 | Montoya to Phoenix |
 The Phoenix Coyotes acquired Al Montoya and Marcel Hossa in exchange for David LeNevue, Fredrik Sjostrom, and Josh Gratton.
Note: Other news....
J-S Aubin traded to the Ducks for a 7th round to LA.
Brandon Bochenski sent to Nashville
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by BruMagnus (PensCup2010@hotmail.com) on Tuesday, February 26
(User Info | Send a Message) | Crazy trade. I dunno who wins.
The Rangers finally trade off one of Montoya/Valiquette, so no big loss there.
I think Sjostrom will become a great top 6 player in the near future. |
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by NYILES39 on Tuesday, February 26
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Montoya must be doing cartwheels on the plane to phx. He will now have a chance too be a NHL goalie. |
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by bleedsblueandwhite (lol@your.face) on Tuesday, February 26
(User Info | Send a Message) | Did Montoya play much in NY? I live in Michigan, so I followed him during his days at UMich, but haven't followed any professional career.
I don't know how much play time he'll get with Phoenix's gift from the gods Bryzgalov in front of him.
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by pj1199 (argrkgae@eatmyass.com) on Tuesday, February 26
(User Info | Send a Message) | Im a big Rangers fan and think they fell short on this one.
Montoya is a young, NHL ready goalie and I think they at least could have gotten a better player with him and Marcel Hossa packaged together. The Rangers got a 3rd line player and 2 prospects. I dont think that was enough.
I do think that the Rangers had the assets to get Brian Campbell from Buffalo. Your telling me that a package of Marcel Hossa and 2 prospects (say Korpikoski and Baranka) couldn;t get Campbell? |
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by marcstaalscrazy (yurpadurp5) on Tuesday, February 26
(User Info | Send a Message) | | any coyotes fans out there...how is sjostrom..i mean his points are respectable 10 goals 9 assists, im guessing he would be put on the line including martin straka nd ryan callahan seems like an ok line...but this trade definitely goes to the coyotes even though im a huge ranger fan..montoya is a great goalie that hasnt been given a chance in the nhl and marcel hossa wasnt anything magnificent but was a solid 3rd line player..they recieved a maybe nhl player in Gratton and an ok goalie prospect in lenevue but sjostrom as the highlight to the rangers just doesnt work for me. i would of liked to see one of their younger players come to the rangers maybe even mueller if the rangers added baranka, pock, or a 1st rounder |
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by bringbacktocchet08 on Tuesday, February 26
(User Info | Send a Message) | | fvck - why couldn't the kings of grabbed montoya. i've been saying it for weeks. yotes get bryz and montoya while the kings sit around with labarbara and cloutier. i would have been stoked to be sitting with bernier and montoya. |
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by rangers11 on Tuesday, February 26
(User Info | Send a Message) | | heres my thoughts....
montoya may have the potential to be a very good goaltender, but with henrik locked up he is expendable. also, montoya hasnt even been the number 1 goalie in hartford this season, wiikman has. thats another reason hes been expendable. montoya also tends to get hurt a lot. on top of all of that, hes going to be a restricted free agent after this season. chances are another team would make him an offer over 1 million (which is already too much with hank locked up with his contract) and we wouldnt match it. idk what the compensation would be, but this way we get a player in return. replacing montoya is lenevue. his numbers this year in the ahl are comparable to montoya. also he was a top goalie at cornell and benoit allaire (sp?) says he can work with him. thats good enough for me. while i do feel that maybe we could have gotten more for him, maybe we really couldnt. huet only fetched montreal a second rounder, so you never know. i doubt anyone has any attachment to hossa, i know i dont, and i dont care that he is gone. gratton probably wont do much but does add some grit if he were to be in the nhl. the main piece is sjostrom. he actually played juniors with lundqvist in sweden so theres a connection (christian backman who we got from stl also played with henrik on frolunda a few years back) notice how were moving away from the czech theme and getting swedes? anyway sjostrom was a former 11th overall pick and is only 24. he adds some scoring to the 3/4 lines, most likely the 4th. as much as i love the HBO line, the truth of the matter is they dont score. plus, with the amount that renney plays them in important games, you need them to be more productive on the score sheet. when it comes down to it, both hollweg and orr dont need to be in the lineup. one will do.
overall i think the trades will help us. if theres any issues that anyone has with giving up montoya, just remember that hes in phoenix behind a real good goalie (ilya brz) and well prob face him 2 times a year at best. we wont see much about him and that should help us forget about what he could be. oh and theres one more reason why we should forget about him...
HENRIK! HENRIK! HENRIK!!!!!! |
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by NHLman on Tuesday, February 26
(User Info | Send a Message) | I feel like Montoya should have brought back more, however, when you take everything into consideration the trade is very reasonable and might be the most balanced trade of the day. First, as has been stated Lundqvist is the goalie in NY and with his new contract isn't going anywhere. Second, Montoya will be an RFA and will definitely expect a raise from his entry contract, which would mean over $1 million, which is too much in the salary cap world. Plus, a different team could have signed him away at a price where we would only get a 2nd or 3rd round draft pick in return. Maybe most important, Sjostrom is a young talented player that can fill a hole in the roster next year with Straka, Jagr, and Shanahan all possibly gone. I am not overly familiar with him but believe he is in the power forward mold, these players usually take longer to develop so he might turn out to be a good player yet.
Marcel Hossa is a useful player. As a regular third-liner or fourth-liner he is valuable as he has both size and skill. Hossa should help the Coyotes. In their system he could find success.
LeNevue is a solid prospect and Gratton is a throw in.
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by AntropovGoodIToldUSo on Tuesday, February 26
(User Info | Send a Message) | BoBo always getting dealt. Is this like his 4th team this year? Life of a journeyman hockey player is tough man...
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Re: Possible Corrections??? (Score: 1)
by paulieplatypus on Wednesday, February 27
(User Info | Send a Message) | Marcel Hossa is 28 years old not 26 I'm fairly certain... The other night during the Rangers/Panthers game Sam Rosen, the Rangers broadcast announcer, if I heard him correctly ??? mentioned that, "Hossa the 26 year old was in the lineup replacing Colton Orr who is day to day". Soon after Sam corrected himself and explained Hossa is 28 years old not 26. But looking at all the profile information from every source that
I have checked today lists Hossa as 26. Anyway, I was busy doing other things while half listining to the game and cannot say with 100% accuracy what Sam exactly said... So, if anyone has some more solid information on this subject, let me know. But maybe we don't mention this to Kramer aye because he'll just think this is a conspiracy of some sort. :)
Also the Rangers received a conditional draft pick in the deal with the Coyotes... Anyone have any information on this or might know a website that would list such particulars involving conditional draft picks etc for each of these trade and transactions etc?
Thank you.
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Re: Montoya to Phoenix (Score: 1)
by LaKingsFan626 on Wednesday, February 27
(User Info | Send a Message) | | Wow just wow. Who would have thought the Coyotes would go from such bad goaltending at the beginning of the season to owning Bryz and Montoya. Man would someone teach Dean Lombardi how to pull something like this off? I hope Phoenix makes the playoffs because they somehow pulled off a good season by not making a move in the offseason. |
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