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

[frightenedinmatenum2]

need scouts to identify these players. Some teams are better than others

Our pro scouting has not been good, but it's not an everyday situation that a throw in tier pickup takes the next step right away.

Again, the player in question was basically given away twice over a short time span. It would be like if Kastelic scored 30 goals this year and Boston fans acted like it was stupid for the Senators to get rid of him, when no one in their right mind pegged him as a 1st line producer.

I agree that pro scouting is very important, but "find top pairing RHDs for nothing like NJD did!" Isn't a fair or actionable comment. This isn't homerism either, since I feel the same way about the Sens picking up Demelo as a throw in and him becoming a top 4 RHD.

 

[Blotto71]

So...reading that Conroy is looking for a centre got me thinking. If - big IF - one of Halliday or Ostaptchuk showed enough growth this year to be able to fill that 3C role, would anyone consider something around Pinto for Weegar? I don't know that the Flames would jump at that, and ideally I'd like to send Chabot along for the ride and see Zary coming back. How crazy is that?

Brady - Timmy - Claude
Zary - Norris - Batherson
Perron - Halliday/Ostaptchuk - Amadio
Gregor - Halliday/Ostaptchuk/Gaudette - MacEwan

Sanderson - Zub
Weegar - Yakemchuk
Kleven - Jenson
JBD

 

[Oscar The Grouch]

I think you unload Norris for a D while he's playing well and is healthy. His shoulder is still a ticking time-bomb imo.

 

[Blotto71]

I think you unload Norris for a D while he's playing well and is healthy. His shoulder is still a ticking time-bomb imo.

I'm firmly in that camp, too (even though I agreed we should just see how it plays out for a bit before bringing it up again).

That said, every GM in the league knows the same as us.

 

[Hale The Villain]

That's easier said than done. There were thousands of posts in this thread during the offseason, and I don't think a single person brought up his name as a possible buy-low candidate.

We got lucky that way when Demelo was a throw in for Karlsson, and he blossomed into a top 4 D, but it's not an easy thing to replicate.

If you look at Kovacevic, this is the second time someone took a chance on him. Montreal got him off waivers, then he was traded for a 4th.

The Devils certainly deserve credit for identifying him, but I look at it like us drafting Batherson in the 5th round. There's an element of luck and uncertainty to finding those types of gems at a low cost, it's not something that can be replicated all the time.

I don't know if I said anything about Kovacevic this off-season because I didn't think the Habs would trade him, but I said many times we should have dealt the Jets a mid-late round pick to acquire him back in 2022 when they waived him (much to the disappointment of their fans).

Certainly didn't expect him to have 5 points in 8 games to start this year, but he was a solid bottom pairing guy for a couple years in MTL, is a 6'5 RD that can both defend and move the puck decently well, is only 27, makes about league minimum and has a history of playing in the Ottawa area.

Should have been all over him, just like we should have been all over acquiring Marino from the Pens back in 2022 when the Devils snagged him too.

 

[Burrowsaurus]

I think you unload Norris for a D while he's playing well and is healthy. His shoulder is still a ticking time-bomb imo.

If you think he’s a ticking time bomb what do you a GM would think that actually has to tell his boss to pay him 7.9 lol.

That’s why I singled out Greig. Sell high option