News Article: Freidman: Habs-Hawks Attempted Versteeg Deal Falls Through

[Andy]

About the Kris Versteeg situation, Montreal and Chicago were working on something and I heard a fifth-rounder was going to the Blackhawks. Versteeg said he didn’t veto over the lack of an extension. The trade didn’t happen, but I can’t say why with certainty.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-canucks-bieksa-deserves-better/

I posted this as a stand alone thread since perhaps the trade might be re-visited in the future. Also, open to discussions.

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[David Suzuki]

hmmmmm Versteeg has a small cap hit so I think it would have been worth it. If he can put up 15 goals for his cap hit that's solid.

 

[Bergevillain]

So what would our RW corps look like?

Gallagher
Versteeg
PAP
Weise?

Still not exactly the offensive powerhouse I hoped for

 

[ArtPeur]

Haven't they tried to acquire him last year as well, before he was traded to the Hawks?

 

[JayKing]

I don't like Versteeg at all. Hopefully that is the end of that.

 

[Devourers]

I actually do like Versteeg just not for our current lineup. We must be very desperate for a RW if he's the guy we're targeting.

 

[Richiebottles]

For a 5th. Sign me up son !

 

[Le Barron de HF]

Versteeg is in the same mold as PAP and Briere, a guy who leeches off his teammates. **** him.

 

[Le Tricolore]

I actually do like Versteeg just not for our current lineup. We must be very desperate for a RW if he's the guy we're targeting.

If Bergy was looking to get him for a 5th, I assume it's to replace Parenteau, and isn't their #1 target. Mais bon. Je sais pas.

 

[WeThreeKings]

I'd rather just go with Ghetto..

 

[Andy]

Versteeg is in the same mold as PAP and Briere, a guy who leeches off his teammates. **** him.

Yeah, that's my biggest fear with Versteeg is that the Habs are going to get another PAP and Briere scenario. I know MB wants to stay patient and wait for the kids to step in, but at some point, he's gotta find a more stable/talented option on the RW. The habs went from Cole to Ryder to Briere to PAP. Versteeg is more in the cheap, cross your fingers and hope he fits type of mold.

 

[bleuetbio]

Hawks are my team in the west and I seriouisly doubt that Kris could be a solution somewhere in Montreal

 

[Smokey Thompson]

Really? Buying out Parenteau just to replace him with Versteeg at $2m? $2m + $2.6m (Pap buyout) still comes out to roughly the same cap hit.

 

[M.C.G. 31]

I'd rather just go with Ghetto..

Same.

Versteeg played his best hockey with Patrick Kane. We don't have anyone like that on our team. It would be PAP-Briere all over again.

 

[beowulf]

I thought this turned out to be wrong, it was on the trade forum but end up being closed pretty fast as it was debunked by LeBrun or something.

 

[BaseballCoach]

I'd rather just go with Ghetto..

I really don't know what people see in that guy. I saw a player who was a LOT less dedicated to playing three zones than DLR, Bournival or even Thomas.

You would think a guy that is getting his first taste of the NHL would bust his ass and hustle, and I just did not see that. Hemmed in his own zone a lot, last one to get back to the D zone, stuff that a rook has no right to do.

Yes, he got three points in 12 games, but frankly DD showed a lot more in his first 12 NHL games, and before I hear the excuse that Andrighetto was mostly on the bottom lines, DD got 3rd and 4th line duty as well back then.

Hudon might have a better chance of making the NHL than Andrighetto, IMO, unless there is a big attitude change.

 

[Joannie9]

Thank god that didn't happen. We have young forwards as good as Versteeg for half of Versteeg salary. Don't need no 3rd liner. Sharp or Skinner are the guys we need to target.

 

[Milhouse40]

Now the question should be asked....

Was Versteeg a replacement for Parenteau who is now on buyouts waivers

 

[The Nightman]

Versteeg is awful, when it was speculated that Bergevin wasn't interested in Versteeg after the rumor that he "nixed" a trade to Montreal was debunked, we had all the management apologist banging their chest and getting all up in arms because some were saying it was a "typical Bergevin move". Versteeg is not the answer to our problems, not even part of it.

 

[OneSharpMarble]

We shop at the dollar store for our top 6.

 

[WeThreeKings]

Versteeg is awful, when it was speculated that Bergevin wasn't interested in Versteeg after the rumor that he "nixed" a trade to Montreal was debunked, we had all the management apologist banging their chest and getting all up in arms because some were saying it was a "typical Bergevin move". Versteeg is not the answer to our problems, not even part of it.

Still better than the inevitable overpayment for future buy-out candidate Matt Beleskey.

 

[TT1]

i hope PAP was included in the deal, if not Bergy has lost his goddamn mind

 

[Wats]

Versteeg for a 5th? I'd take that in heartbeat.

 

[Joannie9]

Still better than the inevitable overpayment for future buy-out candidate Matt Beleskey.

The team who will offer him 5 millions + will immediately regret their decision. Let's hope it won't be the habs. The guy has a career high of 32 points...

 

[Joannie9]

i hope PAP was included in the deal, if not Bergy has lost his goddamn mind

No way. Hawks are in cap hell.