Speculation: Andrei Kostitsyn wants to come back to NHL.

[IcemanTBI]

As per this story:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/ex-canadien-andrei-kostitsyn-wants-nhl-return/

Wonder if MB would be interested in bringing him back to the Habs?

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[SquiddFX]

Cool. I don't want him here though. He was a decent player for us. He'll get a deal from a team like Buffalo or Arizona.

 

[Lebowski]

I'd love him back on the third line with Eller, or on one of the top two lines for that matter.

 

[DAChampion]

He is not a Bergevin-type player.

MB prefers players like Shane Doan and Brandon Prust.

 

[Bob b smith]

Which should dispel any rumor that Chucky or any other NHL roster player is interested to go to the KHL next season.

 

[Ezpz]

1 year 1 mil couldn't hurt. There were never any problems with AK46 here despite what Habs fans want to believe. Would be seven trillion times better than Prust in the top 9.

 

[montreal]

his brother has left AK Bars, wonder if he's going to try to come back to the NHL as well?

 

[VirginiaMtlExpat]

Great. Let's hire him as head coach.

 

[Natey]

his brother has left AK Bars, wonder if he's going to try to come back to the NHL as well?

I'd take Andrei back, on a low paying contract. Low risk, medium reward. Could add a little scoring to the third line. Not ideal, but he's better than Parenteau and Prust.

Sergei, as much as I was a huge fan back in his junior days and thought he was going to be huge here.. that guy is missing a few screws. Not interested unless he wants to bust his ass off in the minors to earn a spot.

 

[Mrb1p]

I always loved AK's game. If his name was Andy McKosty he'd still be in the league and paid 3M a year or more.

 

[elsubz]

lol at people not wanting him back. Put him in the lineup and he instantly becomes our second best scorer.

 

[frapp10]

id take him back for a cheap 1 year contract. If he doesnt work out then send him down and if he does he is exactly what we need, a big goalscorer who can hit

 

[Kriss E]

If the other option is going into next season with Weise on our top 6 again, ya, bring him back.
Him and Eller made Moen look like a star. I see little risk in bringing him back.

 

[frapp10]

DLR - Eller - Kostitsyn
looks like a great third line to me

 

[ottawa]

This thread comes up every year, and it's the same yearly debate all over again lol

 

[SnapVirus]

Cool. I don't want him here though. He was a decent player for us. He'll get a deal from a team like Buffalo or Arizona.

I bet en ends up in Washinton, Boston lr Pittsburgh.

I want him back here!

 

[DAChampion]

This thread comes up every year, and it's the same yearly debate all over again lol

That is not true, we used to discuss Kovalev.

 

[OnTheRun]

Andrei, puck to DA net, Andrei!

Let's sign him, he's like oil and water with Therrien. This would be hilarious.

 

[Odelein24]

I would take him over Parenteau, he had great chemistry with Eller and would add scoring to the 3rd line. That being said, he wouldn't grind hard enough to get a regular shift under MT.

 

[FireBurningBin]

Andrei, puck to DA net, Andrei!

Let's sign him, he's like oil and water with Therrien. This would be hilarious.

Therrien defended him a decent bit on RDS, apparently.

 

[tinyzombies]

Oh hell no

 

[Account Terminated]

On a cheap "show me what you still got" contract, I wouldn't mind seeing him return. If it works out great, you got a cheap player in the top-6. If not, scratching him from time to time won't look so bad with a smaller contract.

 

[Mynameismark*]

I always loved AK's game. If his name was Andy McKosty he'd still be in the league and paid 3M a year or more.

Really? you like his soft and lazy game?

Only re-tread I'd take back is Whitey.

 

[tinyzombies]

Really? you like his soft and lazy game?

Only re-tread I'd take back is Whitey.

Exactly. we're still trying for a cup right?

 

[FireBurningBin]

Really? you like his soft and lazy game?

Only re-tread I'd take back is Whitey.

I really feel that Andrei being "soft and lazy" is overstated to explain him being a relative disappointment compared to where he was drafted. He was a pretty physical player when you compare him to what we had, and what we have.