All Purpose Trade/Roster Building Thread XIII - the 23 deadline approaches

[moses malone 12]

Looks like Jeannot to TB will happen. She broke the Skjei to Carolina trade.

wow. the player that shall not be named on this board rumored to be going to TB. Makes sense. Team with limited playoff success and history of inconsequential deadline deals trading for this guy. Hold on.. cancel that. Thought I was talking about Carolina. Never mind.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I don't always agree with everyone, but I definitely like our group!!

I hate most of us. Particularly @Boom Boom Apathy

 

[Svechhammer]

I hate most of us. Particularly @Boom Boom Apathy

Every class needs a clown, that's why you're here

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Every class needs a clown, that's why you're here

Nah, I'm just here for your meltdowns so I can bring them up at a later date.

 

[Sigurd]

wow. the player that shall not be named on this board rumored to be going to TB. Makes sense. Team with limited playoff success and history of inconsequential deadline deals trading for this guy. Hold on.. cancel that. Thought I was talking about Carolina. Never mind.

What does Tampa know about playoff success anyway?

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Tampa yet again buying another near-league-minimum contract. Wonder if their lone 1st rounder left for the next few drafts (Isaac Howard) is part of the Jeannot return.

 

[Unsustainable]

too late to shit the bed for bedard?

 

[CanesUltimate11]

I like it too but it’s not good enough to win a cup maybe a round lol I guess if the front office and dundon are good with winning a round each year then they can keep saying they like the group

This group won 11 games in a row with a backup and a 3rd string goalie between the pipes. They are absolutely good enough to win a cup. Now a lot needs to go right for that to happen and everyone needs to be on their A game. So hopefully an upgrade will be seen but no reason to sell this group short.

 

[Led Tasso]

This group won 11 games in a row with a backup and a 3rd string goalie between the pipes. They are absolutely good enough to win a cup. Now a lot needs to go right for that to happen and everyone needs to be on their A game. So hopefully an upgrade will be seen but no reason to sell this group short.

 

[User13452]

This group won 11 games in a row with a backup and a 3rd string goalie between the pipes. They are absolutely good enough to win a cup. Now a lot needs to go right for that to happen and everyone needs to be on their A game. So hopefully an upgrade will be seen but no reason to sell this group short.

Ya that was before all these other teams made big additions. We’ve all seen how the scoring drys up in the playoffs

 

[LakeLivin]

Also to ponder, what will the psyche be of our players in missing out on Meier and not getting anyone else that would move the needle?

Would be a tougher sell for Rod than even the Patches injury (which he and the team's leadership did a great job in keeping the morale up)

It does make you wonder if vets like Jordo, Stepan, Fast, etc are getting a little frustrated knowing they're probably in their best remaining chance to win the Cup seeing the front office unable to get them deadline help to push them over the top for the playoffs.

First off we need to see what moves the Borg makes and whether those might move the needle. After that, I suspect it really is a question. I'm guessing part of it is how much faith those players have in the group they end up with at the deadline vs. how much they feel Meier would have moved the needle. It's pretty clear that some on here feel that Meier would have made way more of a difference than do some others on here. And the converse is, with Jarvis' name floating out there as a possible piece in a Meier trade, depending on what the Borg ultimately does, might some Canes actually feel good about passing on Meier if they feel it would have cost Jarvis?

All questions, and we probably won't ever get the answers, lol.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

So are they snagged on cap or the other player?

 

[Vagrant]

we blew it. we're no better and possibly worse than we were last year when that wasn't enough. 3/4 of our additions in Stastny/Kase/Burns/Patches blew up in our faces and we missed every marquee name at the deadline. I'll watch for curiosity purposes, but this isn't a cup team. If the Devils got Meier without dealing Mercer or Nemec, it's the turn of the blade.

 

[Sigurd]

Whoa. Surely San Jose is getting a great return if they're taking a cap dump, and for a guy who is injured and San Jose seemingly just now finding out after the trade that he's injured.

Gonna remind people that Seravalli earlier pointed out that previous teams had big offers but considerations:



So, again, surely New Jersey is giving a lot for Meier given the cap considerations (i.e. Andreas Johnsson being dumped) right? Lol. Nah, just kidding. I guess cap and roster considerations were only a noteworthy problem for other teams, but not San Jose's BFF's in New Jersey's front office.

 

[MinJaBen]

I hate most of us. Particularly @Boom Boom Apathy

I heard his wife is pretty hot, though.

 

[Rad ChaLose]

We’ll all look back at today and laugh when Brent Burns has 12 playoff goals and wins the Conn Smythe

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Ya that was before all these other teams made big additions. We’ve all seen how the scoring drys up in the playoffs

We have more deadline cap space than any other contender in the league. We numerically have the most room to improve the team, by far. Let's wait until the actual deadline before we whine and mope.

 

[VAcaniac]

I like our group

 

[Borsig]

While it would be nice to see teams that basically get all this talent for nothing shit themselves, that's probably not happening.

At least one of the Rags and Devils will be eliminated. Maybe both

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Whoa. Surely San Jose is getting a great return if they're taking a cap dump, and for a guy who is injured and San Jose seemingly just now finding out after the trade that he's injured.

he's not much of a cap dump. He's got the remainder of the season @2.5M left and a UFA after next year. That's like $700K in real dollars.

 

[Borsig]

We have more deadline cap space than any other contender in the league. We numerically have the most room to improve the team, by far. Let's wait until the actual deadline before we whine and mope.

Gonna lol when it is a cap dump.

 

[MadeUpName]

Meier for a 1st + Zetterlund + Andreas Johnson + Okhotiuk

That's a woof from me if it's done. Maybe they were in love with Zetterlund.

 

[LakeLivin]

So are they snagged on cap or the other player?

Whatever it is, my dream scenario is this:
The Borg has a 1B plan in place that's really close in overall effectiveness as acquiring Meier, the snag proves big enough that SJ comes back to Waddell with hat in hand, he tells them to go f*** themselves, and the Canes win the Cup after implementing plan B.

That would be sweet.

 

[Canes]

Brock Boeser and Luke Schenn, pack your shit. Welcome to Raleigh.

 

[Brock Anton]

So Grier retained 50% on Meier and took on Johnsson’s contract … and apparently didn’t even get Holtz, let alone Nemec/Hughes.

Yeah, I’m starting to buy the SJ/NJ shenanigans.