Canucks Acquire David Booth & Parts + Various Rumours

[Fred]

For there to be any LITR benefit from Kesler's salary, Gillman has to somehow squeeze him onto the opening day roster charade without exposing anyone he wants to keep to waivers or even more so, recall waivers.

It is not as simple as you present Spud.

Quite honestly I didn't know that either, I just didn't like the idea that Tator simply makes 5 player moves and then tells me to fundamentally get real

[donlever]

..he didn't make 5 player moves.

He made 5 separate suggestions as to what the team could potentially do in a scenario where they needed to create additional cap space.

[rats19]

..he didn't make 5 player moves.

He made 5 separate suggestions as to what the team could potentially do in a scenario where they needed to create additional cap space.

plus several Etc. 's

[Fred]

..he didn't make 5 player moves.

He made 5 separate suggestions as to what the team could potentially do in a scenario where they needed to create additional cap space.

OK that's right but is it not also covered by that well known phrases splitting hairs player moves, player suggestions, you say tomato I say potato

[donlever]

Sorry Fred, with all due respect it is not a splitting hairs, tomato tomatoe potato potatoe thing.

Your synopsis of his post, when speaking of haphazardly making 5 player moves, misinterprets the intent of what Potatoe was saying within the realm of discussions of cap space.

[Fred]

Sorry Fred, with all due respect it is not a splitting hairs, tomato tomatoe potato potatoe thing.

Your synopsis of his post, when speaking of haphazardly making 5 player moves, misinterprets the intent of what Potatoe was saying within the realm of discussions of cap space.

OK I've misunderstood what he wrote when he listed players with suggestions of what to do with them. I took him at his word I guess.

Trade Luongo
Kesler LTIR
Trade Raymond
Waive Malholtra
Move Ballard

Lets be honest here he writes trade Luongo .... er .... hasn't MG been trying to do that for 4 months to no avail and is now saying the team might well start the season with both Luongo and Schneider. We forget this is not an easy task as time has shown. Trade Raymond and Ballard oops move Ballard, I'm thinking given the opportunity MG would have done this last season if any one had been interested. Sounds nice in a post but lets get real it's far from easy. How else Don do I read this ?

[donlever]

I would read it as if GMMG "needed" cap space any of those players could be moved at a moments notice if you take into account the creation of found money as a portion of your return.

So, for instance, Ballard for a bag of pucks gives us 4 million to sign the Hansen brothers if we so choose.

[Fred]

I would read it as if GMMG "needed" cap space any of those players could be moved at a moments notice if you take into account the creation of found money as a portion of your return.

So, for instance, Ballard for a bag of pucks gives us 4 million to sign the Hansen brothers if we so choose.

OK you mean like give them away I guess that's a real opition

here's a fact that seems to be eluding a few what ever trade you make (if they're not UFA and they're few and far between ) there's salary coming

Any way so be it

[Aaronp18]

here's a fact that seems to be eluding a few what ever trade you make (if they're not UFA and they're few and far between ) there's salary coming

Any way so be it

What salary dumps do you think FLA would send our way exactly? There's one guy on their roster that has a higher cap hit than Roberto and they aren't moving him. The other players they may send back make in the mid-$4M per, several of them have NTC or NMC as well.

I'm not sure why you think Florida needs to send salary back our way, if FLA gives up too much salary they are at risk of being to close to the cap floor.

Tallon has already gotten the approval to take on Luo's contract, which means ownership likely wants to remain competitive and compete in the SouthEast. They can't send back too much salary without risking becoming a weaker team.

I think part of the reason no deal has been done (or no player movement has occurred in the NHL for a while) is because of the owners original proposal to the NHLPA. There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding how the CBA will look when it's been revised.

[Gino's Knuckle]

I would read it as if GMMG "needed" cap space any of those players could be moved at a moments notice if you take into account the creation of found money as a portion of your return.

So, for instance, Ballard for a bag of pucks gives us 4 million to sign the Hansen brothers if we so choose.

OK you mean like give them away I guess that's a real opition

here's a fact that seems to be eluding a few what ever trade you make (if they're not UFA and they're few and far between ) there's salary coming

Any way so be it

Fred, I get what you are saying, but would tend to agree with Lever and Potatoe on this. Space and a bag of pucks for players isn't at all unprecedented and I don't think Gillis would have a problem getting rid of Lou and Ballard in deals akin to the Ehrhoff Lukowich deal back in the day. I wouldn't suggest this, as I think every asset should be leveraged to the max, but, if necessitated, I can see Lou and Ballard exiting the team along with their salaries for something analagous to White and Rahimi.

[Potatoe1]

I would read it as if GMMG "needed" cap space any of those players could be moved at a moments notice if you take into account the creation of found money as a portion of your return.

So, for instance, Ballard for a bag of pucks gives us 4 million to sign the Hansen brothers if we so choose.

OK you mean like give them away I guess that's a real opition

here's a fact that seems to be eluding a few what ever trade you make (if they're not UFA and they're few and far between ) there's salary coming

Any way so be it

Thank you Lever you are a more patient man then I (clearly)....

Fred if the Canucks sign Doan and for some bizarre reason are unable to trade Luongo, and if again by some freak of nature Ryan Kesler is healthy to start, they could waive either Malholtra or Raymond.

Topper Kassian and Tanev are still waiver exempt and I doubt anyone would pick up Ebbet or Volpatti, so clearing room to get Kesler on LTIR looks fairly doable.

I also think Malholtra would clear recall waivers, so if necessary they could do that as well.

We don't have cap issues, and even if we did it isn't because of David Booths salary.

I suspect we will be well below the cap this season.

[Jovocop]

I would read it as if GMMG "needed" cap space any of those players could be moved at a moments notice if you take into account the creation of found money as a portion of your return.

So, for instance, Ballard for a bag of pucks gives us 4 million to sign the Hansen brothers if we so choose.

OK you mean like give them away I guess that's a real opition

here's a fact that seems to be eluding a few what ever trade you make (if they're not UFA and they're few and far between ) there's salary coming

Any way so be it

Also, the current demand for top-four defensemen is pretty high around the league. People can agrue that Ballard is not a top-four for the Canucks but that does not mean he has no trading value. I would bet teams like Detroit and Flyers would give up a 2nd rounder for Ballard.

[Fred]

Yeah I suppose they might, but, I don't think MG would do that. He'd be trading a first round pick for a second round pick and likely take some heat....which would be deserved IMO. He touted Ballard to the fans when he made the trade, dumping for a 2nd round pick ...... make him look like a ( choose your own adjective )

[Jovocop]

Yeah I suppose they might, but, I don't think MG would do that. He'd be trading a first round pick for a second round pick and likely take some heat....which would be deserved IMO. He touted Ballard to the fans when he made the trade, dumping for a 2nd round pick ...... make him look like a ( choose your own adjective )

I am not saying that Ballard can only fetch us a second rounder. I am just saying that might be the worst case scenario. If Detroit is indeed trying to get Bouwmeester ($6.68m), I would imagine that they would love to get Ballard ($4.2m). As much as people dislike Ballard, he is cheaper and 10x tougher than Bouwmeester.

[Fred]

I always thought Calgary over paid Bowmeester Frankly a second rounder is about what Ballards worth now IMO. AV has not helped MG position by minimizing his ice time. At the salary he's pulling down how many GM's want a #5 or 6 D for that money. Aaron Rome was paid $1.5 by Dallas and he played comparable or more minutes I think than Ballard did ?

If MG is inclined to do dump jobs Luongo would have been moved already