Confirmed with Link: Briere to Colorado for PAP + 2015 5th

[henchman21]

Seems like it is happening. Will update.

Francois Gagnon ‏@GagnonFrancois 5m View translation
Le #CH travaille très fort pour échanger Daniel Brière. Il pourrait quitter Montréal dès aujourd'hui. Destination: Colorado! #Habs

Renaud Lavoie ‏@renlavoietva 33s View translation
PA Parenteau échangé au Canadien contre Daniel Brière. #canadiens #avalanche #tvasports

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 45s
MTL acquires P.A Parenteau from COL. I believe Daniel Briere is headed to COL in return.

Chris Nichols ‏@NicholsOnHockey 1m
#Habs also get a fifth round pick in 2015, plus P.A. Parenteau, for Danny Briere. #Avs http://www.nicholsonhockey.com/worthreading/2014/6/30/nichols-notes …

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[AvsRobin]

Hockey Buzz Eklund ‏@Eklund 54s
Danny Briere to Colorado

 

[AvsRobin]

Expect a few dominos to fall after this if so, otherwise it makes no sense, regardless of who we traded back.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

So much for getting bigger...

 

[henchman21]

To be clear I am basing this off Francois Gagnon, not Eklund.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Oh... my... God.

Why? COMPLETELY past it. COMPLETELY the opposite of what Roy has been preaching... size, intensity, compete levels.

Please let this be false or that we're sending some salary back.

 

[AvsRobin]

Renaud Lavoie ‏@renlavoietva 22s
PA Parenteau échangé au Canadien contre Daniel Brière. #canadiens #avalanche #tvasports


Brutal.

 

[Stories]

What? Uhh....

 

[RoyIsALegend]

We just got worse as a team.

PAP is better than Briere at everything, but he seems to have pissed in Roy's cereal one too many times.

 

[Stig]

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie · 1m
MTL acquires P.A Parenteau from COL. I believe Daniel Briere is headed to COL in return.

 

[henchman21]

Gets $4m off the books sooner and another C/RW. I don't hate the deal...

 

[henchman21]

We just got worse as a team.

PAP is better than Briere at everything, but he seems to have pissed in Roy's cereal one too many times.

Not being a center.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

Terrible. unless Gorges is included in this somehow it just makes no sense. Unless they're worried about potential cap space but still PArenteau's deal is only a year longer.

 

[AvsRobin]

Half the player. Same money. One year less on his deal. PAP averages 0.75 points per game the last four years.

Try to get some logic into this move.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Exact same cap hit for one year less. Danny expires at the end of this season, while PAP has another year.

Not liking it. Sorry. Briere is a no-compete shrimp.

 

[5280]

I've always liked Briere actually.

 

[Duchene2MacKinnon]

Seriously, though Roy isn't the greatest trader.

 

[bohlmeister]

Hoping there is something extra with this. I like Briere more than most on here I guess.

 

[Bill Peckerskull]

Turrible

 

[AvsRobin]

Brennan Klak ‏@nhlupdate 22s
Montreal also gets a 5th round pick in 2015 along with Parenteau for Briere

 

[JWK]

I'm sure people that wanted PAP gone are happy.

 

[madman]

Briere is, quite literally, useless. And, as TPS pointed out, completely opposite to what Roy seems to want.

 

[Cousin Eddie]

It seems to be as simple as Patrick Roy just not liking PA Parenteau as a player, and that's the wrong way to make moves for the organization. I hope he proves me wrong eventually but I really really dislike this deal.

 

[The Pwnerer]

What the heck, we add a pick! What the heck did Pap do to deserve this.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

Oh, we also give up the draft pick. Makes sense, right?