Speculation: What Trade Should Have Been Made, and Wasn't?

[The Kingslayer]

Corey Perry + a 1st round pick for Mike Comrie.

Didnt Kevin Lowe get greedy and wanted money on top of it that soured the deal? I seem to recall this.

 

[hototogisu]

Didnt Kevin Lowe get greedy and wanted money on top of it that soured the deal? I seem to recall this.

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/oilers-comrie-must-pay-for-trade-1.399739

Whether or not the Edmonton Oilers trade Mike Comrie is now up to Mike Comrie.

Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe confirmed Wednesday that he was prepared to ship Comrie to another NHL team, presumably the Anaheim Mighty Ducks.

Naturally, Lowe wanted comparable value in return so, when he didn't receive it, demanded Comrie make up the difference out of his own pocket.

"I think we're fairly close with a team," Lowe told the Edmonton Sun.

"In our minds, it's not fair market value, so we asked Mike Comrie to top up the deal.

"This particular deal. Not all deals or any deals, but this particular deal, so we could get to a point where we felt we had something that addresses our needs this year and in the future."

Reports suggest Lowe agreed to send Comrie to Anaheim for prospect Corey Perry and a first-round draft pick, but only if the forward cut Edmonton a fat cheque.

He supposedly asked Comrie to pony up $2.5 million US to complete the transaction.

It's still insane to me that this actually happened. Lowe thought he was getting so ripped off on a Perry+1st for Comrie trade and was so bitter at Comrie for holding out that he basically tried to extort $2.5M out of Comrie to make the deal. A deal that would have benefited his franchise a hundred fold down the road if he had just done it.

Talk about being your own worst enemy.

I still can't believe he actually said "we asked Mike Comrie to top-up the deal" like he was asking for extra guacamole on his burrito or something.

 

[Quid Pro Clowe]

Did the Sharks decline that or the Oilers? I suspect the latter because the final trade was (and better)

Chris Pronger to Ducks for Joffrey Lupul, Ladislav Smid, 2007 first round pick (#30-Nick Ross), 2008 conditional first round pick (if Ducks reach 2006-07 finals) (#22-Jordan Eberle), 2008 second round pick (#53-Travis Hamonic) on 2006-07-03

Oilers picked Riley Nash after moving up with the Nick Ross pick (Yotes).

The Maple Leafs offer was better but was nix-ed by NMC (?) of Kaberle or Steen.

Oilers made the offer, Wilson declined.

 

[Major Happy*]

I'll say trading Iginla to the Bruins. Seemed like they offered a better package than Pittsburgh, but in the end Iggy chose the Pens.

The deal was something like Khohlachev + 1st if I recall correctly

Both deals essentially ended up being the same.

 

[The Kingslayer]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/oilers-comrie-must-pay-for-trade-1.399739



It's still insane to me that this actually happened. Lowe thought he was getting so ripped off on a Perry+1st for Comrie trade and was so bitter at Comrie for holding out that he basically tried to extort $2.5M out of Comrie to make the deal. A deal that would have benefited his franchise a hundred fold down the road if he had just done it.

Talk about being your own worst enemy.

I still can't believe he actually said "we asked Mike Comrie to top-up the deal" like he was asking for extra guacamole on his burrito or something.

My memory isnt that bad afterall. I always thought Kevin wanted Bryan Murray to give him money but its actually more hilarious that Kevin tried to get Comrie to pay him 2.5M US How Kevin still has a job in hockey defies every single possible rule of the universe.

 

[Figgy44]

My memory isnt that bad afterall. I always thought Kevin wanted Bryan Murray to give him money but its actually more hilarious that Kevin tried to get Comrie to pay him 2.5M US How Kevin still has a job in hockey defies every single possible rule of the universe.

It's additionally bad because the Comrie family were well known individuals in the Edmonton area. Awful thing to do to anyone, let alone a major local business family (they owned "The Brick").

 

[varano]

No one was offering better.

Do you actually view this as a valid reason to trade a top 5 LWer in the league for a "guy"

 

[Thorton02]

Mike Peca for Jerome Iginla. Iginla wasn't 100% proven yet but was due for a big (at the time) raise. Apparently with ownership about ready to go to jail, this scared the Sabres off and the trade never happened.

Later we traded Peca for Tim Connolly and Taylor Pyatt.

 

[WhalerTurnedBruin55]

I would have moved Krejci years ago for a defenseman of similar age and calibre. I think that ship has long sailed.

 

[BoltSTH]

All the GM that did not offer what SFY wanted for Drouin when he wanted out of the Bolts.

 

[oilers4life]

oilers could have had correy perry for mike comie but lowe had his head so far up his a-hole

 

[Bad Puck Bounce]

Seguin for Vanek.

Chiarelli offered Seguin to Buffalo first, for Vanek (and possibly something else) but Darcy Regier thought Vanek was worth more... (bangs head on wall)

Chiarelli apparently also offered Spooner and a second round pick for Chris Stewart and there might have been another small piece coming to Boston. Great deal for Buffalo, horribly bad for Boston. So glad Chiarelli isn't pulling any strings for the Bruins any more.

 

[THall4]

Didnt Kevin Lowe get greedy and wanted money on top of it that soured the deal? I seem to recall this.

Idiot wanted Comrie to pay back his bonus that they paid him...

I think it all soured with the Ducks because Comrie apparently had a contract in principle with the Ducks before the deal was even made which set Lowe off and nix'd the deal

 

[SnoopDogg]

Fowler to anybody, I thought it was a lock he was going to move

 

[webersshot]

The actual offer was Price, Subban, Pacioretty, Gallagher, a 16-year old Galchenyuk, the future rights to Alex Radulov, 10 firsts and a 4th.

and declined when we refused to add Desharnais

 

[EastonBlues22]

I think both STL and BOS wish they pulled the trigger on Eriksson++ for Shatty+ last trade deadline.

I've only seen Boston fans express regret that this didn't happen.

We can speculate all we want about what might have been in the playoffs, but I don't see how the Blues would be in a better position now if they had pulled the trigger on that. No Shattenkirk or Eriksson, and only Colin Miller and Koko to show for it?

I'm not losing sleep over that at all.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Was this before or after the Edmonton offer sheet?

It was after.

Boston called Buffalo to offer Seguin for Vanek and another roster player and Carcy turned it down, so then Boston made the trade with Dallas.

 

[WeDislikeEich]

OMG!!! is this real?

Unfortunately, yes.

http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/s...d-about-vanek-seguin-trade-last-june-20140203

But, I look at it like Buffalo likely wouldn't have a Jack Eichel right now, so that eases the pain a bit.

 

[Group Chat Legend*]

Hall for Hamonic

 

[WeDislikeEich]

I think Foligno was also included.

Yeah, I remember reading that somewhere. I'd trade Vanek and Foligno for Seguin in a heart beat... Imagine proposing that trade on this site. You'd get eaten alive!! lol

 

[WeDislikeEich]

Chiarelli apparently also offered Spooner and a second round pick for Chris Stewart and there might have been another small piece coming to Boston. Great deal for Buffalo, horribly bad for Boston. So glad Chiarelli isn't pulling any strings for the Bruins any more.

Yes I heard this too. I still can't believe Tim Murray wouldn't pull the trigger on that trade. Makes me wonder what the other piece was that Boston wanted.

I thought I remembered hearing something about Neely possibly nixing that trade too? Maybe I'm just hoping that was the case. lol

 

[s7ark]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/oilers-comrie-must-pay-for-trade-1.399739



It's still insane to me that this actually happened. Lowe thought he was getting so ripped off on a Perry+1st for Comrie trade and was so bitter at Comrie for holding out that he basically tried to extort $2.5M out of Comrie to make the deal. A deal that would have benefited his franchise a hundred fold down the road if he had just done it.

Talk about being your own worst enemy.

I still can't believe he actually said "we asked Mike Comrie to top-up the deal" like he was asking for extra guacamole on his burrito or something.

Rumours out of Edmonton at the time was that it was ownership(pre-Katz) that was pissed off and wanted their bonus money back.

 

[ManofSteel55]

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/oilers-comrie-must-pay-for-trade-1.399739



It's still insane to me that this actually happened. Lowe thought he was getting so ripped off on a Perry+1st for Comrie trade and was so bitter at Comrie for holding out that he basically tried to extort $2.5M out of Comrie to make the deal. A deal that would have benefited his franchise a hundred fold down the road if he had just done it.

Talk about being your own worst enemy.

I still can't believe he actually said "we asked Mike Comrie to top-up the deal" like he was asking for extra guacamole on his burrito or something.

From what I recall, the logic wasn't entirely that the value wasn't fair, it was that the Oilers had given Comrie a rather large signing bonus at one point earlier and Lowe felt betrayed that after giving Comrie the bonus he wanted out. So he asked him to pay the bonus back. Still greasy.

EDIT ^^^^ beaten to it.

 

[AvsGuy]

It's still insane to me that this actually happened. Lowe thought he was getting so ripped off on a Perry+1st for Comrie trade and was so bitter at Comrie for holding out that he basically tried to extort $2.5M out of Comrie to make the deal. A deal that would have benefited his franchise a hundred fold down the road if he had just done it.

Talk about being your own worst enemy.

I still can't believe he actually said "we asked Mike Comrie to top-up the deal" like he was asking for extra guacamole on his burrito or something.

Lol this was a hilarious read. Comrie was so highly touted back then it was unreal. What was the deal there? He had a couple solid seasons in Edmonton.

I would have moved Krejci years ago for a defenseman of similar age and calibre. I think that ship has long sailed.

With Backes gone you'd think Krejci for Shattenkirk should still be a possibility.

 

[w e l o s t b o y s]

Ray Whitney to LA for a 2nd + a defensive prospect, who was probably Slava Voynov