[Glov10]

I would go after Chicago and offer Barker and Versteeg something around market value. I think that with Toews and Kane coming off their entry level contracts next year along with Campbell and Huet at contracts that other teams are likely to pass on, there is probably a good chance you can get them at a good price with out Chicago matching the offer.

[Thumbs_up_Jesus]

Disaronno, on Jul 1 2009, 09:12 PM, said:

what about a Versteeg/Barker offer sheet at the same time

catch Chicago off guard x2

bum da da bum da da bum da bum bum.. (suck it chicago)

thats exactly what i was thinking. really put them in a tough spot and we would probably end up with one or both players.

id also take a run at Kessel. If Shorthouse thought the Sedin Sedin Sundin line was hard to call.. imagine a Kesler Kessel line. hehe. I think Gillis should also to a look at trading for Kessels rights rather than just try to pry him with an offer sheet. Burn less bridges.

[Protag]

Versteeg. Chicago doesnt have a ton of cap room, and putting in say a 3 million dollar offer would really pressure them.

[Boognish]

A really cruel move, and correct me if this isn't a legal move but send 2 offer sheets to Chicago for barker and versteeg, gauranteed to get one of them, suuuch a dick move though

[FeStealth]

jc4004, on Jul 1 2009, 09:00 PM, said:

Gillis needs to figure out how many enemies he wants to make among the GM fraternity. Recall the @#$%^ slap he got across the face from John Davidson last year after trying to sign David Backes. Davidson promptly gave an RFA offer to Bernier at an inflated salary as an F-U to Gillis. MG has to deal with these guys on a regular basis. It would be preferable to stay on good terms with as many GM's as possible. Although offer sheets are permitted under the current CBA the consequences of taking advantage of them seem to be too high, IMO.

I would say that using offer sheets to Eastern teams might be a bad idea, since you don't want to create more enemies. But for certain Western teams and especially those in the Northwest division, I'd say go for it. Calgary, Edmonton, Colorado, etc.... they won't trade with the Canucks normally, so there's no harm in trying to poach their RFA's.

[ssingh]

Phil Kessel and/or Cam Barker.

[GrassyPonderous]

First: Re-sign Luongo. If he is truly our goalie of now/future then hopefully Aquilini will be down for a Franzen/Zetterberg-like deal to get cap hit down. 10 yrs 60M (8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 6, 6, 4, 4)

Trade 1:

To NJD: Schneider, Rights to Hansen, 3rd round pick in 2010
To VAN: Rights to Zajac

New Jersey might not be able to retain this guy given that they do not have a lot of players under contract. Plus, they need some hope behind Brodeur in the future (assuming Schneider holds trade value, despite being unproven at NHL level blah blah..).

Trade 2:

To CBJ: Bieksa, 4th round pick 2010, 3rd round pick 2011.
To VAN: Russel

CBJ needs immediate help on D, and they have John Moore as a prospect waiting to come up. As of RIGHT NOW (ignoring potential), Bieksa brings more to the plate than Russel with speed and grit and better defensive play (ignoring stupid mistakes). Plus the picks we send back sweeten the deal.

Sign Zajac 4 yrs 14M (3.5 per, slightly less than Krejci for similar numbers).
Sign Seidenberg 1 yr 2.5 (if possible, or whatever puck mover is available for 2.5M/seas).
Sign backup goalie plug for 500k.

Sedin - Sedin - Burrows (6.1 + 6.1 + 2 = 14.2)
Demitra - Zajac - Kesler (4 + 3.5 + 1.75 = 9.25)
Samuellson - Raymond - Bernier (2.5 + .883 + 2 = 5.483)
Hordichuk - Johnson - Rypien (.775 + 1.15 + .55 = 2.45)
Grabner, Plug (.843 + .500 = 1.343)

Forward total: 14.2 + 9.25 + 5.483 + 2.45 + 1.343 = 32.717

Mitchell Salo (3.5 + 3.5 = 7)
Edler Seidenberg (3.25 + 2.5 = 5.75)
Russel Oberg (.750 + 0.9[guess on cap hit] = 1.65)
Nycholat, Rome (.500 + .550 = 1.05)

Defense total: 7 + 5.75 + 1.65 + 1.05 = 15.45

Luongo (6.75)
Plug (.500)

Goalie total: 7.25

Team total: 32.717 + 15.45 + 7.25 = 55.417.

We still have $1.383M cap space to deal with call-ups/injuries.

Open to flaming.

[themcdeal]

^^^ worst defense in the league

[Dark_Knight]

Barker and Malhotra (ufa)

[TheHitman]

We should pwn Chicago and offer sheet to both Barker/Versteeg. The only problem would be that we'd really end up losing some nice picks.

[ovie8]

Versteeg or Grebeshkov