I can't imagine that Lee and Pageau would waive their trade clauses for San Jose. I feel like SJ would be on a lot of players' no-trade lists due to their rebuild and high taxes compared to pretty much anywhere else in the league.
I would be happy as a Sharks fan if the team landed Dobson and gave him 8x8. He seems worth it to me. The trade cost of course is the difficult thing to figure out.
He’s still under team control when his current deal expires.
I don’t think there's a return from the Sharks that would make sense for us.
Look at his ice time last season, which was heavily influenced by both Pelech and Pulock missing time (as well as Mayfield). I'd be very surprised if NYI ran him into the ground again, he looked horrible in the playoffs and it was likely from burnout.
It’s a rarity that people here pay any attention whatsoever to trade clauses so I for one appreciate the thought.
Now look up the Leafs, and Marner's ranking - he'd be the top of this list. And then look at the Predators, not a single player on that roster would rank higher than Marner. Why wouldn't he be a fit there? Every GM, including Trotz, would take Marner - he would fit every roster (excluding salary cap considerations).
More rationalization.
There's no reason other than to just say things like Pageau would be a "better fit" than Marner.
Pageau generated more offense over the last 15-20 games of the season as well. Getting Pageau away from Holmstrom seemed to revitalize him. He has no trade value, and he may never be the high-end 3C we wanted, but he can contribute in the right situation.
Holmstrom isnt the kind of guy who works with Pageau long term, but I like it as a PK duo. more of them if possible
People would have said the same thing about Jordan Eberle. (Marner is way better in every facet of the game).
He said in the locker cleanouts he wasn’t suffering from any lingering effects of that injury.
Schenn and O’Reilley signed in Nashville directly from Toronto. They’ll know Marner good or bad.
I looked up Skinner and was surprised to see that huge deal still has 3x9 remaining. Also, he's never played in a playoff game!
I know. Brutal!!! Lou needs to find some value this season. The Isles LW depth is rough and maybe that Russian kid hits. I still hope Holmstrom finds his game and improves. I hate comparisons, but I always hoped and saw similarities to Sharangovich. Not sure if SH has the same finishing ability as him.
Either way it’s good to have an extra chip. As was said in the draft thread, this would be a good draft to trade down from 18, as there is no real value to trading up this year.
