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Leafin'
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We need a center, Stastny although not playing well now, would be a clear upgrade over Tyler Bozak.
Ideally we move Grabovski in a trade, thus clearing cap for a player like Stastny.
Grabovski, Kulemin, Liles, Komisarek need to be moved for upgrades on the roster.
That is alot of Cap space taken up by players that could be upgraded either internally or through trade.
Ideally we move Grabovski in a trade, thus clearing cap for a player like Stastny.
Grabovski, Kulemin, Liles, Komisarek need to be moved for upgrades on the roster.
That is alot of Cap space taken up by players that could be upgraded either internally or through trade.
Habsy
Just Walking About Aimlessly
May your fingers fall off and computer explode for even jesting such a move.
Habsy
Just Walking About Aimlessly
Yeah I could see the Isles taking him. Probably won't get much though.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
Getting rid of him is all we need.
I agree with Mbow that we should be using at least one of our amnesties to bring in a contract nobody else wants, for a haul of picks, prospects, etc. I'd take Dipietro off of the Isles for the right price. The other, I'd like to see us use on Grabo in the summer of 2014 to free up Kessel & Phaneuf extension money.
If we can trade Homosaurus, that saves us an amnesty to use later.
mbow30
Spudmeister Supreme
bozak for stastny would be a disaster of a trade, even if the cap wasn't dropping from $70 to $64mn next year.
stastny is one of only 3 forwards earning over a $6mn cap hit who has played at a below 60 point pace this season and last. the other two are heatley and briere, both of whom played at ~70 point paces in 10-11 (stastny paced to just over 60 in that year).
basically, the guy has probably given the least value for his cap hit out of any player in the league over the past three seasons.
in the past i thought he was worth taking a chance on if the price to acquire him was low enough. at this point it's pretty clear that, if he ever was on the market, teams made the right choice in not picking him up.
he isn't a bad player but he's pretty much just another grabo, except he earns an extra $1.1.
stastny is one of only 3 forwards earning over a $6mn cap hit who has played at a below 60 point pace this season and last. the other two are heatley and briere, both of whom played at ~70 point paces in 10-11 (stastny paced to just over 60 in that year).
basically, the guy has probably given the least value for his cap hit out of any player in the league over the past three seasons.
in the past i thought he was worth taking a chance on if the price to acquire him was low enough. at this point it's pretty clear that, if he ever was on the market, teams made the right choice in not picking him up.
he isn't a bad player but he's pretty much just another grabo, except he earns an extra $1.1.
mbow30
Spudmeister Supreme
komisarek for dipietro and niederreiter?
Leafin'
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NO to giving up a 1st unless its for a legit star. Im thinking Tavares type return. Not happening.
Kulemin for Schwartz would be an interesting trade. I dont see either team doing it to be honest though. Leafs lose right now, and St Louis loses one of the top prospects in the league for a guy that may or may not rebound.
I think we might see Kulemin dealt to a team with a couple russians for him to play with. Detroit, Pittsburgh, Washington type team. A team where he can play 3rd fiddle on a line.
Kulemin for Schwartz would be an interesting trade. I dont see either team doing it to be honest though. Leafs lose right now, and St Louis loses one of the top prospects in the league for a guy that may or may not rebound.
I think we might see Kulemin dealt to a team with a couple russians for him to play with. Detroit, Pittsburgh, Washington type team. A team where he can play 3rd fiddle on a line.
BeLeafer
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Disaster? King of the overstatement at it again. It's precisely because of his bloated salary that you can entertain getting Stasny for Bozak and maybe even get the Avs to hold some of the salary/caphit. His one year caphit increase is entirely compensated by the end of Tim Connolly's contract and lots of room ($9-10M) can be opened up by amnesties for Komisarek/Liles/Grabovski if there's no other options.
Blueman
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Agree. I see a nice fit with kule playing on Malkin's wing and Neal sliding up to play with Crosby.
leafman101
Well-known member
And considering all the contracts up after next year a one year option might be better than going out into free agency. If you can't get someone better, its not a bad chance to take.
MindzEye
Wayward Ditch Pig
I guess the question is, is Niederreiter worth all that cash? I think we could get more.
mbow30
Spudmeister Supreme
so trade bozak, who might only be a small step down from stastny, for stastny, and then because you have stastny at $6.6 buy out grabovski, a pretty similar player, who is earning $5.5? you're talking about spending up to $20mn in buyouts to accommodate adding a player who might be the most overpaid player in the league.
that compounds problems, it doesn't fix them.
the only justification for getting stastny would be to buy him out. but it would make absolutely no sense to throw bozak into that deal, unless colorado was willing to give up substantially more than stastny to get that deal done.