Halak Sent To St Louis By Canadiens

After his great play in this year's Stanley Cup playoffs where he basically won the Habs-Caps series by himself, Jaroslav Halak has been shipped by the Montreal Canadiens to the in exchange for forwards Lars Eller and Ian Schultz. Halak, along with Mike Cammalleri, basically powered the Habs into the 3rd round where they were stopped by eventual the Stanley Cup finalist Philadelphia Flyers.

Just about everyone expected either Halak or Carey Price to be moved during the off-season as Price had a terrible time down the stretch and pulled early in the playoffs which allowed Halak to have a display great goaltending run. The Washington Capitals and Alexander Ovechkin and then Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins just couldn't beat him and Habs fans lauded Halak as the latest coming of Jacques Plante or Patrick Roy.

But of course, even with his absolutely terrible play (and rather childish antics) the Habs have decided to stick with Price. Obviously they still consider him "the goalie of tomorrow." He certainly didn't show the expected form last season or in the 2008-09 playoffs. One wonders how many "tomorrows" Price has left.

As far as Halak, hopefully he will use this as a building block and have great success with the Blues who are rebuilding and will be much better this year if he shows half the form he had in the Habs run.