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Wow - totally made up - the enjoyment is back 4 wins - 4 clean sheets

They were shut down yesterday by the FBI and other US agencies - large warning signs all over the main page.

Awesome news - made my day, week and year

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Really good performance, everyone really stepped up and did the job.

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Sale details Habs sale all but done Thursday, September 10, 2009 The announcement was made jointly by team owner George Gillett and Geoff Molson at the Canadiens annual charity golf tournament.RelatedPrime Time Sports: THE CANADIAN PRESS LAVAL, Que. -- The sale of the Montreal Canadiens to a group led by the Molson family is going ahead. Geoff Molson said Thursday only small details need to be ironed out and the deal should be completed in the next few weeks, subject to approval by the National Hockey League. Canadiens owner George Gillett will be a guest tonight on Prime Time Sports with Bob McCown and Stephen Brunt at 6:05 p.m. The structure of the ownership group was finalized when the Quebec government approved a $75-million loan it had offered to any Quebec-based individual or group that purchased the storied franchise from American owner George Gillett. The ownership group includes Geoff Molson and his two brothers as well as Bell, the Woodbridge Company, the Quebec Labour Federation solidarity fund, Michael Andlauer and Luc Bertrand. Two-thirds of the partners are based in Quebec. Molson said it was a private transaction and would not divulge what percentage of the team each group member holds. As well as Gillett's majority stake, the group will also buy the 19.9 per cent held by the Molson-Coors brewery, which will stay on as a sponsor. Gillett, who has owned the team since 2001, agreed to sell the club in June. He was choked with emotion as he and Geoff Molson met with reporters at the team's annual golf tournament at the Laval-Sur-Le-Lac club "These things take time," he said. "There was never a moment in our discussions when either of us felt we weren't going to accomplish the goal that the Molson family would be our successor as owner of the team." He also apologized to the fans for the team's failure to win a Stanley Cup during his eight years as owner. Molson said team president Pierre Boivin and general manager Bob Gainey would remain in their jobs. It is the fourth time that members of the Molson family will own the team since the 1950s. "It's a fantastic opportunity to continue the tradition we've always had of being great fans and owners of the Montreal Canadiens and we can't wait to embark on this opportunity," he said. National Bank Financial Group is in charge of debt financing and will form a banking syndicate with the Desjardins Group, and Scotiabank, along with the Quebec government body Investissement Quebec.

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Could Mr Gillett looking to raise some extra cash. Sportsnet The lawyer for Jim Balsillie is denying his client said the Montreal Canadiens are for sale and also said the RIM billionaire would have no knowledge if the franchise was on the block. Richard Rodier was on Hockeycentral@Noon on Toronto radio station FAN 590 to refute a report in a Montreal paper that quoted Balsillie as saying the Canadiens were for sale. Both Montreal Canadiens owner George Gillett and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman also denied the report, which appeared in Montreal's French-language La Presse newspaper on Friday. "I can tell you, because I've been in communication with Jim via e-mail, and I spoke with him last night and it never came up, that it took us both by shock today," Rodier told hosts Daren Millard and Nick Kypreos. Rodier acknowledged that Balsillie spoke last week with the La Presse reporter who wrote the article. Gillett and Bettman were adamant that the report is false. "Never, ever, whether in the past or now, have we considered selling or maintained in discussions about selling the team," Gillett told the newspaper. "In this centennial year, as we prepare to introduce the All-Star game and we have the best supporters in the world and an extraordinary team, I do not know why anyone would invent such a story." Bettman was equally as firm. "This franchise is not for sale," Bettman said. A recent article in Forbes magazine estimated the franchise is worth $334 million US. Balsillie has been in pursuit of an NHL franchise for a number of years but has twice been rebuffed in his efforts, mostly because he would not promise to move any franchise be purchased to southern Ontario.

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A friend of mine who is a Forrest fan has asked me to assess Paul Anderson and what can he expect from him. As I have only read reports via the offish my knowledge of him is very limited. Can anyone who has watched him play help? Cheers

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