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Capitals Mike Green a trade deadline goner?
Could the Canadiens pursue Mike Green?
NBC SPORTS: Jason Brough believes the Washington Capitals face a tough decision with pending UFA defenseman Mike Green leading up to the trade deadline. He’s an unrestricted free agent this summer and speculation suggests he won’t be re-signed. The Capitals could trade him at the deadline or keep him for the playoffs and risk losing him for nothing to free agency.
NICHOLS ON HOCKEY: TSN’s Bob McKenzie believes the Capitals will trade Mike Green at the deadline. He speculates the Montreal Canadiens could have interest, though he has no knowledge that they’ve contacted the Capitals about Green.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: If the Capitals move Green, and there’s no guarantee they will, I suspect they’ll try to acquire depth at forward. Green carries a cap hit of $6.083 million this season and has a modified no-trade clause. Even with the bulk of his salary paid out by the deadline, he could be a tight fit for some teams.
Canucks interested in Hanzal?
SPORTSNET: Elliotte Friedman believes the Vancouver Canucks could be among the teams with interest in Arizona Coyotes forward Martin Hanzal. Friedman speculates the asking price could be Bo Horvat and a pick, which the Canucks won’t do.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: I don’t expect the Canucks to make a big splash leading up to the trade deadline, simply because team president Trevor Linden and GM Jim Benning have made it clear they won’t sacrifice their future for help this season.
Latest on the Bruins, Jets and Flames.
BOSTON HERALD: Stephen Harris lists “Drew Stafford of Buffalo; ex-Bruin Brad Boyes of Florida; forward Antoine Vermette or left-shot winger Martin Erat of Arizona” as possible trade options for the Boston Bruins.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Stafford or Erat are the likely options, or players like them. Boyes is under contract for another season and I suspect the Panthers will keep him. The asking price for Vermette will be more than the cap-strapped Bruins can afford.
WINNIPEG SUN: Ted Wyman believes the now-struggling Jets need help and calls on GM Kevin Cheveldayoff to swing a trade. The Jets need offense and Wyman suggests shopping one of his top-six blueliners for a top-six forward. If that’s not palatable for Cheveldayoff, Wyman notes there are forwards available for draft picks or prospects, of which the Jets have plenty.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: Cheveldayoff is patient to a fault, sometimes maddeningly so. I agree with Wyman, however, that the Jets GM could probably land a playoff rental to boost the Jets offense without giving up much in return. I expect that’ll be the route “Chevy” goes, though he could wait until the deadline itself for the right return.
NHL.COM: Calgary Flames GM Brad Treliving once again states he’s not willing to sacrifice his club’s long-term goals for a short-term fix.
SPECTOR’S NOTE: So far there’s not that much pressure on Treliving to swing a deal. I wouldn’t be surprised, however, if he’s waiting for an affordable pickup as the trade deadline nears.
Trevling / Burke would love to see how these younger players react to the playoffs so they can determine who stays and who goes long term.
Trades you could see include movement of one goaltender for a prospect, a deal for Glencross for a prospect or maybe a trade that involves the bottom 6 or a prospect the team is not sold on.
I suspect the Caps will keep Green for playoff run but it would be an interesting add for the Habs. I look forward to see what MB does leading up to trade deadline.
Croft31,
How about this scenario, Washington trades Green for help upfront, then swings a deal of either a prospect or a pick to NJ for Zidlicky.
This gives them cap room, and adds another offensive defenseman, and addresses the need for help upfront, for a long playoff run.
again I hope MB would explore getting some size on the wing …maybe a straight swap of zack kassian for jared tinordi would work for both teams
that to me is the one glaring thing the habs are missing for there run in the eastern conference
How about a first line winger? With all due respect to Dale weise, he’s not top line material.
wises isn’t a front line right winger but has size an uses it
Gallagher is there best right winger but I think in order to have a penalty called against him the other team would need to behead him lol then it would be questionable
I agree with Russ, the only deals I can see them really making are Hiller or Ramo for a prospect/pick and depending how things shake out with Franson and Glencross. I could see the Flames trading Glencross for a decent return and giving a second for Franson providing he re-signs with them and maybe a 3rd if he doesn’t.
There really is no pressure on the Flames as they’re in year 2 of a rebuild. Ironically, there’s even less pressure on the oilers in year 8 of their rebuild….I guess success is easier when the goal is to finish in the bottom 3.
Year two of rebuild..LOL..
The Flames haven’t qualified for the playoffs in 5 years..probably 6 with this one. If the Oilers are 8th, then the Flames are on their 6th.
If they’re 2nd, then it’s 4 for the Oilers. 1st year Oil fell to the bottom and got Hall..that triggered the rebuild..
I consider the rebuild to start for the Flames when they traded away their vets and started playing their youth. They weren’t rebuilding while they had Iggy and Kipper on their team…they were still going for it and failing. They decided that wasn’t the way to go and traded those two (and JayBow) and that triggered the rebuild.
The oilers rebuild started when they had no vets on the team and put all of their youth in. They’ve been a bottom feeding team for about a decade…the best part is that they keep on doing what they’ve been doing even though it’s failing miserably. The Flames realized that what they were doing (or trying to do) wasn’t working so changed their whole strategy. The oilers keep putting in young players and going for high draft picks and management and ownership say they’re going to “stay the course” and just need more time…. oilers gonna oil!
Don’t be jumping the gun on how successful rebuilds are going. Ottawa started a rebuild hired Maclean made the Playoffs to everyone surprised with all their stars injured. Since then Can’t make the playoffs and fired the coach.
Edmonton has been struggling drafting. There is not much that is different between the two in regards to the rebuild. Both are/have moved out veterans. Both are drafting. They are both doing it right? This year Edmonton struggled immensely by not having a proper 2nd line Centre.
Calgary may turn it around quicker, they may not. It is nothing to gloat over as they are following the same path.
Am, don’t praise the Oilers that much, they’ve been drafting high since 2007.
2007 – Gagne, Plante, R.Nash, Omark
2008 – Eberle
2009 – Paajarvi, Lander, O.Roy
2010 – Hall, Pitlick
2011 – Nugent-Hopkins, Klefbom, Musil
2012 – Yakupov
2013 – Nurse
2014 – Draisaitl
With 3 first overall picks, and a good many top 10 overall picks, they still can’t get it right. This is a prime example that the League needs to put all 30 teams in an even lottery to land 1st overall…and so on. It is not the fault that other teams are drafting and trading better. This is saying a lot coming from a Leafs fan. lol
…drafting high or supposedly ‘well’.
The Oilers draft fine in the first round. It is the 2nd and down rounds that they draft poorly.
The oilers don’t draft fine, they don’t even draft well. They drafted Hall instead of Seguin when they needed a centre, they drafted Yak instead of Murry and RNH instead of Langeskog. All of those were just mistakes but any pic they have out of the top 10 are garbage. They’d be better off trading their seconds, thirds and so on for immediate help because they’re so bad at drafting.
I’m not saying that the rebuild is done for the Flames but they have a legit shot at the playoffs and no one expected them to. I didn’t think they’d be close to the playoffs for a few years, and I still don’t. They’re just over achieving where the oilers are falling on their faces yet again.
Correct, first declared rebuild was with selecting cogs and gags….. Then oil management proclaimed another rebuild in 2010 when they received the opportunity to select first overall.
Flawed philosophy is drafting the best player available by oil management rather than targeting the pieces to build a team.
For me, the rebuild began in the summer of 06 when the Stanley cup run roster was blown up, so it is getting close to a decade now.
Just an observation for all the critics of the sens, oil, flames, Canucks……all these teams have made it to lord Stanley’s dance this century…… The other 3 Canadian teams have not. Jets get a pass cause they have not been in Canada for the entire 15 years, habs look like they may do it this year……
How is that so? If anything it proves the opposite, that the draft should stay the same. A Edmonton picks high because of their place in the standings and is no closer to a playoff spot than when they started picking high. Detroit hasn’t picked in the top 10 in 20 years and is a perennial playoff team. So tell me again how your example proves the NHL needs to change the draft? Your thoughts are contradictory. Just because the Leafs have serious trouble drafting doesn’t mean the NHL should change lmao. I’m just tired of fans proposing changing the draft when there is nothing wrong with it and not having a good reason to do so.
I made a trade suggestion yesterday re: Leafs and Red Wings… Franson+Polak+Santorelli for Weiss+Dekeyser… That was shot down by “Kronwalled” with this… “Wings are not trading one of their better young defenders for 2 UFAs and a 3rd pair defenseman. You obviously don’t look at deals from the other teams point of view. To put it a way you might understand, your deal would be like the Leafs trading Reilly, Lupul for 2 UFAs to be and a 3rd pair defenseman. I doubt you would want the Leafs to make that deal.”
I think the Leaf’s taking back Weiss’s “boat anchor” contract was not taken into consideration, BUT, with this perspective on the value of Dekeyser… What about this suggestion then???
Franson+Robidas+Santorelli for Weiss+Sheahan. The Leafs would need to retain some $$$ (minimum $350k, but realistically something more like $750k-$1m) but, once again, DET gets TWO right handed shooting D-men and a depth 2-way center. The Leafs get a #2/#3 center and a decent young forward who is already playing on a line with Weiss, so there is that familiarity/chemistry moving forward.
Thoughts?
In other suggestions…
Reimer+Kadri+Polak ($7.95m cap hit) for Yakupov+Schultz ($7.45m cap hit)
EDM gets #1 G who has successful history with Scrivens, the #2 center they need as well as a veteran D who can solidify the back end defensively.
TOR gets a young forward with big offensive potential and a young right handed shooting D-man (replacing the 3 right handed shots they are moving out in the 2 deals I have proposed) who can log minutes and move the puck and QB a PP (I would suggest 2nd pairing and 2nd PP unit duty to help him develop more without being a top pairing guy like he is in EDM where he makes mental mistakes due to mental fatigue from all the ice time he sees).
EDM:
Hall/RNH/Eberle
Pouliot/Kadri/Purcell
Klinkhammer/Roy/Hendricks
Gazdic/Gordon/Fraser
Nikitin/Ference
Fayne/Petry
Klefbom/Polak
Reimer/Scrivens
TOR:
JVR/Bozak/Kessel
Weiss/Sheahan/Yakupov
Komarov/Winnik/Clarkson
Lupul/Holland/Booth
Phaneuf/Holzer
Reilly/Schultz
Gardiner/Granberg
Bernier
Gibson-Sparks
DET:
Tatar/Zetterberg/Nyquist
Abdelkader/Datsyuk/Jurco
Miller/Santorelli/Cleary
Glendening/Helm/Franzen
Quincy/Kronwall
Dekeyser/Franson
Smith/Robidas
Howard
Mrazek-Gustavsson
Thoughts?
All i can say is stop pushing Reimer on the Oiler. A Reimer/Scrivens combo did not work in Toronto so why would you suggest another team try it. Why do I see this trade option always pop up in so many different ways consisting of different draft picks and players but Reimer to the Oiler in the end. Makes little sense to me. The Oilers have tried one of the Leafs tenders. They are not going to make the Leafs same mistake by taking them both.
You are absolutely correct sir. If Mac t is going to move any of these “rebuild” draft picks, I would think he is going to move this years pick…… he has already stated he is willing to move it. There will be a gm who covets a chance to pick Mcjesus or eichle and offer up the pieces that complement the oilers existing roster. Perhaps a package similar to what Toronto gave up for Kessel.
I do however enjoy reading the trade scenarios that have the oilers shipping hall, ebs and yaks to the leafs for players the leafs fans don’t want anymore. Makes me giggle while having my coffee every morning. Why doesn’t anyone include nuge though? And why not the other Toronto goalie?
What gives anyone the impression that oilers management is so desperate to move these guys?
There is a reason why Edmonchuck gets all these stupid trades they can’t win a game can’t even buy 1. So every one thinks because edmon is in such a down hill spiral that management will do any thing to stop it. But it will not stop look at dubnyk he is winning like crazy why you ask because he now in a winning atmosphere edmon is losing games doesn’t matter who they bring in time to remove management and start a fresh if they don’t then nothing will change
That Oiler trade is intriguing, as an Oiler fan I don’t know if the Leafs are getting enough back. Also I don’t know if the Leafs are the right team for Yakupov to do what he needs to do to be successful. He is a high risk player that needs a strong defence and goalie behind him to make up for his turn overs.
Absolutely not, from a Leaf point of view. As far as that Kadri Reimer Polak deal for Yaks and Shultz, no thank you. No need for high risk wingers and fancy turnover D men, the Leafs are all ready a full house of those.
One high risk F in Kadri for another high risk F in Yaks, at least Yaks plays wing and has a track record of scoring. Kadri is becoming a well rounded player, but will cost the leafs too much moving forward. Ultimately, Bozak should be the #3 center, Holland (6’2″ 200lbs) the #2 center and the Leafs need to get that #1 C they have not had since Sundin. Maybe they can in this year’s draft?
Schultz is a MUCH better D-man than he shows in EDM, reduce his ice time and the level of competition he faces and you will see his true value and abilities.
Why throw Kadr away gor so little? For 1 he is a center and a pretty decent one.
Lets put some things in perspective about Kadri…
Since 2011/12 per 60 minutes of ice time
Kadri ranks 24th among all centers in points at 2.44 points per 60 mins of icetime. Yaks isnt even close.
2.44 points per 60 over that time same as McKinnon and Bergeron, more than Stastny Elias Lehtera Carter Marleau…and he doesnt get much powerplay time as any of those other guys, he is mostly a 5 on 5 guy.
Everybody likes JVR and his great contract right?
Since 2012 Kadri has13 points less than JVR with wingers like Clarkson and Lupul (when he is healthy) again doesnt play much power play and has nearly 600 fewer minutes.
So JVR playing 600 more minutes with first unit pp time and with Kessel has only put up 13 more points than Kadri since 2012…
Kadri is not a guy you “throw in” to get a guy like Yaks.
And Kadri is turning into a good 2 way player, which is not Yak’s strength. Kadri is hitting and playing more physical hockey and going in the corners, I was not a big fan of his but I think he has turned a corner this year and would keep him short of a great offer.
so much talk about how good kadri might and will be he had 1 assist in the month of January 1! I don’t care if the team is in a slump 1 assist is on the player edm would never trade yak for kadri
well, since the player you are passing to has to score to get an assist, then I would say a lack of assists is not completely on that player. But yes, he and the rest of the team have had a terrible month. But if you are going to judge any player’s career on a slump they are in then you won’t have many good players left, will you?
but are you gonna pay kadri 5plus million for what he does for your team?
The question was fo you trade him plus Polak and Reimer for Yaks and Shultz, answer no, do I pay him 5 mill? Depends on the term the cap hit how much of its bonuses? Tough to say he is only an RFA I would think if buying up some of his free agency year ya I might. Again it depends on alot of things, capspace available etc… I think Kadri is between a 4.5 5 mill guy doubt Id pay him more than 5. Id try and get him to a contract similar to JVR.
It’s true that Weiss isn’t living up to his contract, but then the Wings aren’t desperate to shed salary.
They have also invested a lot of development in both Sheahan and Dekeyser and are seeing some dividends. I just don’t see them trading them unless it’s a larger deal that brings back an impact player with term left on their deals.
As to the players coming back to the Wings, Polak and Robidas would be 6/7 dmen on the Wings right now. They could use a right-shot dman, but someone that can immediately step into the top 4. Franson fits the bill and I think he’s the only player suggested in those trade proposals the Wings would target. I can see them offering a 2nd round pick and a prospect “wild card” like Landon Ferraro, Mitch Callahan or Mathias Backman.
On the topic of Yakupev. Maybe not this trade scenario-but his market value has increased with the crumbling of the Russian economy and the difficulty of the KHL. The leverage of Yak jumping back to Russia is gone.
Thoughts on what…..
Fell asleep reading your wall of text
No way Detroit does Franson+Robidas+Santorelli for Weiss+Sheahan.
Two UFA’s to be and a pretty damn old defenseman in Robidas for basically one of their best prospects in Sheehan. Franson is a flight risk. Especially for a team like Detroit. The city is turning into a ghost town and the city is becoming more and more attractive to players.
Why do you think the Oilers want Reimer? They already have a just as good goalie in Scrivens… If anything the Oilers will go after Niemi this offseason…
A city that is becoming more and more unattractive to players****
What about Green, and Ward to Colorado for O’Reilly, and a draft pick or prospect? We will need to get something for Ward or lose him.
nows the time for Chevy to finally make a move. Morrissey, a prospect and a 1st round pick for Jeff Skinner??
WOW!!! No chance a top prospect like Morrissey and a first gets moved for an under-sized under performer like Skinner. He misses 10+ games a year and only 1 time has scored more than 60 points.
I’ve been on the Winnipeg case for a while. Two or so weeks ago I said that they need to move on a 2nd/3rd line RW. They were doing great and dealing from a position of power, now they have lost 4 straight and other GMs smell the desperation. 4 straight this time of the year isn’t ideal.
Can’t understand why all the trades are delayed till the deadline
Agreed!!! I will never understand why teams wait to the last second to wheel and deal when there are fewer “sellers” and therefore a shallower talent pool to fill needs from.
Agreed one of the things I did appreciate about Burkie, no dumb deadline deals, generally started making his moves in Jan if there were needs he could address. Instead of waiting and paying premium prices a month or 2 later, unfortunately the flip side of that coin means not moving out guys while they have some value.
Say what you will about Burke but he did pull of some pretty impressive trades. Phaneuff for basically Stajan, and was able to trade Toskala and Jason Blake’s untradeable contracts for 1 year of Giguere, if I remember right.
Holy butt munch. That much for Skinner? Wowza!!!!
To PHX: 1st round pick
To Edm: Ekman Larsson & 1st
Any thoughts?
Maybe after the lottery results are known. If Edmonton is drafting #1 and Phoenix is #4-I would do the deal from the coyote side.
Oilers would love to do that deal. The ways things are trending the Oilers will likely finish higher in the standings than the Coyotes.
I don’t think this happens.
Arizona is not that far off in percentages to land McDavid. Once they have their fire sale you might even see them drop lower than Edmonton.
Firstly, I don’t see Arz trading OEL if they do the package would have to look like;
To Arz: Edmonton 2015 1st, 2016 Edmonton 2nd, (maybe a prospect as well)
To Edm: OEL, Arz 2016 1st
Yah this only makes sense if Edm has #1 pick locked. Even then MacT wouldn’t have the nards to do it. Edm needs a stud on D like no team I have ever seen.
Edm needed to do a deal like this for a few yrs now. Should have traded last yrs pick for a Dman.
I have a tough time imagining that anyone trades the top two picks once they have it locked down. There isn’t a single team in the league that will pass on McEichel.
Out of pure curiosity I wonder if Nashville trades Weber for the 1st over all pick? Not the time for Nashville to do this, just wondering in general
I would take Weber for a 1st if I’m Edm.
Another forward is not what Edm needs. I don’t see how McDavid makes Edm any better. They already have a zillion 1st round forwards.
Oilers won’t be trading away a generational player like McDavid or Eichel. Hell I doubt they’d trade the third overall pick with Noah Hannifin still up there. The Oilers will turn it around next year.
If I were MacT, I would go full out in a quick fix rebuild and also acquire prospects that the currently who could make the team next season…trades like:
To Edmonton: ROR
To Colorado: 1st rounder (Pitt original in 2015) + Yakupov
To Edmonton: Franson + Kadri + 1st rounder (2015)
To Toronto: 1st rounder (their original in 2015)
To Edmonton: Mayers
To Buffalo: Nurse + 1st (fr Toronto)
To Edmonton: Jones + Richards
To Los Angeles: Fasth + Draisaitl + Musil
…continued
To Edmonton: Forsberg + Ellis
To Nashville: Hall + Ference
I won’t comment on the trades but this will probably put Edmonton about 10 million over the cap.
Every trade has a center or a natural center playing wing going to Edmonton; Kadri, ROR, Richards, Forsberg
What are you smoking LeafsAdvocagte? Why in God’s name would the Preds get rid of basically their best offensive player in Forseberg who happens to be a rookie and one of the leagues best thus far into the season?
Geesh…
Wow.
How in the world is a garbage contract like Richards and a backup goalie in his second season worth Draisaitl, the 3rd overall pick last year, plus a second prospect and struggling backup goalie?
Why would Nashville want to trade their top scorer (who is a rookie) and a solid young defenseman for Hall and an old defenseman on a bad deal?
A good defensive prospect in Nurse and a projected top 6 pick for Myers, who has struggled, while Nurse can possibly already fill that role?
Most of these trades make absolutely no sense. I know you obviously really want the Leafs to add McDavid, but do you think the Oilers would really want to trade down 4-5 spots in the draft for Franson (a UFA who likely wouldn’t sign there) and Kadri (an RFA who McDavid or Eichel could likely replace)?
You want McDavid or Eichel for Franson + Kadri + 1st rounder LOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Leafs Fans!!!
You guys are unbelievable…
Someone seems a little hostile because the Jets are actually looking like a good team…
Leaf fans are funny
Boston should call NJ and try to get Ryder and Jagr in a package deal.
Let Jagr skate along fellow countryman Krejci.
Not sure how much to give up but these two would help the RW weakness.
Pasternak looks good but not sure he’s playoff ready yet.
Move Kelly or Erickson for cap space.
It’s your choice Bruce. But as far as bias against the Ducks goes, you’re very mistaken. The reason there’s hardly anything on the Ducks regarding trade rumors is because they’re playing so well. Occasionally there is a report they might shop for a defenseman, which has been duly noted several times throughout this season on this site. Indeed, in one of today’s reports, the Ducks’ Nate Thompson was mentioned as a trade candidate. In future, (provided you do return to this site), I suggest you read more carefully before leaping wildly to conclusions. Cheers.