Official 2013-2014 NHL Trade Deadline Thread

[forty_three]

According to Bob MacKenzie the Leafs & Wild made better offers for Vanek than Montreal did, but the Isles weren't willing to retain any of Vanek's salary. There's cheap & then there's Charles Wang CHEAP!!

It sucks beyond words being an Isles fan. Keep bashing the team media. It's a beautiful thing & WELL DESERVED!!

Did he specify what constituted "Better offer"?

And did NYI eventually retain salary?

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I really hope you can find a new GM and completely new ownership and coaching staff.

Thanks ... me too


/oh ... you were talking to dabolts

 

[pixburgher66]

@BruinsTNF 8h
Boston Globe is reporting that the Bruins had a deal ready with VAN pending they could work another w/ PIT. Assume Kesler>PIT, Edler>BOS

Wow. That would've been something.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

@BruinsTNF 8h
Boston Globe is reporting that the Bruins had a deal ready with VAN pending they could work another w/ PIT. Assume Kesler>PIT, Edler>BOS

Wow. That would've been something.

I dont believe that ... Edler came out in the final hours before the deadline and said he wouldnt waive his no trade

 

[forty_three]

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[Johnnydollaz89]

Thanks ... me too


/oh ... you were talking to dabolts

Warned you about Torts.

But yes, was telling him that.

 

[pixburgher66]

I dont believe that ... Edler came out in the final hours before the deadline and said he wouldnt waive his no trade

Well, I mean, the deal didn't go through, so that easily could've been a factor. I imagine that the deal would've been pretty solid considering that two teams would be sending back pieces.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Dan Murphy ‏@sportsnetmurph ·Mar 5
Alex Edler told me you don't sign a 6-year deal with a NTC so you can leave town shortly after #canucks

I think what youre seeing is gms coming out and making comments to put even more pressure on Gillis because they dont like him and havent liked him since they had to deal with him when he was an agent ... it was every canucks fans biggest fear when Gillis was hired

and i see the Penguins organization reached out and apologized for their team employee Rob Rossi, i mean, newspaper reporter, insinuating that ownership squashed any potential deal with the canucks

 

[pixburgher66]

Dan Murphy ‏@sportsnetmurph ·Mar 5
Alex Edler told me you don't sign a 6-year deal with a NTC so you can leave town shortly after #canucks

I think what youre seeing is gms coming out and making comments to put even more pressure on Gillis because they dont like him and havent liked him since they had to deal with him when he was an agent ... it was every canucks fans biggest fear when Gillis was hired

and i see the Penguins organization reached out and apologized for their team employee Rob Rossi, i mean, newspaper reporter, insinuating that ownership squashed any potential deal with the canucks

The Pens apologized? That's nice of them. Rossi isn't liked in the organization, be aware of that.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

The Pens apologized? That's nice of them. Rossi isn't liked in the organization, be aware of that.

the way he was putting everything out there, i got the sense he was being fed all the info

I think the pens were using him quite well

 

[pixburgher66]

the way he was putting everything out there, i got the sense he was being fed all the info

I think the pens were using him quite well

I guess I don't see the advantage provided by what he was saying?

 

[mattola]

I guess I don't see the advantage provided by what he was saying?

to make the Pens look better than the canucks to the fans? just a guess. the hype around getting kesler was pretty massive and when it doesnt happen some fans like explanations. I certainly do especially when my team is selling. I believe pitts over van on this failed deal. I dont want gillis to trade kesler now. not that I dont want kesler traded, I just dont want gillis to do it

 

[jstewismybastardson]

I guess I don't see the advantage provided by what he was saying?

Rossi basically mouthed to Pens fans what the team wanted them to hear ... ie it wasnt the pens fault we couldnt get a deal done

by saying the canucks ownership is stepping in to veto a deal ... kinda makes Gillis look immasculated ... puts unneccesary media pressure on him to make a deal

this is the way sports media work ... trusted beat writer gets fed info to release and if he keeps doing it he continues to have "trusted" status with the team

 

[dare2be]

Rossi isn't liked, be aware of that.

FIFY

this is the way sports media work ... trusted beat writer gets fed info to release and if he keeps doing it he continues to have "trusted" status with the team

I get what you're saying, but...

 

[mattola]

Rossi basically mouthed to Pens fans what the team wanted them to hear ... ie it wasnt the pens fault we couldnt get a deal done

by saying the canucks ownership is stepping in to veto a deal ... kinda makes Gillis look immasculated ... puts unneccesary media pressure on him to make a deal

this is the way sports media work ... trusted beat writer gets fed info to release and if he keeps doing it he continues to have "trusted" status with the team

DREGER

 

[jstewismybastardson]

FIFY

if i wasnt clear ... trusted could be used interchangeably with patsy

 

[forty_three]

Rossi basically mouthed to Pens fans what the team wanted them to hear ... ie it wasnt the pens fault we couldnt get a deal done

by saying the canucks ownership is stepping in to veto a deal ... kinda makes Gillis look immasculated ... puts unneccesary media pressure on him to make a deal

this is the way sports media work ... trusted beat writer gets fed info to release and if he keeps doing it he continues to have "trusted" status with the team

The Fox News "media" model. You can't have an official spin machine, so you get the media to do it for you. It builds in excuses if the Pens get into injury trouble and someone like Kesler would have been the difference and gives the fans something to rally behind "We didn't get Kesler, but we're still winnign anyway!". Plus, as a bonus, it makes another GM Look like an idiot.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

DREGER

DAVE NONIS'S SECOND COUSIN

 

[dare2be]

Yeah, I edited my post to make sure that it was clear that I understood.

But I still couldn't pass up the lobbed softball.

 

[dare2be]

The Fox News "media" model. You can't have an official spin machine, so you get the media to do it for you. It builds in excuses if the Pens get into injury trouble and someone like Kesler would have been the difference and gives the fans something to rally behind "We didn't get Kesler, but we're still winnign anyway!". Plus, as a bonus, it makes another GM Look like an idiot.

Yeah, but some GMs don't need any help.