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I hate Bogo, but he's gone in 2 years. I have to tolerate Okposo for 4 more! Ugh.

Find me evidence that ROR *plays* with that attitude. There's nothing on-ice to suggest it's a thing.

I speculated Pittsburgh made sense as a partner, and mentioned Sheary. Does that count? Can I pretend I have sources now?

I'd rather move Okposo because of the term. But make no mistake, I'll throw a party if Bogo is moved.

Please lord let this be true. Maybe we have something with Tampa to absorb Callahan. The we would need cap space

What do the numbers look like at even strength? We all know Risto is really good on the PP; it's even strength where he's a mess. His value will drop considerably when Dahlin takes over the top PP unit.

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Honestly, I think most people are expecting to dislike the return in an O'Reilly trade. We don't expect to actually get what we personally would require in order to pull the trigger.

He's considerably better than Gerbe ever was.

Well that's damning with faint praise :lol: Joking aside, I agree. Great move. He's a solid middle-six winger and cost basiclaly nothing.

Wasn't Linus Omark, like, a 6th round pick? Your point is well taken, but c'mon man!

I think this might be right, and if it is, it's a big check against Botterill IMO.

We didn't. You said we've overrated his trade value. I said we know precisely what his trade value is, so we don't want to do it.

I don't want to sound like a broken record on this, but most here aren't overrating his trade value with respect to what we think he'll actually return. There's a reason trading him isn't super popular on this board, and it's because his expected trade value doesn't match his on-ice value. It's not thay we *think* he'll return a massive haul, it's that that's the only way we'd move him.

St. Louis maybe. That's way too smart of a move for Montreal though.

Absolutely. Would be a nice depth add. I'm just saying Pittsburgh might not be walking away from him.

I was reading today that teams may be using this as a negotiating tactic. Remove the leverage of arbitration in an attempt to get a cheaper deal.

Would also rather do a 2nd, but I'm not sure that's quit enough, even with Callahan coming back. Johnson is more proven than Grubauer, after all. One can hope, though. Tough spot for Tampa. I'm sure they wouldn't hesitate to move people to make room, but what if Tavares doesn't decide by then?

Callahan is a massive drag on value. Could be as easy as...McCabe? With all of their defensive depth hitting UFA next season, I'd imagine the would value something cheap for their 3rd pair.

100% give me Sheary. Little to no interest in Hunwick though.

Point isn't going to be one they move. Johnson, Palat, Killorn. One of them with Callahan as a cap dump.

And I will happily accept any of a handful they're likely to have to move to make room.

Well that's kinda the point. Many of us are only interested in moving him if it's for more than fair value.

It's how I feel about baseball :lol:

Your hatred of basketball never ceases to amuse me.