Sorry Mr. Snerrd, but that is not very accurate. Was it not Cam Ward who was invited to the Team Canada Olympic camp, as a potential top 2/3 goalie in the nation, not Bernier, Reimer, or any other of the goalies we want to trade for. Statistically. boasting a .913 save % and 2.39 GAA on a terrible Canes team puts him closer to Hutch numbers than Pav's numbers...Then you ignored the premise of my whole dissertation, which was that we have a window that is this year and next year to win...Our winners and leaders, Ladd, Buff and Frolik could all be gone in this time. Adding a winner, who would easily integrate into our dressing room, at a position which would inspire confidence in our entire team's play (does anyone on these boards think that Pavs inspires confidence in his teammates letting in stinkers, and struggling with rebound control?) reverberates. Really trading for Ward would cost us one year of an inflated salary (which we could probably get the Canes to eat $1 million out of for next year, just to get him off the books), but is there a more important position to invest in? NO. One year with a veteran winning goalie, as we develop our future (Helleybuck and Comrie) to replace him seems like good management. Does anyone see Pavs value appreciating? His extra year of contract will also impede that internal development as I can not see us having Helleybuck and Comrie in the minors for 2 consecutive years. Even next year, it is conceivable that one is loaned to another team, just to ensure playing time...Unless we really want to go with 2 raw goalies to inspire our vets to re-sign here, which was the premise of my whole discourse.
You can say that Rask is not worth Burmi, that is your entitled opinion, but he is a 2 way forward, with junior/AHL/NHL development, who has 5 less points than so called stars (Skinner and Tlusty) on the Canes. 3rd line, 2 way forward, which is likely all Burmi will ever be, so I say apples and oranges. Difference: Rask can contribute this year.
If you think Mc Clement is not a better centre than Slater, you are mistaken. He centred a good 3rd line in St. Louis for many years. Key PKer. Also has that intangible that is missing on this team: playoff experience. That's how I see it, anyways.