Confirmed Trade: [CAR/OTT] Max Lajoie for Clark Bishop

[SenzZen]

 

[sandybridge]

No, not seriously of course lol.

Haha, I figured it was in jest.

 

[swiftwin]

He probably does. Sens hate skill, Mike Haley made the big squad clearly better than Balcers. So now the AHL team needs a tough guy I guess, because they are so hard to get. Ya know because Gudbranson, Watson and Josh Brown were incapable of filling that role.

Which one is it? I thought it was that the Sens hated hard working players because they kept Galchenyk over Balcers?

Make up your mind.

 

[Yog S'loth]

Who are two guys that have never been in my kitchen?

 

[SpezDispenser]

Lajoie fell off a cliff, climbed back up and fell off again. He had zero chance in the Sens organization. Probably be a decent AHLer for Carolina though.

 

[malcb33]

I like Bishop even though he has limited upside. Really hard worker and solid defensively

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

What is the point of these types of trades? they do nothing for the roster

 

[Mrfenn92]

What is the point of these types of trades? they do nothing for the roster

It’s a Ahl level deal basically. And also helping out the traded players to go elsewhere where maybe they stand to have a better chance.

 

[FunkySeeFunkyDoo]

Lajoie can play in the NHL eventually.

Sens soured on him, but he's still young and I wouldn't be surprised to see him make the Canes sometime in the next couple years.

 

[swiftwin]

I remember when Lajoie the Calder favorite and was scoring goals at the same rate at Elias Pettersson.

...for the first week of the 2018 season

 

[swiftwin]

It’s a Ahl level deal basically. And also helping out the traded players to go elsewhere where maybe they stand to have a better chance.

Pretty much this. Fans tend to forget that these players are people. If someone like Lajoie has a small chance of becoming an NHL player, but there's a total log jam, why not trade him for a different type of player you might need at the AHL level.

 

[Toronto makebeleifs]

I always saw bishop with mangiapane like upside. Might still get there, who knows

 

[Mrfenn92]

Pretty much this. Fans tend to forget that these players are people. If someone like Lajoie has a small chance of becoming an NHL player, but there's a total log jam, why not trade him for a different type of player you might need at the AHL level.

Agreed

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Clark Bishop sounds like an old government official. I don't believe he's an actual hockey player.

No one with a name like that has a future in the NHL

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

I like this trade for Carolina. Lajoie can be placed on the taxi squad if Forsling makes the Panthers, and if he doesn't, then Carolina can re-claim him for the taxi squad and assign Lajoie to Chicago, where he's still young enough to develop his game more.

As for Bishop, he's a very good penalty killer in the AHL, and on a bad NHL team, I could see him becoming a solid, defensively-minded 4C. He's always had good possession metrics in both the NHL and AHL, as well, so take that for what it is.

 

[HisIceness]

He was instrumental in the Calder win with shorties and the PK

Charlotte Checkers 4 life

He isn't afraid of scoring dirty goals

 

[namttebih]

I have honestly never heard of either. Going completely off of DB and Elite, this looks to be a completely fair trade?

 

[LEAFANFORLIFE23]

It’s a Ahl level deal basically. And also helping out the traded players to go elsewhere where maybe they stand to have a better chance.

I get that it's an an AHL deal i'm saying it's pointless because neither guy has any chance to impact the teams

 

[sticker76]

Lots of analysis for two AHL guys. They are both tweeners and will be depth more than anything else. This was not to improve either organization. From what I've been told, and I know someone who covers the Hurricanes, Bishop had asked for a trade, with Geekie impressing the club and likely making it as their 12th/13th forward, it put Bishop further down. Bishop is what many have stated, hard working, speedy, PK kind of guy that had no slot on the roster, so the Canes tried to give him an opportunity elsewhere. That's it, nothing more than that. I don't think this will affect roster spots or taxi squad at all. It could but won't affect the guys on the ice or salaries too much.

 

[SensFactor]

Oh I laughed and laughed

 

[Mrfenn92]

I get that it's an an AHL deal i'm saying it's pointless because neither guy has any chance to impact the teams

They’ll impact the Ahl teams
Don’t know what to say, majority of moves made by nhl teams are in general moves that offer no impact.

 

[bert]

Which one is it? I thought it was that the Sens hated hard working players because they kept Galchenyk over Balcers?

Make up your mind.

Never said that your reading comprehension is at an all time low today. This is your move eh just make things up to try and discredit people. There is a quote option if you want to use it. Its pretty usefull.

 

[bert]

Clark Bishop isn't a 'tough guy' by any means. He is a hard-working speedy penalty killer with limited skill. I know that the Sens' have that in abundance, but this trade is a lateral move.

Not really, one player has the potential to play in the league the other doesnt. Lajoie, just needs to get stronger and is on a much longer development curve. He has shown he has the skill and hockey sense to play in the league the other player doesnt. I dont understand why people blindly defend this organization when they have been so piss poor basically for decisions like this. Burning asset is burning an asset they add up.

 

[spockBokk]

What is the point of these types of trades? they do nothing for the roster

Canes lose Forsling to waivers, Canes have a surplus of replacement level forwards and not that much defensive depth at the minor league level. Trade makes perfect sense for the Canes

 

[PettersonHughes]

Excited for the analysis on how this will save Melnyk $37.52...

If he's Catholic, he can go to online confession and say "forgive me, I may have screwed up my team earlier, but now I have a Bishop on the roster".