Proposal: Free agency edition Trade Rumours/Proposals [MOD - Stay on Topic] 5

[Joeyjoejoe]

Rempe is their Zjhaxai (or however you spell his name). They ain't getting rid of him.

 

[Sun God Nika]

16M of cap space dedicated to players that you will be lucky to get 60 games out of and take time to find their game even when they are playing.

If Norris is smart he wont try and play a game before the season is over because that buy out will be an easy decision for Staios.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Rempe is their Zjhaxai (or however you spell his name). They ain't getting rid of him.

I think he's much worse than Xhekaj (sic?) as well. But he is taller!!

 

[Micklebot]

I think he's much worse than Xhekaj (sic?) as well. But he is taller!!

Except as a forward, it's much easier to shelter him mitigating any flaws.

 

[Alf Silfversson]

Better get on it now. He won't be around long if he keeps taking punches to the face like that.

All joking aside though, I get the kid is trying to stick in the NHL but he needs to protect himself or he'll be done in short order.

Except as a forward, it's much easier to shelter him mitigating any flaws.

That's fair but he's still just bad at hockey (NHL level). I'm not sure that's what we need to be targeting when trading Chychrun and Tank.

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

All joking aside though, I get the kid is trying to stick in the NHL but he needs to protect himself or he'll be done in short order.

Oh, ya, no doubt about that. I was part joking, part not. You can't be taking that many to the head on the regular and expect to come out the other end of your career anywhere close to 100%.

 

[Micklebot]

That's fair but he's still just bad at hockey (NHL level). I'm not sure that's what we need to be targeting when trading Chychrun and Tank.

Presumably the targets were Schneider and Chytil, not rempe, but sure, I'm not advocating going after Rempe.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

So...
Chychrun out and both Hamonic and Korpisalo getting bought out would give us like 9 million in extra cap space if we were to do it. If it takes overpaying a RD and average goaltender on the market to finally get this team out of hell, then so be it.

 

[Ouroboros]

How has he been in Belleville?

Very good.

...but he's injured, so you probably won't see him recalled.

 

[HSF]

minimal chance Korpi gets bought out

 

[BonHoonLayneCornell]

minimal chance Korpi gets bought out

I hope they do. He's a team killer and never should have gotten that contract in the first place.

 

[Micklebot]

Very good.

...but he's injured, so you probably won't see him recalled.

Any info on how long he's out for or what the issue is, I think he just missed the Utica game so far, so I though maybe it was dtd?

 

[Ouroboros]

Any info on how long he's out for or what the issue is, I think he just missed the Utica game so far, so I though maybe it was dtd?

Belleville rarely disclose anything about injuries anymore, so I have no idea.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Time to use Norris' salary as retention room.

 

[StoicSensFan]

Rempe is their Zjhaxai (or however you spell his name). They ain't getting rid of him.

He already looks like Sloth from The Goonies from so many fights in a short period of time, he might look like the elephant man soon if he keeps this up.

 

[armani]

Time to use Norris' salary as retention room.

Absolutely. Make hay while the sun shines. Ottawa can retain on side deals and on any players they are trading to get better value.

Added bonus: Hammer out week-to-week yesssss!

Time to move Tank and tank with Forpisalo.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Can we scratch Tarasenko and possibly Chychrun for the next week or so? There's no playing around with our luck.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Can we scratch Tarasenko and possibly Chychrun for the next week or so? There's no playing around with our luck.

I understand putting them in against the Coyotes because it's a home game, the fans paid to see stars, and a bunch of players are already hurt. Otherwise, they only have road games for the next week until the deadline.

Chychrun and Tarasenko should be scratched.

 

[Skid]

Can we scratch Tarasenko and possibly Chychrun for the next week or so? There's no playing around with our luck.

Chychrun will be moved in summer or at draft.

 

[BondraTime]

Chychrun will be moved in summer or at draft.

The ole' DBC special

 

[Gil Gunderson]

Absolutely. Make hay while the sun shines. Ottawa can retain on side deals and on any players they are trading to get better value.

Added bonus: Hammer out week-to-week yesssss!

Time to move Tank and tank with Forpisalo.

"Hey ok we can just tank now"
*Hamonic disappears for weeks after nuking our season*

Truly the most useless player we've ever had. I mean that with all sincerity.

 

[Skid]

The ole' DBC special

It sure was special haha

 

[Burrowsaurus]

It sure was special haha

Hopefully we can get someone with as high a hockey IQ as Kubalik in return for chychrun.

 

[Very Stable Genius]

Staios better be putting the word out to every GM that he'll facilitate any UFA retention for picks.

 

[lancepitlick]

Let's say you get rid of Tarasenko, Chychrun, Kubalik, buy out Korpisalo, Norris is off the books due to LTIR or buyout.

I guess that frees up about $20 million for next season? Not counting other players getting raises, like Sanderson.

Acquire some assets in terms of draft picks/prospects, sign some UFAs, make a few deals. Aside from asset management, which Dorion sucked ass at, I'm hoping Staois can identify NHL level players that can contribute outside of the top 6/2 and actually increase in value after signing here. So not Hamonic, Hainsey, Dadynov. Sign some guys like Joseph or Demelo that actually improve and become quality depth NHL players. This team would be so much better if Dorion had done that rather that always trotting out bargain bin junk.

The whole FYOUS I think was actually Dorion's objective. It was completely idiotic to put all of your eggs in one basket and empty out all assets because "now is the time to win." You are never going to have a perfect lineup and always need young prospects coming through and flexibility to make trades/signings.

I feel bad for Staois trying to fix this mess. It isn't going to be easy and I give him like a 20% chance of succeeding over the next 2-3 years given what he has to work with. IMO the team needs a short-term and a long-term plan for success. Plan A is to get to the playoffs soon, but you need a contingency plan to restock/retool if that doesn't happen. The team isn't in good shape, currently, to achieve either objective.

The fans are going to be merciless over the next few years if things continue on the same track. Personally I'm not expecting miracles and hope the team can start to: get a good coach, asset management, restock prospect pool, make smart trades/UFAs. Everything isn't going to work out perfectly, but unlike Dorion batting .200 I'd hope to see them batting around 6.00 i.e. winning more moves than losing.