2012 Trade RUMOR Thread. (Keep the deadline thread for substantiated stuff).

[Eleven]

NFW

 

NFW do they trade him generally? OR NFW do they trade him unless they get some serious freaking wonderful consideration?

[inkman]

I have no idea what it would take, but if I'm Darcy, I'm definitely inquiring.

I can't imagine what the Sabres would have that they would want but I'd try to find out. Roy & Goose? Doubt it. Pominville or Vanek more likely. Either one, I'd do it.

 

NFW do they trade him generally? OR NFW do they trade him unless they get some serious freaking wonderful consideration?

I can't imagine LA would do it but taking on that contract from Carter is a sign they are serious.

[Eleven]

I can't imagine what the Sabres would have that they would want but I'd try to find out. Roy & Goose? Doubt it. Pominville or Vanek more likely. Either one, I'd do it.

 

 

I can't imagine LA would do it but taking on that contract from Carter is a sign they are serious.

 

Right now, it looks like a sign that they are stupid. I cannot believe that another team actually took that on.

 

But back to the task at hand, and since this is the rumor thread and all: Would you do Poms for Brown, straight up?

 

I'm really unsure.

[darksabre]

Right now, it looks like a sign that they are stupid. I cannot believe that another team actually took that on.

 

But back to the task at hand, and since this is the rumor thread and all: Would you do Poms for Brown, straight up?

 

I'm really unsure.

 

I wouldn't. I think Pommers brings too much to the table.

 

I think taking on a contract like Carter's, LA needs to look for some cheaper scoring talent. Ennis?

[TrueBlueGED]

Right now, it looks like a sign that they are stupid. I cannot believe that another team actually took that on.

 

But back to the task at hand, and since this is the rumor thread and all: Would you do Poms for Brown, straight up?

 

I'm really unsure.

 

Didn't you call it a great move by both teams in the around the NHL thread? :P

 

I'd definitely consider a Pominville for Brown trade straight up, as he brings a lot of the qualities we lack as a team. And he has a much nicer contract. However we would lose offense and we'd have to hope he gels with Vanek the way Pominville has.

[Eleven]

Didn't you call it a great move by both teams in the around the NHL thread? :P

 

I'd definitely consider a Pominville for Brown trade straight up, as he brings a lot of the qualities we lack as a team. And he has a much nicer contract. However we would lose offense and we'd have to hope he gels with Vanek the way Pominville has.

 

Indeed I did. I really had forgotten about the length and cost of that contract. I'm running back there to delete that post.

[inkman]

Right now, it looks like a sign that they are stupid. I cannot believe that another team actually took that on.

But back to the task at hand, and since this is the rumor thread and all: Would you do Poms for Brown, straight up?

I'm really unsure.

God yes. Captain for captain makes sense.

[TrueBlueGED]

I wouldn't. I think Pommers brings too much to the table.

 

I think taking on a contract like Carter's, LA needs to look for some cheaper scoring talent. Ennis?

 

At the end of the day I probably wouldn't do Pominville for Brown, but as I said, I wouldn't just jump to say no. I'd imagine they would be interested in Ennis, but I'm personally not interested in trading him. I buy him as a center long-term, and he's going to be cheaper for the foreseeable future than Brown.

 

Edit: Just looked it up, and Carter only adds about $1 million to their payroll over Johnson. According to capgeek they still have about $2.6 million free, so maybe they wouldn't insist on cheap scoring.

[BetterDays06]

I would trade stafford and a prospect or draft pick for brown.. Brown has the edge in numbers, but i bet stafford could easily become a 50 pt scorer with all the talent that team has

[LabattBlue]

I would trade stafford and a prospect or draft pick for brown.. Brown has the edge in numbers, but i bet stafford could easily become a 50 pt scorer with all the talent that team has

You mean "all that talent" on a team that has the lowest goals per game average in the entire NHL? ;)

 

Despite what I wrote in another thread, I'm officially worried about Grigorenko. It's one unnamed scout...but he makes his effort sound abysmal. Full story below.

 

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=388658

Not good at all....which means he will drop and the Sabres will end up with him. :(

[Weave]

LA now has $2.6M in cap room so it can;t be two rostered players moving to LA. Looking at Staff and picks/prospects for sure. I don;t know if that is enough to convince LA to move Brown. They want in the playoffs NOW. Probably gonna have to be a better player than Staff.

 

I wonder if they are concentrating on D after moving Johnson?

[BetterDays06]

LA now has $2.6M in cap room so it can;t be two rostered players moving to LA. Looking at Staff and picks/prospects for sure. I don;t know if that is enough to convince LA to move Brown. They want in the playoffs NOW. Probably gonna have to be a better player than Staff.

 

I wonder if they are concentrating on D after moving Johnson?

Sekera would fit their team well. They say they want to become more productive on offense.. Sekera might be able to give them that offensive push they need, you always need the d to step it up and without johnson. Even leo can help them out... just make a trade

[Eleven]

 

Not good at all....which means he will drop and the Sabres will end up with him. :(

 

I read that article or blog post or whatever it was that True linked, and I no longer want him at all.

[deluca67]

Sekera would fit their team well. They say they want to become more productive on offense, and sekera can do that after moving johnson. or even leo

Why not MAG? Dirt cheap and the Kings are looking for offense. Makes sense.

[Who Else?]

Why not MAG? Dirt cheap and the Kings are looking for offense. Makes sense.

 

Are the Kings looking to dump Brown?

From what I read, he was just merely on the market. I would trade anyone outside of Myers Pominville Vanek and Ehrhoff for him.

I like what I have seen from Sekera. I bet he has a lot of value considering his new managable contract. I would like to keep him here, but if it is for Brown See Ya.

[LGR4GM]

I read that article or blog post or whatever it was that True linked, and I no longer want him at all.

yea I am with you on that... Galyenchuk or Faksa would still work.

 

I hear Faksa is a hard worker and I am getting more and more interested in him as time passes.

http://www.nhl.com/i...s.htm?id=615482

Faksa - "I was surprised when coach showed me I was No. 4 … I must keep working hard," Faksa said. "Coach Spott is a very good coach and in practice, we work hard, so it's good for us. I get loads of ice time and on the power play and penalty kill, and I'm happy about that."

[Derrico]

I read that article or blog post or whatever it was that True linked, and I no longer want him at all.

 

Another example of how draft picks in the NHL are not necessarily as good as everyone hopes/thinks. Not saying we don't need the picks, because we do but I read somewhere a couple years ago that the actual draft pick is worth more than the player selected. Several Gm's and anaylists were interviewed and and they evaluated trades before and after the fact. At the time of the trade people would analyse the player x trade for say a 2nd round pick. Then after the draft they went back and said ok the trade was actually player x for draf pick y. Almost always, the trade for the pick appeared better than the actual pick. Not sure how this applies, just throwing it out there.

[inkman]

I would trade stafford and a prospect or draft pick for brown.. Brown has the edge in numbers, but i bet stafford could easily become a 50 pt scorer with all the talent that team has

Huh? LA is making a run so they are going to trade their captain for a guy who gives them less of everything?

[deluca67]

Are the Kings looking to dump Brown?

From what I read, he was just merely on the market. I would trade anyone outside of Myers Pominville Vanek and Ehrhoff for him.

I like what I have seen from Sekera. I bet he has a lot of value considering his new managable contract. I would like to keep him here, but if it is for Brown See Ya.

Wasn't considering Brown at all. If the Kings are looking for some O and need a blue-liner, Mag should come pretty cheap and be able to log some minutes. His current tag would fit under the Kings current salary situation.

[Weave]

Wasn't considering Brown at all. If the Kings are looking for some O and need a blue-liner, Mag should come pretty cheap and be able to log some minutes. His current tag would fit under the Kings current salary situation.

 

The Kings just called up a D man prospect that is pretty highly rated for his O game.

[Lanny]

From what I've read the assumed reasoning for moving Brown may be to cut salary, perhaps they've got something brewing with Bernier that is bringing back a larger contract? But if that's the case it'd likely be prospects or picks they're looking for in return.

[Who Else?]

Wasn't considering Brown at all. If the Kings are looking for some O and need a blue-liner, Mag should come pretty cheap and be able to log some minutes. His current tag would fit under the Kings current salary situation.

 

Sorry. I was just following the flow from upstream. It's hard to tell when people are being sarsatic. I took the MAG response as a joke.

[spndnchz]

Are the Kings looking to dump Brown?

From what I read, he was just merely on the market. I would trade anyone outside of Myers Pominville Vanek and Ehrhoff for him.

I like what I have seen from Sekera. I bet he has a lot of value considering his new managable contract. I would like to keep him here, but if it is for Brown See Ya.

 

Brown would take a few good prospects and a first. Dreger says at least eight teams, including B-lo are interested.

[That Aud Smell]

From what I've read the assumed reasoning for moving Brown may be to cut salary, perhaps they've got something brewing with Bernier that is bringing back a larger contract? But if that's the case it'd likely be prospects or picks they're looking for in return.

 

dreger at tsn opines as follows this morning: A quality young d-man and solid secondary scorer part of what might land Brown. He's worth it.

 

(twitter seems to have lost its function where you can isolate a tweet on a single page? i need some help from someone born in the 80s or 90s.)

 

is MAG a quality young d-man? i dunno. but we have guys we could move on that front. as for secondary scoring, stafford is performing that way this year, but that's not what he's paid to do.

 

do we even want this guy (brown)?

[korab rules]

dreger at tsn opines as follows this morning: A quality young d-man and solid secondary scorer part of what might land Brown. He's worth it.

 

(twitter seems to have lost its function where you can isolate a tweet on a single page? i need some help from someone born in the 80s or 90s.)

 

is MAG a quality young d-man? i dunno. but we have guys we could move on that front. as for secondary scoring, stafford is performing that way this year, but that's not what he's paid to do.

 

do we even want this guy (brown)?

At 3 mill? Absolutely! look at his numbers - scores 25 ish goals a year and near the top of the league in hits, can play in all situations. He is the perfect 3rd line player and costs a million less than boyes. HE is the type of player you acquire when you are trying to build a championship roster.