Speculation: Trade Ideas and Free Agency XI

[Loopy0ne]

Seems to work really well for Chicago.

I don't dispute that it works for some teams, but I am not sold on our 3rd pairing doing it when they are out there against playoff teams IMO

Would also have been nice to add a little toughness.

 

[AKL]

I don't dispute that it works for some teams, but I am not sold on our 3rd pairing doing it when they are out there against playoff teams IMO

Would also have been nice to add a little toughness.

Well when we're healthy, our third pairing is Dumba/Folin/Leopold. I'm not really that worried about those guys being able to bring a puck up the ice.

 

[Loopy0ne]

Going to walk away from my desk for 12 minutes and hope that Fletcher gets Gryba for a 2016 4th or 5th while I am away

Then, when healthy, send Folin and Dumba down to Iowa until playoff time.

As an aside, interesting comments by Mirtle - thinks that eventually everyone that misses the playoffs will have equal chances for the 1st overall pick, only way to stop tanking. NHL can't be happy about the ways things are going right now, they gotta be losing some money thanks to these historically bad teams waiving the white flag.

 

[AKL]

Going to walk away from my desk for 12 minutes and hope that Fletcher gets Gryba for a 2016 4th or 5th while I am away

Then, when healthy, send Folin and Dumba down to Iowa until playoff time.

As an aside, interesting comments by Mirtle - thinks that eventually everyone that misses the playoffs will have equal chances for the 1st overall pick, only way to stop tanking. NHL can't be happy about the ways things are going right now, they gotta be losing some money thanks to these historically bad teams waiving the white flag.

We're past the point where Dumba should be in the AHL. Having him on the third pairing is better for all parties than Leopold and Gryba being there.

 

[AKL]

The sheer idea of this gives me major anxiety.

I WAS JUST JOKING
x

 

[tomgilbertfan]

I WAS JUST JOKING
x

This is all your fault.

 

[TwiztedHeat]

I WAS JUST JOKING
x

I pray this turns out well...ugh I hate this.

 

[AKL]

Ugh. Ducks got Despres for Lovejoy and we traded another 2nd round pick for Chris Stewart.

Why do bad things happen to good people.

 

[TwiztedHeat]

I'm also upset that Ek basically broke this one

 

[Alexandrov]

Why does Fletcher think trading every player from a bottom team is the recipe for success?

You guys think we'll gonna move a winger now?

 

[Death of Rats]

So who are we going to pick from Buffalo for '18 2nd rounder on 2016 deadline?

 

[tomgilbertfan]

So who are we going to pick from Buffalo for '18 2nd rounder on 2016 deadline?

Well we went Pominville-Moulson-Stewart so an AHLer is about right with that pattern.

 

[thestonedkoala]

So who are we going to pick from Buffalo for '18 2nd rounder on 2016 deadline?

Grigs....

 

[Streetcandy]

Well we went Pominville-Moulson-Stewart so an AHLer is about right with that pattern.

Moulson and Stewart were also secondary players in a bigger trade. So using these two criteria I'm gonna have to go with Chad Johnson.

 

[gphr513]

So who are we going to pick from Buffalo for '18 2nd rounder on 2016 deadline?

Operation #BringFaschingHome!

 

[Al Lagoon]

Operation #BringFaschingHome!

There's an idea I can get behind!

 

[Minnesota]

We made way more moves than I was expecting.

Guessing Veilleux was waved so we could bring in Stewart.

 

[tomgilbertfan]

 

[Minnesota]

Fletcher never tips his hand. Just the other night he said they were happy with the team make-up.

 

[DANOZ28]

russo on kfan said stewart was a minus 30 on a bad team , i think he mentioned he wasnt fast but russo's main concern was team chemistry has been so good lately. my take (dano) as much as i want us to be a little tougher i dont think stewart fits anywhere. new name for the line vanek / koivu / stewart, the "slowride" line.

 

[rynryn]

Thought Stewart was actually a decent skater.

 

[NHL1674]

russo on kfan said stewart was a minus 30 on a bad team , i think he mentioned he wasnt fast but russo's main concern was team chemistry has been so good lately. my take (dano) as much as i want us to be a little tougher i dont think stewart fits anywhere. new name for the line vanek / koivu / stewart, the "slowride" line.

That's what scares me at this point. Gotta to be really careful not to throw the balance even the slightest out of whack.

 

[DANOZ28]

i was listening while driving home maybe he worded it differently??

 

[Spurgeon]

To ya'll that are worried about team chemistry, Bergenheim came in and we beat the best team in the NHL.

 

[rynryn]

not saying this is the case, but we might have forwards playing more hurt than the team would care to admit at this point.