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Hard no on Lucic for OEL.
Keep him. Strip the C. See how he does with a new coach.
Keep him. Strip the C. See how he does with a new coach.
Dang I really like this. Make it happen rt.Would be more like OEL and Phil(50%) for JvR and Ghost.
Not a f***ing chance. That’s a fanboy trade. OEL needs to move for some value back. This is not addition by subtraction. Lucic is a stiff. OEL plays, just not up to our expectations.
I think you don’t know what fanboy is. Check a mirror. Lol.Not a f***ing chance. That’s a fanboy trade. OEL needs to move for some value back. This is not addition by subtraction. Lucic is a stiff. OEL plays, just not up to our expectations.
Lucic has a paid signing bonus and only two years. It could be Gerald Diduck or Bob Corkum on the same deal and I’d accept.I would not do that trade. OEL may not be anything near what he used to be, but neither is Lucic, and diminished returns for the former are way more valuable to us than the diminished returns of the latter.
Not a chance. Lucic has a NTC and he won't waive it to come to this shit show anyway.Quick Poll:
In this hypothetical situation, you know that the ONLY trade offer you will receive for OEL at any point this off-season is Milan Lucic for OEL, straight-up. Do you do it?
YES or NO
Me? I’m doing it.
I would not do that trade. OEL may not be anything near what he used to be, but neither is Lucic, and diminished returns for the former are way more valuable to us than the diminished returns of the latter.
The $8m cash saved in the first year is just the start and will get you one or two nice players on top of Lucic.
But in reality it will just be 2-3 more 4th line player like Larsson or Pitlick. Remember when everyone thought we were turning Stepan's cap hit into a more valuable player and then ended up with a half price shell of a Brassard?
More concerned about this Bunting FA shit than anything to do with OEL I sincerely hope he doesn't test FA because if he does I can't think of a way he comes back to us.
Except, maybe, a team that currently doesn't have a roster. Are there going to be enough decent forwards to expose? I still think Bunting ends up in Seattle.I don’t think any team offers more than we do honestly. Go out, find your value, and bring it back to BA. I don’t see Bunting leaving to be honest. Not many teams will give him term or a high salary based off 20 games in the NHL.
I could see a team with high end talent giving him a one way and trying him higher in lineup, no real risk for team. If Bunting succeeds he turns it into higher contract next time. Think Oilers and playing with one of the 2 centers kinda thing.I don’t think any team offers more than we do honestly. Go out, find your value, and bring it back to BA. I don’t see Bunting leaving to be honest. Not many teams will give him term or a high salary based off 20 games in the NHL.
I see Bunting going home to Toronto as the replacement for Hyman. He gets to play on Matthews wing.I could see a team with high end talent giving him a one way and trying him higher in lineup, no real risk for team. If Bunting succeeds he turns it into higher contract next time. Think Oilers and playing with one of the 2 centers kinda thing.
It's better for you to write that one!!! he does have a unique opportunity to get a one way and possibly parlay that into bigger opportunity. Even Tampa might be in the market for cheaper help.I see Bunting going home to Toronto as the replacement for Hyman. He gets to play on Matthews wing.
I don't really follow your logic. If other teams want Bunting more than Bill does then they'll do what it takes to get him.I don’t think any team offers more than we do honestly. Go out, find your value, and bring it back to BA. I don’t see Bunting leaving to be honest. Not many teams will give him term or a high salary based off 20 games in the NHL.
Agent spouting off again. The Coyotes I would think value him more than other teams, and let's be honest, he has pretty much got a spot for himself on the Yotes where he will get more TOI than anywhere else because of our talent.I don’t think any team offers more than we do honestly. Go out, find your value, and bring it back to BA. I don’t see Bunting leaving to be honest. Not many teams will give him term or a high salary based off 20 games in the NHL.
Maybe, but other organizations also have players on their farm team that may be able to fill that role. Let's not forget that Bunting didn't do anything on team Canada, as least what I have read, and he could still bomb out at the NHL level. This is no sure thing and I wouldn't open the wallet for him.I could see a team with high end talent giving him a one way and trying him higher in lineup, no real risk for team. If Bunting succeeds he turns it into higher contract next time. Think Oilers and playing with one of the 2 centers kinda thing.
He does every year.FWIW, in Friedman's latest 32 Thoughts, he says that Christian Dvorak is generating a lot of league-wide interest.
Except, maybe, a team that currently doesn't have a roster. Are there going to be enough decent forwards to expose? I still think Bunting ends up in Seattle.