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They haven't failed to qualify him until Monday the 28th. And if they're not going to qualify him, then he becomes a free agent, so why Henny, would anyone trade for him?
 
DarrenDreger Leafs still sitting on multiple offers for Kaberle, but nothing strong enough. He may not get traded this wknd unless offers improve.
 
SENSible said:
1) Seguin's top end is higher than Kessel's
- According to who? Nobody can predict exactly what top end Seguin has, or what Kessel has. I will say this Kessel already has back to back 30 plus goal seasons under his belt, and he's only 22. Keep in mind his latest 30 goal season was on a shitty team, without a top centre, and despite missing all of training camp and the first 12 games of the reg season.

2) You also lost the cap flexibility that having Seguin in your line up over Kessel would give you.

- Maybe so, but guess what, in 3 years time Seguins going to be looking for a similar pay to what Kessel's getting, and if you claim Seguin is so much better then Kessel, that would mean his salary is even higher then Kessels, no?
3) You also gave up the 32nd pick in this years draft.
- No big loss, draft picks are hit or miss.

4) You also gave up the top 10 pick next year.

- We gave up next years 1st rounder, doesnt mean it's a top 10. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.

Sorry, but that deal sucks balls.
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- I agree its a bit of a steep deal, but I wouldnt say it sucks. Its too soon too really assess who wins this one.
 
This seems to be a pretty weak draft past the top 4 (or top 2, some would argue) ... that's why so many teams are looking to unload their top 15 picks for multiple picks further down.
 
It's not a weak draft at all. It's weak in terms of elite talent but there's a hell of a lot of depth to it. There's not much of a difference between the talent likely to be available at 20 and the talent likely to be available at 40.
 
I know Burke wants help now, so it's not going to happen, but I would love it if Burke could grab a pick between 4 and 8 and grab Connolly. I'm not draft wizard, but the prospect of picking up a guy who could have been competing with Hall and Seguin is pretty inticing. He seems like the prototypical Burke player as well.

And let's be realistic, this team is 2-3 years away from really competing anyway, which would be perfect timing for a guy picked in this years draft to start seriously contributing.

I'm conflicted. I want help at forward now, but a guy like Connolly with such a high ceiling is prettying inticing. Ultimately though, I have no idea what it would cost to get a pick in that range, so maybe it's not realistic.
 
DNFlyers No truth to this. RT @CanucksEdge Pierre McGuire says he's hearing Hamhuis is closing in on a deal with the Flyers in the $5 mil/yr range.
 
Jays that's what I meant ... maybe 'weak draft' isn't the right word, but a say, 11th pick isn't all that different from say, a 30th pick and that's my point.

Habs failed to qualify Benoit Pouliot, Hendrick speculates a trade
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I don't get it. You can't 'fail to qualify' an RFA.

A qualifying offer is one that's 10% above his current salary, and while he has the right to reject, but making this qualifying offer you retain the player's rights.

If you choose not to make the qualifying offer, then he walks as an UFA.

There's no reason the Habs don't qualify Pouliot. They may fail to re-sign him, but they can still trade him.
 
There are some players that teams will avoid qualifying if they do not intend to give the player an automatic raise. Grebeshkov is an example of this.
 
I'm not convinced that either Hall or Seguin have the same offensive ceiling as Kessel, I guess only time will tell.
 
number17 said:
I don't get it. You can't 'fail to qualify' an RFA.

A qualifying offer is one that's 10% above his current salary, and while he has the right to reject, but making this qualifying offer you retain the player's rights.

If you choose not to make the qualifying offer, then he walks as an UFA.

There's no reason the Habs don't qualify Pouliot. They may fail to re-sign him, but they can still trade him.
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They didn't give him his QA when they gave everyone else. The scenarios:
1. They're working out a longer-term deal, or something lower than the QA
2. They're planning on trading him
3. They're going to let him walk as a UFA.

Given that we can likely get something of value from him, option 3 is extremely unlikely.
 
Not to nitpick, but strictly speaking, the Habs just DIDN'T quality him ... not failed to ;)

As for Hamhuis and Flyers close to a $5M deal ... it makes the Beauchemin signing such a great deal ... I liked Hamhuis, but only because I thought he'd fly under the radar. At $5M/yr, there's gotta be better options.
 
Yeah, its a pretty strong draft. Its just weak at the top. Very deep though.

Unless you have a top 2 pick, you may as well see if you can trade down and get some help out of it.
 
hockeylover said:
Burke already said he hasn't discussed anything with Tambellini for the 1st overall. Bogus rumour.
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No offense, but we can't take anything Burke says right now as the truth. He has to hold his cards to his chest on all of these plays. NOBODY heard anything about the Phaneuf deal. Burke has made power moves like this before (moving up to get the Sedins)

Do you think he'll tell everyone now that he is going for the first overall pick??

I'm not saying it will happen but don't underestimate what Burke is trying to do, and Don't believe anything he says
 
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