Draft Day/Tradapalooza Thread

[BlueWolfZero]

David Bolland to the Leafs? Wow

 

[puckhead]

revisionist history?

@tsnjamesduthie 11m
Canucks owner Francesco Aquilini came to Luongo's house in Florida and told him about the Schneider trade moments before it was announced.


more revisionist history?

@THNKenCampbell: Gillis: "Our plan 3 yrs ago was develop Cory and move him for a high pick and that's what we did."

 

[IndyAndy]

Well okay then; I've stuck it out through 4 hours to watch my team make their 1st pick. Pleased to see it was a USHL guy (not that it matters THAT much).

I'm outta here. Enjoy the rest of the draft, folks.

 

[Nasty_Magician]

Edmonton and Philly have been talking for awhile now according to Dreger.

 

[BlueWolfZero]

Bolland to Toronto for 3 picks looks like. Guess that means Bozak is done

 

[The Q stache]

Bolland to Toronto for 3 picks looks like. Guess that means Bozak is done

I'd hope not, if Dave Bolland is anything more than the no 3 center he won't live up to your expectations.

 

[raptorlife4]

Leafs would be smart to let Bozak go. to much money

 

[dash]

So Feaster has a chance to take Shinkaruk and takes some guy named Emile from the Q?!?

Dummy!

 

[BlueWolfZero]

So Feaster has a chance to take Shinkaruk and takes some guy named Emile from the Q?!?

Dummy!

Yes. Did well with the other two picks though

 

[higgyfan4]

@TSNBobMcKenzie 2m

CHI trades Michael Frolik to WPG

 

[elocomotive]

Heard Canucks traded a goalie. I don't know the details or which team got Luongo, but congrats guys, I'm sure everyone saw this coming.

 

[BlueWolfZero]

Frolik to the Jets. Great move for Winnipeg

 

[gmalis1]

Bolland isn't the player everyone wants to think he is.

First off, his salary is $3.375 million per year. A very big cap hit for a role player.

Second, he is injured frequently. So don't expect him to play a full season.

Then, after a stellar minor league career where he was a point a game player, his offensive stats are awful. He's bad in the faceoff dot. He's a 3 or 4 center at best, not a 1 or 2. He played with Kane and Hossa this year and he had horrible offensive stats with the worst +/- on a team. He had 7 goals and 7 assists.

He is effective defensively, and Coach Q has used him on both the power play and penalty kill at times. As a penalty killer, I would say he was the least effective of all of them, losing faceoffs and making dumb decisions with the puck. On the power play he was worse, losing critical offensive zone faceoffs and not being a playmaker nor shooter to make a difference.

While Bolland is a decent enough role player, he isn't a difference maker. And he isn't worth the cap hit, which is why the Hawks decided to trade him and most likely apply some of that cap room to Bryan Bickell.

All that being said, it's difficult to say goodbye to the guy who scores the Stanley Cup Finals winning goal...and six days later you're traded.

 

[gmalis1]

Frolik to the Jets. Great move for Winnipeg

Not really. Frolik is a terrific penalty killer, and responsible defensively, but he's not gonna come close to winning any awards offensively. He's strictly a fourth liner role player. Any offense at all from him is a bonus.

And at $2.333 million, he's not a bargain either.

 

[BlueWolfZero]

Bolland isn't the player everyone wants to think he is.

First off, his salary is $3.375 million per year. A very big cap hit for a role player.

Second, he is injured frequently. So don't expect him to play a full season.

Then, after a stellar minor league career where he was a point a game player, his offensive stats are awful. He's bad in the faceoff dot. He's a 3 or 4 center at best, not a 1 or 2. He played with Kane and Hossa this year and he had horrible offensive stats with the worst +/- on a team. He had 7 goals and 7 assists.

He is effective defensively, and Coach Q has used him on both the power play and penalty kill at times. As a penalty killer, I would say he was the least effective of all of them, losing faceoffs and making dumb decisions with the puck. On the power play he was worse, losing critical offensive zone faceoffs and not being a playmaker nor shooter to make a difference.

While Bolland is a decent enough role player, he isn't a difference maker. And he isn't worth the cap hit, which is why the Hawks decided to trade him and most likely apply some of that cap room to Bryan Bickell.

All that being said, it's difficult to say goodbye to the guy who scores the Stanley Cup Finals winning goal...and six days later you're traded.

Shh...let Leafs fans think they won this trade

 

[gmalis1]

Blackhawks pick Swedish defenseman Carl Dahlstrom, 6'3" 191 pounds in the second round from the pick from Toronto.

He joins Hjamarlsson and Oduya so they can all go shopping at IKEA, where they can dine on meatballs and lingonberries with Marcus Kruger (and for now Viktor Stalberg...who will be gone shortly).

 

[mooger_35]

Someone get all the sharp objects away from Puckhead and jstew

9th for Schneids.

Fuck

/ late I know but I was driving home from vacation. If it wasn't for the previous week of de-stressing, I'd be homicidal.

 

[forty_three]

Bolland isn't the player everyone wants to think he is.

First off, his salary is $3.375 million per year. A very big cap hit for a role player.

Second, he is injured frequently. So don't expect him to play a full season.

Then, after a stellar minor league career where he was a point a game player, his offensive stats are awful. He's bad in the faceoff dot. He's a 3 or 4 center at best, not a 1 or 2. He played with Kane and Hossa this year and he had horrible offensive stats with the worst +/- on a team. He had 7 goals and 7 assists.

He is effective defensively, and Coach Q has used him on both the power play and penalty kill at times. As a penalty killer, I would say he was the least effective of all of them, losing faceoffs and making dumb decisions with the puck. On the power play he was worse, losing critical offensive zone faceoffs and not being a playmaker nor shooter to make a difference.

While Bolland is a decent enough role player, he isn't a difference maker. And he isn't worth the cap hit, which is why the Hawks decided to trade him and most likely apply some of that cap room to Bryan Bickell.

All that being said, it's difficult to say goodbye to the guy who scores the Stanley Cup Finals winning goal...and six days later you're traded.

Not really. Frolik is a terrific penalty killer, and responsible defensively, but he's not gonna come close to winning any awards offensively. He's strictly a fourth liner role player. Any offense at all from him is a bonus.

And at $2.333 million, he's not a bargain either.

Blackhawks pick Swedish defenseman Carl Dahlstrom, 6'3" 191 pounds in the second round from the pick from Toronto.

He joins Hjamarlsson and Oduya so they can all go shopping at IKEA, where they can dine on meatballs and lingonberries with Marcus Kruger (and for now Viktor Stalberg...who will be gone shortly).

No one is surprised you proclaim Bolland and Frolik are complete wastes, but I commend you on not claiming the random dude they got to be the next mega-star in this league.

 

[forty_three]

Aaron Portzline ‏@Aportzline 10m

#CBJ have agreed in principal on a two-year deal with #CBJ G Sergei Bobrovsky; could be finalized tonight after draft

You better be right, twatwaffle.

 

[gmalis1]

I'm not saying they are total wastes. They are role players. Everyone needs players like them.

But the Hawks just saved $5.6 million of cap space for two fourth liners. Too much money for both of them.

And not one person can predict ANY of these players drafted will be great or busts. That's just how drafts work. I would be foolish to predict anything of the sort, especially with the last pick in the first round.