and it begins...


Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
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1m
Montreal sends a third- and fifth-round pick to Buffalo for Eric Staal.

The #sabres are retaining 50% of Eric Staal's salary and cap hit.
- VanHockeyGuy

Nice pick up by the Habs. Must be nice to have all those picks every year, to be able to make a deal like this.

CAL.
- VanHockeyGuy

Why would calgary want him? They are not a playoff team

Nice pick up by the Habs. Must be nice to have all those picks every year, to be able to make a deal like this.
- Reubenkincade

Good to see BUFF starting another rebuild. I’m happy for them

Gotta love bringing guys in for veteran leadership then sending them away because your team is so far beyond being helped.
- NorthNuck

Good to see BUFF starting another rebuild. I’m happy for them
- CanuckDon

At least the Canucks will have company.

FA's got JB working the phones?

Elliotte Friedman on 630CHED: Tanner Pearson injury isn't as bad as previously feared. Could be back soon. VAN looking at market for all their pending UFA's and Gaudette and Virtanen.

Good to see BUFF starting another rebuild. I’m happy for them
- CanuckDon

Watched them about 10 times this season, they are not very good, nor are they very exciting to watch.
Their best player in most of the games has been Reinhart and Lazar, the rest have been either invisible or noticeable for the wrong reasons.

Gotta love bringing guys in for veteran leadership then sending them away because your team is so far beyond being helped.
- NorthNuck

Even worse he didn't go there by choice, they traded for him

Strong-arming leadership to come in is not the way to build a good culture

FA's got JB working the phones?

Elliotte Friedman on 630CHED: Tanner Pearson injury isn't as bad as previously feared. Could be back soon. VAN looking at market for all their pending UFA's and Gaudette and Virtanen.
- VanHockeyGuy

Personally, I don't give a shit what the market is, just start moving on.

S E L L

The same thing happened with Toffoli.


David Pagnotta
@TheFourthPeriod
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3h
3 weeks ago today, VAN GM Jim Benning said this on Tanner Pearson: "We're going to sit down w/ his agent & see if there's common ground. We're going to try & re-sign him."

As of last night, there's been no offer made nor has Benning called his agent. Trade deadline 17 days away.

FA's got JB working the phones?

Elliotte Friedman on 630CHED: Tanner Pearson injury isn't as bad as previously feared. Could be back soon. VAN looking at market for all their pending UFA's and Gaudette and Virtanen.
- VanHockeyGuy

Looking? Start selling.

Thanks Carol! Podz has 5 playoff points in 9 games this year. 4 points in 3 games last year. Looks to be a kid with another gear in the postseason

Looking? Start selling.
- manvanfan

Don't hold your breath.

The same thing happened with Toffoli.


David Pagnotta
@TheFourthPeriod
·
3h
3 weeks ago today, VAN GM Jim Benning said this on Tanner Pearson: "We're going to sit down w/ his agent & see if there's common ground. We're going to try & re-sign him."

As of last night, there's been no offer made nor has Benning called his agent. Trade deadline 17 days away.
- VanHockeyGuy

Maybe FA keeps taking his phone away from him?

For a "hockey guy", he has a real bad sense of communicating to people in the hockey world

Maybe FA keeps taking his phone away from him?

For a "hockey guy", he has a real bad sense of communicating to people in the hockey world
- NewYorkNuck

Perhaps he is lying. He does often. He has no desire to resign Pearson.

Perhaps he is lying. He does often. He has no desire to resign Pearson.
- CanuckDon

Then don't just let him walk.

Thanks Carol. Hopefully everybody looses and the Canucks will be in a playoff spot when they return to play next week.

Good to see BUFF starting another rebuild. I’m happy for them
- CanuckDon

It’s the same rebuild since Miller left.

Perhaps he is lying. He does often. He has no desire to resign Pearson.
- CanuckDon

It's kind of his job to lie to the media and not tip his hand. Bergivan just did the same thing, kinda just have to know they are lying as they are playing the game with other gms.

Good to see BUFF starting another rebuild. I’m happy for them
- CanuckDon

No matter how bad the Canucks are, were not Buffalo.

Now they dont need sutter
- CanuckDon

Boston does...

FA's got JB working the phones?

Elliotte Friedman on 630CHED: Tanner Pearson injury isn't as bad as previously feared. Could be back soon. VAN looking at market for all their pending UFA's and Gaudette and Virtanen.
- VanHockeyGuy

Sutter to Cgy for a 3rd
Pearson to Edm for a 2nd
Benn to Wpg for a 3rd

FA's got JB working the phones?

Elliotte Friedman on 630CHED: Tanner Pearson injury isn't as bad as previously feared. Could be back soon. VAN looking at market for all their pending UFA's and Gaudette and Virtanen.
- VanHockeyGuy

Maybe he literally doesn’t know how to work a phone? Too many buttons, do you have to dial 9 first to get an outside line? Which one is hold and which one is disconnect?

It’s probably like any movie scene where he’s trying to go back and forth between lines and he keeps getting the same person saying “no Jim, it’s still me”.

Nice pick up by the Habs. Must be nice to have all those picks every year, to be able to make a deal like this.
- Reubenkincade

Wait, what?

It's nice to have picks to make trades with?
But wouldn't you not have picks, because you made trades with them...

Lets be real.
JB would be crucified on here for trading 2 picks for a 36 year old UFA on the decline.

Sutter to Cgy for a 3rd
Pearson to Edm for a 2nd
Benn to Wpg for a 3rd
- dbot

Non playoff teams don’t trade for rentals