HALAK TRADED TO BLUES?!?!

Its being reported almost everywhere I just read about it on TSN as well.

Its Halak for Ian Schultz and Lars Eller. Makes you wonder how much money Halak was looking for on his next contract.

I’m kind of relieved in a way.

very shocking. Habs fans have got to be pissed.

Halak still becomes a RFA on July 1. This trade seems to be motivated for financial reasons. This makes it clear that Chris Mason is gone, and that the Blues are willing to spend the Benjamins to sign Halak to a long-term deal.

“Sources say PHI, TB and SJ were others pitching hard on Halak, What’s clear now is that, in spite of playoffs, Price was and is MTL’s guy.”

So does that mean we weren’t/aren’t planning on keeping Nabby? Leaving no stone unturned?

lol man, Habs fans must be pissed. It doesn’t seem like a very good trade either, they got 2 prospects who have never played in the NHL for Halak.

You’d think the Habs would be trying to win now after a great postseason and a new found goaltending phenom; but it seems like they’re just building for the future now.

I really wanted Price =\

Now i could care less who we sign as long as they’re cheap, because i’m banking on Greiss being our savior more than a dude like Dan Ellis. I don’t see what’s so great about Ellis, I can read his tweets whether he’s on the team or not. I’d rather just get a giant butterfly goalie who will come dirt cheap like Jeff-Drouin Deslauriers (or maybe Ondrec Pavelec) than spend an extra 2 million cap space on a guy like Dan Ellis.

who are we going to get for Clowe now?

This was not expected and not good for the Sharks as Price is pretty much not ours..unless Mtl does something even dumber…

Yeah, um … this kinda’ sucks.

As they have to compete within a fairly tough Central Division w/ the Cup champion Blackhawks (woof), Red Wings, Predators….and Blue Jackets. I’m also not happy to see Halak in the West.

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Even though it’s hearsay, a Sharks fan working in a high end store near Stanford stated last week that he assisted Nabby and his wife Tabby. When asked about his future with the Sharks, he said he’s staying with San Jose – to which his wife happily agreed (allegedly stating ’we’re not going anywhere’)

That doesn’t appear to be the case from the Sharks POV however, as it’s apparent the Sharks are making pitches to other goaltenders, like The Monster, Karlsson, Halak, etc., which would suggest Nabokov’s time as the top tender in teal is over and/or they’re not willing or able to hand the reigns over to Greiss, et al.

Also, on an aside, after reading through other team’s forums and chatrooms – it looks like fans are none to eager to see their team acquire Nabokov (the big game choker). I wonder if GM’s share a similar view.

I’d imagine that Price would use the current scenario as additional leverage to get a new contract done for extra $$$. I guess the Habs management is either really stupid or they’re just really confident that Price is their guy— regardless of what happened in the playoffs.

Even though Halak will be a RFA, no way Blues make this trade if they aren’t confident of signing Halak to a deal. Blues cap hit is 27.6 million for next season.. Money isn’t a problem. Halak gets the chance to be the undisputed #1 goalie in St.Louis. I see nothing but positives for Halak. He gets out of that pressure environment that is Montreal,

In a league where what have you done for me lately, I guess Halak got rewarded— just the wrong team got the reward.

since the playoffs ended. Which seems contradictory to all reports from Gauthier that Montreal was seriously considering keeping both goalies as a duo.

Maple Leafs fans have something to be delighted about.

I was pretty shocked when I saw this a little earlier as I was going through my news feeds. Guess that ends the Price to SJ stuff. I’d be down with getting Mason, though. He seems like he’d be willing to split time with Griess or another of our young goalies, while still giving us solid starts.

I’m not sure what to think about it. Montreal’s GM seemed to be emphasizing the fact that the decision was made based on where they saw the future of the franchise going. I mean, let’s be honest, there’s no guarantee that Halak was going to continue putting up the type of numbers we saw this postseason. It’s a bummer that Price will probably not end up in San Jose, but hey, you never know. I think I actually feel worse for Halak than I do for Habs fans. Who’d want to live and play hockey in Missouri?