Carol Schram: Vancouver Canucks: Shawn Matthias Signed by Leafs as Prospect Camp Ramps Up A look back at Shawn Matthias as he signs a free-agent deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and news out of the development camp on star prospect Cole Cassels.

First!

... Which is what Matthias will be dealt for at the deadline

Seconda

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- walshyleafsfan

AKA... First loser

First!

... Which is what Matthias will be dealt for at the deadline
- As_I_See_It

Why the entire NHL saw through his charade, that's why he didn't a long term deal.

AKA... First loser
- As_I_See_It

Not sure if you saw my eligibility question yesterday, but thanks for answering it anyway Carol!

Looks like Matthias is gonna be running through the 6ix with his woes.

First!

... Which is what Matthias will be dealt for at the deadline

More like a pair of firsts and a prospect!

More like a pair of firsts and a prospect!
- docmorgan

Aaahhh

The old Luongo, Schneider, Lack asking price.

Aaahhh

The old Luongo, Schneider, Lack asking price.
- walshyleafsfan

luongo for markstrom my god canucks are lucky gillis is no longer around

sorry, wrong thread.

I like the Jones signing, we needed to have some insurance on the farm for our centers and while highly unlikely it is possible he could earn a role as the 4C.

I think that is this team's biggest weakness at this point is C depth and Vey is not part of the solution. He might end up being a C but it won't be in the bottom 6 and most likely will make it as a winger.

I might have issues with Dorsett's contract and the price to acquire Prust but I am excited to see them both on the 4th line. Both players can legitimately play the game but they will need a strong Center to push the play in the right direction and that wont be Vey IMO.

FA options:

Jim Slater, would cost very little and is a very effective if not flashy player.

Marcel Goc, would cost more and is fragile but a good C.

James Sheppard, low cost but decent energy forward.

Eric Fehr, will cost more and is more suited to a top 6 role but would allow Bonino/Horvat to take the 4C position

Jarett Stoll, reclamation project, would be buy very low but I doubt he is an option.

Santorelli or Lapierre would be low cost options.

Trade options/RFA

Marcus Kruger, Chi has no space to resign and just signed Anisimov.

Cedric Paquette, TBL need to resign Namestnikov and he might be expendable.

Brian Boyle, see above TBL needs cap space.

Zack Smith, Ott has some younger C's and might be looking to move him.

Joakim Anderson or Glendening, have good size and Det is flush with C depth.

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. @Jake_Virtanen, who left practice today, says "he's fine" after being hit on the chin. He expects to skate Tues.

luongo for markstrom my god canucks are lucky gillis is no longer around
- Bigern4MVP

Markstrom could very well end up being a better goalie than Luongo.

Boy they're gonna need to rebuild that team in Utica...lots of older guys cashing in and leaving after their success.

The Canadian dollar hasn't been this low since March 2009, good job Stephen Harper.

Edit: it's a good thing he's the 6th highest paid world leader.

The Canadian dollar hasn't been this low since March 2009, good job Stephen Harper.

Edit: it's a good thing he's the 6th highest paid world leader.
- A_SteamingLombardi

At least it is resulting in a low salary cap which severely screws Chicago and LA

luongo for markstrom my god canucks are lucky gillis is no longer around
- Bigern4MVP

People pile it on to Gillis for that deal, but you can't blame the guy. When he signed Luongo to that deal, front-loaded contracts were becoming the norm, and were not illegal. He could not have foreseen that the NHL would subsequently, after the fact, establish rules that would punish teams that signed those types of contracts. Essentially, what the NHL did was establish a law, and were willing to punish teams for breaking that law even if they had broken it before the law even existed.

Imagine that the city of surrey enacts a fine tomorrow for playing on their soccer fields without a permit, and then after the fact writes up tickets for anyone that has played on it's fields for the last 50 years. That's pretty much what the NHL did, and in doing so completely deflated Luongo's value. I don't blame Gillis for the return, but I blame him for the way that he handled that whole situation.

@lefty - that top 6 is going to be interesting next year!

More like a pair of firsts and a prospect!
- docmorgan

No, but he will get us a second or third rounder which is exactly what we signed him for.

@lefty - that top 6 is going to be interesting next year!
- anavar

Yup...

The Canadian dollar hasn't been this low since March 2009, good job Stephen Harper.

Edit: it's a good thing he's the 6th highest paid world leader.
- A_SteamingLombardi

The dollar went down with the oil prices, over-supply on the world market....I don't think Harper controls that?

And no I'm not a big political guy.

People pile it on to Gillis for that deal, but you can't blame the guy. When he signed Luongo to that deal, front-loaded contracts were becoming the norm, and were not illegal. He could not have foreseen that the NHL would subsequently, after the fact, establish rules that would punish teams that signed those types of contracts. Essentially, what the NHL did was establish a law, and were willing to punish teams for breaking that law even if they had broken it before the law even existed.

Imagine that the city of surrey enacts a fine tomorrow for playing on their soccer fields without a permit, and then after the fact writes up tickets for anyone that has played on it's fields for the last 50 years. That's pretty much what the NHL did, and in doing so completely deflated Luongo's value. I don't blame Gillis for the return, but I blame him for the way that he handled that whole situation.
- Gullzy

Gillis wasnt 100% in the dark on the risk he was taking right before the new CBA was going to be battled over. There was a reason 30 teams were not laying out those kind of structured contracts. Gillis/Gillman gambled and lost is what happened.