Comments on: Green Gets Greener

By: Muddapucker

Muddapucker — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:21:03 +0000

LOL Pierre McGuire says Huet now makes more money that Martin Brodeur. His exact quote on NHL Network was, “Are you kidding me?”
Ease up on GMGM, he just did a Brian Burke and declined to pay a player more than the majority of the free world believes he’s worth. Congrats to GMGM for making “the tough” decision and walking away from it.

By: mostholy2

mostholy2 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:01:29 +0000

TSN reports – The Chicago Blackhawks have signed goaltender Cristobal Huet to a four-year deal worth $5.635 million a season.
That’s probably just above what the Caps were willing to sign him for and for 4 years. That’s a long term deal. I think (hope) the Caps made the right choice.

By: mostholy2

mostholy2 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:48:39 +0000

Hard to evaluate the whole Huet-Theodore deal until terms of Huet’s contract are stated. If Huet ends up getting a little more than what we got Theodore for, the deal doesn’t make sense. Huet was a known commodity as a goalie for us, whereas there are many more questions about Theodore.
If he wanted 1+ million more and wanted a long-term contract, the GM needed to cut his losses and think about the long-term viability of the team and what he’s going to have to give up to keep Huet.
Let’s hope that the Caps can sign Federov with the money they’ve (hopefully) saved on their goalie situation. Keep AO happy. Sign Federov!

By: Grooven

Grooven — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:33:31 +0000

Easy to root for us to beat Kolzig. He plays for the opposing team. Do I appreciate what he has done for the Capitals? Yes. But he’s not on the team now. The difference is I won’t spew venom when taunting him in goal like I would some of the other goaltenders.
Now, if instead of being impatient, he had just kept his yap shut until, say, the playoffs were done and the Worlds were finished — you know, a time when things could have been talked out — Kolzig could even have still been the starter here. But his pride was wounded so he spoke out. Kolzig decided he was done.

By: VT Phil

VT Phil — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:25:34 +0000

TSN is saying Olie got a one year deal down in Tampa. I’m happy that he inked a new deal (even a short one), but couldn’t he have gone somewhere not in the SE? How do you root for us to beat him?

By: Muddapucker

Muddapucker — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:15:53 +0000

You know if Huet, wanted to be a Cap he could have stayed one. I can’t blame him for going for the dough.
This not a question of who GMGM would have preferred. He reportedly offered Huet his asking price of $5M over 3 years.
This was damage control on the part of GMGM, not sabotage. Looking to the future,four years down the road, I am sure the Caps didn’t want to be saddled with an over the hill goalie who was owed $5.6M. Who knows, that money may be necessary to pay Alzner or Backstrom or whoever? I have no idea at this point, just putting names out there…
In view of circumstances that were not entirely within his control, GMGM did what he was paid to do. He made the best out of a bad situation.
Don’t sell out Theodore too early, he may surprise us all.

By: P-Mac

P-Mac — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:11:24 +0000

Huet to Chicago, indeed. From one rebuild to another. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=242185

By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki)

OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:00:59 +0000

No worries Drew — and trust me, we share the enthusiasm, this is quite a day so far.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:58:24 +0000

Understand the reason to wait. Sorry for the explosion. I’m eager to impart my commentary but if the Caps haven’t figured out what to say yet, then I guess we’re ALL speechless.

By: OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki)

OrderedChaos (Mike Rucki) — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:52:48 +0000

The most important Capitals news of the day IMO was the Mike Green signing... but yes, Theodore is a Capital, Huet is not (which I personally think he'll come to regret) and we'll be posting official word soon. For quick-hit (albeit minimalist) signing news check out TSN's trade tracker... not always accurate, but moreso that most rumor sites: http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=11353