This is clearly listed as a rumor... but, I made a call back to MN last night to talk with some friends & family about how their 4th was. Long story short a friend of mine who I attended the University of Minnesota with asked me "How does it feel to have the Yotes trying to make a move on Vanek?"
Clearly this was the first I've heard of the situation, but as it was pointed out to me it kind of makes sense for the following reasons...
A) We now have a legit 1st line Center for him.
B) We have the prospects to give up as supposedly that is the route Buffalo wants to go... Prospects/Picks
C) Tippett is a lot like Lindy Ruff.
D) We could use help on the RW
I'm curious to know if anyone else has heard anything on this. If he is dealt elsewhere I wonder how "In the running" the Yotes truly were. Seems like an odd rumor, agreed, but stranger things have happened.
OK. I can think of a lot of deals with conditional picks depending on contract extensions, I just couldn't remember an actual player trade with baked in new contract, or sign and trade types of deals.
Six point four million, cash.
I wont pretend to know alot about Vanek, but Bobby Ryan is a top 10 player in the league. He's that good. Is Vanek comparable? Just looking at numbers, he's not worth $6.4 mil.
I'm not doubting you or your friend's credibility or anything, but are you sure he didn't just read this on Eklund's page or something? Would he have anyway of knowing any insider info or is he just like us? I hope I'm not coming off as dickish because I'm literally just genuinely curious. Can't drop a bomb on me like this and expect me not to want to know more
I hunt, fish & break bread with a handful of NHL D-men from time to time & I can tell you more than a few of them would flat out disagree with you not thinking Bobby Ryan is a "Top 10" talent to defend against.
You aren't coming off "Dick-ish" at all, but if you go back over my posts over the past few years you will see I have credibility. I just don't post a lot because it's the internet & when my friends talk I value their trust in what they tell me. I feel this has validity, so I posted it. Will it come to fruition? I don't know, but I know I know for a fact my friend didn't get the story from Eklund.
I hunt, fish & break bread with a handful of NHL D-men from time to time & I can tell you more than a few of them would flat out disagree with you not thinking Bobby Ryan is a "Top 10" talent to defend against.
You aren't coming off "Dick-ish" at all, but if you go back over my posts over the past few years you will see I have credibility.
Did some digging and since you mentioned the Minnesota North Stars left and you have buddy on the roster as to you being Coyote fan. Then looking through more posts and a trend of Kurt Sauer seemed to form. I looked up some information on Kurt Sauer and it turns out he is St. Cloud Minnesota. Which I am going to assume you are from Minnesota yourself. I also took a look at pro-staff for the fishing website I saw. So it leads me to believe that
A) Your last name is Sauer (Kurt or relative)
B) Kurt Sauer is your buddy
let's not expose the man he can get in trouble by sharing! Don't bite the hand that feeds you
haha I won't bug him about it
I saw the words "Go ahead and look at my past posts" and it sparked my curiosity. Its hard for me to turn down a challenge.
I hunt, fish & break bread with a handful of NHL D-men from time to time & I can tell you more than a few of them would flat out disagree with you not thinking Bobby Ryan is a "Top 10" talent to defend against.
You aren't coming off "Dick-ish" at all, but if you go back over my posts over the past few years you will see I have credibility. I just don't post a lot because it's the internet & when my friends talk I value their trust in what they tell me. I feel this has validity, so I posted it. Will it come to fruition? I don't know, but I know I know for a fact my friend didn't get the story from Eklund.
Kurt is one of many good friends of my from back home, but he has ZERO to do with this. I want to be on the record as I have never shared any info from him or his brothers without their consent first. That is the only reason I have used their names in the past with certain posts.
I appreciate that you said sparked vs piqued (As this means to raise interest in anger). Again, you are correct, I did say to check my previous posts, but it had more to do with the credibility of them vs the source in which I heard the rumor.
This thread was not started to get peoples hopes up or to throw feces against the wall hoping it sticks. I was lead to believe that there was at least discussion of a trade between the Sabres & Yotes, since I have lived in Phx since '05 & I am a fan my friends thought I would get excited over it. I just hope there's no bad karma bought on by this.
Prices seem pretty reasonable.
If we are talking salary retained, pre-negotiated extension, the price will be ugly. One or more fan favorites will be leaving the Coyotes if it ever goes down. Assuming that it isn't for Yandle...
I'd hate to throw names out there but I wonder if Vrbata is available?
I'd hate to throw names out there but I wonder if Vrbata is available?
Assuming the Sabres are about to go into a rebuild, they should have plenty of cash available. Retaining a portion of Vanek's salary shouldn't be a problem. This is same owner that gave the 'OK' for $10 million a year to Christian Ehrhoff.
I have to think we unload some of our defensive D to get this done. Rundblad + Klesla + a third piece.
There is a thread on this over at the Sabres' board. Prices seem pretty reasonable. http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=1463219
Buffalo is pretty loaded on defense prospects.
Regier would likely want Boedker/Korpikoski, a good prospect and a first.