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Burke who is a pubic hair away from losing his wife and his job, is offering, so far, our first round pick next year, PLUS, for Bernier. But he is protecting it from being a lottery pick. Lombardi is holding out for no protection of course.

Burke also offered our first round pick AND two prospects PLUS for Getzlaf, and Anaheim is keen IF we add Gardiner. Some think that this is why Burke went against his scouts protocol and went for Rielly. It might happen.

I think Bernier would fold under the pressure in Toronto and Luongo has ZERO interest in subjecting himself to it. Smart man. And very rich smart man as well.
 
Why does Burke's personal life have anything to do with it? On top of that, someone posted a story about his marriage being on the rocks about 2 months ago on here. It isn't news, you can stop repeating it.

Burke is not offering our 1st next year plus for Bernier, you're inventing things again (and I don't mean cancer curing lasers)

You don't know anything about Bernier at all and couldn't pick him out of a 2 man line up, stop pretending that you know anything about his mental makeup. Nor do you know anything about Luongo's intentions.

Nobody has forgotten how ridiculous the draft made you look, and nobody believed your super insider stuff before that (the Komi incident dismissed any possibility of that being even remotely legit). You're simply embarrassing yourself at this point.
 
teeds said:
Burke who is a pubic hair away from losing his wife and his job, is offering, so far, our first round pick next year, PLUS, for Bernier. But he is protecting it from being a lottery pick. Lombardi is holding out for no protection of course.

Burke also offered our first round pick AND two prospects PLUS for Getzlaf, and Anaheim is keen IF we add Gardiner. Some think that this is why Burke went against his scouts protocol and went for Rielly. It might happen.

I think Bernier would fold under the pressure in Toronto and Luongo has ZERO interest in subjecting himself to it. Smart man. And very rich smart man as well.
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You are an embarassment
 
Preston_Mizzi said:
This isn't a rumor but it's too bad Burke has such strong "morals" and that he's such a respectful and kind GM because he really should be all over offer sheeting Jamie Benn right about now. Benn+Luongo, and this team is easily a playoff team next year and that will only make those draft picks we would pay as compensation extremely mediocre. Of course we'd have to heavily overpay for the Stars to not match and Burke is too moral to acquire and overpay for talent and improve our team so it's unlikely.
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I like Benn but no way in hell do I sign him to a deal that would result in us losing 4 first round picks. Its a horrible idea IMO
 
zeke said:
He's worth Biggs, Kadri, Schenn, Tlusty.
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he might be looking back now but looking at it the other way he isn't worth a 5th, 7th, 13th and 21st overall pick, not even close

and even with Benn our first round pick in the upcoming draft is only some bad luck or injuries away from being a top 5 lottery pick again
 
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I don't think he is worth 4 firsts but the point i was making was those were our 4 most recent 1st round picks, and benn is not worth the same as those 4 propsects.

I would love to get Benn for a 1st, 2nd, 3rd.
 
Not so sure. HOw much better is Jamie Benn than JVR?

Luke Schenn got JVR. Wouldnt surprise me in the least to see JVR to score more points next season then Benn.

Nevermind Kadri and Biggs, who are solid NHL caliber prospects.

Tlusty at 23 years old had a 36 point season in the NHL. Every year he gets better. Good qualities.
 
Leafin' said:
Not so sure. HOw much better is Jamie Benn than JVR?

Luke Schenn got JVR. Wouldnt surprise me in the least to see JVR to score more points next season then Benn.

Nevermind Kadri and Biggs, who are solid NHL caliber prospects.

Tlusty at 23 years old had a 36 point season in the NHL. Every year he gets better. Good qualities.
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Jamie Benn is much better than JVR. This is coming from the biggest JVR fan on this board. Benn could hit 90 points this year. JVR has potential, but come on JVR is <<< Benn.
 
and that's the point... if Burke signs an offer sheet, Dallas matches and you don't get Benn... but if you keep working the phones you could get him.

I am sure that Holmgren and Poile were talking alot about trade, and then Holmgren got tired of it and did the offer sheet.

Burke had mentioned before that he doesn't mind losing players because he sees it as a positive in terms of gaining cap space. I don't think Dallas wants to lose Benn so the price would be high, but at the same time Burke would rather do a deal than do an offer sheet that just guarantees that we don't get him and that he stays long term in Dallas.
 
From what I read, Holgren wrote the offer sheet to guarantee that Weber couldn't be traded to anywhere but Philly. It basically gave the Flyers exclusive trading rights.
 
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