What would be the incentive for the Flames to trade Bennett, same with the Flyers and Simmonds. You will over pay for any of those key guys. Sit tight, dee are coming back. Moore tonight, Mac and Vaak are close.
Clifton took Kampfers spot. JFK is looking better, Nordy is back on the wing, Backes is where he should be on the 4th. Rask is back with his head screwed on right, Halak did not fall apart after one bad game. Maybe Cave will give us what we need on the 3rd line center.
Rather see Bjork in over Acciari but it happens. At least we got to see where the kids are at and how they handle things in the bigs. Good for showcasing or finding out who is worth keeping. Donato, Senyshyn and Blidh all looking good on the farm. Frederic is still injured but they are learning the right way. I would rather keep who we have for now before panicking.
bennett got a segment on hockey central yesterday where jeff marek and doug mclean were gushing all over him... they spent several mins talking about how Calgary gm loves this kid... how the kid has bought in and is doing everything he needs to fit into his spot. mclean kept commenting how he wants to see bennett centering a line with james neal
the one thing they mentioned a couple times is that bennett isn't going to be happy being stuck as a 3rd liner
these guys see him as a second line center who will be a super pest a bit like marchand. I wonder what marchand was doing at the same age? I guess he had like 1 career assist in 20 career games when he turned 22?
ive been all over trying to trade for bennett when he was still struggling but hes not struggling now. hes been an impact player and a star of the game several times recently. im not sure he was ever available, but this is the type of guy you got to trade for while hes struggling cause theres no chance in hell anyone would ever give him up once he starts putting his mark on the game
I will mention to some here that they should take a look what jake Virtanen is doing this year too. its amazing how these guys with inherient well known talent that gets them drafted so highly to begin with... might take a couple years struggling on a bad team to find their mojo... and then might end up being exactly what everyone wished they had. was Virtanen ever available? im not sure... but I seriously doubt Vancouver would trade him now that hes becoming the beast he was supposed to be all along
who might be the next kid we might be able grab on the cheap?
I will toss out a trade idea
we call Chiarelli and tell him he needs to make the huge move to save his job and get himself some talent in his lineup. we tell him to use one of darnell nurse/Oscar klefbom/adam Larsson to trade for nylander. would anyone give Toronto a better dman in exchange for nylander?
once Edmonton makes this trade they are have the winger they need for McDavid but suddenly are missing the dman they need... and that's where we solve their problem for them
we take jesse puljujarvi
and we give them
and their second round pick
lauzon or zboril {their choice}
Heinen
cehlarik
we end up with a potential impact difference maker up front... someone I think could look good playing with krecji/debrusk… big body who has puck skills.
Edmonton would have to be a bit creative to get their cap under control after taking nylander and Heinen up front but their skill level/support for McDavid would look much much better after these trades and I do believe lauzon has a career as a better than average top 4 dman waiting for him. I only suggest hes movable by us because I like Urho more and with moore/gryz I think we have enough depth to trade someone
