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Has anyone made a joke about Jim Rutherford licking his chops yet?
Confirmed Buy-Out [MTL] Karl Alzner
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Price is Wright
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He scored 3 goals in his tenure with the Montreal Canadiens!*
*2 goals were for the Laval Rocket and not in the same season.
ICanMotteBelieveIt
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Bouboumaster
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Somewhere, in Russia, Andrei Markov is laughing his ass off
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(Having then scrolled back pages, not only am I pleased to see the answer as Yes, but downright giddy that it was first made by a Pens fan.)
Nanuuk
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Bogosian was thought to have no value in Buffalo on a bad contract and he goes on to win a cup. There may still be a team willing to take on Alzner on the cheap.
Flyer lurker
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Halakitlikethat
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Uncle Scrooge
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You know a deal is bad when the guy doesn't give you a single season, or month even, of the level of play you expected to get.
Hostile Offer
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Weird timing. Buying him out would've made more sense next year.
He's absolute toast. No chance he gets an NHL contract again, maybe a PTO but that's about it.
He's absolute toast. No chance he gets an NHL contract again, maybe a PTO but that's about it.
admiralcadillac
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Nah man he's not a capable player anymore. I went to see a couple Laval games and he was one of the worst players on the ice.
Just Linda
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Not a big fan of buying him out. I was hoping to bite the next couple years and get rid of the contract asap. Hope MB has a plan b/c this could hurt long term.
Most importantly, next season is where our cap crunch kicks in and we save 2.6 million.
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jetsforever
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He just didn't fit and was not really what they needed having lost Markov and Markov's heir apparent Sergachev. They needed an offensive left handed shot dman with speed and that was creative with the puck, none of which Alzner was at that point.
One of the worst defenseman I've seen play on the Habs in a while. Thank god we can all forget about it now
Mick Jagr
Nice guy, tries hard, loves the game.
He was never the strongest skater and now, after age and injuries have taken a toll on him, he can't keep up with the speed of the game. As a result, he's often out of position and looks like a pylon against quality NHL players. I guess he could be a 7th dman used sparingly like Tampa played Bogosian & Schenn in the post season, but he would have to accept league minimum to do so.
Burke the Legend
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No he was supposed to be a minute chewer to replace Emelin who was lost in expansion draft. Either way it was still a failure of pro scouting.
There was no replacement for Markov, but the 50-60 point Markov everyone remembers no longer existed anyway ( What remained in his late 30s was at best maybe 1 more season as a heavily sheltered PP specialist).
montreal
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As someone that has a season pass for Laval on AHL.tv, Alzner might be able to be a 7th D in the NHL in spot duty but keep in mind in the AHL he was a 3rd pairing D this past season. He's slow for the AHL.
Jim Rutherford probably attends Bad-NHL-Defensemen Furry Parties dressed up as Karl Alzner.
now excuse me while I bleach my eyes.
FerrisRox
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Alzner played in only five of the seven games that series and posted an even plus/minus rating.
I really don't think he was a big reason they lost or any factor at all.
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