Speculation: Roster Building Thread: Part LXXVIII - Calm in the eye of Desolation?

[I Eat Crow]

Yeah, I'm not going to be in a hurry to trade some of our good forward depth especially after watching the dogshit that was trotted out towards the end of the AV era up until last season.

 

[Alluckks]

I am staying tuned

I am iffy, because I feel like Calgary has strung us along before

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

I am staying tuned

I am iffy, because I feel like Calgary has strung us along before

When? The Kotalik for Prust and Jokinen trade was great for us.

 

[NYR Viper]

When? The Kotalik for Prust and Jokinen trade was great for us.

I think he means we’ve heard deals have been close in the past

 

[wafflepadsave]

Poltergeist was about @Ghost of jas trying to get Treliving to trade Monahan to the Rangers

How did it end?

 

[Alluckks]

When? The Kotalik for Prust and Jokinen trade was great for us.

This offseason alone, edge even alluded to it. Just a lot of posturing, saying that they want to do something but then being gun shy, etc.

Right now I get the sense that Calgary is trying to loosely leak stuff to gauge fan reaction. It's lame.

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Calgary has been trying to get a deal done with this team since Hayes was available at the deadline

Let’s hope they actually pull the trigger this time around

 

[duhmetreE]

I think Bennett makes a nice impact on the team. On and off ice.

He's a fan and player favorite for a reason

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

I think he means we’ve heard deals have been close in the past

I think the last trade we made that was semi major was with Calgary when we traded up at the draft.

I know its not the same, but we've worked with them.

 

[bleedblue94]

People can say whatever they want to about ada pro or against, but it is undeniable that any team aquiring him will take fan base reaction into account of the move. Teams do not want to make a mistake with a player having this kind of baggage and watch it blow up. I know it is a different circumstance but look at the yotes and the kid they drafted this year. They severely underestimated the public reaction to that kid's history before they renounced the rights to the pick, It is different with ada, but it absolutely makes sense they are leaking and gauging fan and media reaction to the idea.

 

[Edge]

If a deal gets across the goal line, it will share a family tree with talks going back to last year and the draft day deal between both teams.

 

[Alluckks]

Calgary has been trying to get a deal done with this team since Hayes was available at the deadline

Let’s hope they actually pull the trigger this time around

Calgary cannot lure free agents there for the life of them so they are scared to high hell to pull the trigger on trades that aren't obvious wins for them

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

If a deal gets across the goal line, it will share a family tree with talks going back to last year and the draft day deal between both teams.

So Monahan...Interesting

 

[Edge]

So Monahan...Interesting

Not on the table at this time.

 

[bleedblue94]

If a deal gets across the goal line, it will share a family tree with talks going back to last year and the draft day deal between both teams.

now I have more reason to root for a trade, I love this back story stuff and timeline history!

 

[TheBPA]

If a deal gets across the goal line, it will share a family tree with talks going back to last year and the draft day deal between both teams.

Boy did they miss the boat on Buchnevich. Must have some regret on not pulling the trigger there...unless lindholm was somehow part of the prior discussions, in which case I’d say we’re even.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

How did it end?

I'll just say Treliving doesn't have a TV in his bedroom anymore

 

[GoAwayPanarin]

So Monahan...Interesting

He said it wasnt anything major.

This would qualify as major and would have more moving parts.

 

[Mandar]

It’s Hakan Loob.....gotta be Hakan Loob.

 

[NYR Viper]

People can say whatever they want to about ada pro or against, but it is undeniable that any team aquiring him will take fan base reaction into account of the move. Teams do not want to make a mistake with a player having this kind of baggage and watch it blow up. I know it is a different circumstance but look at the yotes and the kid they drafted this year. They severely underestimated the public reaction to that kid's history before they renounced the rights to the pick, It is different with ada, but it absolutely makes sense they are leaking and gauging fan and media reaction to the idea.

This is true but many teams, across many sports have successfully added guys with rocky pasts and been fine. ADA didn’t kill anyone or start a massive riot somewhere. He got under the skin of his teammates and got in a scuffle with his goalie.

 

[Tob]

Hope Dolan gave Gorton lots of long distance minutes cus between the slow starts from Edmonton and Calgary, and the Canucks sucking all sorts of balls, I bet there's something to be done there for Gorts. Granted, the Canucks' are having defensive problem and they have Quinn on the PP but you'd never know.

 

[TheTakedown]

Not on the table at this time.

Andersson or Kylington -- I believe CGY was trying to move a D for Hayes during that last stint of deadline deals

 

[Mandar]

@Edge - might #74 in the KHL be in the discussion?

 

[FIRE DRURY]

When? The Kotalik for Prust and Jokinen trade was great for us.

It was! Especially since Calgary was on Kotalik’s list of teams on his NTC

Sather at the time of the trade: “Zero f***s Given”.

 

[bleedblue94]

This is true but many teams, across many sports have successfully added guys with rocky pasts and been fine. ADA didn’t kill anyone or start a massive riot somewhere. He got under the skin of his teammates and got in a scuffle with his goalie.

If you listen to canadian media right now it is not that simple. I am not trying to debate what happened or how bad anything specifically was, but perception does eventually become a reality, in the media markets in canada which scrutinize their teams to no end when they have talked about ada recently it has not been in a dismissive tone about what happened, it has been in a far more historically skeptical view of his character. Right or wrong, that is how the media is portraying it, and that is what an organization is working with/against. Much different than bringing him into a less active hockey media market