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If the Canadiens decide to trade goaltender Jaroslav Halak this season, it could come closer to the Mar. 3 trade deadline, reports the Montreal Gazette. [FULL STORY]

Gainey clears air about Halak
To clarify the rumors floating around Montreal and Philadelphia surrounding a possible trade involving the Habs and Flyers, Canadiens GM Bob Gainey decided to set the record straight. read more...

Canadiens weighing their options
Having lost four straight games, two in overtime, the Montreal Canadiens find themselves sitting in 12th spot in the East and struggling for victories. read more...

Pos.	PLAYER	09-10 SALARY	09-10 CAP HIT
C	Kyle Chipchura	$500,000	$500,000
C	Scott Gomez	$8,000,000	$7,357,140
C	Maxim Lapierre	$800,000	$687,500
C	Glen Metropolit	$1,000,000	$1,000,000
C	Travis Moen	$1,500,000	$1,500,000
C	Tomas Plekanec	$2,750,000	$2,750,000
D	Marc-Andre Bergeron	$750,000	$750,000
D	Hal Gill	$2,250,000	$2,250,000
D	Josh Gorges	$1,100,000	$1,100,000
D	Roman Hamrlik	$5,500,000	$5,500,000
D	Paul Mara	$1,675,000	$1,675,000
D	Andrei Markov	$5,750,000	$5,750,000
D	Ryan O'Byrne	$725,000	$942,000
D	Jaroslav Spacek	$3,833,333	$3,833,333
D	Yannick Weber	$612,500	$875,000
G	Jaroslav Halak	$800,000	$775,000
G	Carey Price	$850,000	$2,200,000
G	Curtis Sanford	$600,000	$600,000
LW	Mike Cammalleri	$5,000,000	$6,000,000
LW	Sergei Kostitsyn	$585,000	$816,667
LW	Max Pacioretty	$875,000	$910,000
LW	Benoit Pouliot	$803,250	$803,250
LW	Gregory Stewart	$500,000	$500,000
RW	Matt D'Agostini	$500,000	$500,000
RW	Brian Gionta	$5,000,000	$5,000,000
RW	Andrei Kostitsyn	$3,250,000	$3,250,000
RW	Georges Laraque	$1,500,000	$1,500,000

1st ROUND DRAFT HISTORY
YEAR	#	PLAYER	Pos.	DRAFT FROM	LEAGUE
2009	18	Louis Leblanc	C	Omaha Lancers	USHL
2008	-	Pick Traded	-	-	-
2007	12 22	Ryan McDonagh Max Pacioretty	D LW	Cretin Derham Hall H.S. Sioux City Musketeers	Minn. USHL
2006	20	David Fischer	D	Apple Valley H.S.	Minn.
2005	5	Carey Price	G	Tri-City Americans	WHL

TEAM INFO.
Arena	Bell Centre
Capacity	21,273
Address	1275 St. Antoine Street West Montreal, QC H3C 5L2
Phone	1-514-932-2582
GM	Bob Gainey
Head Coach	Jacques Martin