Takin a T/O with BT: Curtis Sanford's Rumor-Inducing Montreal Signing

Remember the AHL? You know, the American Hockey League? The minor league of hockey? The 29-team league where some of your favorite NHL veterans and most promising rookies cross-paths? Remember it now? Remember how the NHL and AHL teams need a full compliment of players to be able to play the game? How soon we forget. Two days ago the Montreal Canadiens signed Curtis Sanford to a contract, the world imploded. Suddenly Sanford was assumed as the new backup to Carey Price and Jaroslav Halak was on his way out: maybe to Vancouver, maybe to Tampa Bay. Hell, maybe the Habs were in talks with the KHL about swapping him for Jaromir Jagr. Maybe Jagr is a stretch, but you see the point. Before the ink had even dried on the contract, people were punching tickets for various players in and out of Montreal with their heads in the clouds. At a point in the offseason where the most exciting information deals with arbitration hearings, those who rely on rumors for their "journalistic&q...