No way! I'm sure this rumor is false! Why would Bob trade away Huet for a puny second round pick when we will need both goalies to carry us far in the playoffs???

If this is true, and there is nothing else in the deal, then it is a horrible move by Bob. And as a devoted Habs fan, I'm sorely disappointed.

As the name says, I'm a huge Habs fan... and I have to say, I'd be sad to see Huey go. Granted, he has not been the greatest as of late, but he has shown what he is capable of in the past and I'm sure that talent while be back.

Some will say they didn't get enough for him (and it's true) but that's what you get when you don't sign your players. Hope Gainey will learn from that.

a great move for montreal, but what would washington be doing? it feels like kolzig has been there forever, and now they're shafting him? he is a much better goalie than what his stats show, i feel sorry the guy since he is always on a terrible team, whether its washington in the nhl, or germany in the olympics... the poor guy never lucks out! give the guy some support up front, more than ovechkin!

This move is a huge mistake. Trading Huet for a 2nd round pick is an insult. Bob Gainey here is one for you: The point was to get stronger in goalkeeping not to trade away your #1 keeper!!

I can't believe that Bob would trade Huet for a 2nd round draft choice. Bob is very smart and knows that Huet is worth so much more. Besides, he wouldn't dare to put Price in the #1 position at this point in his young NHL career, especially without having a solid backup goalie for support. The pressure would be so great on Price that I can't see this as being a beneficial move and therefore doubt its authenticity. Certainly this move would only hurt the Habs down the stretch to the playoffs. Both goalies (Huet and Price) are great but neither can be relied on night after night at this point. I hope this rumour is not true.

If Huet is moving then Ottawa needs to get in the loop. They have some young talent to put into a deal with a 3rd round pick. If they can make a deal for a goalie they could have a real shot at the cup.

Would have made more sense for Montreal to keep Huet for their playoff run and let him walk in the summer. Is a 2nd round pick really that important? Huet would have been a vital part of Montreal's Cup run. It was an unnecessary move even if Carey Price goes on to stand on his head.

It may be possible that a second round draft pick is not enough, but I would expect that GM Gainey has already mapped out in general terms where the Capitals will end their season, where they will be in the draft and within two or three players which ones will be available (i.e., the Sam Pollock GM style).

Don't forget about Jaroslav Halak, either. A very worthy back-up and potential starter anywhere else other than G-deep Montreal. Heck, Ottawa would probably love to have JH and send Emery packing.

Habs have lots of depth in net. They just freed up a lot of salary that could be used to sign Hossa beyond this year. Price needs to play, not sit and watch. Remember what he did for the Bulldogs last year??

Ha ha, it is true. Man, I thought the Habs had more brains than that. Washington should now trade Huet to the Sens and let Ottawa be the next Canadian team to win the Stanley Cup since Montreal is no longer a contender now.

I'm still waiting around for Hometown hero, Michael Ryder, to be traded to a decent team...*cough*Leafs*cough*....hey, I can dream, can't I?

As a profound HABS fan, I am not suprised by this move. I found Huet not very consistent in his game-to-game play. You never knew which Huet was going to show up. His penchant for blowing long shots or mishandling the puck would drive any coach nuts. To play goal in Montreal, you need not only the skills but the mental capacity, Huet was lacking on both fronts. What you want is the coolness of a Dryden, ice-in-the-veins attitude of a Plante or the devil-may-care persona of the Gumper Let's see if Mr.Price can help us out. Carbo has the forwards & "D" playing the old "fire wagon hockey" style Montreal made famous. No body dare take a "night off" & that includes the goalie.

Well if we werent going to sign him during the offseason then this does make sense. Wish it were a 2nd rounder and a prospect.

Way to little for HUET.

Man Price really isnt ready as our everyday however if this is the year we suffer and we come out smokin next year it will all make sense!

I like Huet but he isn't a #1 goalie where as Price will become a #1 goalie. Therefore we must get as much for him as we can and a 2nd round pick is probably the best given that he is a UFA this summer.

It's a good deal if, and only if, Gainey uses the 2nd round pick to get a big player.

Read between the lines people...Huet was a UFA and too expensive to resign...they got a high 2nd rounder that they will likely package with Ryder...IMO it's a good move

A veteran goaltender, even as a backup, is more important in a Cup run year than is a 2nd round draft pick. I am disappointed that Montreal made this deal. Price is a great player, but if he slumps, who would you rather have coming off the bench on the road to the Stanley Cup: Halak or Huet? And will this 2nd round pick be an impact player down the road? 50/50 chances I'd say, at best. Huet's save % has consistently been good, and he's a fan favourite. Tough loss.

Oh Montreal... way to do the right thing in the wrong way. I completely agree with trading Huet - Price is the future and he's good enough to handle the role of starter, but for as little as a second-round draft pick?! Huet's not the best, but he is starter material, and there are plenty of teams out there who could use a solid goaltender like Huet. If this is all they could get for Huet, they should have just saved him for the upcoming playoffs...

True, Huet will be missed. But Halak is a strong back-up, and the only real question is will Price hear the call. Surely he can, with some help from behind.
As for the 2nd Round pick, don't be surprised to see that moved later on in the day.... more will come of this than just a 40th or 50th pick in '09, that is if the Habs care about their cup race at all....

At first glance it would appear Bob Gainey is crazy to trade Huet for so little, however, I wonder if Bob Gainey is smarter than we think and has actually made a very strategic move. Could it be that Bob obtained a valuable draft pick to include in a trade for Hossa?! Atlanta would not be directly interested in Huet as they have a quality starter in Keri Lehtonen and a good back-up in Johan Hedberg, but maybe, just maybe, with Montreal having a great draft pick, a deal could be reached without Montreal having to do much damage to their current roster! It seems like a good plan but I guess only time will tell what Bob was really thinking.

What would make this habs fan happy... Huet bringing the Caps to the playoff's eliminating those dreaded hurricanes from contention and preventing Montreal to surpass into the second round.

I see a young theodore in Price. I also see a deja vu in the making. We rushed theodore, and now we're rushing price. Huet having a career year deserves much better then a 2nd rnd draft pick, why not even take on the rest of Kolzig's contract?

Disgusting move, guarenteed the only sign of Hossa in MTL tonight, will be the same old site, him in his thrashers jersey lighting the lamp on Price.

I am so shocked by this move, I am tempted to have a change of faith, I haven't felt this sad since we fucked over Muller.

one last time habs fans

HIP HIP

HUEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

Great trade! Now they just need to get Koivu's ass outta there as well!

Another blockbuster deal by the Habs.... Wow, it seems to me that they would have been able to put a package together to acquire a power forward for Huet and not just for a measly 2nd round pick. I'm a huge fan of this organization but have been unable to comprehend their lack of capacities in trades during the past decade. Last year, in the midst of a slide and in need of firepower, the only deal was to get a mediocre Jeff Gorges for a proven leader Craig Rivet. I hope they do something big in the next 75 minutes or I may need to find another team.

I think that Gainey is clearing cap room so that he can not only pick up Hossa for the playoffs but also sign him. They called up a player from the AHL for tonight's game against Atlanta as the Hossa will not be able to play tonight.

Say it ain't so Bob. There has to be more in this deal than just a 2nd round pick. If in fact "this is it", the Maurice Richard riots will looke peaceful compared to tonight at the forum. Bob won't let us down, at 14:55, a huge annoncement will be made by the Habs.

That was a bad move to have Huet traded. Price is a great goalie but Huet have kept the Canadiens up there in the standings!!!

We'll see what happens from here though.

If Bob doesn't pick up another goalie this is a stupid trade. Hope HOSSA is going to Montreal we need him bad..........

I'm 25 and been a habs fan since i can remember, loved watching them win all those OT games in 93 to win the cup!!! But i must say i have never been happy with any of the trades they have made. They need a big goal scorer. someone that can actually get 80-110 points a season! Come on 15 mins left ( don't let me down)

wow....8 minutes left in the trade deadline..and what has cliff fletcher done to rebuild the leafs...traded belak for a 5th round pick..at this rate maybe we will win a stanley cup in the next millenium!

As usual, the habs do not do anything to spice up the dressing room and we are left dry with the same players. Don't understand how Penguins were able to get Hossa with their trio offer while Montreal had better assets to offer on the table plus a dumb 2nd round draft pick.

Disappointed again!!!

Gainey trades Huet away for a second round pick. Did you see HUet's interview just earlier? He was shocked and couldnt believe it. I would feel the same way and even disgraced at Gainey. Hossa is gone to Pittsburgh. GAINEY GET OUT OF MTL!

Wow...
We had a first draft for Rivet last years plus Georges... I can't beleive thats the best we could have for Huet. Plus we were unable to get ours hand on Hossa. We did improved a bit with this move... We are worse then last year at this moment. I'm not proud or confident right now for next year.
Happy 100 birthday

Bad move by Montreal, but... I have faith in Price. I remember a young rookie named Roy winning the cup in his first year. Have faith Mtl fans... have faith...

Canadian Perspective

Nucks are afraid to trade youth, they will never win the cup....

Oilers have nothing left to trade for??

Flames are ready to contend!!

Ottawa needed a goalie and didn't get one, Marty Lapointe may help them in the dressing room, he can show the rest of the players what a Stanley Cup ring looks like and thats about it....

Toronto has 5 guys with no the dreaded "no trade claus", those 5 guys should form a committee and coach the team together, they would figure out that they would end up trading each other!!

Bob Gainey missed the bus on Hossa and gave away Huet, should have traded for Brent Johnson, surprised the habs didn't go after olie in FL, maybe he ran out of time!!

I don't quite understand this one! Did Gainey have another trade in mind that would have brought another goalie to Montreal or is he simply thinking they can win the Cup this year with Price? The other trade scenario obviously didn't work out as it's past the deadline and I really think Price is still a couple of years away from being the "franchise"! Big gamble Mr. Gainey, I hope you know what you've done?

Looks like Gainey is looking to the future rather than this year. Trade Huet for something now, rather than getting nothing as a UFA in the summer. Nobody new brought in at all. At least he didn't trade away a bunch of young talent to get a rental player like Hossa. The future still looks bright for the Habs therefore. Guess not this year though.

Gainey should be fired........Worst GM in the history of the Canadiens as far as I am concerned.

^ fire Gainey.... Great we've inherited Leaf fans after this horrendous trade. Although it seems stupid right now, who knows what the off season has to offer, and who knows, maybe Price will turn into Ward / Miller / Mike Smith for the playoff run?

Only time will tell if this trade was a good move. It will give Price the ice time he needs to get his experience.

But honestly, fire Gainey? he has turned the habs around from a dismal 8th round seed at best, to a Conference / NHL force to be wreckend with. He's made one trade that appears to be bad... But then again, he did bring Price to Hamilton.

Not to mention Komiserik, Kostitsyn, and kept Kovalev when all of montreal wanted him banished from the province last year.

Gainey you've done a tremendous job with this organization, nonetheless, next time you promise a big goal scorer up front, and a move that would please all your fans... follow through and dont get off topic / making moves for anothe player before that deal is even finalized. Its clear Gainey did everything to get Hossa and got Fucked over by the Pens.
Never has a team of superstars won a stanley cup, it takes a team effort and not a bunch of individuals efforts, personally i feel Hossa wouldnt have worked out in MTL (anyone remember Marcel?)

I just wish Huet went player for player instead of player for meesley second round pick.

How did Huet get to montreal? I know he came from LA but did we even give up major players for him? For a cheap "rental" goalie, he did quite the job.

Again...

Hip Hip Huet

Gainey traded Huet for nobody and never traded to get anyone to help the team in the playoffs. At the end of the year I hope we are still ahead of the leafs in the standings. It doesn't feel good when you are a long time Habs fan.

Well well well, Another deadline, and another dismal day on the Habs Calander. Although I have appeared to make a "distgusting" move, have faith fans, I did play in the NHL for over a decade, and I'd like to think I know how the league works.

Theres a comment that we are worse off now then we we're last year at this point, how wrong could you be. Have you watched any games this year? We have a team this year, last year we had a bunch of 18-40 year olds. The chemistry in this room is bar non the best in the league. With or Without Huet, we have great depth in Goaltending. Huet has been shakey come playoffs, and hope Price can eliminate that factor. We need a goalie to make the easy saves as well as the hard saves. Its the team that doesnt display the same amount of confidence in front of Price as they did with Huet.

If Montreal Doesnt at least make a run for the cup this year, I will hand in my two weeks notice come July ;)

Price is not ready for prime time. He is too quick to go down and goes down way too early. Other quality teams will pick him apart. Sorry Bob but this guy is not going to lead the HABs to the promised land. I feel the HABs will be lucky to win 5 games for the rest of the season.with him in net. Bone head move BOB!!!!

Yet another bad move in a series of bad Gainey moves in not only trading Huet for nothing but trading him to a team competing with the habs for a playoff position ... this will bite Gainey in the butt before the season is over. The next move is Gainey's firing (now that his shirt is in the rafters). We wish you all the best Cristo and enjoy playing with Ovechkin.

Not to worry all Habs fans.... Bob(Gainey) is the man and I have 100% confidence in him... maybe he is freeing up some cap to get Lecavalier in the off season.... who knows but I have a great deal of respect for Bob and I know he will come through for us in the end.

I will miss Huet too... he was a great goaltender and a very classy guy as well. Sometimes its good to get a change of scenery to bring your game around.

Good luck Chris...

Wow another dumb trade deadline day move for Gainey. Are you gonna sign a scorer or what?

........Well......hopefully Bob has something up his sleeve for the off season........like Vincent LeCavalier.....or someone like that......you would of thought Tampa needed a goalie like Huet though.......none the less Go Habs Go

Don't get on Bob's back, I think he did the right thing. If he would have waited untill the summer to unload him we would have got nothing at least we will get a potential player for our future.

you watch, gainey will shut us all up down the road. he'll turn that pick into something great.he does'nt make bad deals!

You hit the nail on the head Charles!!! Vinny is coming our way this summer, like I said before, MARK MY WORDS!!!

I can't believe the Ottawa Senators did not trade for a goaltender. It is baffling to say the least they were primarily coveting Hossa. The Senators don't need another scorer. They need a goalie.

Now they are in a precarious situation where the players have no confidence in their netminders.

And who'll get the blame. The coach. It is likely now Paddock has coached his last game.

And don't be surprised if Brian Elliott is called from the minors for a test run in nets. In fact I,ll bet Elliott starts the Sens next game.

HUET WAS NEVER THE GOALIE THEY NEEDED TO GO ALL THE WAY. HE WOULD BE GOOD ONE NIGHT AND WEAK THE NEXT.THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON PRICE. HE CURRENTLY DOES THE SAME THING AS HUET BUT REMEMBER HE IS ONLY 20 YEARS OLD. PRICE DOES GO DOWN TO EARLY BUT MOST GOALTENDERS USING THIS NEW FLOP STYLE THAT I JUST HATE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS.WE DIDN'T NEED A MARION HOSSA. CHECK THE STATS, WE HAVE SCORED THE 3RD MOST GOALS IN THE LEAGUE THIS YEAR AND COULD MOVE INTO SECOND OVERALL ON FRIDAY NIGHT.WHAT WE NEEDED WAS A GOOD SOLID DEFENCEMAN AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THAT COMING UP FROM COLLEGE AND RUSSIA. WHY SHOULD GAINEY GIVE UP 3 CURRENT PLAYERS ALL NOT PLAYING THAT BADLY FOR A PUSSY LIKE HOSSA AND HIS HUGE CONTRACT. GAINEY MADE AN OFFER THEN WADDELL WANTED MORE SO WHY BLAME BOB. THIS TEAM IS THE MOST EXCITING TEAM I HAVE SEEN SINCE 93 SO HAVE FAITH IN GAINEY, HIS STAFF, MR.GILLETT AND MR.BOIVIN.THEY WILL GET IT DONE, IF NOT THIS YEAR THEN NEXT.

No Gill, no Kilger, no Belak. Watch for Leafs to be manhandled more than the norm for the balance of the season,leading to a few injuries. Who has the muscle to take on the cheap shot artists they will face. Leafs will be dominated by the larger teams, they should drop back down to the bottom of the standings.

Don't be so sure that Price will fail!!! I have huge amounts of faith in this upcoming goalie. As a former Northern BC'er I watched Cary rise to top and lead the way through the Jr's. He is more than capable to rise up to the challenge - he tends to work better under pressure and this is definitely pressure put upon the young goalie by Gainey. You all seem seem so scared that a young goalie may show up the 'old' - watch and see and don't stop cheering him on!! GO HABS!!!!

Im a leafs fan and will not comment on their ridiculous trades, but trading Huet was a stupid idea. Going into the playoffs with two rookie goaltenders is not smart. Huet and Price would have been an amazing tandem to help a hot Canadiens team go far on the path to the big drink. this was a bad move on Bob Gaineys part, especialy for a single draft pick.

I'm trying to make sense of the Huet trade but it just doesn't... WHY NOW?? to have Price .lead the habs in the play off run is fragile... Huet would have been a great back up if not lead the habs... Is Gainey thinking we have another Dryan or Roy..give me a break..

Huet is a good goalie,but at 33 is trade bait,but getting only a second pick in 2009 is not acceptable.A first round pick in 2009 plus future considerations,or even a player that could help on third line.Both Price and Halak are young and i believe Price can be the next Roy or Dryden,but i believe he still needs an experience Goalie to watch behind.Roloson may have been a good pickup.Washington got the better deal.I am a true hab fan,but bad deal.

People forget that Huet was a throw in in the Radek Bonk / Mathieu Garon trade, and was never intended to be anything more than a serviceable backup.

It's a credit to Cristobal that he developed into the player he did, and a credit to Gainey to turn a player that would be out of the organizations future in 4 months into a 2nd round pick.

This is especially true in this years NHL trade market for goalies.

You know it's a tough market when you can't move a guy like Ray Emery, whose young, under contract and took his team to the finals last year.....baggage or no baggage. It was a market for trading goalies, and again, Gainey made the best move for our team.

I have always been a Habitant Fan.Huet is going to prove to be a good trade for Montreal as he did not have the creditials to be #1 goalie.

This trade will be finished in the summer, with Bob holding that 2nd round draft pick, I am sure he has a plan.

I feel Montreal is no more than 1 or 2 players away from being a contender.

Price reminds me of Ken Dryden. He is young and has lots of talent for his age. Huet was a " flash in the pan". There is nothing wrong with building for the future.

Gainey never had any confidence in Huet. He fired Claude Julien for playing him over Theodore. Then when he won the job from Theodore, Jose was traded for Aebischer. They tried to give the #1 job to Aebischer but Huet kept taking it back. And this year they tried to give it to Price. And now even though nobody beat him for the job, nor did he clearly lose it, they trade him for a late second round pick. As a lifelong Habs fan I really hope these kids are ready to go, but certainly it hasn't been shown yet that they are. Recently Price was bllitzed by the Rangers only to have Huet come in and help the greatest comeback in team history. And on the night that they honour Gainey he lets in two very soft goals. In my opinion they could have given the bulk of starts to Price but kept Huet for insurance. With 80% of the season Huet was only going to cost around $500000 to finish the season. If Price and Halak fail, that $500000 would seem very trivial and worth alot more than a late second round pick. I wish Huet great success with the Caps, unless it is at the expense of the Habs in the playoffs. He was clearly the best overall player the Habs had over the past three years.

I told my husband this would happen. He is a huge Habs fan and did not agree that Huet would be traded. I knew he would because Price is younger and better and they did not need both of them. Huet's game was off lately and Price always seems to be right on. I would have traded him too.

Hopefully Mr. Gainey made the right decision.
A little off the topic I would like to comment on where Carey Price is from. All I ever see is he is from Vancouver. He may have been born there but he grew up in Anaheim Lake B.C.
(a very small village 4 hours west of Williams Lake). I don't think Anaheim has an arena. His Dad used to drive him to Williams Lake for hockey. Quite the story!! I would like to see his community recognized and not Vancouver!! He has made the fine folks of Anahiem and Williams Lake proud!!
Thank you,
Mike Sigalet, Vernon,B.C.

ok guys... i know everyone was a bit shocked about the huet trade but in my opinion I think bob was trying to use that draft pick they got for huet to sweeten the deal for hossa and i guess it just didnt pan out. Everyone has to got to chill out a little bit and think what huet was really in Mtl for.. to back up theodore?? then.. aebischer?? he was never really a number one goalie.. although i do appreciate all that he did here unfortunatly he was just used for what we needed. I support Bob in this decision 100% because of the fact that if you sit and and look at both goalie's records.. you got huet who 2 years ago let in that terrible goal over his shoulder in OT if the 1 st round of the playoffs and then last year that game against TO... he hasnt even been past the 1st round of the playoffs, on the other hand Price has won at every level and with MVP honors... so who would you take to the playoffs... my bets are with Price!!! and heres another question... do u think we would have won the stanley cup this year with Huet??!!?? heccckkkk noooo... so let's give Price the experience now so that for the next 10 years we will be stanley cup contenders instead of always treading water every season like we have been doing for the past 15 years!!! GO PRICE!!!

During the past month or so, I am having difficulty in hearing the broadcast team over the sound of the arena crowds. I found this particularly true while watching the Montreal vs. New Jersey game on March 1st. Has the CBC increased the volume of the on ice mics and decreased the play by play mics? Anyone else find this also?

Why did he trade Huet? Why didn't he get us a big scorer? Fire him Fire Him!!! Stuff it you faithless wonders. Huet trade wasn't such a bad idea, he wasn't in the future plans for Mtl, and while more then a 2nd round pick would have been nice, it's really all that could be expected, after all he doesn't play more then 40-50 games a season, and hasn't gone deep into the playoffs, oh and tends to get injured.

As for get a scorer, why? Mtl has the second most goals scored in the league, bringing in a big scorer like Hossa ( who btw has fewer goals and points then alex kovalev) would just disrupt the team chemistry. Plain and simple.

And for those of you who are calling for the head of bob gainey, move to Toronto, you'll fit in quite nicely.

Watch out Canada the Bruins are back.

Not a Habs fan, but everyone has got to see how great Carey Price is. What a kid!

That being said, this was a lousy trade, especially considering what it must be doing to the team morale, especially during such a surge. These guys are turning it ON. I think Washington got the best of this deal, hands-down.

GO SENS GO!

i am truly disappointed that huet was traded from montreal....to me he was the number 1 goalie,but price is also great in net....bob made a poor decision giving away a good goaltender