Would Semin fit here?

[Lafleurs Guy]

...Therrien would just put him on the 4th line with Prust & Malholtra, to "make him a better person" and teach "CHaracter"...

Maybe we can trade MT as part of the package...

They get Bork, MT and DD we get Semin. Sounds like a good trade to me. I just feel bad for Erik Staal now that he'll be playing 2nd fiddle to Davey.

 

[Bob Cole]

semin + 1st rounder 2014 for Beaulieu + Bourque + 1st rounder 2014 + 2nd rounder 2015

a shot at McDavid or Eichel

 

[japhi]

This idea that the cap is going up so what's 4MM extra here or there is the thought process that has a number of teams in cap trouble. The cap is zero sum proposition - if we use that 7MM on a 20G one dimensional player, it means it can't be used on a real quality free agent. Or a trade when an impact player goes down.

So ya, the cap will likely go up and we may be able to get rid of some dead weight. Assuming both of those scenarios, is Semin the guy we want to use to fill that cap space? Or do we trade Moen mid year, let Bourque play out his last two years, and use that 7-10M to get a real impact player?

There is almost no scenario where I see MB taking Semin back. He is playing the long game and knows that Semin may - and that's being generous - solve short term scoring problems but would create long term team/cap issues that would negate any short term benefit.

 

[Mike8]

If the price was right, of course. Semin's a quality player.

This is one of those opportunities where a team can obtain a core, or high end complementary to the core at the very least, player for cheap.

I think it'd be necessary to get some salary retained. And it would be worth paying more in order to get that retention.

And, in the worst case scenario that Semin doesn't perform in Montreal, then Montreal could unload a $5.5m contract/50-point player a whole lot easier, should it come to that.

I don't see much risk in this scenario.

 

[Compile]

Absolutely not, who wants a player that is payed 7mil a year for no reason?

Ppl complain about 9mil for Subban, this would be worst lol

Semin shows up to 1 game out of 10-15
Everyone thought he would flourish away from Washington and Ovechkin, He's done nothing and will do nothing. Wasted talent

Its balances Bork who shows up at games 83 for some reason.

 

[Corncob]

semin + 1st rounder 2014 for Beaulieu + Bourque + 1st rounder 2014 + 2nd rounder 2015

a shot at McDavid or Eichel

Please tell me you're joking....

 

[Kobe Armstrong]

thread title made me laugh

 

[Rock On]

If his back is fine I'd rather sign Alfredsson 4M$/1 year. Free, low risk, high potential reward

 

[Rock On]

Please tell me you're joking....

It's in the game

 

[habitue*]

If his back is fine I'd rather sign Alfredsson 4M$/1 year. Free, low risk, high potential reward

Alfredsson and Penner....

 

[FF de Mars]

Bergevin shouldn't trade assets for a guy like Semin, ideally you sign him. If he comes cheap, I do think he would have a place on the team. Semin has golden hands.

 

[jaffy27]

Du bois mort.....no thanks, even Russia was reluctant to put him on the national team

 

[groovejuice]

Where Semin would fit is eminently answered in the Buffalo GDT.

 

[Guy Germaine]

Where Semin would fit is eminently answered in the Buffalo GDT.

yessss...was trying to come up with something, but you nailed it on the head.

 

[GREMLIN]

semin + 1st rounder 2014 for Beaulieu + Bourque + 1st rounder 2014 + 2nd rounder 2015

a shot at McDavid or Eichel

Yeah..like the Canes are going to move their 1st rounder this year

 

[MasterDecoy]

7mil cap hit until 2018?

no thanks. gomez level of no thanks

 

[Rapala]

He can be our Gaborik...

OH wait we already have...

 

[Teufelsdreck]

He should have been signed a long time ago.

 

[tinyzombies]

7mil cap hit until 2018?

no thanks. gomez level of no thanks

Beaulieu and a pick for Semin?