Zak MacMillan
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Location: Harrisburg, PA
Joined: 09.21.2015
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Bullot
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: Red Deer, AB
Joined: 07.14.2010
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So Columbus sends PL and a 2nd for a guy the Habs picked 3rd round??? How’s that not a fleecing?? |
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dozerD10
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Location: long beach, CA
Joined: 01.29.2014
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Chunk
Chicago Blackhawks |
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Location: Why did I move back here again?, IL
Joined: 11.06.2015
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So Columbus sends PL and a 2nd for a guy the Habs picked 3rd round??? How’s that not a fleecing??
- Bullot
Just think. That's the BEST offer he had. |
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Whipper
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Location: GalacticStone made avi, AB
Joined: 07.04.2006
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dozerD10
Anaheim Ducks |
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Location: long beach, CA
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BINGO!
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Location: I'll always remember the last words my grandfather ever told me. He said, "A Truck!", SK
Joined: 09.21.2009
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Just think. That's the BEST offer he had.
- Chunk
Maybe. Might be the best one he had that didn't involve retaining salary. Maybe ownership said they weren't willing to eat salary. |
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dozerD10
Anaheim Ducks |
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Location: long beach, CA
Joined: 01.29.2014
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Maybe. Might be the best one he had that didn't involve retaining salary. Maybe ownership said they weren't willing to eat salary.
- BINGO!
that was made quite clear... Wads didn't want to retain salary... good move on both sides.
Cbus - B+ didn't retain on a player that didn't want to be there...and got a nice young 3rd pair D man. solid work
Mtl - B - Got a head case player who has tons of talent and a 2nd rounder that could be 40 or under pick wise. Tons of risk though... Has PLD written all over it.
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Whipper
Toronto Maple Leafs |
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Location: GalacticStone made avi, AB
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Location: This message is Marwood approved!
Joined: 11.30.2011
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that was made quite clear... Wads didn't want to retain salary... good move on both sides.
Cbus - B+ didn't retain on a player that didn't want to be there...and got a nice young 3rd pair D man. solid work
Mtl - B - Got a head case player who has tons of talent and a 2nd rounder that could be 40 or under pick wise. Tons of risk though... Has PLD written all over it.
- dozerD10
I don't see it. PLD had basically his entire contract length left, whereas Laine has 2 years left.
At worst the Habs pay him to ride the bus while they get a 2nd round pick and open up an organizational spot for a position of strength as far as prospects go.
After that, the trade is all upside. |
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dozerD10
Anaheim Ducks |
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I don't see it. PLD had basically his entire contract length left, whereas Laine has 2 years left.
At worst the Habs pay him to ride the bus while they get a 2nd round pick and open up an organizational spot for a position of strength as far as prospects go.
After that, the trade is all upside.
- golfingsince
the PLD comparison was only for mental state and running through teams... contract wise.. Habs are fine with the length.
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This trade is a 100% win for the CBJ.
The team gets cap space, a young D-man with upside, and Laine is out of town. I wish he would have stayed, I thought he had to play his way out with a good season to get traded at the deadline, but Montreal solved all the CBJ's problems for them by taking the contract and the player.
Unbelievable.
... Now all the CBJ has to do is sign Sillinger and decide how to weaponize all that cap space.
P.S. My apologies Zak, you were right that Laine would get out of Columbus. |
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jfkst1
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the PLD comparison was only for mental state and running through teams... contract wise.. Habs are fine with the length.
- dozerD10
Laine being a malcontent for only two seasons on a rebuilding team is low risk to Montreal. No chance Montreal will be competing over these next two years and they can afford his cap hit even if he is worthless. Laine only has a 10 team NTC so they can probably move him for value if he plays well. |
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Garfield512
Montreal Canadiens |
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Laine being a malcontent for only two seasons on a rebuilding team is low risk to Montreal. No chance Montreal will be competing over these next two years and they can afford his cap hit even if he is worthless. Laine only has a 10 team NTC so they can probably move him for value if he plays well.
- jfkst1
The way I look at it, MTL got what will probably be an early 2nd for a LHD (3rd round pick) that no longer figured in our plans because we have too many of those types of defensemen coming up. We might have lost Harris to waivers anyways.
If Laine works out then we will have gotten a top 6 player for basically free ... if not then who cares, the contract is only for 2 years.
One way or another, we are coming ahead in that deal because we are freeing up a roster spot for one of our upcoming defense prospects.
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For Columbus, they were not dealing from a position of strength so they did what they had to do ... they got a serviceable young D and most importantly they freed up some cap space. I think it's a deal that will work fine for both teams. |
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