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zeke said:
I bet you Finger's buried this year.
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I hope so.

I'm starting to think that Burke has some players he wants to get rid of badly, but has all the patience in the world to wait for an opportunity to trade them before ever burying them.

Blake, Toskala, Stemp, etc.

I don't think Finger will be down there unless he actually needs his money to spend on someone else.
 
All hypothetical at this point. I'm getting ahead of myself. Damn you Kevin McGran. Using a Wayne's World reference to get my hopes up. :(
 
My contact at MLSE says that Burke is NOT a Kovalchuk fan. Feels that he is not a valuable team player. Cites the fact that Atlanta was better off without him.

Savard on the other hand is extremely well liked. Uber competitive. Just not a guy who goes into the front of the net and tries to get an extra five goals per year. Apart from that, his competitveness has Burke on full Burke auto shark pilot right now.
 
zeke said:
I agree with that - if there isn't a pressing need for capsapce, he won't be waived.
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Just like last year.

I have been very vocal about using this option only as a last resort. Teams aren't going to demote legit players.

Unless Jeff Finger magically steps up his game and beats somebody out to be a top 6 d-man on the team, Burkie will not hesitate to send him down if he needs to. No one is going to question sending down a # 8 d-man making $3.5M on a team in need of capspace.
 
Great defense corps or GREATEST defense corps?

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hockeylover said:
You could always have a Savard-Kovalchuk line and Bozak-Kessel line. We already know both have chemistry.
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yeah, definitely - but we'd still need some of the other kids to step up into at least 2nd tier offensive producers no matter which way we position the top trio.
 
Yeah, there is the minor detail that Burke's said he's not interested in Kovalchuk too but I think it just illustrates how good of a cap hit Savard is that you could potentially do it.
 
I think Kovalchuk would be a Mogilny lite for us. And that is not enough to take that kind of a cap hit.

Savard at only 4 million cap hit? We cannot do that fast enough. This guy will do anything possible to be a productive player. This is NOT a lazy fawk like Kovalchuk can be. He is a guy who wants and needs to win. The small man/Napoleon complex.

Kovalchuk has never won anything has he? Is that a Burke player? Not on your life.

If Burke signed Kovalchuk I would be excited about being entertained in the regular season, but I truly see him as a Mogilny lite.

Give me Mogilny and let me work my technology on him for two months, and lets sign him.
 
what about kulemin for savard?

boston's problem with savard seems to have more to do with the length of the deal than the cap hit. as far as their spending is concerned, the guy they have to get rid of is thomas.

savard is neither redundant (you can't depend on the 18 year old seguin yet while krejci and bergeron are both huge question marks), nor a drag on their cap.

a $4mn cap hit for a point per game player is outrageously good. besides -- if he decides to retire at 37 or 38 then his contract comes off the books. he signed it before turning 35....
 
what about kulemin for savard?
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TSNBobMcKenzie: "Soft" deal doesn't involve significant roster players or high end draft pick(s). If BOS moves Savard, with that contract, return not high.

RealKyper: Definition of soft deal; combination of draft picks/ secondary prospects/players. It would clearly be a salary dump.

Doesn't really fit with what they're saying. But I'd do it.
 
these guys are just talking shit, though.

boston is $5mn under the cap already, and WILL BE moving tim thomas. there is no question about that.

that's $10mn of cap space. if they need any more then they can demote or dump ryder.

the mediots are misconstruing why boston is trying to deal savard. it has nothing to do with his $4mn of cap space. boston is worried about being on the hook for $4mn per for the next seven years at a position where they're logjammed.

because during that time they're going to have to worry about re-upping krejci, rask, bergeron and now seguin. and if savard's injury troubles continue then he's going to be unmovable and a huge hindrance for a younger team.

but boston doesn't need that cap space imminently. there are enough other options for them to clear any space they need.
 
Metalleaf said:
soft deal would something like:

John Mitchell, Mikhail Stefanovich, and 4th for Savard
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yeah, and a trade like that would be brutal for boston and -- frankly -- not make any sense whatsoever.

they aren't going to trade him for useless pieces like mitchell or a 4th (or later) pick. a prospect like stefanovich could be a nice addition into any deal... but he won't be a centrepiece.

besides, boston still has holes to fill on the wing. they'll look to fill those before handing savard away for peanuts. and like i said, there's really no impetus for them to do that, anyways.
 
If it was just Kyper I'd say you're definitely right, but it's strange that Bobby Mac is saying it - he must be hearing it from somewhere.

But either way, I do the deal that you suggested msun.
 
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