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

[Good in Osgoode]

Greig is a perfect fit as a guy who should ideally be a winger when everyone is healthy, but can step in if Norris gets injured again.

Don't see any reason to consider trading him, unless some team is willing to overpay big time.

Yeah, there is no reason for us to be considering trading either one of Greig or Pinto.
Their value to the team is just going to continue to increase.

 

[GCK]

Such Dorionesque suggestions.

 

[Bileur]

Such Dorionesque suggestions.

We don’t need Demelo, we have JBD coming up.

 

[Hale The Villain]

We don’t need Demelo, we have JBD coming up.

Remember when he signed Zub to a 2 year deal, walking him to UFA , because he thought Thomson and JBD would be top 4 D by then and could replace an obviously over-the-hill Zub at 28 years of age

Still blows my mind to this day.

 

[JD1]

I think guys here are over thinking this.

I kinda view players as mostly assets or liabilities, and that's influence by contract because of the cap.

Greig and Pinto are definitely assets. The only real potential heavy liability up front might be Perron if he declines significantly. But even if he is a 35 point hard nosed 3rd line vet, he's not a huge liability

Our big liability is Chabot.

 

[PlayersLtd]

Well then odds are he will a DEFInITELY be asking for a trade because the odds of us are winning are incredibly low. Canadian team hasn’ t won in 30 + years

Right, because we are Canadian we somehow have significantly lower odds. I don't really buy it other than a small disadvantage due to the UFA variable. Good thing for us, we're built through the draft and won't be relying as much on attracting UFA's.

Try this logic though- if you make the finals, winning the cup becomes a coin toss. Agree? Since 2000 five Canadian teams have made the finals, which is one every 5 years, or 20% of the time. During that time Canadian franchises have made up 20% of the league. So Canadian franchises are batting exactly what they should be, we just arent winning the coin flip in the finals.

As for Greig, he won't be asking for a trade as an RFA if he is playing wing, thats a big conclusion to jump to. Anyway, dumb argument. We have centre depth and yes, I agree that at some point we may be using a centreman as trade bait (emphasis on may be). I just don't think we should be in any rush to do that.