Confirmed with Link: Habs Sign Ales Hemsky (1 year, $1M)

[Bergevillain]

So **** you Hudon, and less money for Radulov?

Yay...

Radulov is gone, forget about him. He's a fart in the wind.

 

[De Montreal]

Back up if Radulov doesn't return?

1M is nothing.

To me this is confirmation he is not returning.

This is sorta like the Tomas Fleischmann experiment. Best case scenario he turns out like him and we can ship him at the deadline when we are a bottom 5 team.

 

[LaP]

So **** you Hudon, and less money for Radulov?

Yay...

Called it yesterday no kid would have their chance.

To make the team a kid will need to be very very very good. None of those kids will be given the chance to start in a bottom 6 and learn the game. They'll need to be 100% ready day 1 or try their chance elsewhere eventually.

BTW did we really just sign Hemsky or it's some sort of April fool joke?

 

[LeHab]

Length?

[update] Just saw 1 year. Meh not terrible.

 

[FireBurningBin]

This may be an unpopular move but Hemsky is still a fairly good player.

Problem is his health.

 

[Agalloch]

I guess we could trade Plekanec and make Shaw our 3rd center,.

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Man, Laval is going to be awesome.

 

[Rosso Scuderia]

Typical MB move.

Can't sign top 6 long term, goes for a low risk 1 yr contract veteran that's best year are way behind.

This year is wasted. We won't have a better team.

 

[donghabs98]

Don't worry about Hemsky taking away playing time from Hudon, he'll probably be on the IR.

 

[void]

I have no words

 

[zx81]

Another winger at a bargain price.

 

[MrNasty]

spending a million on a RW doesn't mean we don't have money for Rads.
It is an odd acquisition though.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

La nuit porte conseil mon Marc ? I guess he remembered during the night that Hudon was not in the NHL last year...

 

[phoque taupe]

10 years too late

 

[Clumsyhab]

Rather have Jagr or Yakupov.

 

[Habs13]

I honestly thought this guy was retired a few seasons ago.


LOL

 

[Beendair Donedat]

We can't develop young guys so we sign old broken recycled projects and hope for the best.

Welcome to your Montreal Canadiens.

Who's next? Jagr?

 

[FerrisRox]

I don't think this has anything to do with Radulov at all and everything to do with Plekanec.

If Plekanec is moved and a player like Shaw is shifted to centre, Hemsky is a flex forward that can play on line three but can also easily sub into line one or tow.

 

[GREMLIN]

Great signing, 2009 season should be a good one.

 

[McGuires Corndog]

****ing BRUTAL

How does this GM still have a job???? WOoooow

 

[Brainiac]

This has plan F written all over it.

 

[FinnHab]

Hemsky for 1mil per season? Cheap but do we really need him? No....

 

[yianik]

1million salary.

Yes, 10 pieces of garbage at $1M per.

We have all these rookies subject to waivers that are going to be blocked out and lost for 0. Sure, not a lot of promise but I would rather give them a shot than all these on dumpster diving.

This guy just killed this team with his stupidity over these last few days.

That's all she wrote. We are done until the CBA runs out and we can do buyouts again, under a new GM.

 

[LaP]

Back up if Radulov doesn't return?

1M is nothing.

Not true. It removes a spot for a kid who might become something after getting some valuable NHL experience.

 

[Deebs]

Hemsky for 1mil per season? Cheap but do we really need him? No....

He's cheap veteran depth, not a bad move at all.