Speculation: Trade Deadline Discussion Part VIII - loud noises, a gasp, and a thud

[NJDevs26]

This reminds me of Lou dealing a 7th for a washed up Richer.

 

[King Henrique]

Steve Sullivan is Martin Skoula like acquisition ... yay.

I was thinking more like Niclas Havelid

 

[Scott04]

I guess you missed Murray, JBo, Regehr and even guys like Redden/Hannan being moved in the last week.

There's absolutely no excuse for us to still have eight d-men, none. It cost us what we didn't get back in a trade AND it cost us vis-a-vis our own young d-men's play/development (Fayne/Larsson).

You missed the part where I said TODAY. Two of those guys you mentioned were today, correct? And now my next question... how many of the defensemen we had available (and be honest here) are as valuable as the ones you mentioned? And I mean this in an objective way. What makes you think that today we were going to get a 2nd or 3rd rounder for Tallinder or Volchenkov? If all we were going to get was a 5th or a 6th rounder... is it really worth it? Or would you rather we trade Fayne so that we get a half-way decent pick out of it? The going rate WAS a 2nd/3rd round pick for these defensemen, but it clearly wasn't today. And there were still a LOT of defensemen teams were saying were available/were shopping, and how many of those guys got moved today? The market dried up on defensemen. Simple as that.

 

[njdevils1982]

lol Lou slipped in our obligatory ex-Devil returning home deal, now he's really done.

he's the 24th now.

 

[The Great Dame]

Sullivan could help out on the PP

 

[Bleedred]

This reminds me of Lou dealing a 7th for a washed up Richer.

Joe and Jamie incoming PLZ!

 

[DEVILS ALL THE WAY*]

Not acquiring anyone doesn't surprise me one bit... Not moving a ****ing d-men for picks is a massive error IMO.

The Sharks pulled off exactly what we should've done. They moved Ryan Clowe for solid picks and acquired a player with the same type of grit in Raffi Torres for peanuts.

The fact that we moved 4 picks and we'll lose another next year cause of the Kovy saga should be enough of a reason for us to move someone on our blueline.

Really disappointed in the lack of activity on our part... Outside of the bums we got threw waivers and meh talent we got in D'Agostini and Poni. Thank god Loktionov actually turned into something solid or we'd be on the outside looking in with a slim chance to make the postseason.

 

[njdevil26]

Caps still need to make an announcement and we haven't been told the Devils are done. Let's hold out hope!

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

Can't believe no one wanted to trade for our terrible, overpaid reject defensemen! Why can't Lou force other teams to make trades?!

To be fair, that's an indictment to Lou's terrible signings, then.

 

[Devils Trap]

Caps still need to make an announcement and we haven't been told the Devils are done. Let's hold out hope!

Ribiero or bust

 

[MattEvan]

I was thinking more like Niclas Havelid

 

[RandoDoomer]

Don't get me wrong, I actually wanted Sullivan back on this team.

(of course that was 15 years ago. )

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

Caps still need to make an announcement and we haven't been told the Devils are done. Let's hold out hope!

Ovechkin!?

 

[day1devilsfan]

Scott makes a good point & the extra D-men could help us move up in the draft? I'm trying to think with a level head here, but I feel I'm breaking a rule here haha

 

[Richer's Ghost]

Sullivan?

Another friggin' retirement contract reunion.

Games until he's on IR?

< 3
4-8
9+

I'm going with 4-8.

 

[JimEIV]

Don't get me wrong, I actually wanted Sullivan back on this team.

(of course that was 15 years ago. )

I LOLed

 

[BrodeursCups]

All the GMs on this board are out in full force today.

It's pretty entertaining watching a group of grown men cry and moan over the lack of movement/+minor trade on Lou's part.

 

[Volodya Krutov]

When I see what it took to get someone lile PomPomville I'm glad Lou didn't make a splash. End of story.

 

[JimEIV]

Scott makes a good point & the extra D-men could help us move up in the draft? I'm trying to think with a level head here, but I feel I'm breaking a rule here haha

2 of the 8 are UFA's...So then you're down to 6 the day the season is over.

 

[Based Anime Fan]

I would laugh if this happened:

Ovechkin

for

Volchenkov
Tallinder
2 Prospects
A Early Pick

 

[Devils Trap]

I would laugh if this happened:

Ovechkin

for

Volchenkov
Tallinder
2 Prospects
A Early Pick

No chance in hell

 

[Mory Schneideur*]

No chance in hell

How about Backstrom?

 

[CerebralGenesis]

Scott makes a good point & the extra D-men could help us move up in the draft? I'm trying to think with a level head here, but I feel I'm breaking a rule here haha

level head? Is it working right?

2 are UFAs. So you have your 6. And then you want an immediate UFA to help you in the draft? Or move Sal or volch at the draft? That moves you down the order. If we buyout volch that's even 1 less.

 

[MountainGoat]

please no Rebeiro for the love of god

 

[ThePSEGPowerPoster]

All the GMs on this board are out in full force today.

It's pretty entertaining watching a group of grown men cry and moan over the lack of movement/+minor trade on Lou's part.

Dude it's so easy to make trades. I do it all the time on NHL 13. It's not rocket science.