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I'm not opposed to adding Gagne, in fact I'd be all over it........but if I have my choice between a 25-90 pt center on a dirt cheap contract, and a 30-70 winger, who's even more injury prone, on a one year deal.......and the price to acquire both is similar?



I'll take Savard every time.
 
MyNameIsJonas said:
Philly is apparantly putting him on waivers after recieving no interest in him on the trade market.

As a side, if there is no market for Gagne i can't see a market for Grabovski.
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Just to clarify, we don't actually know why they'd be putting him on waivers.......it may not be that there's no interest for him, he may just not be willing to waive his NTC.

It could be that there's no market for him.........but that hasn't been reported yet, one way or the other.



(for that matter, we don't even have reports from within the Flyers organization that he might be waived........the reports apparently came from unnamed NHL execs from other clubs)
 
Metalleaf said:
Gagne refused to waive his NTC, so that could be why they might use waivers.
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Have you read a report stating that?


I know it had been reported that he hadn't waived his no trade clause.......but I haven't seen anything that stated whether the Flyers had asked him to waive it and he declined, or if they simply hadn't asked him to yet (which could infer that there simply isn't a market for him).
 
I believe he gave an interview the other day saying that he had not waived the NTC, but I didn't hear whether he confirmed that he was asked to.
 
Wouldn't be surprised if it was a ploy to convince him to waive it. I mean, tell Gagne "Edmonton was interested in you, but we have a deal with LA. Either waive and go to LA, or you're stuck playing in Edmonton" and you might see him decide to waive his NTC.
 
Metalleaf said:
they flashed that on the Score ticker, and I think he said he wouldn't waive it on RDS.
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The RDS interview is the one me and LoF were referring to, I believe.........in that interview he simply stated that he hadn't yet waived his NTC, (without specifying if he'd actually be asked to or not)
 
I don't think the Leafs will get either Gagne or Savard....as much as I'd like Gagne.

Just doesn't seem like any of us has really had a good grasp as to what Burke will do next. Noone saw the Phaneuf or Giguere trades coming, or the Versteeg trade. Burke could very well be going after someone noone has even thought of yet.
 
Montana said:
I'm not opposed to adding Gagne, in fact I'd be all over it........but if I have my choice between a 25-90 pt center on a dirt cheap contract, and a 30-70 winger, who's even more injury prone, on a one year deal.......and the price to acquire both is similar?



I'll take Savard every time.
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If you're gonna call Savard 25/90, I'm gonna have to call Gagne 35/80.
 
The thing about a star centreman like Savard or Thornton, is that they can turn your average scorers into above-average scorers. Pair one with Kessel and you're looking at 40-50 goals no problem. Pair one with a Versteeg or Kulemin and you've got potential 25 goal scorers.
 
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