why do we need a def ?
Karlsson - Methot
Cowen - Ceci
Wiercoch - Phillips
Gryba the spare
Klein would be perfect.
I would assume if we traded Klein it would be part of a fairly large deal. He's our 3rd D-man and just signed a 5 year extension. Sort of the assumed d-partner for Jones at this point.
The Oilers called the Penguins to see if they were interested in trading Marc-Andre Fleury and the sense is that he isn’t going anywhere.
The Penguins will likely let Pascal Dupuis go to free agency. They could also move James Neal, who would interest the Senators.
Both play the right side. Logically Jones would take Klein's spot.
I would assume if we traded Klein it would be part of a fairly large deal. He's our 3rd D-man and just signed a 5 year extension. Sort of the assumed d-partner for Jones at this point.
Why would Pittsburgh deal James Neal and do you have a link to support your claim? Neil is an important part of their core and signed to a good contract.
check on google, there's a plenty of articles saying that.
and maybe they want to trade him to make space on the cap... they need to resign Letang who wants apperently 8M per year...
Outside of possibly someone like Michalek, I'm not terribly sure. We need offense and Poile's goal was to get a top 4 defenseman and at least one top 6 forward this summer. With Jones now in the fold, the top 4 is probably taken care of. I think Greening would be a really good fit for us on a 3rd line potentially, but in a fairly simple trade IMO.That's a fair assumption. When I say Klein is perfect I mean he fits in with the team we're trying to build and would make me very comfortable about our D next season.
Any idea who Nashville might target on our roster?
check on google, there's a plenty of articles saying that.
and maybe they want to trade him to make space on the cap... they need to resign Letang who wants apperently 8M per year...
Post an article. Don't tell me to search on Google. You're making the claim, so back it up.
why do we need a def ?
Karlsson - Methot
Cowen - Ceci
Wiercoch - Phillips
Gryba the spare
THE LAST WORD
One team trying to make a deal with the Senators asked for defencemen Erik Karlsson and Jared Cowen in return for a player. They politely declined. Doesn't hurt to ask.
JustBall:
It takes 3 yrs or longer for D-men to develop to play in the NHL.
Defense is just so dam hard to play, very difficult to play the blue line in the NHL................
So figure Ceci will be learning his trade for 3 yrs, then when he gets called up he will be a much better player who knows what he is doing.
Coach Luke and coach SS will develop him slowly, he needs those
2 ½ - 3 yrs to learn his trade..............
From the article:
Sidney Crosby?
I'm all for acquiring one of Klein/Ellis/Blum to be honest. That said Ceci isn't as far away as some of you think. It was mentioned by one of Dorion/Murray (can't remember which) that Ceci was very close to cracking the line-up and they really liked how he looked in the AHL.