As everyone whose kids ‘ sport red , white and blue diapers are aware of by now – the Montreal Canadiens did not make a dominant move before the trade deadline.
Bless his Francophone heart , Habs ‘ GM Pierre Gauthier did his best.
Thanks to his assistant , Mme. Gauthier , A Winning Habit has learned all the details of the trades that were in the works and for whatever reasons – were declined.
Here we go , the top ten rejected trades on the 28th of February …
10. Andrei Kostistyn to the San Francisco Giants for Barry Bonds.
9. Youppi , Tom Pyatt and Tomas Plekanec ‘s old jock strap to the Russian Red Army squad for the rights to Vladislav Tretiak.
8. Paul Mara to Anaheim for Paul Mara.
7. A box of cigars , the Edmonton Oilers’ Champion series DVD set and Scott Gomez to the New York Rangers for peace of mind …
6. Carey Price ‘s replica Jacques Plante mask to Minnesota for Jose Theodore ‘s tuque.
5. The rights of George Laraque to Pittsburgh in exchange for an Alex Kovalev ‘ No Montreal ‘ trade clause.
4 . Alex Auld ‘s mask for Ken Dryden – straight up.
3. Carey Price to St. Louis for Jaroslav Halak if the Canadiens do not win the Stanley Cup.
2. Travis Moen ‘s autographed copy of the Corner Gas episode in which he appeared to the Pheonix Coyotes for Wayne Gretzky ‘ s autographed copy of the Saturday Night Live episode in which he appeared.
and the number one rejected trade …
1. Five Smurfs for Seven Dwarfs ! Er … I mean little people …