To be sure, I would not pay a real heavy price for Weiss as he is a rental and also -11 currently, but he does have Top-6 talent and there may be familiarity with DeBoer.
You would not pay a "real heavy price" for Weiss, and neither would Lou.
I think we should all trust that Lou would not make a trade that could prove to be debilitating for the organization. He was able to outbid everyone in the Kovalchuk sweepstakes, and
still fleece the **** out of the Thrashers. Granted, Tallon is no Waddell, but the point still stands.
He'll name his price, and he won't waver from it. If we acquire him, it'll be another "Wow, how the hell did he pull that one off?" If we don't acquire him, either another team would have drastically overpaid or Weiss would have turned around his game.
I know Grabovski has a bad contract but if we could get him (he's a 3rd line C in Tor)
Henrique-Grabovski-Kovalchuk
Elias-Zajac-Zubrus
Poni-Loki-Clarkson
That's a great top 9, but again his contract could be an issue
No thank you very much re: Grabovski. That contract, man... that contract.
I also think it'd send a crappy message to Zajac if some ****head from Toronto got acquired and swooped in to take his spot on the top line next to Kovy.
If we're making a trade with Toronto, I'd rather spend assets on Kulemin.