Entries from July 2009

July 15, 2009

TK HAS LEFT THE BUILDING

The writing was on the wall for Tom Kostopoulos when the Montreal Canadiens recently announced that newly-acquired defenceman Jaroslav Spacek would wear number 6 this season.
Up until late this afternoon, that number still, technically, belonged to Kostopoulos.  However, Kostopoulos knew the writing was on the wall when the Habs made it clear that they were [...]

July 2, 2009

GAINEY WORKS PLAN TO PERFECTION

It was a brilliant strategy on the part of Canadiens’  General Manager Bob Gainey.  Whether or not it pays off on the ice, however, remains to be seen.
After striking out time and time again in his efforts to lure big-name, free-agent talent to Montreal, Gainey went out and locked up four UFA’s yesterday,  completely changing the [...]