I really wish there was some clause stipulating Benning couldn't trade with his former boss/team.
Cheering for Prairie Jim to pull out his first win!
Here's to hoping he won't trade for scrubs like Keith Ballard and David Booth and have them eating up huge chunks of the salary cap while doing absolutely nothing . He wouldn't be THAT stupid would he ?
Here's to hoping he won't trade for scrubs like Keith Ballard and David Booth and have them eating up huge chunks of the salary cap while doing absolutely nothing . He wouldn't be THAT stupid would he ?
I really wish there was some clause stipulating Benning couldn't trade with his former boss/team.
trader jim is bad at trading
Wouldn't mind Adam McQuaid on our D to shore up that 3rd pairing.
Edler-Tanev
Hamhuis-Bieksa
Sbisa-McQuaid
Stanton-Corrado
Here's to hoping he won't trade for scrubs like Keith Ballard and David Booth and have them eating up huge chunks of the salary cap while doing absolutely nothing . He wouldn't be THAT stupid would he ?
There should have been a clause forbidding Gillis from trading with Florida!
Dale Tallon must have rubbed his hands with glee every time he saw Gillis' number on his cell phone.
Here's to hoping he won't trade for scrubs like Keith Ballard and David Booth and have them eating up huge chunks of the salary cap while doing absolutely nothing . He wouldn't be THAT stupid would he ?
It's hilarious. Florida literally got nothing out of either the Booth trade or the Ballard trade and they were both solid deals at the time they were made, they didn't work out, I think everyone can agree to that, but the idea we somehow got fleeced is pretty laughable.
You could rationalize both those trades at the time they went down quite easily, and I can bet most people on this forum applauded both.
Booth was one of the most common names to come up in the armchair thread for about 3 years preceding that deal. Nobody will admit to that now though.
It's hilarious. Florida literally got nothing out of either the Booth trade or the Ballard trade and they were both solid deals at the time they were made, they didn't work out, I think everyone can agree to that, but the idea we somehow got fleeced is pretty laughable.
You could rationalize both those trades at the time they went down quite easily, and I can bet most people on this forum applauded both.
Booth was one of the most common names to come up in the armchair thread for about 3 years preceding that deal. Nobody will admit to that now though.
There was a real need for insurance in that case given that Edler was the only defenseman signed at that point for longer than one season. Plan wasn't flawed...execution was (horribly wrong player was chosen).The 'insurance defenceman'
Yeah, he should've had him bought out. Booth unfortunately was injured (big surprise lol) to prevent an earlier buyout.Once you realize that your coach isn't going to play Ballard, or that Booth is a shadow of the player you thought you were getting, you need to do something about it.
The post 2011 team was poised to win, but desperately needed an injection of talent. Gillis sat on his hands and watched the thing burn.
It's hilarious. Florida literally got nothing out of either the Booth trade or the Ballard trade and they were both solid deals at the time they were made, they didn't work out, I think everyone can agree to that, but the idea we somehow got fleeced is pretty laughable.
You could rationalize both those trades at the time they went down quite easily, and I can bet most people on this forum applauded both.
Booth was one of the most common names to come up in the armchair thread for about 3 years preceding that deal. Nobody will admit to that now though.
The problem wasn't so much the trades, it was the $9 million in dead cap space that Gillis refused to do anything about.
Once you realize that your coach isn't going to play Ballard, or that Booth is a shadow of the player you thought you were getting, you need to do something about it.
The post 2011 team was poised to win, but desperately needed an injection of talent. Gillis sat on his hands and watched the thing burn.
The Booth trade was called a win for Van by pretty much everyone at the time. I remember reading the trade thread on here and the main boards at 2am in Sweden when it happened while I was pulling an all nighter for an exam. Even our most hated rivals thought it was a big win for us. I'm sure some of Benning's moves will look even worse with the gift of hindsight.