JRgoing to be stupid and trade for kessel at 1201am, right after TO pays his 4mil bonus.. mark my words

Non-speculatory Swings and Misses so far:

Artemi Panarin
Mike Rielly
Brandon Saad

I'm glad we are trying but at some point you gotta win one of these
- YouMeAndDupuis9

What's that Russians name again??

#3 in a competition between 2 teams for the most part for Reilly... was that really a miss or just a lot of wishful thinking for us.
- Guile

They are all attempts to land young talent....I think its a competition.

Jack Johnson!
- BINGO!

Make no mistake, aside from NYI, CBJ is going to be tough. But it's not like their team has no holes either.

I can get behind this. Everyone loves Saad, but that might have been worse than the proposed Kessel trade.
- Tojo.

Saad is 22. Great cap hit. Kessel is what, 27? 8M hit. We're going to be told to become interested in excitement over 31 year old Alex Semin probably at 4.5M. Then again I think Semin is going to Ottawa or Colorado.

JRgoing to be stupid and trade for kessel at 1201am, right after TO pays his 4mil bonus.. mark my words
- nh4442

You have a better chance of being mauled by a Japanese tiger than Jim Rutherford being awake past midnight.

Well this action about Saad, would confirm no Kessel trade is about to be announced or been completed.

You have a better chance of being mauled by a Japanese tiger than Jim Rutherford being awake past midnight.
- YouMeAndDupuis9

wait i just happen to b in japan......

Saad is 22. Great cap hit. Kessel is what, 27? 8M hit. We're going to be told to become interested in excitement over 31 year old Alex Semin probably at 4.5M. Then again I think Semin is going to Ottawa or Colorado.
- Johnny Wrath

We don't know what his cap hit is going to be. Word out of Chicago is he was looking for 8 years 7mil per... Even at 6.5, he's a good player, but that's not a "great" cap hit.

Saad is 22. Great cap hit. Kessel is what, 27? 8M hit. We're going to be told to become interested in excitement over 31 year old Alex Semin probably at 4.5M. Then again I think Semin is going to Ottawa or Colorado.
- Johnny Wrath

Whoever said it before is right. Love Saad (indepedent of where he was born) but he's not nearly as valuable at $6M. He is worth it, but Saad on his deal with the hawks was 1000x more valuable.

Assuming same assets to acquire would you guys rather have Saad at $6.5M or Kessel at $8M

Saad is 22. Great cap hit. Kessel is what, 27? 8M hit. We're going to be told to become interested in excitement over 31 year old Alex Semin probably at 4.5M. Then again I think Semin is going to Ottawa or Colorado.
- Johnny Wrath

If he gets 6.5M like he's reportedly asking for, that's not a good cap hit.

Make no mistake, aside from NYI, CBJ is going to be tough. But it's not like their team has no holes either.
- jfkst1

Wasn't there a lot of chatter on the a Rags board & every other board they invaded about their core & they have no problems going forward??? Things are changing big time & I still think although not a contender we will be ok also.

I actually believe the Hawks won the deal

Guile wanted me to warn everyone that careful posting in the CHI boards because they are banning people for anything.

Well this action about Saad, would confirm no Kessel trade is about to be announced or been completed.
- Aussiepenguin

I agree - that is good news, at least.

Whoever said it before is right. Love Saad (indepedent of where he was born) but he's not nearly as valuable at $6M. He is worth it, but Saad on his deal with the hawks was 1000x more valuable.

Assuming same assets to acquire would you guys rather have Saad at $6.5M or Kessel at $8M
- YouMeAndDupuis9

Neither

I actually believe the Hawks won the deal
- usethe1-2-2

Right?

I thought that was a decent return too.

Right?

I thought that was a decent return too.
- BINGO!

Dano and Anisimov are a nice return by themselves.

Dreger is just dumping cold water on the Kessel trade right now.

CBJ have a lot of high priced forwards, got to think another deal is coming to clear space.

fuk if im pens im offersheeting tarasenko if they dont trade us oshie and rattie and nyquist just bc lol

CBJ have a lot of high priced forwards, got to think another deal is coming to clear space.
- Tojo.

I love the move, they get even deeper up front, but they are not that strong on the back end to pay for all that aging talent up front. Hartnell and Clarkson cost you like 10 mill right? I think they overpaid Foligno too.

fuk if im pens im offersheeting tarasenko if they dont trade us oshie and rattie and nyquist just bc lol
- nh4442

Not sure they can legal trade us him

If he gets 6.5M like he's reportedly asking for, that's not a good cap hit.
- Tojo.

Drew Stafford, who has never done anything, has a new 4.35M cap hit. Adding a Nick Spaling contract on top of that and it equating to the prime of Saad's career is a wonderful cap hit.

CBJ have a lot of high priced forwards, got to think another deal is coming to clear space.
- Tojo.

Madden said that Ryan Johansen took or is looking to take a bridge deal to free up room to fit in Saad.