Laraque signs in Montreal
Wanye
July 03 2008 02:05PM
For those of you who hold out hope that Laraque will come back to Edmonton and protect our fledgling Superstars and our fragile millionaire defensive corps keep dreamin suckers. He's a Hab now.
Update from Brownlee
Just got off the phone with Georges. His deal with Montreal is for three years and is worth $4.5 million, so he actually gets a raise. By the way, Laraque strongly considered the Oilers — and I confirmed this morning they had the door open for him — but he opted for the Habs.
Note and a question from Wanye
It's being reported that George's deal includes a “partial no trade clause.”
What the heck does that mean?
You can only be traded if the team agrees that they want to move you? Sounds to me like taking a “partial birth control pill.” Either it is, or it isn’t. There is no partial.
Does anyone remember when players signed contracts that made sense?
I can see why he would sign with the Habs. Fair enough
I wonder how the Montreal media will treat Big Georges.
He's always welcome back to the Oilers in my opinion.
The partial no-trade clause probably means he has a list of teams he would go to, similar to Visnovsky before the Kings traded him here right before it kicked in.
That is a great picture