Sundin Decision Day

This has been dragging out for a long long time now, and we are all getting tired of it I'm sure. With Sundin dismissing the rumors of an August 1st deadline, this could go on for longer yet. Well, I talked to numerous people from Montreal throughout the day today and while the Habs organization still feel very confident that they will land Sundin, everything else is quiet in Habland. Not much going on is what I'm saying.

From what I have gathered from the people i contacted, this is what Gainey's plans seem to be. Sundin's D-Day could be the happiest days of our lives or could be what some Hab fans would call a darker day. Basically what I am hearing is that if Sundin signs with the Habs they will be getting rid of Mathieu Dandenault's salary and would bring up a younger defencemen from the farm team to be the #7 D-Man.

However, if Sundin decides to reject the Habs offer and sign elsewhere, or retire, the Habs will most likely be keeping Dandy around and will also announce the signing of Patrice Brisebois for the #7 D-man role. So we will most likely either end up with Sundin + Valentenko(?) - Dandenault or Dandenault + Brisebois.