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Our boy Eklund had posted yesterday that after that San Jose loss, they may be looking to do something big.

He did post this today
On Ryan Clowe...

Told today that a deal is there to be made and that there are three teams...two of which are deep rivals in Montreal and Toronto...working on the third team..could be Pittsburgh..
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I hope Nonis calls the Sharks and starts with Clowe and then makes it a bigger deal and somehow figures out some magic to get Thornton.

Bozak, Grabovski, Liles and a third for Thornton and Clowe. mwah mwah mwah mwah
 
Hoss said:
Our boy Eklund had posted yesterday that after that San Jose loss, they may be looking to do something big.

He did post this today


I hope Nonis calls the Sharks and starts with Clowe and then makes it a bigger deal and somehow figures out some magic to get Thornton.

Bozak, Grabovski, Liles and a third for Thornton and Clowe. mwah mwah mwah mwah
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Sharks say Why?...then No!
 
Vancouver needs to do something. But Gillis' last few moves have been brutal and he might just make things worse.

Mishandling the goalies is just one of the issues.

Trading Hodgson (who would have been a perfect 2nd/3rd line C) for a future 3rd liner was a terrible deal. Trading for a broken down Booth who carries a 4+ cap hit is hurting them. Giving Garrison (and his 6 total points) a big deal in the offseason after 1 semi-decent season isn't looking good either.

Gillis should send xmas cards to Burke/Nonis every year for providing him all their good players.
 
Garrison has been really bad.

It won't Jeff Finger territory, but man that is alot of money for someone who doesn't really put up points.
 
That Hodgson trade was just brutal. I understand moving him in the Canucks position, but for someone who will help you sooner, not someone who may help you further away.

Add in the terrible, handcuffing contracts he took on in Booth, Garrison and Ballard that makes it impossible to add anything resembling depth to the team. Replace their $13 million with anything useful and add a couple players that can help now for Schneider/Hodgson and you are looking at one of the top contenders in the league.

He is blowing their window to compete big time.
 
That team has precious little talent outside the sedins, and it's pretty clear the twins are ppg guys, not 100pt guys that they looked like for a couple years.
 
9. Toronto: the Maple Leafs will not make a move that in any way jeopardizes playoff chances. "They are going for it," another GM said. It's tough, though, for Toronto to take on any salary until Perry's future is known. If he hits the market, they'll be involved. They can't destroy their flexibility.


20. Dallas Eakins on Jake Gardiner: "We've challenged him to not only be the best player on our team, but the best the player on the ice. He's accepted and embraced that challenge...When he goes back to the NHL, he must not be thinking, 'How am I going to survive these 12 minutes?' but 'I'm going to force them to play me 25 minutes.'"

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/opi...gms-feel-trade-deadline-too-inflationary.html
 
zeke said:
Garrison contract was retared. totally finger territory.
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Actually he's one of the few bright spots on the blueline this season. After a rough start, he's been more than solid defensively. Vigneault doesn't want to use his shot on the power play (1st unit power play) despite it being 0-33.

Bieksa & Edler have been horrible defensively this season. Hamhuis erratic.

Pairings have been adjusted alot but the only one working well has been Garrison-whoever (and that includes Ballard).

There are horrible contracts on the team - Garrison isn't one of them.
 
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leafman101 said:
Glad to hear that about Perry. Means they won't resign Bozak and Mac to stupid deals.
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The markets for both players are going to be limited with the cap dropping to 64 millie....there's no reason to not let them test the market, whether Perry hits or not. The suitors will be few and far between...we may be able to get both back for a discount if we lose out on Perry.
 
If we could find a taker for Grabs, I'd resign both those guys to reasonable money.

I like Bozak as a third line center, and MacA as a third liner or fill in second liner.
 
yeah, but "reasonable money" would have to be below market value to avoid being back in the very same soup again. well below in Bozak's case.

so really, losing both is a realistic proposition.

it's maybe less likely than it was before the Perry news just now, because there's now officially no huge money superstar to spend our cap space on. but it definitely doesn't make sense to spend 7-8 million on those two.
 
With Perry and Getzlaf signing Bozak and Mac might be two of the top prizes this summer. They aren't going for bargain basement prices.
 
And if that's the case, in keeping with my change of heart with the Perry announcement, I'd trade them and get something good for them now.
 
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