Bleed Blue and Green Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have a feeling the player that the Canucks are "waiting" on could be Danny Briere. He has been out with a fractured wrist he sustained during the lockout. Reports are claiming that Briere should be ready by Friday the earliest, but highly likely the weekend. I think perhaps a Hartnell + Briere for Luongo++ trade could happen. Flyers have a ton of youth and scoring, while we don't have a 2nd line for at least a month, maybe two. Briere could center that line until Kesler comes back and Hartnell could take the 2nd line LW position until Booth comes back. BUT, when Booth and Kesler comes back, it will be okay since we'll have some LTIR cap relief. Sedin Sedin Hartnell Booth Kesler Briere Burrows Lapierre Hansen Higgins Malhotra Kassian DEPTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THERETOOL Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Luongo to Edmonton doesn't make any sense at all. The Oilers are at least 2-3 years away from being serious contenders. Oilers should stay patient and look for an upgrade when the time is right...not this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I have a feeling the player that the Canucks are "waiting" on could be Danny Briere. He has been out with a fractured wrist he sustained during the lockout. Reports are claiming that Briere should be ready by Friday the earliest, but highly likely the weekend. I think perhaps a Hartnell + Briere for Luongo++ trade could happen. Flyers have a ton of youth and scoring, while we don't have a 2nd line for at least a month, maybe two. Briere could center that line until Kesler comes back and Hartnell could take the 2nd line LW position until Booth comes back. BUT, when Booth and Kesler comes back, it will be okay since we'll have some LTIR cap relief. Sedin Sedin Hartnell Booth Kesler Briere Burrows Lapierre Hansen Higgins Malhotra Kassian DEPTH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eretz canucks Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hartnell and Briere are old, and expensive, thats 10.7 million for the two, we would have to move booth or higgins and raymond in that trade. I would go all in for Couturier Luongo Raymond Cannauton 2014 first For Couturier 2013 2nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool story bro Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I think perhaps a Hartnell + Briere for Luongo++ trade could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHL rocks Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Couturier will not be available for trade. Philly will not trade him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sampy Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 If we got both Hartnell and Briere I would literally fall to my knees and cry. Tears of joy of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I think Mackenzie's ego as "the insider" is out of control - he's an insider, sometimes, but NHL GMs don't have to apprise him of anything in order for it to be a reality and for him to come out and speculate that there's nothing to Gillis' comment imo makes him look like an idiot. I don't see Gillis as the smoke and mirrors type - he's generally either forthright or simply responds that he's not going to comment on a matter. Given his style this would be a good bluff, but I don't think it is. I find it utterly hilarious that there has been so much readiness to swallow endless Luongo to Toronto rumours but all of a sudden there's no way a Luongo deal in priniciple could be in the works that sees him go elsewhere. Indicating that a deal is in place and waiting for that team to do something with a player doesn't necessarily have the logical effect of increasing the bidding - it could also have the effect of suggesting people look elsewhere under those cicumstances. In Toronto's case, feel free to. "We have a potential deal in place with one team that has to do something with another player that they have — and it’s not who anybody thinks it is — and so we have to wait." I think this rules out players like Briere - the Flyers are waiting for Briere, they don't have to do something with him IMO it involves a team with a goaltender who is a significant cap hit, who for one reason or another sees fit to either move a bad contract, replace a veteran nearing retirement, or upgrade on a mid tier goalie whose cap hit they would not want to keep in addition to Luongo. That leaves a significant amount of possibilities. Veterans nearing retirement that may still bring a decent return if dealt: Brodeur Kipprusoff Khabibulin Nabokov Bad contracts: Bryzgalov Dipietro Upgrades on contracts too large to double up upon: Dubnyk Niemi Mason Crawford Edmonton is spending over 8 million on goaltenders... New Jersey, knowing the value of a goaltending cornerstone, may seek another. Calgary refusing to rebuild, could conceivably look to cash in on Kipprusoff while they still can, and find a competitive replacement. Islanders - obvious - with Dipietro and Nabokov, have got to do something. Philadelphia - also obviously may prefer a Bryz fire-sale and retool. San Jose - Niemi is good, but they seem to be at a crossroads - rebuild or try to load up and make another run. Columbus - would want to move Mason's 2.9 before adding. Chicago - can't see it but other people apparently can. Florida being so budget oriented may insist upon moving Theodore before taking on more cap hit. I think there are enough possibilities not named Toronto that fit within the frame of Gillis' reference I'm not going to make any assumptions about Luongo's willingness to waive for any teams - if he were willing to go to Toronto, imo he's pretty much willing to go virtually anywhere but Siberia haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canucks_fo_life Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I heard one of the teams is Washington, and theyre offereing Laich,Brouwer and defenceman Dmitry Orlov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Luongo to Edmonton doesn't make any sense at all. The Oilers are at least 2-3 years away from being serious contenders. Oilers should stay patient and look for an upgrade when the time is right...not this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Hartnell and Briere are old, and expensive, thats 10.7 million for the two, we would have to move booth or higgins and raymond in that trade. I would go all in for Couturier Luongo Raymond Cannauton 2014 first For Couturier 2013 2nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberries Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Would love a briere for luu swap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberries Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I heard one of the teams is Washington, and theyre offereing Laich,Brouwer and defenceman Dmitry Orlov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theminister Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I heard one of the teams is Washington, and theyre offereing Laich,Brouwer and defenceman Dmitry Orlov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noheart Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I think Gillis is giving the TO media a taste of there own medicine. We are talking about the man who says "no comment" when asked how his day is going. This is just not a Mike Gillis type move. Everything this man does is calculated and Guarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I heard one of the teams is Washington, and theyre offereing Laich,Brouwer and defenceman Dmitry Orlov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allkill326 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I think Gillis is giving the TO media a taste of there own medicine. We are talking about the man who says "no comment" when asked how his day is going. This is just not a Mike Gillis type move. Everything this man does is calculated and Guarded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalscorer Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Is Edmonton making sense spending 8.15 million on Dubnyk, Khabibulin and Danis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeNiro Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I dont believe that for a second but if it was true we would have jumped in it already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I heard one of the teams is Washington, and theyre offereing Laich,Brouwer and defenceman Dmitry Orlov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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