Campbell to Florida!

[The Q stache]

I got a text from csn chicago the hawks trade Brian campbell to Florida

 

[flyersfan4706]

Wudjaget?

 

[The Q stache]

Dont Care Campbells fat ass contract is gone

 

[flyersfan4706]

Very well

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Wudjaget?

That's what Winnipeg finally settled on for a team name?

 

[flyersfan4706]

That's what Winnipeg finally settled on for a team name?

Nope, they announced "Jets" before they drafted tonight

 

[Nasty_Magician]

It's not his fault he is overpaid, but the guy is a stud. Can be a liability in his own zone, but his transition game and effectiveness on the PP can't be disputed. He led the league in +/- for most of the year. If true it is a nice pickup for Florida (assuming they didn't mortgage their future).

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

Nope, they announced "Jets" before they drafted tonight

Whodathunkit.

 

[flyersfan4706]

Whodathunkit.

Wellitwasactuallyspeculated

 

[rares]

LW Rostislav Olesz going to Chicago from Florida.

No idea who he is but apparently makes about $3M/year.

 

[puckhead]

might as well drop this in here, too.

The signed D-men for #FLAPanthers -- Kulikov, Weaver, Ellerby and Garrison -- earn a combined $3.6875m, barely half of Campbell's cap hit.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

I get that Tallon gave him the contract & knows Campbell well. What I don't understand is Florida needs offense desparately. Why acquire a defenseman who adds 4 million to the payroll while giving up a forward.

I'm sorry, but Florida is my early pick to finish dead last next year.

 

[rares]

To make it to the cap floor or something, like someone else said? /shrug

EDIT: Oh, sorry, I see what you meant... why not add offense instead (and why give it away in a trade for D). Nevermind.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

To make it to the cap floor or something, like someone else said? /shrug

EDIT: Oh, sorry, I see what you meant... why not add offense instead (and why give it away in a trade for D). Nevermind.

There are better ways to spend in order to reach the cap floor.

All this did was allow Chicago to give Patrick Sharp an extension.

 

[Winged_Wheel88]

I'm sorry, but Florida is my early pick to finish dead last next year.

You are an Islander fan. Are you sorry? Really?

 

[pixburgher66]

Good move for Chicago, and as someone else said, this allows them to keep Sharp.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

You are an Islander fan. Are you sorry? Really?

Sure. The Panthers haven't made the playoffs in a decade. Their fans deserve better.

 

[devs30rko]

i'm shocked.... the southeast is actually looking....

good?

 

[puckhead]

I get that Tallon gave him the contract & knows Campbell well. What I don't understand is Florida needs offense desparately. Why acquire a defenseman who adds 4 million to the payroll while giving up a forward.
.

Campbell is a defenseman only by the strictest of definitions.
I would really say his acquisition was 'adding defense'.
Campbell's career high in points is 52, Olesz has reached 30 points only once.

and yeah, they needed to add a silly contract (or two) to get to the cap floor.

 

[devs30rko]

this is a win win for florida, as long as campbell doesnt start putting up 15-20 points a year for the duration of the contract.