrestricted free agent July 1. He had 37 points (14-23) in 62 games with the Blackhawks this season.

 

Canucks GM Dave Nonis made it a priority to pick up help centre before Tuesday's trade deadline and got it in the reliable Smolinski, a two-way centre with playoff experience.

 

Earlier on Monday, the Canucks waived centre Marc Chouinard.

 

The Canucks drafted Sopel in the sixth round in '95 and he spent parts of six seasons with Vancouver before being dealt Aug. 3, 2005 to the New York Islanders for a conditional draft pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft.

 

The Islanders traded Sopel to the Kings on March 8, 2006 with Mark Parrish for Denis Grebeshkov, Jeff Tambellini, and a conditional 2006 draft pick

Yess! Canucks got Smolinski and added some more grit to their defense. Awesomeee! :)

I like the two trades the 'Nucks made. They didn't give up too much in my opinion. And Sopel had a career year for them not too long ago.

Poor Marc Chouinard. :( I like that guy.

 

Anyways, according to TSN Dainius Zubrus isn't getting re-signed and might be getting traded in the next 24 hours. Hopefully a good team picks that guy up since he is one of my favorites! :)

Oh yeah Habs in gained against Toronto, I must acknowledged that Aebisher was not very famous. But the team played well !

So the biggest deals so far today:

 

Biron to the Flyers

Bertuzzi to the Wings

Guerin to the Sharks

Leighton to the Canadiens :P

Poor Marc Chouinard. :( I like that guy.

 

Anyways, according to TSN Dainius Zubrus isn't getting re-signed and might be getting traded in the next 24 hours. Hopefully a good team picks that guy up since he is one of my favorites! :)

 

Chouinard used to play for Halifax. :) So I like him too.

Perreault to the Leafs...I hate them!

 

Zubrus to the Sabres...a good pick-up.

Poor Marc Chouinard. :( I like that guy.

 

Anyways, according to TSN Dainius Zubrus isn't getting re-signed and might be getting traded in the next 24 hours. Hopefully a good team picks that guy up since he is one of my favorites! :)

 

Holy crap I didn't think the Sabres would pick him up! Wow this is awesome! I feel bad for Phoenix losing Saprykin though. He was playing well on Thursday when I saw him.

 

As for Biron...I hate Philadelphia, and Ty Conklin isn't good, but at least we have some free space on our budget now.

 

Damn, Yanic Perreault is going back to Toronto...that blows the big one.

Smyth got traded?!?!? I'm in shock. WOW.

I really dislike Bertuzzi after what he did, so i really cant agree with holland on this trade. But i think he can give a little physicality to the wings, which is definitley needed.

Wow! Ryan Smyth got traded! Shocking...

Good for Zubrus landing in Buffalo. They're going to be quite dangerous once their players are back. And oh wow, San Jose! Cheechoo,Thornton,Guerin! What a freaking line. Good trades happened today.

Yeah Montreal didn't really do anything exciting though. Leighton? What good will that do?

Oh and here are the trades that happened on the deadline:

 

Florida traded F Gary Roberts to Pittsburgh for D Noah Welch

 

Buffalo traded 2007 5th round draft pick to Columbus for G Ty Conklin

 

Minnesota traded 2007 2nd draft pick to Pittsburgh for C Dominic Moore

 

Buffalo traded G Martin Biron to Phillidelphia for a 2007 2nd round draft pick

 

St.Louis traded RW Bill Guerin to San Jose for LW Ville Niemenen,2007 1st round draft pick and prospect Jay Barriball

 

Colorado traded F Brad May to Anaheim for G Michael Wall

 

NY Rangers traded D Aaron Ward to Boston for D Paul Mara

 

Phoenix traded Oleg Saprykin and a 2007 7th round draft pick for a 2008 2nd round draft pick

 

Phoenix traded F Georges Laraque to Pittsburgh for a 2008 3rd round draft pick and prospect Dan Carcillo.

 

Washington traded F Dainus Zubrus and D Timo Helbling to Buffalo for C Jiri Novotny and a 2007 1st round draft pick

 

Florida Traded RW Todd Bertuzzi to Detroit for a condtional 2007 draft pick and conditional 2008 2nd round draft pick

 

Florida traded D Joel Kwiatkowski to Pittsburgh for a 2007 4th round draft pick

 

Tamba Bay traded RW Nikita Alexeev to Chicago for LW Karl Stewart and a 2008 6th round draft pick

 

Boston traded F Brad Boyes to St.Louis for D Dennis Wideman

 

Dallas traded D Jaraslov Modry, D Johan Fransson, 2008 1st round draft pick and 2007 2nd&3rd round draft picks to Los Angeles for D Mattias Norstrom,RW Konstantin Pushkaryov and 2007 3&4 round draft picks

 

San Jose traded G Nolan Schaefer to San Jose for a 2007 7th round draft pick

 

Atlanta traded F Alex Bourret to NY Rangers for LW Pascal Dupuis and a 2007 3rd round draft pick

 

San Jose traded RW Scott Parker to Colorado for a 2008 6th round draft pick

 

New Jersey traded D David Hale and 2007 5th round draft pick to Calgary for a 2007 3rd round draft pick

 

Los Angeles traded RW Jason Ward to Tamba Bay for a 2007 5th round draft pick

 

Edmonton traded RW Ryan Smyth to NY Islanders for C Robert Nilsson, C Ryan O'Marra and a 2007 1st round draft pick

 

Phoenix traded C Yannic Perreault and a 2008 5th round draft pick to Toronto for D Brendan Bell and a 2008 2nd round draft pick

 

Washington traded D Jamie Hedward to Los Angeles for a 2008 5th round draft pick

Denis Hamel was claimed by Philadelphia,

Jason Krog was claimed by Atlanta,

Niko Kapanen was claimed by Phoenix

Brian Boucher was claimed by Columbus.

he Montreal Canadiens claimed goaltender Michael Leighton

 

source: tsn.ca