Eklund Rumor: Canucks making play for Paul Byron

[Braeden]

http://www.hockeybuzz.com/blog.php?post_id=85316&blogger_id=1


Montreal needs C and Vancouver would love to hand over Brandon Sutter.


Sutter for Byron?

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[danyhabsfan]

I wouldn't be against the idea of trading Byron while his value is at the highest but not for Sutter.

 

[Braeden]

I wouldn't be against the idea of trading Byron while his value is at the highest but not for Sutter.

What would the ideal return be? He's 28, same age as Sutter.

 

[Redline]

Can't see Sutter being the return for Byron. he's too expensive.

 

[Baksfamous112]

Close the thread already. Montreal is going to be tight against the cap for the next two years and a guy like Byron (Killing penalty & being a 20 goal scorer) at 1m/year for another two year is something Montreal can't afford to lose.

The return would need to be of similar cap hit/point produced last year.

 

[tylerjohnson2626]

I worry about these acquisitions. Guys with one solid year make me wonder if it was a coming out party? Or strictly situational where the opportunities were there and might be tough to replicate?

 

[MXD]

Montreal absolutely doesn't need a Center of the caliber of Brandon Sutter.

 

[tantalum]

Montreal absolutely doesn't need a Center of the caliber of Brandon Sutter.

But he's "foundational"!!

 

[Captain97]

I'm going to guess no given byron teamvalue/$, it would be hard to take him from the habs. Also he is basically french (from same town as julien) so management won't want to move him.

 

[Captain97]

Also Eklund

 

[Braeden]

I'm going to guess no given byron teamvalue/$, it would be hard to take him from the habs. Also he is basically french (from same town as julien) so management won't want to move him.

We've seen stranger things happen, like Subban for Weber.

 

[Captain97]

We've seen stranger things happen, like Subban for Weber.

This would be weirder in my mind Subban for weber made cp space, Also sutter put up less pts then byron last year and cost 4 times as much.

 

[BLNY]

I wouldn't be against the idea of trading Byron while his value is at the highest but not for Sutter.

Pretty much as I see it.

 

[biturbo19]

Not that Byron would be a bad player to acquire for the Canucks per se...but it's such a random alleged "target". Doesn't really make any sense other than the fact he's a good, useful player. Why do the Canucks specifically need a tiny 28 year old winger coming off a career year?

Not to mention, that cheap contract is surely a lot more valuable to a team like Montreal than it would be to a team in Vancouver's situation.

 

[Captain97]

Not that Byron would be a bad player to acquire for the Canucks per se...but it's such a random alleged "target". Doesn't really make any sense other than the fact he's a good, useful player. Why do the Canucks specifically need a tiny 28 year old winger coming off a career year?

Not to mention, that cheap contract is surely a lot more valuable to a team like Montreal than it would be to a team in Vancouver's situation.

That's what I'm saying he has a cap hit of 1.1 mill even if he regressed 7 goals hell still get 15 at that cap, u need those caphits to contend

 

[Skobel24]

What would the ideal return be? He's 28, same age as Sutter.

Except he's better, more useful, and much cheaper than Sutter.

Byron is a tenacious player. He's 5'8 but plays like he's 6'4. Amazing penalty killer, and one of the fastest skaters in the league. I would kill to have him back on the Flames. I'd value him to the Habs the same way Anaheim values Cogliano. He would not come cheap, especially after a career year.

 

[Maukkis]

How much of Byron's production comes down to the opportunities he got in Montreal?

 

[danyhabsfan]

How much of Byron's production comes down to the opportunities he got in Montreal?

I think his production will go down a but this year.


15 goals and 30 points

 

[Aceboogie]

Paul Byron shot 23.75% (2nd in league) and had over 9.6% on ice shooting%. MB would be incredibly smart to sell him high and Benning would be incredibly stupid to buy him high

 

[Captain97]

Paul Byron shot 23.75% (2nd in league) and had over 9.6% on ice shooting%. MB would be incredibly smart to sell him high and Benning would be incredibly stupid to buy him high

The reason for that is basically all his shot attempts are breakaways

 

[Frozenice]

Paul Byron shot 23.75% (2nd in league) and had over 9.6% on ice shooting%. MB would be incredibly smart to sell him high and Benning would be incredibly stupid to buy him high

How many breakaways did Byron have last year and how many goals did he score on them? If you take out both of those from the percentages he's probably a normal %'s kind of guy and I don't see any reason he can't have a lot of breakaways for the next couple of years.

 

[caley]

I remember when Monteral grabbed him off of waivers, someone on here posted a sped-up GIF of a monkey skating around the ice (Presumably from one of those Most Valuable Primate-type movies) and said it was practice footage of Paul Byron (Based on size, not anything else) and it was easily one of the top 10 funniest posts on HF ever.

 

[Benstheman]

Byron + Shaw for Edler.

 

[Zip15]

So far he's had rumors about Buffalo and Boston, and now Calgary and Montreal. Can't say the guy doesn't know where his bread is buttered.

 

[Cogburn]

Byron + Shaw for Edler.

Not terrible, but NMC aside I think we'd want to collect picks and prospects over wingers, which we have in abundance.