Pittsburgh boy would look great in a Pens uni. I don't see this rumor having legs. That said, if there is some truth, no chance would Cbus trade him to Pittsburgh.
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That's actually a good proposal. I'd hate to see Saad in a Pens jersey, though.
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What's going on with Clarkson and his contract? I know it's basically buyout proof, a lot of it is bonuses and not straight salary. Are bonuses covered by insurance?
Maybe moving Clarkson to a team willing to LTIR him and pay out the real cash would be part of the cost of moving Saad.
That is a terrible proposal for Columbus.
Maybe moving Clarkson to a team willing to LTIR him and pay out the real cash would be part of the cost of moving Saad.
That is a terrible proposal for Columbus.
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there would be players coming back to.. maybe not the full value but at least 2m.
most teams could easily get to the cap space needed
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He wasn't. But he was about to be before Dubinsky had an injury on game day. The night before Torts called out some vets but didn't say who. But people assumed Saad as he was the goat in overtime. It was his 2nd time being a goat in overtime as well. But in the end Saad wasn't scratched, even when Dubinsky returned.
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A #1 center is our only real glaring need right now. And even then, Wennberg looks like he's evolving into one.
If Saad were going to Buffalo, Sam Reinhart would have to be on the table. I understand if that's not feasible.
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Oh, certainly, but let's be realistic. Pittsburgh's not about to trade Crosby; certainly not to a divisional rival.
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Even assuming that that's fair and equivalent value (which I by no means agree with) - we've got Werenski, Murray, JJ, and Nutivaara as LHDs right now (JJ's playing on the right as a result). Another one doesn't really help.
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A great 24-year old winger and a good 29-year-old blueliner for an okay 31-year-old winger and a great 33-year-old blueliner? And we take on a bit of additional cap? You're kind of in the neighborhood, but ultimately thanks but no thanks.
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Probably I should have specified NHL experience as being one of the prerequisites as well. Not that we don't need C prospects (right now it's PLD, Kevin Stenlund, and a handful of AHL lifers), but we'd prefer to get those via means other than a Saad trade.
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Then we have an agreement! Good doing business.
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That'd be a "flip 'em for what you REALLY want afterward" type deal from our perspective, and while such a thing could be worthy of consideration with someone as valuable as Vatanen (especially since there's teams out there with extra quality Cs and a need for RHDs - *cough*cough*edmonton*cough*), the salary retention makes it a bit awkward for us.
EDIT: also the fact that we'd be promptly trading a quality RHD to a divisional rival might give Anaheim pause.
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We HAVE to trade Saad because we are a cap team and the expansion draft is going to make us fall apart at the seams
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Oh, certainly, but let's be realistic. Pittsburgh's not about to trade Crosby; certainly not to a divisional rival.
Nice.
You don't build your team around a player like Saad, but jeez, hold onto the kid. He's really good.
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12 pts in 14 games, a beast, and a possession leader. I know 30 clubs that would pay $6m for that. A complementary piece is someone who mostly relies on others. That's not Saad.
And right now he's only 5th in team scoring because the top unit of the powerplay is on fire. But you take Saad out of the lineup and the team looks much weaker 5 on 5. He defines core.
Complementary pieces don't lead their teams in even strength scoring.
Sure, on playoff bubble teams or lottery teams, they do.
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Oh man, he'd be perfect for the Habs but I don't think we're willing to give up the pieces needed to make it work. Easing up the cap crunch makes it seem like it could be picks and higher level prospects (I doubt that alone gets it done), but I still don't know if Bergevin would bite it.
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I'm hoping this is missing the sarcastic smiling mocking the JVR for insert every player on every team ever proposal.
Also to the Clarkson question he is on LTIR and won't be moved he's likely done for career and has insurance so we are fine.
We aren't trading Saad but if we were it would be for a C and we would NOT be taking back D we are more then set there until after the expansion draft.
The people from TOR it's very unlikely to make a deal unless Mathews Marner or Nylander is on the table. You have exactly 0 pieces of interest including Rielly we would be interested in for Saad.
The MTL fans again is even less likely because you have even less parts we would want. Basically Alexa. Really bad trade partners.
Viqsi
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RNH qualifies as the sort of guy we'd like to get, but there's two other teams in that deal and I'm not sure they'd be as sanguine about that proposal.
