Brodeur willing to back up Price with Canadiens (Damphousse says Habs have interest)

[No More Subban]

Go away, Marty. We don't want you here.

 

[Goldthorpe]

If you guys have the space signing Brodeur as a backup is a no-brainer, he would probably play for free if he wanted to. Don't forget he is only 12 wins aaway from 700, do you know how much press and attention that will bring when it happens.

This also mean the media putting pressure on the habs to play him those 12 games...

I clearly remember the days of eternal goalie controversies. I'm very happy those days are over.

Brodeur would be a huge distraction and he's not the goalie he used to be. His last 4 seasons were .903, .907, .901 and .901 for christ sake. I don't care about your last name or if you're "clutch", these stats just plainly sucks and aren't NHL caliber.

 

[Claimed Off Waivers]

This guy scoffed at the thought of playing here when he was younger, but now that he's washed up he's suddenly had a change or heart? Thanks, but no thanks.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Yeah but what about Tokarski and Budaj?
To acquire Brodeur would be a very short sighted move in my opinion.

Tokarski's earned it and Brodeur is embarrassing himself.

 

[Saint Patrick]

This guy scoffed at the thought of playing here when he was younger, but now that he's washed up he's suddenly had a change or heart? Thanks, but no thanks.

Would you blame him? He's played his entire career with one team, in all honesty thats the team he should be playing for in his last season, but he wants to win one last time. He hasn't really had a change of heart, he never said he absolutely wanted to play for the habs, he just said if the canadiens called him he would listen, besides when did the habs mention being interested in Brodeur, for us to mention him scoffing us? We've always had solid goaltenders throughout most of his career, nothing requiring us to a pay a premium to have him here. The same premium any team would have to pay to push him away from the devils.

We will live on without him but if he wants to end his career in Montreal, that would be the only other team besides the Devils where it would have any kind of meaning.

 

[FF de Mars]

If you guys have the space signing Brodeur as a backup is a no-brainer, he would probably play for free if he wanted to. Don't forget he is only 12 wins aaway from 700, do you know how much press and attention that will bring when it happens. He can still play and he single handedly robbed games last season for the devils at some times.

I've been saying it all along for the whole summer, Brodeur would make an excellent backup to Carey Price.

 

[Canadiens Ghost]

Go away "Marty". At this stage of your career, our two back-ups are better than you.

 

[Deluded Puck]

We don't need Broduer, his accompanying circus to 700, and the inevitable political pressure it would bring.

 

[Born in 1909]

Many of his NHL records are unbeatable.... as in forever.

Great for marketing.

... but the local media couldn't handle it.

 

[Whitesnake]

Brodeur is not interesting in coming. Brodeur is talking to a franco journalist. Brodeur knows full well that the Habs are set in goal. Brodeur wants to show that he'd like to come. But Brodeur also wants to somehow put some pressure on the other teams just in case some GM believes that this article MIGHT mean that the Habs will then become suddenly interested, so if those teams are interested....they should move faster.

 

[Skip Bayless]

The man has an ego.

 

[Agnostic]

So let me get this straight , if Brodeur came here as a 42 year old UFA to a 27 year old top 10
Goalie, there would be confusion about roles?

Surely the Franco media aren't that daft .

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

So let me get this straight , if Brodeur came here as a 42 year old UFA to a 27 year old top 10
Goalie, there would be confusion about roles?

Surely the Franco media aren't that daft .

I think you might be overestimating the L'Antichambre crew.

 

[madhi19]

Would you blame him? He's played his entire career with one team, in all honesty thats the team he should be playing for in his last season, but he wants to win one last time. He hasn't really had a change of heart, he never said he absolutely wanted to play for the habs, he just said if the canadiens called him he would listen, besides when did the habs mention being interested in Brodeur, for us to mention him scoffing us? We've always had solid goaltenders throughout most of his career, nothing requiring us to a pay a premium to have him here. The same premium any team would have to pay to push him away from the devils.

We will live on without him but if he wants to end his career in Montreal, that would be the only other team besides the Devils where it would have any kind of meaning.

I don't blame the guy by the time he came close to free agency in 2001 the Habs were such a mess anyway.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Brodeur is not interesting in coming. Brodeur is talking to a franco journalist. Brodeur knows full well that the Habs are set in goal. Brodeur wants to show that he'd like to come. But Brodeur also wants to somehow put some pressure on the other teams just in case some GM believes that this article MIGHT mean that the Habs will then become suddenly interested, so if those teams are interested....they should move faster.

No matter what the intention, its an embarrassment.

 

[OldCraig71]

It was obviously a loaded question, I can't believe so many of you say no thanks Marty, lol. One of the greatest goaltenders of the modern era, he has no desire to be here, he was just asked a Pejorative Slured question. I had the pleasure of seeing this hall of famer live in Montreal on the 2nd of December and it was a treat, such a legend. Please do not diminish such a star with your weak words, he has dominated us so many times, you all know it. He just needs to hang it up but it must be tough to walk away from such an awesome career.

 

[mangdas]

Brodeur just won't accept the truth that he's no longer NHL material. He cannot even beat out any NHL teams 3rd string goaltenders. He only survived the last few years infront of a very defensive oriented (and absurdly loyal) Devils team, his style is extinct like the dinosaur he is.

 

[FerrisRox]

I think you might be overestimating the L'Antichambre crew.

I think you are grossly overestimating the affect their opinions and rants could have on the team as a "distraction."

Price, being an excellent puck handling goaltender, could certainly learn a lot from Brodeur as a mentor in that regard and in terms of preparation and being winner.

I actually think he'd be a decent fit in a role where he plays 15 to 20 games and serves as a mentor to Carey.

 

[FerrisRox]

He only survived the last few years infront of a very defensive oriented (and absurdly loyal) Devils team, his style is extinct like the dinosaur he is.

You do realize that in 2011-12 he backstopped New Jersey to the Stanley Cup Final, right?

 

[Habby Gilmore]

So Marty will be this year's Briere??

 

[Kojo]

Don't want him. Pass. It would be a distraction.

We already have an established core with Price at the center of it.

He doesn't have the numbers to justify him being here.

 

[deandebean]

The man has an ego.

Of course he does. They all do. It takes an ego to succeed as an elite in sports.

 

[Teufelsdreck]

It might be a good PR move but signing Brodeur would probably necessitate trading both Budaj and Tokarski and it would cut into the cap room. Besides, what if Brodeur didn't work out? It would be embarrassing for both Brodeur and Bergevin (as well as disappointing to rthe fans).

 

[Kimota]

Marty in a Habs uniform with his dad watching high above? Dream come true.

I say go for it.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I'm gonna say it.. out of all the "top goalies of all time", Brodeur is and will continue to be, one of the most overrated.

Out of the recent goalies.. I take Hasek and Roy 10/10 before I take Brodeur. Roy, obviously, being the best of the bunch.