Speculation: Trade Rumors/Speculation Thread Part II (Mod warning post #861)

[SingnBluesOnBroadway]

He was only a -4 last year, so he obviously knew how to play defense then. Either that or +/- is a silly stat.

I agree it's a flawed stat. But when you're a purported offensive player and you're more or less an average if -1 a game, it may not tell the full story, but it tells some story.

 

[Krams]

I think there is little chance that DZ gets traded tonight, if there was a trade in the works wouldn’t he be scratched to avoid him getting hurt, and thus voiding the trade?

I don't think they'd scratch MDZ unless a deal for Yokelpahv was agreed upon and imminent. We aren't at that point yet.

 

[theFiGS]

All the oilers are.....


They don't play tonight

So my source is right

 

[Thirty One]

I agree it's a flawed stat. But when you're a purported offensive player and you're more or less an average if -1 a game, it may not tell the full story, but it tells some story.

He's struggling right now, I don't think anyone would argue that.

 

[broadwayblue]

Add a 2nd and 4th and that might get it done

Change the 4th to a 5th and I'm ok with it.

 

[gmerger37]

I don't think they'd scratch MDZ unless a deal for Yokelpahv was agreed upon and imminent. We aren't at that point yet.

No I agree, that was my response to the person who had a source that said DZ is 95% getting traded today or tomorrow. If that were the case a deal with be imminent and DZ would probably be scratched tonight.

 

[theFiGS]

Change the 4th to a 5th and I'm ok with it.

But then we'd have to change the 4th to a 3rd and the 2nd to a 6th

 

[doncherrysgrill]

No I agree, that was my response to the person who had a source that said DZ is 95% getting traded today or tomorrow. If that were the case a deal with be imminent and DZ would probably be scratched tonight.

I said this week, but as soon as tonight.

 

[Gardner McKay]

No I agree, that was my response to the person who had a source that said DZ is 95% getting traded today or tomorrow. If that were the case a deal with be imminent and DZ would probably be scratched tonight.

Dallas Eakins of EDM said today that EDM and Yak are attached by the hip. Yak's not going anywhere.

 

[Kovalev27]

I'd trade staal before MDZ right now in this system

Hate all u want I'm serious

 

[Thirty One]

No I agree, that was my response to the person who had a source that said DZ is 95% getting traded today or tomorrow. If that were the case a deal with be imminent and DZ would probably be scratched tonight.

The person said within the week and didn't mention Yogipolv.

And we don't know what constitutes a week for the source. It could run Monday-Sunday.

 

[Thirty One]

I'd trade staal before MDZ right now in this system

Hate all u want I'm serious

I want to, and am, hating a lot.

 

[HatTrick Swayze]

Dallas Eakins of EDM said today that EDM and Yak are attached by the hip. Yak's not going anywhere.

I also don't think he's moved and certainly not yet. But I don't buy any quote along those lines. Remember all the crap Howson said during the Nash debacle?

 

[theFiGS]

I'd hate to see miller go but if it's del zotto miller and 2nd I'm cool with it. Gotta give to get

 

[Krams]

I'd trade staal before MDZ right now in this system

Hate all u want I'm serious

okay

 

[gmerger37]

I said this week, but as soon as tonight.

The person said within the week and didn't mention Yogipolv.

And we don't know what constitutes a week for the source. It could run Monday-Sunday.

Ok so likely today vs 95% this week, still I doubt he’d be playing if a deal was imminent as that prediction would indicate.

 

[Thirty One]

Ok so likely today vs 95% this week, still I doubt he’d be playing if a deal was imminent as that prediction would indicate.

Players are rarely held out of the lineup because of trades this early in the season.

 

[RangerBoy]

Gaborik

Portzline:
To my knowledge, Gaborik has always been regarded as a decent to good teammate, but never a leader. But he's never been 31 years old, right? Gaborik is the 2nd oldest player on the Blue Jackets, trailing only Derek MacKenzie (32). It's not enough to be a $7 million man and provide only on the ice. That's essentially Jarmo Kekalainen's stance. He wants a player who drives the team. Is that realistic? I can't answer that right now. I don't think anybody can. I can say this: there was not a noticeable uptick in Gaborik's play after Kekalainen made those comments. But now is the time.

He isn't changing his game at this stage of his career.

Comment From Dale
Afternoon, good sir. A report in the Edmonton Journal is saying that the Jackets are trying to move Nikitin. What could they get for him? What is the likelihood of seeing any package deals or other trades? If this team is even relatively healthy after Horton, Calvert, and Jenner are back, they will have 14 forwards, that's not including Chaput and Collins. If a trade does happen, which forwards would be most likely to go?

Portzline:
Very hard to say, and I'm not going to guess. The Oilers are looking for defense; the Blue Jackets -- with Erixon and Goloubef in the minors, and either Nikitin and Prout a healthy scratch -- only make sense as a trade partner. But the Oilers and the Blue Jackets are struggling right now, so perhaps they'd like to mix things up with a trade. And, you know, Scott Howson has traded for Nikita Nikitin in a previous life.

http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/topic/chats.html

 

[gmerger37]

Players are rarely held out of the lineup because of trades this early in the season.

With this franchises luck? We'd be braindead if we didn't.

This is the Rangers we are talking about though.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Dallas Eakins of EDM said today that EDM and Yak are attached by the hip. Yak's not going anywhere.

So were Nash and Columbus. EVERY trade you hear this and people still fall for this. You'd think you'd learn.

 

[Thirty One]

With this franchises luck? We'd be braindead if we didn't.

This is the Rangers we are talking about though.

I'll bet management doesn't buy into the "franchises luck".

 

[BarbaraAlphanse]

Players are rarely held out of the lineup because of trades this early in the season.

*watches as MDZ skates the length of the ice tonight and thrusts himself with all his momentum through the glass panes intentionally to injure himself and avoid a trade to edmonton*

 

[gmerger37]

I'll bet management doesn't buy into the "franchises luck".

I don't buy into this management lol.

Do they buy into common sense? You are about to trade an asset, why risk having that asset be injured?

 

[Thirty One]

Gaborik



He isn't changing his game at this stage of his career.



http://bluejacketsxtra.dispatch.com/content/topic/chats.html

A leper doesn't change it's stripes.

 

[Thirty One]

I don't buy into this management lol.

Do they buy into common sense? You are about to trade an asset, why risk having that asset be injured?

What's the chances that he gets seriously injured enough to prevent a trade?