He also said this in response to whether he knew who was in the package:
Who's left that still has value?
Lazar, Paul, Prince, ... I'm struggling here
Everything has indicated that fabbri is off the tableIt was Vanelli as the + to Fabbri.
And again, McKenzie lets us know what many here knew to be true in that pretty much every single team is in on or really wants Drouin and there have been 10-12 SIGNIFICANT offers on him. So much for the "pathetic, cry baby, 1-dimensional small player" rhetoric that was rampant here.
Not sure I am allowed to post a link, but here's where he makes some comments:
http://www.hockeybuzz.com/boards/thread.php?thread_id=133242&forum_id=1
All of that is still true.
He has significant attitude issues, whining at home right now about being too good for the AHL (as he showed with his whopping 3 points in 7 games this year)
He is still a one-dimensional player that makes flashy high-risk plays and ignores his defensive responsibilities
He hasn't grown in height since this news came out, so obviously he's still below-average size.
No one is trying to demonize him here. He's got high-end offensive potential, but there is a reason he isn't in the NHL right now. There are significant faults in his game that need to be corrected. I think he'll figure out the rest of his game and become a top 6 LW, but I think he's being overrated many around here, who see his highlight videos and assume he is a superstar in the making.
Someone had posted comments from Murray (via Garrioch) about zibanejad possibly being available?
Link? Or anyone know what that was about?
Everything has indicated that fabbri is off the table
Any info is appreciated. Old new. Future.I have an ironclad A+ source. But when he told me this it was about a month ago.
Weircioch was part of the deal I'm willing to bet. He holds some value and is still young.
He throws out A LOT of info, he has been very close or right on the ball a few times so he definitely has some insider info, although maybe sometimes his source (friend?) throws out random info to not make him look too legit.
Says roster playerS. Just spitballing, but maybe it's going to include several pieces going both ways. Something like Lazar+Prince+pick for Drouin+Condra.
Don't like/want Condra back, but maybe he can help the PK, which has been horrible, have to think Condra leaving has at least a small effect on it. Maybe Murray has the same kind of thought process as me.
So, a poster called Cup06 on the hockeybuzz site who posts in the Sens threads, who has in the past showed he has some inside info, has said that Sens have offered the best package for Drouin and that it does not include one of White, Ceci, Chabot or the 2016 1st. Stevie Y is holding out though hoping for a west team to match the Sens offer since he would rather move him out west.
Zibby is worth more than Drouin. Ceci or Lazar maybe?
Tbay is in a cap crunch. so to ship send them 2.0 mil in Wier, and 894k in Lazar, or Prince's 700k we'd need to take something back above and beyond Drouin's hit which doesn't count against TBay right now, and I wouldn't consider any of them as signifcant assets.
If Zibanejad is included, they'd need to find 2.6K to ship back with Drouin.
Only contracts I can think of that they'd want to unload is Carle, and Condra.
So... Wier and Zibanejad for Carle, Drouin....
Not sure I'd do that.
... a $10 Schwartz's gift certificate...
Chiasson to the Habs for a $10 Schwartz's gift certificate and a 30 minute interactive seminar with Michel T. about rispeckt... mmmmmm... smoked meat.
I'm not sure exactly how rookie cap hits with performance bonuses factor in when rookies fail to hit those bonuses, but Drouin's AAV is 3M. I don't know if Tampa is just on the hook for his base salary since he probably won't hit any bonuses sitting in the AHL, or if the cap hit ends up being 3M regardless.
There's no way Ottawa takes back Carle who makes 5.5M for another two seasons after this one.
Fair enough
Point is that he isn't worth squat as many here believed.
There are also those who have watched him, including pretty much all NHL teams, who believe he is a star in the making.