Rumor: Ekblad available

[Givememoneyback]

but Lucic has cups - JH is slow footed and has poor hockey IQ

If poor hockey IQ makes a player a great passer/playmaker, I'm not sure what you mean by hockey IQ

 

[TheUltimateOiler]

Maybe Laine for Ekblad as a base.
The Panthers would then need to sign a good defenseman and trade away JH.

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

Scheifele for Ekblad.

 

[Fatass]

Scheifele for Ekblad.

That’s a very fair trade, but who plays centre for the Jets?

 

[TheImpatientPanther]

That’s a very fair trade, but who plays centre for the Jets?

Who plays top pairing RD for Panthers?

Hopefully people understand we can't trade Ekblad as we have no replacement just like Scheifele for the Jets.

 

[Fatass]

Who plays top pairing RD for Panthers?

Hopefully people understand we can't trade Ekblad as we have no replacement just like Scheifele for the Jets.

Panthers trade Ekblad for Scheifele and then sign Pietrangelo. They would be cookin’ for sure then.

 

[elitepete]

Boeser+Rathbone+Hoglander for Ekblad?

 

[Beezeral]

Boeser+Rathbone+Hoglander for Ekblad?

For like the 20th time, no

 

[Beezeral]

Ekblad for Laine and Sami Niku.

I feel like you throw this exact same offer out there every few pages hoping someone bites. Niku is not some super attractive asset. He’s just a guy you throw into a deal

 

[violaswallet]

I feel like you throw this exact same offer out there every few pages hoping someone bites. Niku is not some super attractive asset. He’s just a guy you throw into a deal

Has anyone offered Laine or Marner straight up recently?

 

[GreatSaveEssensa]

I feel like you throw this exact same offer out there every few pages hoping someone bites. Niku is not some super attractive asset. He’s just a guy you throw into a deal

I proposed it once a few weeks ago but thanks for noticing me. And yes, that is exactly why I threw him in. We’re u under the impression he was the main piece? He can be changed out if you would like.

 

[violaswallet]

I proposed it once a few weeks ago but thanks for noticing me. And yes, that is exactly why I threw him in. We’re u under the impression he was the main piece? He can be changed out if you would like.

No interest. If it wasn't you, this are other people that suggest this trade package.

Laine is not a reasonable main piece for Ekblad. He is a great goal-scoring winger of course and any team would love to have him; however, Ekblad is more valuable, in particular for a team like forward that has major defensive issues

 

[BatVader]

Best I’d do is Laine + Pionk for Ekblad + Tippett

 

[VictoriaJetsFan]

This was already speculated/confirmed by Friedman

He says Florida is under order to shed money from the backend

Ekblad/Matheson/Yandle/ Stralman

He said the other 3 contracts are untradable and that Ekblad will be the most likely candidate.


let the bidding begin.


I'll start, can anyone beat:

Boeser, 2022 non protected 1st, Nils Hoglander, Jett Woo

for

Ekblad

Fla was very weak on the back end before they traded Matheson...now they want to trade Ekblad..who is giving this direction? An insane person?

 

[Petes2424]

Scheifele for Ekblad.

if you had another Ekblad, sure. If not, and the Panthers don’t, they just become the Jets. A team desperate for a top pairing player. Now, if they signed Pietrangelo they could do it. I don’t even think you give a second thought to the age difference. You just made yourself a legit contender. Without signing AP, you just can’t trade Ekblad.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

but Lucic has cups - JH is slow footed and has poor hockey IQ

Oh god dude. Stop talking.

 

[Beezeral]

Best I’d do is Laine + Pionk for Ekblad + Tippett

Not close

 

[Fatass]

Has anyone offered Laine or Marner straight up recently?

This sounds fair value, but isn’t that just a sideways move for both teams?

 

[13pacheco31]

This sounds fair value, but isn’t that just a sideways move for both teams?

Not really, it just costs Florida more money which would defeat the purpose

 

[Number1RedWingsFan52]

Boeser+Rathbone+Hoglander for Ekblad?

How about NO.

 

[TOGuy14]

Not really, it just costs Florida more money which would defeat the purpose

No it doesn't.

I said it a few pages back, but Marner's contract is heavily front loaded so after his bonus this summer he is only owed 35M over the next 5 seasons, or 7M AAV.

Him and Ekblad are owed the exact same amount of cash the next five years

 

[13pacheco31]

No it doesn't.

I said it a few pages back, but Marner's contract is heavily front loaded so after his bonus this summer he is only owed 35M over the next 5 seasons, or 7M AAV.

Him and Ekblad are owed the exact same amount of cash the next five years

So it's a lateral move at best for them on top of the fact that marners salary is almost entirely signing bonuses so they'd have to pay 7m up front every summer. Doesn't make much sense for Florida.

Also Ekblad makes 4m less in real dollars in his last 3 years than marner

 

[violaswallet]

This sounds fair value, but isn’t that just a sideways move for both teams?

I was joking lucky larry

THis thread is alive because a few bases are proposing the same trades that make no sense for Florida

 

[NYRFANMANI]

Boeser+Rathbone+Hoglander for Ekblad?

This has to be trolling, right?

 

[Fatass]

No it doesn't.

I said it a few pages back, but Marner's contract is heavily front loaded so after his bonus this summer he is only owed 35M over the next 5 seasons, or 7M AAV.

Him and Ekblad are owed the exact same amount of cash the next five years

Marner has the 11 million dollar cap hit though. That’s the biggest issue in moving him. Imo MM is a great player. He drives offence, and is excellent on the PK. But at 11 million per in this Covid flat cap era, that’s a tough contract to move without some salary retention, or taking back equal contracts to balance the cap. So I could see Ekblad for MM, but the Leafs retain 2 mil on Marner, or they take a dead 3 million dollar contract in addition to AE. Neither of those are happening. A trade like MM for Doughty is a far more doable deal for the Leafs.