I don't think it's that far fetched. Keep in mind our past top line wingers where Hansen, Granlund and Burrows
- CanuckDon

They don't have to be stars they just have to be better than Skille Chaput Burrows Megna Gaunce .


It is not like the bar is eceedingly high
- VANTEL

I think there is something there with Gaunce. He was solid in the AHL and has pretty decent peripheral and underlying numbers. He just can't get a point to save his life.

I know, shame on me.

At any rate, this has been a really positive couple days for Benning!
- LeftCoaster

If I'm Benning and I'm smart, now that Vegas is officially a team, just before the e-Draft I would trade them Miller for a 7th round pick. That way we lose no one, they get their #1 goalie and Miller stays out west.

With the Filppula deal the Flyers could have 12 draft picks this year

I think there is something there with Gaunce. He was solid in the AHL and has pretty decent peripheral and underlying numbers. He just can't get a point to save his life.
- Lindenis#1

....at some point he has to score a franking goal for (frank) sakes

In the grand scheme of things, a large victory for the franchise in the last 24 hours.
- Codes1087

He wasn't forging the draft he just added a few young players like Baertchi, Sven and Guddy and Stretcher. A layer to benefit the raw drafted players coming in.

The more picks you make and the more prospects you have the better your odds of finding something that sticks.
- LeftCoaster

Pretty much.

With the Filppula deal the Flyers could have 12 draft picks this year
- NorthNuck

Carolina has 7. In the first 3 rounds.

I think the Leafs still have a whack of them too.

If I'm Benning and I'm smart, now that Vegas is officially a team, just before the e-Draft I would trade them Miller for a 7th round pick. That way we lose no one, they get their #1 goalie and Miller stays out west.
- DariusKnight

They can only acquire picks and unsigned prospects so far, but I agree that they should push Miller towards them as soon as they can. Hell, get WD and a few of the players to rave about his demeanor off ice as a mentor, his knowledge of the game, the invaluable intangibles, etc to prop him up

If I'm Benning and I'm smart, now that Vegas is officially a team, just before the e-Draft I would trade them Miller for a 7th round pick. That way we lose no one, they get their #1 goalie and Miller stays out west.
- DariusKnight

Who do you replace Miller with? Do you think Markstrom is ready for #1?

If I'm Benning and I'm smart, now that Vegas is officially a team, just before the e-Draft I would trade them Miller for a 7th round pick. That way we lose no one, they get their #1 goalie and Miller stays out west.
- DariusKnight

Why?

Miller doesn't have another year on his deal so he's not really an expansion draftable player

The more picks you make and the more prospects you have the better your odds of finding something that sticks.
- LeftCoaster

Why is that so controversial? Seems common sense to me.

Why can't being bad be a strategy?

Who do you replace Miller with? Do you think Markstrom is ready for #1?
- we_are_all_canucks

I think you bring Miller back if you can get him at a cheaper rate. No more than 4 mil tops.

Otherwise, see if you can get Elliot or Johnson or maybe even Halak. Get a real 1a-1b situation in net for Markstrom.

- LeftCoaster

It's actually funny to see how many times Fosco gives people grief for being down on Gillis' drafting.

Why?

Miller doesn't have another year on his deal so he's not really an expansion draftable player
- Lindenis#1

If Miller signs with Vegas he counts as a selection from Vancouver

I've had a great day in here. Where have you been? Not to mention marwood, steamer, don, belch, and so on...
- bloatedmosquito

Flying to work.

Lost in the chaos of today, how the EFF did Colorado not do a damn thing but ship out a couple bottom 6 players.

It's actually funny to see how many times Fosco gives people grief for being down on Gillis' drafting.

- boonerbuck

worst drafting GM ever

Lost in the chaos of today, how the EFF did Colorado not do a damn thing but ship out a couple bottom 6 players.
- Codes1087

Sakic is a terrible GM...that's how

If Miller signs with Vegas he counts as a selection from Vancouver
- WhiteLie

I feel like that's a last resort for Vegas.

Fleury and Bishop are their top two targets. Even options like Darling, Reimer, Grubauer are probably far more appealing to Vegas than Miller.

Watch Corrado win a cup on the Pens.

Sakic is a terrible GM...that's how
- CanuckDon

a 4th for Iginla is an addition by subtraction for sure, but holy hell, how do you put your players through hell for the last month, only to come up with next to nothing.

Lost in the chaos of today, how the EFF did Colorado not do a damn thing but ship out a couple bottom 6 players.
- Codes1087

I was thinking the same thing, they were asking way too much. They are the losers of the deadline IMO

Why is that so controversial? Seems common sense to me.

Why can't being bad be a strategy?
- bloatedmosquito

Anything slightly negative or constructive and you're a non-conformist

Sakic is a terrible GM...that's how
- CanuckDon

He's no Stevie Y.