Speculation: 2014 Offseason - Roster Building / Trade Speculation Thread VI

[Fugazy]

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[Thirty One]

Go get Ehrhoff, pls

 

[Raspewtin]

Erhoff is a very good defenseman. He has been playing above his head since he signed in Buffalo. Previous relationship with AV. Very good PP player and very good mobility. Easily a top-3 defenseman on almost every team.

I'd sign him right away. He fits this system and fills the need of an offensive defenseman in one shot. He is a LD but can play either side.

If the options are Boyle for 5 million per for 2 years, Stralman for 5 million for 5 or Ehrhoff for 5 million for 5, I choose Ehrhoff.

Hell I'd probably try and sign both Stralman AND Ehrhoff and pair them together. Both skate well and fit this system to a 'T'

Thissss. Would be GOAT second pairing.

 

[NYR Viper]

Thissss. Would be GOAT second pairing.

Now that I think about it, I might even lean towards pairing Ehrhoff with Girardi and McDonagh with Stralman. Either way, sign those 2 guys, they fit the system. Puck movers with very good mobility. Use Staal as the piece to bring in help at forward.

 

[Raspewtin]

Now that I think about it, I might even lean towards pairing Ehrhoff with Girardi and McDonagh with Stralman. Either way, sign those 2 guys, they fit the system. Puck movers with very good mobility. Use Staal as the piece to bring in help at forward.

That I'm not in favor of.

We could also get something good for Staal without taking a hit.

 

[Zuccarello Awesome*]

Now that I think about it, I might even lean towards pairing Ehrhoff with Girardi and McDonagh with Stralman. Either way, sign those 2 guys, they fit the system. Puck movers with very good mobility. Use Staal as the piece to bring in help at forward.

Unless Staal is somehow bringing in forward help on an ELC, or Brassard is out, there's not enough room to bring in more than 8 million.

 

[Thirty One]

Offer Ehrhoff this:

 

[Zuccarello Awesome*]

Ehrhoff isn't the answer.

He's another LD.

He could replace Staal I suppose, but he makes roughly the same as Staal does, and Stralman is set to make 4-5 mil per season.

If Staal is traded, and Ehrhoff is brought in, a cheaper alternative to Stralman (Fayne?) would become necessary to stay under the cap ceiling.


Trading Staal and having both Ehrhoff and Stralman on the team saves no cap-space, so where's the $ coming from to pay the forward Staal brings back?


edit: didn't see that Ehrhoff was bought out. Still not sure I don't see him getting a similar contract from another team considering the current market climate for top-4 D.

 

[Raspewtin]

Offer Ehrhoff this:

Absolutely in favor of this.

Sothor pls.

 

[Thirty One]

Ehrhoff isn't the answer.

He's another LD.

He could replace Staal I suppose, but he makes roughly the same as Staal does, and Stralman is set to make 4-5 mil per season.

If Staal is traded, and Ehrhoff is brought in, a cheaper alternative to Stralman (Fayne?) would become necessary to stay under the cap ceiling.

Ehrhoff plays RD

 

[Raspewtin]

Ehrhoff isn't the answer.

He's another LD.

He could replace Staal I suppose, but he makes roughly the same as Staal does, and Stralman is set to make 4-5 mil per season.

If Staal is traded, and Ehrhoff is brought in, a cheaper alternative to Stralman (Fayne?) would become necessary to stay under the cap ceiling.

He is the answer to a degree.

He's about a billion times better than Staal offensively and with the puck, he has excelled in puck possession, all things this team needs on the defensive end. And he'd cost about the same.

 

[Fugazy]

Absolutely in favor of this.

Sothor pls.

 

[Raspewtin]

Ehrhoff plays RD

Wot. I always though he was a LD.

 

[Thirty One]

Wot. I always though he was a LD.

He plays RD.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

God yes to Ehrhoff, he's exactly what we need.

 

[Vitto79]

He plays RD.

If he plays rd add him to this list if Stralman replacements for sure

 

[Elevate]

Kreider / Stepan / Nash
Hagelin / Miller / St. Louis
x / Brassard / Zuccarello
Carcillo / Moore / Fast

McDonagh / Girardi
Ehrhoff / Strålman
Moore / Klein

Lundqvist
Talbot

Leaves about 3.5M left to fill x, 13th forward and 7th d-man.

 

[Thirty One]

If he plays rd add him to this list if Stralman replacements for sure

He was already on the list

 

[Elevate]

He plays RD.

No, the pairing was Ehrhoff - Ristolainen for the last part of the season?

 

[Thirty One]

No, the pairing was Ehrhoff - Ristolainen for the last part of the season?

He can play both which makes him more attractive, but he's plays mostly RD in his career.

 

[Vitto79]

He was already on the list

When he was bought out today? Yea he was

 

[Leetch3]

Kreider / Stepan / Nash
Hagelin / Miller / St. Louis
x / Brassard / Zuccarello
Carcillo / Moore / Fast

McDonagh / Girardi
Ehrhoff / Strålman
Moore / Klein

Lundqvist
Talbot

Leaves about 3.5M left to fill x, 13th forward and 7th d-man.

are you trading staal for draft picks?

 

[NYRBK]

Ehrhoff plays RD

I was just watching a bunch of his highlights and plays, yeah this guy is a left shot that plays RD. So I'll second ya with this!

 

[Elevate]

are you trading staal for draft picks?

Yes, since we are already pretty low on that commodity. If he's traded for a C we'd have to make cuts elsewhere.

 

[Tawnos]

Ehrhoff's presence on the market should drive down Stralman's price some.