The Brown Knight wrote:The Brown Knight wrote:Who do you give up for Torres.....I mean that Wilson and the Sharks actually want to take?
Maybe a low end draft pick or a mid-level prospect. Torres hasn't played all year and so his trade value would likely be lower than normal.
I know it sounds very counter-intuitive, and that the Canucks probably should be doing the EXACT OPPOSITE (i.e. getting younger, re-tooling, etc.), but seriously..............
Erhoff and Torres were pretty solid pieces for us in 2011, and 2011 wasn't all that long ago.
If you had a chance to re-assemble that 2011 team.......a.k.a. one of the greatest teams ever assembled.........then fuck it......why WOULDN'T someone want to go that route?
I was actually asking seriously btw, not making fun of the idea to get Torres back. I think he was a real sparkplug for the team in 2011 and Gillis fucked up by not re-signing him. But I also think there is a reason that Wilson signed him to a $2M extension
with a modified NTC after acquiring him from Phoenix. Torres has been on some deep playoff runs, and he always contributes at key times. When he's not putting the puck in the net he's hitting someone and setting the pace. He can be a fantastic net presence, a very good forechecking winger, a pest, and an adequate scrapper. I don't think Wilson lets him go unless it is for a very good deal on San Jose's part.
TBK wrote:
Even if I'm being ridiculous here, I'd seriously offer Horvat and Shinkaruk for Erhoff, Hodgson, and whatever else that would make the deal fair (I'm guessing that Buffalo would have do give something else on there end).
Sounds nuts, but seriouly.........why not? Why not go this route if the opportunity was there?
That's the dumbest thing I've read. I realize you said you're being ridiculous....but then you said you would seriously do it. Our top 2 prospects, probably in a decade, and you offer them up for Ehrhoff and Hodgson? 'Hoff is a good PPQB, and really good skating, puck rushing defenseman, but he's not a Shea Weber/Zdeno Chara blueline anchor. Hodgson is a self-overrated disaster.....offensive talent, but absolutely no heart and no interest in playing defense.