Love to see ror on our team, but don't love the Avs asking price or ror contract demands.
We need more top end talent (all areas) on this team.
I think Buff and Ladd are very highly looked at in the Jets room and by management and owner , one thing about Chipman is he is very loyal , hence giving Noel the head coaching job when Noel was not a NHL caliber coach . If i had to bet , i think Buff and Ladd are going to both get signed long term .
Love to see ror on our team, but don't love the Avs asking price or ror contract demands.
We need more top end talent (all areas) on this team.
Agreed. I'd love to have ROR as well. Either as a C with Little on the wing, or vice versa.
But also agree that I wouldn't want to give up a boatload of assets for him, especially if he's also wanting a contract north of 6.5 million (guess).
Do you think the Jets sign Brad Richards?
Would be a good idea in my opinion.
Agreed.
Paul has went on record stating he liked ror and that's he's a good player (played for Paul inEurope).
But the Avs won't let him go cheap and ror agent is a money grabbing........agent.
We would have offer the Avs a good hockey trade to get their attention and then pay ror full on Ufa top dollar. I shudder at those two costs.
But he would great in our top 6.
Buff for ROR?
I think I poohed on that suggestion when someone else made it but there is a certain logic. Both are entering their last year before UFA and both will be expensive to sign.
I think both teams would want to be allowed to negotiate before agreeing to the trade.
In the last days, with the Detroit rumors going on, I had some weird fantasy of a three-way trade:
WPG: O'Reilly
DET: Byfuglien
COL: Mantha; defense (Quincey? Ouellet?); stuff
Balance it out.
Buff for ROR?
I think I poohed on that suggestion when someone else made it but there is a certain logic. Both are entering their last year before UFA and both will be expensive to sign.
I think both teams would want to be allowed to negotiate before agreeing to the trade.
I think it's highly unlikely that the Jets trade Ladd. I expect he'll get a contract extension.
On balance, I think they should trade Buff, but I won't be surprised if they also give him an extension with the plan to play him on LD.
If they do trade Buff, then I don't see the need to do that on the draft floor. As I've noted before, draft picks are over-valued at the draft. Maybe the occasion would allow for a trade of good young players and prospects for Buff, but if they use Buff to get a first round pick I don't think they are likely to be getting enough in return.
Depending on what we have to add I might consider that deal. Buff being older we would likely have to add something. Plus I think the Avs ideally want a LHD guy not RHD.
I was saying a Buff trade on or before draft day, as I think there will be a fair amount of player movement very soon. Also throwing in picks either way might be a way to get a deal done. But it is appearing that Chevy will be working to re-sign Buff I'm just hoping it is something that doesn't come back to haunt us in a few years. Maybe $28-30 M over 4 years gets it done?