Kreider has signed a one-year contract with the Bleu, Blanc et Rouge after clearing waivers and mutually terminating his previous deal with the Anaheim Ducks. It can be argued -- see video -- that his acquisition gives the Habs some much-needed middle six strength, but our National Sports Editor, Poor Len Canayen, rerminds us that (a) Kreider is not the No. 2 centre we've been looking for and (b) he's old enough to be Ivan Demidov's father, not a good fit with the team's youth movement.
Beyond that, Poor Len was pre-apoplectic and incapable of speech. So we turn to our buddy from the Rock, the Hockey Junkie, for a reasonably measured (if heavily accented) analysis.
Well, dat's buddy's opinion. This is ours. This is a great betrayal of Carey Price and all Habs fans. Are we supposed to applaud the passing of the torch to someone who tried to blow it out? This is shameful. Execrable! Kreider had better get a case of the diplomatic flu on the night they honour Carey Price au Centre Bell. Either that or wear ear-plugs to drown out the chorus of boos. He is not welcome here.



