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AHB said:
He will be our first line center here. He is behind Duchene and Stastny on the AVs.

Sorry, but the AVs have so much firepower, if he comes to this squad, he will be one of the main targets for other teams to defend against.

I don't think he'll be terrible. But I think he'll be another guy who cannot live up to expectations heaped upon him.

I'd much rather throw money at Stastny then go after ROR. Personally, I'd just prefer to not go either route.
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Actually he plays LW with Duchene right now because he's far too good to get 3rd line minutes. He's already a main target with the Avs and just put up the best season of his career offensively. He'll probably never be a "franchise" PPG center, but 70 points is well within his reach, and that would be plenty.

I'd rather have the far superior player than throw money at a problem like this team usually does.
 
Rust Heisenberg said:
But what about Miller, then? Personally, I don't see them not giving him big time minutes next year.

I know many have soured on him, but he's gonna be a great add to this team. He actually plays similarly to ROR.
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What about Miller? He wouldn't be going anywhere unless we wanted to trade him, and until he actually earns a spot you'd be crazy to even consider him when it came to adding a player of Radar's caliber.

Worst case is he earns a spot in the lineup and you move ROR or Miller to wing.
 
Rust Heisenberg said:
Simply put, St. Louis can not afford Nash's contract. They operate under an inner cap that will disallow them to commit to someone worth 7.8 mill for 4-5 more years.

I also don't think Carolina would trade Skinner for Staal straight up, let alone swap better first round picks with us.

I believe they're about to blow it up, not create the Staal super team that Rutherford wanted.
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Fear you are right.
Would eat 60% of Nash + add rights to Stralman for Shattenkirk + something modest/reasonable.
 
As per Chris Johnston, Leo Komarov is not expected to be back in the Leafs plans, even though he wants to be in the NHL next year. Would there be an acquisition there from our part?
 
bto131 said:
Do u guys think were one if the teams interested in Spezza?
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I'd be shocked if we weren't. I mean he pretty much checks all of the boxes that this team would be looking for in terms of upgrades at forward. A legitimate #1C with size and speed who is also historically very good in the dot. He's also a righty which is icing on the cake.

The obvious hurdles are the history of injuries, and the cost to acquire him and fit him under the cap. We'd likely have to send a significant salary back just to make the money work, and we'd likely have to move at least one of Miller, Duclair or one of our other top-tier prospects in the deal as well. The trick might be getting Ottawa to absorb some of the cap hit since he only makes $4M but carries a $7M cap hit.
 
bernmeister said:
Fear you are right.
Would eat 60% of Nash + add rights to Stralman for Shattenkirk + something modest/reasonable.
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Lol you are mad we know but get facts right at least. Max limit is 50%.

Spezza is intresting, don't know how we would fit him in but Spezza, Stepan, Brassard and maybe Moore would be a tremendus centre depth.


Staal+Nash/Girardi for Spezza+Ceci?
 
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I don't get the Marc Staal trade movement, the guy is solid, and solidifies the 2nd pair. If you're getting a Charlie Coyle, or Schiefele in return, ie that big RH center with top 6 ability, then yeah I'd consider it, but the only move I make on the backend is trading JMoore, and back filling with Allen.

I'd look at what a JMoore & Dorsett package can bring upfront. Those are the Rangers trade chips.

Richards buyout equals cap space, very valuable, but a center needs to be brought in.
 
What if we went nuts for centers and traded Stepan + Girardi + Nash for Eric Staal + Jordan Staal and a +? The cap difference would be fairly close and it would give us size down the middle. I admit, it's extreme--and I love G--but this would give us a bit more size and some strength where we're lacking it. It does make our RW look rather weak, though. Calculated risk? We're bringing in 2 cup winners on 2 different teams.

It would give us a slot to go after a PMD of some sort. Girardi has been great, but I've also seen some dissent regarding his spot in the system.

Kreider - E. Staal - MSL
Hagelin - J. Staal - Miller/Fast
Pouliot - Brass - Zuccs
Boyle - Moore - Dorsett

McD - Stralman
Staal - Niskanen
Moore - Klein

Assuming a $69,000,000 cap, it'd be a tight fit, but we'd make it. Could even move Dorsett for some extra padding and put in a cheaper option in Carcillo or someone else.
 
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lineup with spezza

i had a thought that maybe we can trade nash for spezza. idk i was just bored and couldn't sleep

CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster
FORWARDS
Carl Hagelin ($2.250m) / Jason Spezza ($7.000m) / Martin St. Louis ($5.625m)
Chris Kreider ($2.250m) / Derek Stepan ($3.075m) / Mats Zuccarello ($4.000m)
Benoit Pouliot ($1.300m) / Derick Brassard ($4.000m) / J.T. Miller ($0.894m)
Jesper Fast ($0.805m) / Dominic Moore ($1.500m) / Derek Dorsett ($1.633m)
Daniel Carcillo ($0.825m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Dan Girardi ($5.500m) / Ryan McDonagh ($4.700m)
Marc Staal ($3.975m) / Kevin Klein ($2.900m)
John Moore ($1.250m) / Dylan McIlrath ($0.703m)
GOALTENDERS
Henrik Lundqvist ($8.500m)
Cameron Talbot ($0.563m)
BUYOUTS
Wade Redden ($0.000m)
Brad Richards ($0.000m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $63,248,333; BONUSES: $1,036,667
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $7,851,667
 
bto131 said:
i had a thought that maybe we can trade nash for spezza. idk i was just bored and couldn't sleep

CAPGEEK.COM ARMCHAIR GM ROSTER
CapGeek Armchair GM Roster
FORWARDS
Carl Hagelin ($2.250m) / Jason Spezza ($7.000m) / Martin St. Louis ($5.625m)
Chris Kreider ($2.250m) / Derek Stepan ($3.075m) / Mats Zuccarello ($4.000m)
Benoit Pouliot ($1.300m) / Derick Brassard ($4.000m) / J.T. Miller ($0.894m)
Jesper Fast ($0.805m) / Dominic Moore ($1.500m) / Derek Dorsett ($1.633m)
Daniel Carcillo ($0.825m) /
DEFENSEMEN
Dan Girardi ($5.500m) / Ryan McDonagh ($4.700m)
Marc Staal ($3.975m) / Kevin Klein ($2.900m)
John Moore ($1.250m) / Dylan McIlrath ($0.703m)
GOALTENDERS
Henrik Lundqvist ($8.500m)
Cameron Talbot ($0.563m)
BUYOUTS
Wade Redden ($0.000m)
Brad Richards ($0.000m)
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CAPGEEK.COM TOTALS (follow @capgeek on Twitter)
(estimations for 2014-15)
SALARY CAP: $71,100,000; CAP PAYROLL: $63,248,333; BONUSES: $1,036,667
CAP SPACE (21-man roster): $7,851,667
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Just looking it over--I'd expect Pouliot to get more--closer to 2. I'd expect the cap would be at least $1 mil lower. So we're looking at about $6 mil in cap space then.

I wouldn't pencil McIlrath in. I'd leave Klein with Moore and look for a PMD capable of minutes with Staal. Niskanen would be a guy I'd consider taking a look at--2-way game that's still pulling everything together. I'd also rather trade Dorsett and pay Boyle the extra $200,000 or $300,000 to play 4th line LW and let Fast play his natural RW. His PK'ing is important on this team.
 
BrianBoyle said:
I was wondering the same thing. He only has one year left on his deal, so I can't imagine he would command too much in return.
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Ottawa wants a lot for Spezza. Why wouldn't they want a lot in return? If the Rangers were looking to deal Spezza,people here would want a ton in return.
 
TSN Trade Insider

Bryan Murray made an announcement after the GM's meetings - and as was reported by Pierre LeBrun a couple of weeks ago - that Jason Spezza wants a trade out of Ottawa. What's the latest on that?

Pierre LeBrun: Yes, he made it public. As you said, we talked about this for a couple of weeks but I think that Murray felt compelled to stop playing around with this. It's not a rumour. Jason Spezza wants out and Murray has taken calls from other teams. Nothing is imminent, and Murray believes that things will heat up around the draft. But in any package for Spezza, he wants a player that helps them now plus some futures - it will be a high asking price.

The Stanley Cup Final is on but GM's are already focusing about next season. We expect Brad Richards to be bought out by the New York Rangers - what about Mike Richards by L.A.?

Darren Dreger: Well the Los Angeles Kings don't plan on buying out Mike Richards because then they would have to replace him. But Mike Richards doesn't want to be a fourth-line centre next year for the Kings. The Kings are expected to push Richards in the off-season to improve his conditions and get a little bit stronger. But we also know that Richards is a strong and confident young man and he may not want to follow the path that the Kings want him to follow. So this could get very interesting.
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http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=454610
 
Lol Spezza. No thanks. That's just sounds like it will end in disaster. Good player but not worth the assets.
 
If we were to dangle Marc Staal, I think people are holding his value pretty low.

Yes, he is a UFA after next season and he has had concussion problems. But so has half the league lately. And any good and attractive team that gets him would could probably resign him instantly. Given that Staal's offensive input has been kind of low, I wouldn't be suprised if he settled for just a fairly good contract, in the neighborhood of what Girardi signed for.

Staal is only 27 y/o. Most D's peak around 28-29 to 35 y/o really. For a few teams, he would be a really good fit. Teams like Colorado especially, there are many teams who are set offensively or at least has an very exciting offensive future. Staal got the pedigree and has played like 70 PO games during his career.

You always need to find a match and the people involved has so many factors to consider. Odds of finding a match is never great. But just from a common sense point of view, would COL be better of long term if they (a) dealt Duchene for a package built around Staal or (b) kept Duchene and let Statsny? Statsny scored a ton for them in the POs.

This team would look more like a true contender than what they have now, and Marc Staal would really add a boatload of resilience, experience and defensive ability to their current blueline:
O'Reilly-Nathan Mackinnon-Landeskog
McGinn-Stastny-PAP
McLeod-John Mitchell-Tanguay
Talbot-Brad Malone-Paul Carey
Staal-Johnson
Holden-Barrie
Hejda-Sarich

Lets say we added some to that package, made it like Marc Staal and JT Miller for Matt Duchene, from my point of view the value aint that far off.

Odds of something like this going down is of course not big, but I definitely think Staal is a very good fit for many teams out there, and hence there is potential for him to high a lot more value than some attribute to him.
 
I mean, we got a bunch of teams coming up that has rebuilt pretty thoroughly and have a really exciting future offensively.

But, for those teams to take the next step, it will take something else. I am not saying that a match can be found -- but -- Marc Staal would undoubtedly contribute a ton to teams like Colorado, Dallas, EDM, and so forth.
 
OnlyRevolutions said:
What if we went nuts for centers and traded Stepan + Girardi + Nash for Eric Staal + Jordan Staal and a +? The cap difference would be fairly close and it would give us size down the middle. I admit, it's extreme--and I love G--but this would give us a bit more size and some strength where we're lacking it. It does make our RW look rather weak, though. Calculated risk? We're bringing in 2 cup winners on 2 different teams.

It would give us a slot to go after a PMD of some sort. Girardi has been great, but I've also seen some dissent regarding his spot in the system.

Kreider - E. Staal - MSL
Hagelin - J. Staal - Miller/Fast
Pouliot - Brass - Zuccs
Boyle - Moore - Dorsett

McD - Stralman
Staal - Niskanen
Moore - Klein

Assuming a $69,000,000 cap, it'd be a tight fit, but we'd make it. Could even move Dorsett for some extra padding and put in a cheaper option in Carcillo or someone else.
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Mouth watering team. Highly improbably though
 
OnlyRevolutions said:
What if we went nuts for centers and traded Stepan + Girardi + Nash for Eric Staal + Jordan Staal and a +? The cap difference would be fairly close and it would give us size down the middle. I admit, it's extreme--and I love G--but this would give us a bit more size and some strength where we're lacking it. It does make our RW look rather weak, though. Calculated risk? We're bringing in 2 cup winners on 2 different teams.

It would give us a slot to go after a PMD of some sort. Girardi has been great, but I've also seen some dissent regarding his spot in the system.

Kreider - E. Staal - MSL
Hagelin - J. Staal - Miller/Fast
Pouliot - Brass - Zuccs
Boyle - Moore - Dorsett

McD - Stralman
Staal - Niskanen
Moore - Klein
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Can't say I like that second line one bit.
 
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