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Savard is better than Ryan, Staal and Voracek anyway.

Short of Kovy, there isn't a better player available right now.
 
To be fair, I understand the hesitation. This franchise has probably the worst luck of any in the league in terms of injuries so people have visions of Savard stepping on the ice and getting injured on his first shift. That'd be our luck.

But I've had my little excel spreadsheet going for a while with all our salaries and potential lineups and I don't think I've seen one that helps us as much as this addition would. We'd still have SO much extra room. We could add another cheaper defenseman, maybe a Martin or Michalek, we could look at some options on the UFA market to create a real good shutdown line... And then we'd have 6 million coming off for Giguere next year to get even better. :shrug
 
It's weird how things can change so fast. Savard has gone from elite centre (still is) to a guy Boston needs to get rid of and he probably has very little value at this point. Boston might come to a point they'll be desperate to move him.
 
Yeah, Stempniak's flash-in-the-pan month was a freak occurrence that will never be repeated again. We saw the real Lee Stempniak reappear in the late-stages of the regular season, and then for Phoenix's first round playoff exit. Seven games, 0 goals and 2 assists. Hilarious.

As for Savard....If Boston's looking to get rid of him as a salary dump, I might be willing to bite. I can see why HL finds the idea so tempting...this is a chronically underrated player who before last season, averaged 90 points per season over a four year stretch. He was also dynamite for the Bruins in the 08/09 playoffs. But because of the length of the contract, Boston's salary cap issues and Savard's worrisome concussion issues, I wouldn't trade any significant assets for him. Hell, I'd probably try and get them to take back Grabovski's salary in the deal. But if they phoned up and tried to get Kaberle in exchange for Savard, Burke should laugh and hang up the phone.
 
As for Savard....If Boston's looking to get rid of him as a salary dump, I might be willing to bite. I can see why HL finds the idea so tempting...this is a chronically underrated player who before last season, averaged 90 points per season over a four year stretch. He was also dynamite for the Bruins in the 08/09 playoffs. But because of the length of the contract, Boston's salary cap issues and Savard's worrisome concussion issues, I wouldn't trade any significant assets for him. Hell, I'd probably try and get them to take back Grabovski's salary in the deal. But if they phoned up and tried to get Kaberle in exchange for Savard, Burke should laugh and hang up the phone.
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I'm not sure why Boston is trying to trade Savard actually. Why are they trading a 4 million dollar Savard as a salary dump? That's a steal. There may be some truth to the rumour he asked for a trade quietly and they're trying to accommodate him.
 
Savard is better than Ryan, Staal and Voracek anyway.

Short of Kovy, there isn't a better player available right now.
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Yeah, true. People are wanting Ryan, Voracek and co because of their age though.
 
The concussion is the problem. The contract isn't as bad as it appears. Savard is an elite player...if healthy.

Boston may want to deal him, but if they trade him to the Leafs that devalues our pick they have for next year. Maybe we do a bigger deal where we get that pick back somehow.

I think the Leafs would much prefer a younger player, anyway.
 
hockeylover said:
I'm not sure why Boston is trying to trade Savard actually. Why are they trading a 4 million dollar Savard as a salary dump? That's a steal. There may be some truth to the rumour he asked for a trade quietly and they're trying to accommodate him.
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Bergeron, Krejci, Seguin.....is likely why.
 
Gotta love the kids on HFboards; claiming Leafs would need to throw in Kadri with Kaberle to get Savard.....LMFAO! That's why I love these boards
 
The Blackhawks need to move at least one more forward - and the likeliest candidate to go is winger Andrew Ladd, who has now won two Stanley Cups in the past five years and is a restricted free agent. Toronto might be a possible destination for Ladd, as might be Vancouver.
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- Eric Duhatschek
 
i think Versteeg goes before Ladd....but i could be wrong....

No idea what i would want in return from the Leafs....you have 0 quality draft picks.
 
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