Tim Gleason, Shane O'Brien and Anton Volchenkov are all on waivers for purpose of a buyout.
Too bad Volchenkov is a shadow of his former self. There is your shot blocker.
Both you guys think like Bob Gainey.
No, Gainey would have offered him 4 yrs / $20 mil
if Markov was out of the picture ...DelZotto would of been a consideration .
Yeah, no.
A guy that two teams got rid of for virtually nothing would be a consideration to replace Markov? Wha?
He will never be Markov but moves the puck , can skate and is 11 years younger. As a gap filler he will do until you find a better player. Only suggesting he was an option for now, just like P.A.
will never be Vanek but 50 soft points out of him for 8 mil is better than 60-70 soft points out of the Austrian Semin for 50 mil when neither is my answer long term .