Speculation: Offseason thread #8 Trades Ahoy!!! But not the Rangers...

[offdacrossbar]

Wow....

weirdos

he doesnt leave. he's 27 and a local kid.

you work out a deal.

staal gone girardi gone or bought out.

makes too much sense and he's too good a player that addresses needs

and i disagree, with mcdonagh as his mate, that would be a great 1st pairing.

i absolutely love

mcd shatty
skjei kleiner

top 2 pairs.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Holy ****, Radulov to the Habbies.

 

[Gardner McKay]

What's everyone's opinion on Ekblad's contract?

Too soon for that much money and that much term. If it was me I would have given it one more year before throwing out that type of deal. It isn't THAT terrible as he is an absolute stud but still.

 

[darko]

Wow....

Get out of my head haha.

 

[Trxjw]

The Habs are such a freaking mess.

 

[darko]

Holy ****, Radulov to the Habbies.

Instead of 9th now they'll finish 7th.

 

[chosen]

This I truly believe!

No one makes a trade unless they think it helps them. No one makes a trade thinking I would rather help Team A than Team B.

The only thing similar to this line of thinking is moving a player out of your conference so he doesn't look great against you.

 

[Beer League Sniper]

Not arguing that it's a bad deal, just saying he could ave gotten more

This is pretty much how I felt about the Girardi deal at the time. Lesson learned.

 

[Off Sides]

I enjoy Montreal being a mess, one of the non division rivals I really just don't like.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Okay, here's the thing Montreal.

You can trade PK ****ing Norris winner Subban because of "character issues", but signing Radulov is perfectly fine?

Brilliant.

 

[darko]

I enjoy Montreal being a mess, one of the non division rivals I really just don't like.

It's because of their fans. They are unbearable.

 

[darko]

Okay, here's the thing Montreal.

You can trade PK ****ing Norris winner Subban because of "character issues", but signing Radulov is perfectly fine?

Brilliant.

Radulov doesn't do anywhere near as much charity work as PK.

 

[Cyclones21]

I hope Ladd's deal is crippling FCK!

 

[Tawnos]

Okay, here's the thing Montreal.

You can trade PK ****ing Norris winner Subban because of "character issues", but signing Radulov is perfectly fine?

Brilliant.

Maybe the PK trade was never about character issues?

 

[Off Sides]

It's because of their fans. They are unbearable.

Yes, I have been to the city, it's quite awesome, but their fans when it comes to hockey, they are just super egotistical.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Maybe the PK trade was never about character issues?

If it wasn't, then it makes no god damn sense. Everything that's been said about the trade seems to point to it being about more than wanting to trade Subban for Weber.

 

[darko]

Maybe the PK trade was never about character issues?

Then it doesn't make sense to trade him.

 

[Levitate]

Is that Yost account actually legit

 

[Irishguy42]

Is that Yost account actually legit

Yes, that is the account of Travis Yost.

 

[Tawnos]

If it wasn't, then it makes no god damn sense. Everything that's been said about the trade seems to point to it being about more than wanting to trade Subban for Weber.

I don't consider an inability to get along with a person to be a character issue. Sometimes people just don't get along.

And besides, that's all speculation anyway. It's not like they dealt Subban for futures or low return. They got a #1 D back. Maybe it was about changing the look of their team?

 

[Leetch3]

What's everyone's opinion on Ekblad's contract?

I'm really not a fan of teams handing out huge contracts to guys coming off ELC instead of using bridge deals during the VERY small window that teams actually have leverage and can control cost because it drives up and inflates the salaries of everyone else...

but ekblad is an absolute stud and is one of the guys you can understand making an exception like this

 

[darko]

weirdos

he doesnt leave. he's 27 and a local kid.

you work out a deal.

staal gone girardi gone or bought out.

makes too much sense and he's too good a player that addresses needs

and i disagree, with mcdonagh as his mate, that would be a great 1st pairing.

i absolutely love

mcd shatty
skjei kleiner

top 2 pairs.

But the potential of him leaving for nothing is still there and I don't like it. Not a fan at all.

 

[NYR Viper]

I'm not seeing a true source confirm Radulov

 

[McDonagh]

Is that Yost account actually legit

Yes, I'm not sure how reliable he is for reporting transactions haven't seen anything like that from him before.

 

[rangers1314]

I'm not seeing a true source confirm Radulov

Yost is pretty legit, no?