We Have a Trade to Report...

[RGM81]

The Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning got together tonight...

To Tampa: Cedrick Desjardins

To Montreal: Karri Ramo

Some words...

Comment via release from Lightning GM Steve Yzerman:"We are happy to be able to add Cedrick to the Lightning today. With his American Hockey League experience, he will provide excellent goaltending depth for the organization, allowing us to be patient while Dustin Tokarski and Jaroslav Janus further mature and develop."

No official comment yet from Habs GM Pierre Gauthier, just the standard press release:

Canadiens general manager Pierre Gauthier announced today the acquisition of goaltender Karri Ramo from the Tampa Bay Lightning, in return for netminder Cédrick Desjardins.
Ramo, 24, suited up for 44 games with Omsk in the Kontinental Hockey League in 2009-10, posting a record of 21 wins, 17 losses, 4 overtime losses, a 2.11 goals against average and a .913 save percentage.
He tied for 6th in the league in goals against average, and was also tied for 4th with four shutouts.



A native of Asikkala, Finland, Ramo played in 125 professional games in North America between the age of 20 and 23. Selected in the sixth round, 191st overall by Tampa Bay in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, he played 48 NHL career regular season games with the Lightning between 2006 and 2009, posting an 11-21-10 record, a 3.35 goals against average and a .895 save percentage. The 6-foot-2, 201-pound netminder also participated in 77 games in the American Hockey League with Springfield and Norfolk.
Cédrick Desjardins joined the Canadiens as a free agent on July 3, 2008. He played a total of 90 games with the AHL Hamilton Bulldogs during the past four seasons, posting a 59-27-5 record, a 2.64 goals against average and a .901 save percentage. The Edmundston, N.B. native also played 67 games with the ECHL Cincinnati Cyclones, winning the Kelly Cup in 2008.

[scottkoz20]

ummm.... this was done because.... arrrr...

[Brodeur_fan666]

Karri Ramo have another year to his Russia contract ! I see this deal only as a favor for Desjardins

[RGM81]

Pretty much - 25 years old without an NHL game, and he wasn't about to see too much action in Montreal.

[Pheebs888]

That and guy Boucher knows and like him...

[capt55]

He played with Tamp Bay right, if it's him, he has NHL experience.

[hossa18sens]

Richard was talking about Cedrick Desjardins not having NHL experience

[scottkoz20]

why are we still talking about this... it's only the Habs... who cares

[RGM81]

That's precisely the only reason that people are talking about it in the first place. As per the norm, it's spawned a thread at Habs Inside/Out that is approaching 500 comments. I'm sure many of them are slagging Carey Price as being responsible for this deal.

[roy.the.greatest]

Carey will have a LOT of pressure this year in Montreal. I hope he will handle it well, but I woudn't bet my house on it.