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Optimism=Delusional
These can go longer now but we'll put up a fresh one when its needed. Let's all take a deep breath before posting in this one.
Even Dreger has given up.
Absolutely.Sakic's going to wait until July, thinking Duchene will be willing to sign an extension with his new team.
That extension bs will backfire hard and it also means no extra 1sts in 2018....
All Duchene has to say is that he wants to become UFA and we're screwed. Like the Blues last year with Shatty. He wouldn't renegotiate an extension with a new team so they got rental value.
I can easily imagine Duchene wanting to become UFA instead of signing a long extension with a team like Carolina.
I agree. I think Sergachev was 100% on the table in a Duchene trade. I was crucified on here for suggesting doing it straight up back in February though.Not going to lie seeing Sergachev playing like that is pissing me right off. I'm 100% convinced that he would be an AV if Sakic didn't ask for the moon on top of him.
Barrie's better, but EJ is the "type" of defenseman the Leafs need. They need a big, right handed shooting workhorse who can play top pairing minutes against other teams top lines.Imagine sergachev and drouin were both on the Avs?
Dater said leafs had a scout at the game last night. I know Babcock likes Duchene but does not really make sense. Maybe they want Barrie? Brown and Lili anyone?
Barrie's better, but EJ is the "type" of defenseman the Leafs need. They need a big, right handed shooting workhorse who can play top pairing minutes against other teams top lines.
To me it looks like Sakic would rather let him go for rental value when everyone knows he is forced to because of Duchenes contract status instead of taking an ounce of risk earlier on when he has no excuse for getting the wrong return...
I don't think anyone believes Sakic would trade him. I'm just saying he's the type of defenseman the Leafs need.Sakic can't trade Duchene to save his own life and people believe he'd trade EJ?
Was an early season trade ever really plausible? Either Duchene, and the team, are better than expected, and Sakic doesn’t want to destroy a hot streak. Or they’re worse and the value tanks. The only way a trade would’ve made sense is if Duchene was playing great but the team was awful. That was a slim chance.
Duchene isn't getting traded until the 2018 draft at the very earliest so sit tight because it's going to be a while.
Not saying I agree with it; Duchene should have been traded by the 2017 draft but I don't think Sakic will move him in-season.That would be so monumentally stupid. Even Adrian Dater of all people has understood that Duchene has to be moved by the deadline at the latest if we want to get anywhere close to good value.
And if Dater posts an article like that, I have not lost all hope that Sakic knows that as well...