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Montana said:
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Who even cares about NYR's 1st rounder. Big whoop. It's not like our/Boston's 1st rounder.

The best value for Kabby is a new contract with Kabby's name on it.

How can they not appreciate his importance to the team and the near impossible task of replacing him?
 
Volcanologist said:
Versteeg would be an attractive part of a package for an elite player, hypothetically speaking. I don't know that I can envision a scenario where he returns something great straight up, but he could form a solid part of a major trade offer.
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Say Kaberle (since Burke won't rest till he deals him) and Versteeg in a package....

Jeff Carter?

I suppose I sign off on that for sure if Burke is going to let Kabs go for nothing.
 
I could see getting a Callahan and Kreider/1st type package from some team for Kabby.

I'd rather keep him, but it doesn't look like thats in the cards. and you absolutely just can't let him walk for nothing.
 
I have to wonder whether Burke is counting on this Kabby deal, or perhaps even has a handshake agreement that the Kabby deal, will be a Doug Weight special.

Maybe he believes, or flat out knows, that Kabs will resign with us as a UFA even if he trades him, and he figures it'd be stupid not to get some nice assets for him and then bring him back.

Honestly, that's the only reasonable explanation for why Kabs isn't resigned and there have been no talks to resign him.
 
LeafOfFaith said:
I have to wonder whether Burke is counting on this Kabby deal, or perhaps even has a handshake agreement that the Kabby deal, will be a Doug Weight special.

Maybe he believes, or flat out knows, that Kabs will resign with us as a UFA even if he trades him, and he figures it'd be stupid not to get some nice assets for him and then bring him back.

Honestly, that's the only reasonable explanation for why Kabs isn't resigned and there have been no talks to resign him.
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Nope.
 
versteeg packaged with something could be very tempting for a key piece... as a team with a young centre may look at getting Versteeg as a bonus to a cup run.
 
Sportsnet has on the bottom of their timeline of whats on the heading "Giggy waiting". My money is if a team is going to take Giggy it will be detroit. They have been winning but lately Howard has been letting in alot of goals and hasn't been putting up the sv% that the team can trust. They lost on Nabakov, maybe a rental of Giggy would be the next best thing.
 
Hoss said:
Sportsnet has on the bottom of their timeline of whats on the heading "Giggy waiting". My money is if a team is going to take Giggy it will be detroit. They have been winning but lately Howard has been letting in alot of goals and hasn't been putting up the sv% that the team can trust. They lost on Nabakov, maybe a rental of Giggy would be the next best thing.
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They signed Nabakov for 560K because that's all they could afford to pay him under their cap.........they'd have to do some fiscal gymnastics to be able to acquire Giguere.
 
of course, but they could trade a player.. and I am sure with the IR situations they have had (datsyuk, Modano, etc) they might have some room saved up
 
Hoss said:
of course, but they could trade a player.. and I am sure with the IR situations they have had (datsyuk, Modano, etc) they might have some room saved up
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They'd need to trade someone like Jiri Hudler, who is the highest paid player they would conceivably consider moving.....but he still only makes half of what Giguere does, while likely being far more valuable to them (10 points in his last 14 games) than a goalie with a SV% around .900 the last three seasons.


It's just not a very logical landing spot for him.
 
Do you think B Schenn is on Burke's list. I mean he references the now all the time, would you consider B Schenn just as much of a prospect albeit a good one, or would Burke prefer a player now.

I mean Schenn in LA is low on their depth charts. LA aren't in cap trouble that they have to lose guys next year for money (or are they) so I think you could get Schenn if the package was right for LA to make the playoffs NOW and give them an asset that they can hang on to to compensate Schenn.. ie Versteeg and Giggy for a bit of a dump and B schenn. Handzus could be a good third line centre on this team and would be a good salary for LA to dump. Maybe even Versteeg Bozak and Giggy for Handzus and B Schenn. Get those brothers together dammit.
 
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