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Also, I've heard Murray saying that he's not so interested in acquiring picks.
What NHL-ready players are we likely to get at the trade deadline? Teams that are going to want Miller are going to want to hang onto their useful-to-good players, no?
Absolutely. Teams aren't going to be dumping guys they are going to be leaning on in the playoffs.
So your best bets are first-and second-year pros - players that are on the cusp of making it, who could probably play for buffalo right now.
Up-thread or elsewhere on the board, you'll see names like Jaskin from the Blues and Toffoli from the Kings.
Murray's going to know this group of players very well, so don't be surprised to see players who meet that mould but may be a little farther beneath the radar.
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I'm an old-school guy who believes a team should have an upper-echelon goalie.
I like Jhonas. Best back-up this team has had since Marty, may even be good enough to be a decent NHL starter on a lockdown team like the Blues.
But he is not the answer for this team long-term.
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SACK-er-uh is a better player than Seh-CARE-uh ever was.
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Stafford to the Canucks for Kassian!
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I'm not really a fan of this idea. If we win the lottery, let's just take the player we have rated no.1 overall and be done with it. What's the point of trading down for an extra 2nd round pick (we already have 3 this year) so that we can settle for a player we have rated lower (or even risk getting not getting the guy we want)?
I'd normally agree with you, but I just don't think there is much to choose from between the top three.
And this is all about baiting Burke into making a Pronger move, or the Oilers desperation to finally get a good d-man.
If we love (for example) Bennett above the other two and aren't sure the other team is picking Ekblad we don't do it.
But we could be in a good position to lever the Oilers and Flames against each other and still get our forward, so why not do it?
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Damn, Aaron Ekblad looks 25.
Could do a lot worse than a Doug Gilmour clone, if we end up with Bennett.
And Reinhart impresses the hell out of me.
We're looking like picking anywhere in the top three will make the tank worthwhile.
And if we are picking ahead of Edmonton and Calgary, we might be able to parley one team's love of Ekblad into some nice extras.
And if by some freak we end up with Dal Colle, big scoring wing is our biggest weakness.
And he looks like a good one.
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Seems to me tonight was a look into the crystal ball. That's what we can probably expect from the Sabres next year.
The way Nolan coaches we will have an aggressive push, but we won't have the horses to capitalize on all our chances, and we won't have the experience to avoid breakdowns.
And with Miller gone, average goaltending — like we got tonight — will have us on the bottom end of a lot more 4-3 scores.
Oh wait, that's what I posted on Tuesday.
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Not sure how many of you have read Lebrun's interview with Murray, or listened to the WGR segment with Lafontaine.
If you have, do you agree there is a definite tone change in terms of the Miller answers?
I'm convinced they have had their chat and Ryan is officially on the market.
And since they have never wavered from the "he can't walk for nothing" position, a deal is going to happen.
It's just a matter of "how soon?" and "for who?"
My impression of Murray is it's not going to take long.
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You can't be serious?
Fixes our biggest weakness in the best possible way - turns Stafford into a 30-goal scorer, and Foligno into a 20-goal man, fixes the power play, gives Ehrhoff someone who take advantage of his breakouts, lets Ott concentrate on being a shutdown guy, takes the best checkers away from Hodgson, Moulson and Ennis.
We wouldn't be a legitimate contender, but the playoffs aren't far-fetched.
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Yes, Allen would be the ideal return, but I also don't see that happening.
However, Jaskin's interests me along with either Rattie, Taresenko or Schwartz. And unless this is an expanded deal outside of just moving Miller, I don't see that happening.
I look to Paavarji+Halak+Jaskin. A couple of young wingers and a salary dump, but we may have to add on our end a bit more than we'd like to swallow, not sure though.
As far as your offer goes, we send them someone to fill the hole created by Paajarvi, or they can flip to fill that hole, and it might get done. Pretty realistic on all counts. Jaskin and Paajarvi would probably both play for us next year and that's probably what GMTM would prefer. Blues may prefer to give up a pick.
Crosby could probably make us a playoff team.
He just might.
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FWIW, I would be asking for Jake Allen, but if I was the Blues, I would say no.
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I don't believe Jaskin or Rattie are in the conversation unless we add, and most likely a forward prospect, most likely center since they have an abundance of winger prospects.
I'm looking at Paajarvi (22 yrs old, most likely what Murray is looking for development/age wise), Kurker or Carrier (both are 19 and still in their junior system) as the likely 3. Just my opinion is all. All 3 are LW'ers.
I guess it depends on what the Blues think of Miller (is he the missing link to a cup team?)
Rattie and Jaskin are good prospects but we aren't talking Strome or Drouin or Zadorov here.
If there was a draft of all prospects outside the NHL, I doubt either gets a sniff of the first round.
Kurker and Carrier are dime-a-dozen prospects - Daniel Catennaci types who wouldn't dent our top 10.
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Probably right. I think if we were to trade with St Louis, Rattie is the most likely prospect coming back. Tarasenko is just to good.
Relatively equal prospects, but I would take Jaskin over Rattie. Jaskin is a big kid who can score. Rattie has great hands and hockey sense, but is small and not very fast.
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What about,
Tarasenko, Halak for Miller (retain salary) Moulson and maybe a pick somewhere?
I would be absolutely stunned if they gave up Tarasenko in a deal for anything other than a building block player.
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Maybe we give them their second back? McCormick? Tallinder?
It would really depend on what Armstrong thinks they need most - a chance to replace their lost prospect, or a guy that could help them in a cup run this year.
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The blues are unlikely to give up a regular - Paajarvi was mentioned, and that is about as good as it would get IMO.
They do however have a couple potential top six prospects in Dmitri Jaskin and Ty Rattie, a low first and Edmonton's second.
I see the most likely scenario as two of those coming our way, in addition to Halak as a salary dump, with possibility of an exchange of lower prospects and picks to balance it out. The blues may also be interested in us giving them a low-cost depth guy as well
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I think there is a good chance Miller is torn between loyalty to the franchise and the Pegulas and his intense desire to win a cup.
I think the implication/hope is that if the Sabres do him a favour by trading him to a place where he has a chance to win the cup, he may come back to Buffalo to finish out his career. They reward him, he rewards them, everybody happy.
Not likely, but there it is.
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Again, PLF is smooth. They did not come out and say any of this directly.
It is my reading between the lines. You guys may have a different take.
I heard nothing to indicate Miller would be likely to sign here in July, only that there would be an opportunity.
Keith Tkachuk apparently resigned with the Blues after being traded as a rental.
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Totally my spin:
Miller has not given them a definitive answer, which they are interpreting as he's unlikely to re-sign before the deadline.
They are going to find a trade they are comfortable with, with a team that is a contender (do right by Ryan).
They will offer him a good deal to sign. If he doesn't accept, they will make the trade.
They will also look hard at re-signing him in July.
Pat wants Tim to remove the interim tag. Tim likes Ted, but not ready to remove the tag — he's letting that play out while he works on other priorities.
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I hope Leino sits for Varone, but I'm thinking it might be Brian Flynn's time.
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Stafford does play about 5 more minutes a game than Kassian.
Torts has said pretty consistently that Kassian will get more ice time when he deserves it. Vigneault said the same last year.
I think it's night and day when comparing Hodgson and Kassian.
For one, Kassian is playing with immensely gifted offensive players in Vancouver from time to time.
Only from time to time. He rarely plays with the Sedins or Kesler and the Canucks' third and fourth lines look like the Sabres'.
Yea but did you see danny paille before his injury in december
I don't know why Scotty ever let JF Sauve go.
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Lazar for Moulson and a second. I'll close my eyes and repeat it until it comes true.
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Best Murray quote in the article:
"My mandate here is to get better. I don’t want a five-year rebuild, that’s not what I’m about. It’s about getting better, and if that means trading guys and getting assets for them, then that’s the way it will be."
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I was just about to post that. Nice to see where our GM's head is at.
I expect we will see some trades in the not-to-distant future, and I think he will be shooting for players, not picks.
Sounding like Miller is a goner for sure.
And I really love the emphasis on evaluation.
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There is one thing that bothers me about the whole "can't sacrifice the future for a rental" idea.
It's the Stanley Cup. You have a chance to win the damn thing NOW.
What are you waiting for?
Of course it depends on the players involved, but everyone overrates their prospects.
Don't you wish Darcy would have dealt Stafford for another defenceman in 2006?