2015 Off Season - Trade and Draft discussion!

[DragonfromTO]

And the Bluejackets traded dead weight for a warm body that could eat minutes on a third line.

You may not think flushing 17 and a half mil is a fuck up. A lot of people disagree. Technically the Jackets are flushing just as much, but at least they might get something for it. I predict 10 goals before he is UFA.

It was a shit situation and both sides can try and spin it to make it look like it was a brilliant move. It wasn't. It just gets annoying how only Columbus is "crazy" for their role in it.

I guess that's what we get for not having $17m of teacher pensions to waste.

When did I call Columbus "crazy"? I merely asked about the criticism of the Toronto side. If Clarkson does turn into something useful then maybe one can argue it was a fuck up on Toronto's end. But without that happening (and it certainly hasn't happened yet) I'm not sure how it can be looked at that way.

 

[mattola]

Suitors lining up for Lucic, Bieksa - Video - TSN

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[forty_three]

Suitors lining up for Lucic, Bieksa - Video - TSN

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Lucic for Bieksa? I approve.

 

[Sgt Brutus]

And the Bluejackets traded dead weight for a warm body that could eat minutes on a third line.

You may not think flushing 17 and a half mil is a fuck up. A lot of people disagree. Technically the Jackets are flushing just as much, but at least they might get something for it. I predict 10 goals before he is UFA.

It was a shit situation and both sides can try and spin it to make it look like it was a brilliant move. It wasn't. It just gets annoying how only Columbus is "crazy" for their role in it.

I guess that's what we get for not having $17m of teacher pensions to waste.

We are able to eat up his contract and got rid of a guy who might not ever see the ice in the process. Not the sexiest trade but like you said he can give us minutes vs no production. He didnt fit in with the Leafs maybe he gets revived in cbus

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Clarkson is severely overpaid, there is no doubt about that. But to act as though he has nothing to offer is silly. He's not a top 6 winger, he's not putting up 30 goals, he's not a guy that you really want on the PP. If used properly he still has plenty to provide. He's a 3rd line winger that can give you some offensive production, he's a great locker room guy, he can add physical play and antagonize.

I didn't watch many Leafs games so I can't say what his problem was there but you don't go from being a productive player to not belonging in the NHL overnight. Maybe playing in Toronto was too much pressure for him?

 

[forty_three]

Clarkson is severely overpaid, there is no doubt about that. But to act as though he has nothing to offer is silly. He's not a top 6 winger, he's not putting up 30 goals, he's not a guy that you really want on the PP. If used properly he still has plenty to provide. He's a 3rd line winger that can give you some offensive production, he's a great locker room guy, he can add physical play and antagonize.

I didn't watch many Leafs games so I can't say what his problem was there but you don't go from being a productive player to not belonging in the NHL overnight. Maybe playing in Toronto was too much pressure for him?

Toronto doesn't play a grinding game, the kind of game that suits Clarkson. He is never going to work in a flowing offense.

It's the Anti-Gaborik. No one will say Gabby is a waste. But he didn't work in Columbus. I would love Clarkson to regain his edge, but I am not expecting it. If he takes ice time from Boll, that is a win.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Suitors lining up for Lucic, Bieksa - Video - TSN

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good work Jamie McLennan when did the canucks hire this guy? Did he play for Medicine Hat?

"he has value
hes a right handed dman who can play on the power play
who can kill penalties
he plays tough
your perfect #2 dman "



thank you thank you thank you Noodles ... I feel like i should be sending the guy flowers for this assessment

 

[jstewismybastardson]

and on Lucic .. i have a feeling he will be a changed player this season after what hes gone through ... Id want him on my team

 

[jstewismybastardson]

so in the cesspool theyre talking Alex Edler for Ryan O Reilly ... maybe I can play d next season

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Alex Edler is a left shot

 

[Comeds]

Alex Edler is a left shot

Tom Gilbert is not, but he is so good he could probably learn to be. Make an offer Avs.

Gonchar is out there too.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Tom Gilbert is not, but he is so good he could probably learn to be. Make an offer Avs.

Gonchar is out there too.

I heard Tom Gilbert was amphibious

 

[Comeds]

Gonchar was a pretty good player, it would be a good opportunity for the Avalanche to pick him up to retire his number.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Alex Edler is a left shot

So are Jared Cowen, Chris Phillips and Patrick Wiercioch. I like this game.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Toronto doesn't play a grinding game, the kind of game that suits Clarkson. He is never going to work in a flowing offense.

It's the Anti-Gaborik. No one will say Gabby is a waste. But he didn't work in Columbus. I would love Clarkson to regain his edge, but I am not expecting it. If he takes ice time from Boll, that is a win.

Clarkson played over a full season's worth of games more for Toronto than Gaborik did for Columbus. He used that extra 84 games to score 4 more points. No one would say that Gabby was a waste for Columbus because he wasn't a waste, he just didn't give them what they were presumably expecting. But if he'd performed the way Clarkson did in Toronto he would have been fairly labeled as a waste.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Toronto doesn't play a grinding game, the kind of game that suits Clarkson. He is never going to work in a flowing offense.

It's the Anti-Gaborik. No one will say Gabby is a waste. But he didn't work in Columbus. I would love Clarkson to regain his edge, but I am not expecting it. If he takes ice time from Boll, that is a win.

I hope you've got a DeLorean then, because the league has changed and it's not done yet. It's becoming increasingly clear to me that nowadays if you can't skate, you can't play in the NHL. Some teams are learning this slower than others but they're all getting there.

 

[dash]

Gonchar was a pretty good player, it would be a good opportunity for the Avalanche to pick him up to retire his number.

As we all know, 94 regular season games is the benchmark.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

 

[IndyAndy]

The article that I saw said that Minny plans to buy Cooke's last year out.

 

[dash]

Couldn't have happened to two bigger dooshes.