Luongo, Schneider, Kesler, Bieksa, Lack = Markstrom, Horvat, Sbisa, Sutter, Dorsett, McCann, 3rd, 3rd, 7th, retained salary on Luongo.
- BoTtLePoLiCe

Schneider for Horvat doesn't look terrible now. Let's hope McCann has a similar effect on the Kesler deal.

Luongo, Schneider, Kesler, Bieksa, Lack = Markstrom, Horvat, Sbisa, Sutter, Dorsett, McCann, 3rd, 3rd, 7th, retained salary on Luongo.
- BoTtLePoLiCe

Youth mother (frank)er!

Do we have our original second?
Annnnnnnnnd any cap space
- Whiskey-Tango

Yes we have next year's second. We traded the Anaheim second today. We can make room with a trade

How is Benning supposed to sign Sven now?
- Whiskey-Tango

They have 4 million in cap space don't they? Sven isn't worth more than just over a million per year.

That 3 Rd round pick was originally the Canucks which means they can offer sheet a player
- VANTEL

Wait, so it's not Buffalo's?

Youth mother (frank)er!
- Whiskey-Tango

Kassian for Prust
Miller over Lack
Clendening gone, traded a 2nd for a 3rd


Dat youth

Still looks pretty bad. Just break down piece by piece.
- Nucker101

It's not that simple....Kesler wanted out, how do you measure that?

Is it?

If you wanted Markstrom to be the guy, then why not let him battle Lack for the starting job? He'll learn more that way than watching Ryan Miller not give a poop for 60 games this year.

I mean, if you want to get younger, get younger. Don't half-ass it.
- BINGO!

Don't bother. It will fall on deaf ears.

You are 100% correct.

Luongo, Schneider, Kesler, Bieksa, Lack = Markstrom, Horvat, Sbisa, Sutter, Dorsett, McCann, 3rd, 3rd, 7th, retained salary on Luongo.
- BoTtLePoLiCe

Speaking of retained salary

#PrayForNucker
- DDM-Coga

(frank)ing Benning

Kassian for Prust
Miller over Lack
Clendening gone, traded a 2nd for a 3rd


Dat youth
- Nucker101

I think it was Markstrom over Lack not Miller over Lack. Kassian was traded because he's a cancer, not for youth purposes.

Sven should be signed for 1 mil max or traded
- VANTEL

For a third.

If Sutter comes at the expense of Sven i will be severely disappointed.
Then again, the two of them on the same line would be perfect.
Both have speed, one is great defensively while hopefully the other gets things going in the opposing zone.

It's not that simple....Kesler wanted out, how do you measure that?
- LeftCoaster

Do you think Gillis would have done worse, the same or better?

Don't bother. It will fall on deaf ears.

You are 100% correct.
- bloatedmosquito

No he's not!!

Wait, so it's not Buffalo's?
- Nucker101

Buffalo traded that pick with Pitt

Do you think Gillis would have done worse, the same or better?
- Nucker101

Let me look at Florida's lineup then get back to you.

Let me look at Florida's lineup then get back to you.
- LeftCoaster

Seriously though...

Kassian for Prust
Miller over Lack
Clendening gone, traded a 2nd for a 3rd


Dat youth
- Nucker101

I doubt any of those four players were in the teams long term vision.
Then again, if you figure that Lack and/or Kassian were building blocks then that's on you.

Lateral move, with the cap space being what it is, obviously Benning isn't done. I'm guessing he's going to be moving some salary out via Higgins/Burrows/Hansen so that he can resign Baertschi.

Horvat is obviously the 2LC now, and I agree with Vantel, Sutter is a decent bottom 6 C and is UFA and could be flipped at the deadline. I admit it looks strange with how close we are to the cap with Baertschi still to sign.

You know it's bad when the guy who traded Despres for Lovejoy gets good value in a trade with you.

Seriously though...
- Nucker101

Well - I think they're both poopty at trading to be honest. But I do think Benning has a better long range vision than Gillis. Hard to say though. Gillis was dealing with a different set of circumstances than Benning presently is.

Apples and Oranges to me...

I doubt any of those four players were in the teams long term vision.
Then again, if you figure that Lack and/or Kassian were building blocks then that's on you.
- Whiskey-Tango

So by that line of thinking it's fine if they lose anyone who's not Horvat/Virtanen/McCann/Boeser no matter what kind of value they get back?

You know it's bad when the guy who traded Despres for Lovejoy gets good value in a trade with you.
- Nucker101

(frank)ing Benning
- Nucker101

Don't think Linden is innocent in all of this.

Don't bother. It will fall on deaf ears.

You are 100% correct.
- bloatedmosquito

I just cannot comprehend what the plan here is. Unless he's banking on being able to pick up some big UFA's next season, but even then there's a good chance he'll get (frank)ed by the expansion draft.