Bananas Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 At the start of this season, it was the general consensus that Ballard was going to be bought out, and number buyout number two was going to Booth. Of course, there were the morons who suggested Luongo (out of stupidity) and Raymond/Malhotra (out of ignorance... I mean... they are UFAs...) ANYWHO I'm creating this topic with the purpose of an ongoing "who gets bought out" thing. The type of players who get bought out are players who have negative trade value, typically long contracts, and large ones at that. I'm curious to see where this goes. The most interesting race at this point in time comes from two Florida acquisitions, and it's not who you think: Ballard has been slowly proving his worth here, as he has been playing some solid defensive hockey this early in the shortened season. The chemistry between him and Tanev is undeniable, and is making both of these players look good. Booth is a gigantic question mark. He obviously has potential as a player, but it has never come to fruition on this team. This may be a result of battling injuries, much like Ballard. But unlike Ballard, Booth hasn't gotten to play himself out of this rut. Garrison is VERY rapidly filling Ballard's old shoes. The highly-paid do-nothing defenseman. J-BO 2.0. Is it a lack of chemistry? Inability to adjust? 1-hit wonder? Injury? I don't know, but his 4.6 could be much better spent elsewhere. If Gillis had have known that the cap would go so low, no way does this guy get signed for this much. Such is the case for many recent acquisitions. I'll be curious to see how the market values are affected by the reduced cap. When the cap shot up the last couple years, there were extra bucks that were sent towards the 2 or 3 acquisitions of the year. This was league wide. This is where the buyouts come in. Garrison is a prime example. So is Bieksa's contract. Hamhuis made him look much better than he is. Bieksa is another question mark. However, this team is way to cliquey to let Bieksa go. Not in a million years. Overall, we have 5 D-men who make 4-5 mill per, and only one of them is worth the money (Hamhuis). I'm pretty satisfied with the forwards, although Booth is questionable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 I would rather trade Bieksa for a nice return myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortorella's Rant Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Anyone who suggests Luongo be bought out should be publicly flogged for days on end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thema Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 13 games in and you want to dump Garrison? Marco Sturm says hi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xur Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Yeah this thread is about 35 games + a playoff run away from being started IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 13 games in and you want to dump Garrison? Marco Sturm says hi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJ- Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Garrison has been a disappointment for me thus far, but I'm not ready to give up on him yet. I didn't like how Kassian was playing last year, but I decided to withhold judgement and we can all see how that turned out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John.Tallhouse Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Garrison looks kind of scared out there. For such a big dude he seems farely shook up. But I'm being patient with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenFan2011 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 people garisson has been doing fine he is defensive defencmen of course he has made some mistakes but eveyone does even tanev so calm down... all our defence is doing bad.... especially edler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Fatigue Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 At the start of this season, it was the general consensus that Ballard was going to be bought out, and buyout number two was going to Booth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicNuckleHead09 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Uhh.... Marco Sturm can say hi all he wants... he was horrible his entire time here. I don't care about his mediocre "success" in Florida following his trade, cuz he wasn't going to find that "success" here. Garrison should be bought out because this off-season is our only chance. Look at what the signing of JBo did to Calgary. Gillis has one chance to push this signing under the rug before it haunts him. Garrison will never have a positive trade value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbanks Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 it was a terrible contract the second it was signed and im not just saying that now me and my friends laughed pretty hard the second it was announced ,it looked like a desperate leap to try to replace sami salo. i still think he has alot to give but i think hes more around a 3m a year player tops Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicNuckleHead09 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 If all you are going to do is bash garrison trying posting in here. This topic is redundant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 If all you are going to do is bash garrison trying posting in here. This topic is redundant. /topic/339255-jason-garrison-over-hyped-and-now-over-exposed/">http://forum.canucks...w-over-exposed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoman13 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 If all you are going to do is bash garrison trying posting in here. This topic is redundant. /topic/339255-jason-garrison-over-hyped-and-now-over-exposed/">http://forum.canucks...w-over-exposed/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Sestito Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Garrison has the second highest +/- rating on the team, second to Henrik Sedin. The goals will come, hop off his dick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted February 16, 2013 Author Share Posted February 16, 2013 Edit: derp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackberries Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 <p><br /> people garisson has been doing fine he is defensive defencmen of course he has made some mistakes but eveyone does even tanev so calm down... all our defence is doing bad.... especially edler<br /> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VicNuckleHead09 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Well, that wasn't the original intention, but that seems to be all anybody wants to talk about. Who would YOU buy out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KING ALBERTS Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 why the hell would we buy out booth?... ballard is in the mix because of his dollar sign to play on our bottom pairing, but since when was it a consensus he was a buyouy target??? by consensus do you mean you just pulled this all out of your ass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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