You keep pointing to all these other players and trades like its relevant I dont care what Boyle/Gonchar make. I disagree that the best player in the world the Caps could get for 6 mil is Mike Green....
but what cant be overcome is our fundamental difference in the player 52 is now. You seem to think he is elite and this is 2010...he has attacked the play a few times the last week or so and you seem to feel the 1st team all-star play has been there all season. This is a player that you cant count on, just hope to. He has yet to prove he can be at his best in the playoffs, when the skating room he so dearly needs just isnt there as often and player go after him even more...another thing he hasnt proven to get past
You should care what those guys make since that is what sets the market. The price for a dman is not drawn up in a vacuum. Its based on supply/demand which one of the major factors is the avialability of that type of player and the league salary cap.
Again the type of player 52 is now is an area we disagree. As I pointed out..
he is one of our very best Corsi players. You argument revolves around him sucking in his own zone and not coming up in the playoffs. He was the leading scorer for all dmen last year and led our team in points in the playoffs including an OT winner. The year before him and Hamrlik were outrageously solid in the playoffs as well.
If you have metrics to support your position I suggest you use them. Yes he missed 20 games these last two seasons out of a possible 126 games including playoffs up to now. Half of those were from the lingering groin injury that is gone. You make it seem like he misses half the games. EDIT: I believe 3 of those 20 games were actually due to suspension.
he had 4 points in a first round playoff loss....this isnt the kind of 1st team all-star play you make it out as
ive said having 1 or 2 more goals than a few other D was a good sign, but for a player with his injury history a short season still leaves question marks....he has followed it up with a poor season IMO. His play in his own end has been terrible for much of the year
So he was our leading scorer and our best D in the playoffs last year and the obvious solution to our woes is to remove him thereby improving the team?
Salary is irrelevant right now since we have tons of cap space. If we wanted to get rid of excess forwards (to make room for other guys) then there is a market for guys like MJ and Brouwer that would free up another 5.5 mil. Then there is Laich who maybe bought out at another 4.5 mil.
For kicks you know we will need 2 dmen if we remove Green. Two top 4 dmen. Which one of these would you sign and how much would you pay them over what term?:
http://www.capgeek.com/free-agents?year_id=2014&team_id=-1&position_id=D&fa_type_id=2
You'll notice most are old, injury prone more than Green and running out of gas. Yet...they will get PAID b/c thats how the NHL works especially with the salary cap raising.
Or if you have trades in mind present them. Remember we won't just need 1 guy as we do now. Remove Green and we'll defintiely need 2.
Assuming we've fired the handedness buffoon, I'd really like to add Hemsky to this team. Imagine the skill in the top 9 with him in the lineup, and it could also open up the option for GMGM to trade Johansson.
He's looked really good since finally being out of the blackhole in Edmonton.
With all due respect my man....WHY THE HECK WOULD WE WANT ANOTHER WINGER????
We have dire needs at D and perhaps C and have to figure out our G situation. One thing we have is excess wingers yet you want to bring another one on board??
Even assuming we remove Oates he is brittle as he is a soft perimeter type who is getting up there in age and will want some $$$
Our top 6 needs more room for Wilson, Fehr and perhaps Burakovsky. We need a reliable 3C who can win draws instead of having a converted winger there.
Not to rag on you but I am going to anyhow!