Proposal: Rangers and Maple Leafs

[SFD22]

TO TOR: Dan Girardi @ 4.5 (1.0M retained x 4 yrs)

TO NYR: Joffrey Lupul @ 4.25 (1.0M retained x 2 yrs) + Peter Holland (RFA)

Ranger fans seem more than happy to drop Girardi but I think he can bounce back (before last season he was an ironman). Leafs get a RHD with leadership that could play beside M Rielly. Rangers get Lupul who may be LTIR'd or actually play and add offence.

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[member 157595]

Insert each and every "NO" meme on the Internet here. Then post each of them a thousand times.

That's approximately 1% of my reaction.

 

[bfaust30]

No Salary retained on either player and you have a deal, but holland needs to be signed before hand

 

[Leafs87]

No way

 

[Fabs]

Terrible for Toronto. Zero chance.

 

[Ropesman]

no thanks from the leafs, we will be happy to have Lupuls contract fall off after 2 years, don't need another bad contract for 2 more years after and give up Holland to do so.

I am aware DG is a better and has more value then Lupul just don't think he is a fit here.

 

[lebdafor norris]

Girardi isn't even an upgrade over Hunwick at this point.

 

[member 157595]

No Salary retained on either player and you have a deal, but holland needs to be signed before hand

I would rather bathe in athlete's foot for the entire duration of Girardi's contract than trade for him without retention.

EDIT: He has FOUR ****ING YEARS LEFT?!?!? That's almost Clarkson bad.

 

[Mad Brills*]

add buchnevich and take on bozak

 

[russ4king]

Given the term left on Girardi it is a non starter. If he had 2 years left like Lupul..then mayne I would consider a straight up deal.

Otherwise...good luck to you.

 

[russ4king]

add buchnevich and take on bozak

Are you kidding....not even close. Still wouldn't do it.

You realize that Bozak is actually a decent hockey player. As a 3rd line centre he is a great fit.

 

[Igor Shestyorkin]

Are you kidding....not even close. Still wouldn't do it.

You realize that Bozak is actually a decent hockey player. As a 3rd line centre he is a great fit.

You realize that Pavel Buchnevich is a top prospect, right?

 

[A1LeafNation]

I'll take Girardi, if the Rangers take Lupul, Robidas, Horton, Laich, and Greening.

 

[Canada4Gold]

So we're taking on 2 extra years for what? To get rid of Holland? Who we could have not qualified if we didn't want him?

Ummm do I need to say pass? Or was this terrible proposal a rhetorical question?

 

[Pyrophorus]

You realize that Pavel Buchnevich is a top prospect, right?

Paying more, for 2x as long.

 

[member 157595]

You realize that Pavel Buchnevich is a top prospect, right?

It makes absolutely no sense for the Rangers to trade Buchnevich just to get rid of a bad contract. They need to add youth, not subtract.

From Toronto's end, there's basically no sweetener sweet enough for me to take Girardi without max retention. We miraculously got out of the Clarkson horror and there's no reason to tempt fate again.

 

[leaflover]

Both teams are probably stuck with their respective guys until the contracts expire and the sooner the better. If Toronto had a contract of equal term to move but cheaper it might work.

 

[LeafGrief]

You want to put Girardi on our top pair and "hope that he bounces back".

 

[Territory]

We are rid of Lupul in 2 years. Why would we take someone who is signed for two years on top of that for more money, and pay Holland for the privilege?

Maybe if it was a good player, but Girardi is terrible.

 

[Territory]

no thanks from the leafs, we will be happy to have Lupuls contract fall off after 2 years, don't need another bad contract for 2 more years after and give up Holland to do so.

I am aware DG is a better and has more value then Lupul just don't think he is a fit here.

Girardi has negative value. Lupul also has negative value, but for less term.

Therefore, Lupuls value > Girardi's value.

 

[Poignant Discussion*]

add buchnevich and take on bozak

NO NO NO NO NO NO

Do you even know anything about hockey?

NO again

 

[Amadeus]

Insert each and every "NO" meme on the Internet here. Then post each of them a thousand times.

That's approximately 1% of my reaction.

What he said.

 

[buttman*]

Leafs have set themselves up nicely to clear most of their bad contracts next yaar. They'll be slearing the couple remaining -- like Lupul -- the year after. The chances of them adding a bad 4 year deal is about as likely as pigs flying.

 

[Liferleafer]

Lupul probably injures himself opening this thread and goes on LTIR. Pretty easy pass for me.

 

[Goose]

I have a bag of blackened kind of gross bananas I would like to throw out but my wife won't let me as she wants to make banana loaf with them or something.

Would I want to trade my one bag of gross bananas for your two bags?

No thanks.