Don't hold your breath for Tanguay

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With the NHL trade deadline five weeks away, rumours are starting to pop up and the Canadiens are being tabbed as a possible dance partner for the Calgary Flames.
Canadiens general manager Bob Gainey and his right-hand man, Pierre Gauthier, have been watching the Flames for the past week, which has revived speculation about a deal bringing Alex Tanguay to Montreal.
The last time there was talk of Tanguay, there were rumours of a straight-up deal for Michael

Ryder. That seems unlikely. While the Flames might want to free up $5.3 million in cap room by dumping Tanguay, they are in a playoff position and would want some kind of asset in return.
The names of Alex Kovalev and Saku Koivu have popped up, but it would make more sense that the Flames are looking for some younger - and cheaper - talent. Gainey has been reluctant to deal young players in the past and I can't see the Canadiens tinkering with the chemistry of a team that has been on a roll.
Add in the fact the Flames don't seem to have anyone looking in on the Canadiens and I'd advise everyone not to hold their breath waiting for a deal.
Tough choice for Adams: NHL broadcasters will have a difficult time this spring choosing the winner of the Jack Adams Trophy that goes to the league's outstanding coach.
The Habs' four-game road trip illustrates the problem, because each game has included at least one candidate behind the bench.
The group includes Canadiens head coach Guy Carbonneau. The Canadiens have been in a playoff position all season - not bad for a team that figured to finish near the bottom of the Eastern Conference in most of the preseason previews.
If Carbonneau isn't the best coach in the league, he's certainly the most improved in terms of personnel and game management. And he's smart enough to know that, while he's improved, there's still room to grow.
But you can make a case for some of the coaches who matched wits with Carbonneau the past week - Boston's Claude Julien, Ted Nolan of the Islanders and Atlanta's Don Waddell. Julien's Bruins have slipped out of a playoff spot, but did anyone think this team would be competitive even before they lost Patrice Bergeron and key offseason acquisition Manny Fernandez?
The only thing the Bruins haven't been able to do this season is beat the Canadiens. Nolan won the Adams Trophy with Buffalo in 1997, but left the Sabres that summer.
He returned to the NHL last season and has found success with a team built on good goaltending and a collection of castoffs from other teams.
And then there's Waddell, whose tenure as coach is limited. He's the Thrashers' GM and went behind the bench after Bob Hartley started the season with six consecutive losses.
Waddell lost his first game as a coach, but since then, the Thrashers have been playing at a .600 clip and Atlanta is leading the Southeast Division.
Waddell originally planned to find a new coach as soon as possible, but he decided to finish the season. The accepted wisdom is he'll have a better pool of candidates at season's end, but the Waddell's search might start - and end - here in Atlanta.
Brad McCrimmon, a veteran assistant coach, has been running many of the practices and devising strategy, and Waddell might have tipped his hand when he gave McCrimmon the title of associate coach Jan. 1.