Monday, November 9, 2009

Ice Scoopz: Monday Afternoon

*-> The Carolina Hurricanes have signed goaltender Manny Legace after loosing Cam Ward for a month with a cut. The deal is worth 500K for 1 year and is a two way deal. Great pickup by the Canes. Legace is a proven starter and at that salary can easily be moved if he performs till Ward gets back.

*-> The New York Rangers have indeed sent scouts and personel to go and talk with Peter Forsberg this week.

*-> Jaroslav Halaks agent Allen Walsh made quite a big storm on his Twitter account last week. The agent basically stated that Price has only 6 wins in something like 40 starts. His client has a way better record and stats. He retracted his comments saying it was only in humor and didn't know Montreal media can't take a joke. The Montreal brass has yet to comment. The facts are indeed true and I believe that Halak is the more reliable of the 2 goalies and they're definately gunna have to think about whether Price is the man or not. Its a tough call especially since Halak is a UFA this summer and will not return if he's a backup. Stupid move by Gainey to only resign him to a single year deal. Montreal is going to be forced to deal him if they don't see him in their plans. The system is pretty dry for the next couple of years as well so its going to be a rough decesion between Price or Halak. I think they'll deal Halak but Price may not be the goalie they thought he was and they might be able to rack in a randsom for him if they were to shop him while he has great value. Tough call!

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