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Part 1: http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1611381
LET'S MAKE A DEAL - I think I'll take what's behind the curtain, Monty.
It is that time of year again when we find out who are buyers, who are sellers and who stands pat.
And the sports channels go into mind numbing detail, like the pizza that has been ordered in for the talking heads while they wait for the first trade. Riveting stuff.
The TSN Trade Centre is up and running with a nifty countdown clock. On March 5, 2014 they begin their continuous coverage at 5am PST "Live on TSN, TSN.ca and TSN Radio". For a live show traditionally it has been pretty dead, eh?
There are a number of articles, a list of who may be in play, a trade tracker, etc, at the website.
A primer on the two conferences:
NHL Trade Deadline Playbook: Western Conference
NHL Trade Deadline Playbook: Western Conference
What do the prognosticators at TSN have to say about YOUR VANCOUVER CANUCKS?
And here are twitter feeds for the TSN personalities:
http://www.tsn.ca/twitter/
And over at Sportsnet, Rogers pulls out the big guns and if the past is any indication fires blanks.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/events/nhl-trade-deadline/
You can even vote on who won a trade... Yowzers!!!
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-trades/trade-tracker/
So who won the trade between CBJ and the Bruins? The Blew Jackets acquired Carter Camper and sent Blake Parlett to Beantown.
And in a never before heard rumour the Canucks are looking for someone to play with Ryan Kesler. And GMMG will make hard decisions at the deadline... or maybe not.
NHL Trade Deadline: Every team’s needs
NHL Trade Deadline: Vancouver Canucks team needs
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-trades/nhl-trade-deadline-vancouver-canucks-team-needs/
Personally I think a trip to partake of the legendary healing powers of the spring in Lourdes should be first on the list of needs.
LET'S MAKE A DEAL - I think I'll take what's behind the curtain, Monty.
It is that time of year again when we find out who are buyers, who are sellers and who stands pat.
And the sports channels go into mind numbing detail, like the pizza that has been ordered in for the talking heads while they wait for the first trade. Riveting stuff.
The TSN Trade Centre is up and running with a nifty countdown clock. On March 5, 2014 they begin their continuous coverage at 5am PST "Live on TSN, TSN.ca and TSN Radio". For a live show traditionally it has been pretty dead, eh?
There are a number of articles, a list of who may be in play, a trade tracker, etc, at the website.
A primer on the two conferences:
NHL Trade Deadline Playbook: Western Conference
NHL Trade Deadline Playbook: Western Conference
What do the prognosticators at TSN have to say about YOUR VANCOUVER CANUCKS?
VANCOUVER CANUCKS
UFA in 2014: Mike Santorelli, Raphael Diaz, Andrew Alberts.
RFA in 2014: Zack Kassian, Jordan Schroeder, Zac Dalpe, Chris Tanev, Yannick Weber.
Top Prospects:
Bo Horvat, C, London (OHL)
Brendan Gaunce, C, Erie (OHL)
Hunter Shinkaruk, C, Medicine Hat (WHL)
Nicklas Jensen, RW, Utica (AHL)
Frank Corrado, D, Utica (AHL)
Others of Interest: David Booth, Jannik Hansen, Cole Cassels.
No-Trade Clauses: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows, Chris Higgins (limited), Alexander Edler, Kevin Bieksa, Jason Garrison, Dan Hamhuis, Roberto Luongo.
The Plan: Careening over a cliff before the break, the Canucks went from solidly in the playoffs to the outside looking in and have several injuries to deal with.
If number one C Henrik Sedin isn't healthy soon -- and he was unable to play in the Olympics -- the nthe Canucks might as well start selling because they could use offensive upgrades even with a healthy roster. Minus Sedin, that would be a pointless exercise.
Should the Canucks become sellers, perhaps their most attractive asset to trade would be a legitimate top four defenceman, though the quartet of Kevin Bieksa, Alexander Edler, Jason Garrison and Dan Hamhuis all have no-trade contracts.
UFA in 2014: Mike Santorelli, Raphael Diaz, Andrew Alberts.
RFA in 2014: Zack Kassian, Jordan Schroeder, Zac Dalpe, Chris Tanev, Yannick Weber.
Top Prospects:
Bo Horvat, C, London (OHL)
Brendan Gaunce, C, Erie (OHL)
Hunter Shinkaruk, C, Medicine Hat (WHL)
Nicklas Jensen, RW, Utica (AHL)
Frank Corrado, D, Utica (AHL)
Others of Interest: David Booth, Jannik Hansen, Cole Cassels.
No-Trade Clauses: Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin, Ryan Kesler, Alex Burrows, Chris Higgins (limited), Alexander Edler, Kevin Bieksa, Jason Garrison, Dan Hamhuis, Roberto Luongo.
The Plan: Careening over a cliff before the break, the Canucks went from solidly in the playoffs to the outside looking in and have several injuries to deal with.
If number one C Henrik Sedin isn't healthy soon -- and he was unable to play in the Olympics -- the nthe Canucks might as well start selling because they could use offensive upgrades even with a healthy roster. Minus Sedin, that would be a pointless exercise.
Should the Canucks become sellers, perhaps their most attractive asset to trade would be a legitimate top four defenceman, though the quartet of Kevin Bieksa, Alexander Edler, Jason Garrison and Dan Hamhuis all have no-trade contracts.
And here are twitter feeds for the TSN personalities:
http://www.tsn.ca/twitter/
And over at Sportsnet, Rogers pulls out the big guns and if the past is any indication fires blanks.
http://www.sportsnet.ca/events/nhl-trade-deadline/
You can even vote on who won a trade... Yowzers!!!
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl-trades/trade-tracker/
So who won the trade between CBJ and the Bruins? The Blew Jackets acquired Carter Camper and sent Blake Parlett to Beantown.
And in a never before heard rumour the Canucks are looking for someone to play with Ryan Kesler. And GMMG will make hard decisions at the deadline... or maybe not.
Vancouver Canucks GM Mike Gillis addressed the state of his franchise on local radio Monday. Other than verbalizing the obvious -- the league's 23rd-best offence needs Henrik Sedin to get healthy and wants some second-line scoring help for 20-goal man Ryan Kesler -- Gillis was purposely vague. I love this quote: "We might make hard decisions or none."
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/...ens-sabres-flames-canucks-panthers-islanders/NHL Trade Deadline: Every team’s needs
NHL Trade Deadline: Vancouver Canucks team needs
http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-trades/nhl-trade-deadline-vancouver-canucks-team-needs/
Those are a lot of broken parts, but the miracle is that the Canucks sit just outside the eighth spot in the West. If they manage to get healthy, the season can be somewhat salvaged in the final stretch. It’s one last round, battered and bruised — a final chance to land a knockout, before the Canucks flop to the mat for good.
Personally I think a trip to partake of the legendary healing powers of the spring in Lourdes should be first on the list of needs.
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