Absent Canuck Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 If we are trading Kesler to the Leafs, we are NOT getting Kadri.... No freakin way. Return assets for Kesler start with Gauthier and end with Rielly Leafs get a #1 center..... 40 goal scorer and selkie winner. A top Yank between JVR and Kessel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
votrechien Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 4 years @ $16m (even that is pushing it a bit for one good shortened season) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UFCanuck Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Considering what Henrique just got, Kadri should get no less than 5M per. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Talk of Kesler for Kadri is making my eyes hurt.... (but the suggestion that he wouldn't land Kadri makes me laugh) btw, we have Kesler for 3 more years at 5 million, so if he were a comparable, these young bucks are worth half that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Considering what Henrique just got, Kadri should get no less than 5M per. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Yeah really, what's up with Lou Lam? Some under pressure signings IMO, which he did not seem to make in the old days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 LouLam still has 4 million in cap space, and his entire roster signed... (and will have a boatload more to work with as Brodeur's, Jagr's, Zidlicky's...contracts expire at season's end). LouLam had Henrique, the NHL's #1 bang for your buck player, at $550k the last couple years. Henrique has not only scored at a pace relative to Hodgson and Kadri - he is also a very adept two way player, penalty killer, and produced what he has getting 47% offensive zone starts. Lou Lam just locked up one hell of a two way player in Henrique for six years at a very reasonable cap hit, one that has the potential to be a steal in a few years - one that is less risky, given he is a two way player who can contribute in all situations - than the bigger money that these other young guys are demanding. I'd take Henrique over either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck Surfer Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Your assessment of Bolland is far from correct. No the Hawks did not get rid of him at the first opportunity they got. Bolland suffered through injuries that derailed his season last year. The initial plan was to start him on as 2nd line center because the Hawks had no one who could fill in that role last year. Suffice to say that Bolland was not adequate at that role and Q knew that but still regarded Bolland highly enough to let him try. Bolland should never have played in an offensive role but he was our best center after Toews. Shaw and Kruger have been retained because they come cheaper and the Hawks needed the money to keep Bickell after his playoff performance. Bolland's salary made him a casualty, a million less and he would have stayed a Hawk. Bolland is still a good player, injuries have really been a problem for him the past few years. If he can get back to being healthy he is still one of the best 3rd liners in the game. I think Bolland will have a good year next year provided he stays healthy, he probably leaves as a UFA next year though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Putting this in a Canucks context > one rumoured Lou deal from the past I am glad did not take place; Lou for Dave Bolland! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I would be fine if the Canucks threaded Kesler for Kadri. TOR Kesler VAN Kadri Reilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Murray isn't likely to do this, but I would love for Ottawa to offer sheet either Franson or Kadri. They have the cap space for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amish Rake Fighter Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Murray isn't likely to do this, but I would love for Ottawa to offer sheet either Franson or Kadri. They have the cap space for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Murray isn't likely to do this, but I would love for Ottawa to offer sheet either Franson or Kadri. They have the cap space for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Unfortunately I think the Sens are on a budget despite cap space. But that doesn't exclude Feaster lol, who has shown a willingness to drop the offersheet hammer before muahahaha, who also has a team hopelessly shallow up the middle, and over 7 million in cap space... Come on Feaster, just do it. Anything over 4.9 million and the Leafs have to subtract from their already thin roster of 21. Anything under 5.045 is a 1st and 3rd in compensation, and would pretty much force the Leafs hand. The moment after that offersheet drops is the moment to hit Franson with one. [Remember the talk out of Toronto of offersheeing Schneider? I do.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 DerP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pears Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Unfortunately I think the Sens are on a budget despite cap space. But that doesn't exclude Feaster lol, who has shown a willingness to drop the offersheet hammer before muahahaha, who also has a team hopelessly shallow up the middle, and over 7 million in cap space... Come on Feaster, just do it. Anything over 4.9 million and the Leafs have to subtract from their already thin roster of 21. Anything under 5.045 is a 1st and 3rd in compensation, and would pretty much force the Leafs hand. The moment after that offersheet drops is the moment to hit Franson with one. [Remember the talk out of Toronto of offersheeing Schneider? I do.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missioncanucksfan Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Offer sheeting Kadri for that is potentially giving up Reinhart or Ekblad, and if the fLames finish in the bottom five again that will almost certainly get Feaster fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldnews Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Offer sheeting Kadri for that is potentially giving up Reinhart or Ekblad, and if the fLames finish in the bottom five again that will almost certainly get Feaster fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smashian Kassian Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 but I also enjoy returning the favours their annoying media love to dish in this direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missioncanucksfan Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 Yep, thats the extent of my Leaf hate aswell, TSN is just terrible. TSN will paint any Leaf failure with a rainbow brush, like a week or 2 ago when they were covering the Leafs, and saying everything would be just fine as far as the Franson/Kadri negotiations go with the cap space they have left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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