As the Montreal Canadiens bring this regular season to a close, it's impossible to think that newly minted GM Pierre Gauthier won't have an eye towards the future.
This is not a bad team and after former GM Bob Gainey's overhaul, it is starting to gel.
Still, there are gaps and holes and moving into 2010-11.
Gauthier is going to have some huge bargaining chips with which to upgrade the core.
Who's Available?
I firmly believe that by the time the NHL Entry Draft is done, either Carey Price or Jaroslav Halak will have a new home address.
The team simply cannot afford both restricted free agents in the cap system, and I sincerely doubt either (especially Halak) will be interested in resigning for a potential backup role.
One will be moved, and a veteran backup acquired or signed. Yesterday, I argued that it should be Carey Price, potential and all, who gets his passport stamped.
At Forward, it's not hard to imagine that the team's patience may have worn out with Andrei Kostitsyn, who can at times be dominant, but too often disinterested.
It'd be a shame to tr ...
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