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Arachnid wrote:I know eh?! I'm really getting tired of having to wipe Dics....er....lick Docs EK splurge off my screen every time I log-in.RoyalDude wrote:The Weber and Evander Kane fantasies here are worst than a scroll through the HF Boards
I still think that Magic40 kid was a genius, something got lost in the translation is all...Topper wrote: Reminds of the Gaborik would begat Hossa rumours of years gone bi
So, scratch Edler off the list of players' being shipped off. The article speculates that Garrison might be the one D man with an NTC to be asked to waive, or if he can't be traded, then CBO'ed ... that seems a bit ridiculous to me.Alex Edler isn’t going anywhere.
The Detroit Red Wings have renewed interest in the Vancouver Canucks defenceman. The Florida Panthers, who own the first 2014 draft pick, may also covet Edler.
However, despite a willingness by general manager Jim Benning to approach players with no-trade clauses, the Canucks aren’t planning to have that conversation with Edler, according to hockey operations president Trevor Linden.
“He’s got all the tools to be a dominant No. 1 defenceman,” Linden said Tuesday from Ottawa where he addressed a Canadian Men’s Health Foundation national launch of a fitness initiative.
“He’d be the first to admit he didn’t have a good year, and part of our job is to recapture the Alex Edler that we all know he can be. He has the skill-set that every team wants and we just have to get him back where he should be.
“There isn’t a team in the league that wouldn’t have its hand up for the opportunity to have an Alex Edler. It’s not in our consideration. We want to work with Alex; we have to get his game back, and I know he’s committed to doing that.”
Did you really think that Edler forgot permanently how to be a top quality first defenseman?Betamax wrote:via: http://www.theprovince.com/sports/Kuzma ... story.html
Kuzma: Linden gives embattled Edler a vote of confidence
Canucks president believes struggling but skilled blueliner can still realize his huge potential
By Ben Kuzma, The Province June 3, 2014 5:38 PM
So, scratch Edler off the list of players' being shipped off. The article speculates that Garrison might be the one D man with an NTC to be asked to waive, or if he can't be traded, then CBO'ed ... that seems a bit ridiculous to me.Alex Edler isn’t going anywhere.
The Detroit Red Wings have renewed interest in the Vancouver Canucks defenceman. The Florida Panthers, who own the first 2014 draft pick, may also covet Edler.
However, despite a willingness by general manager Jim Benning to approach players with no-trade clauses, the Canucks aren’t planning to have that conversation with Edler, according to hockey operations president Trevor Linden.
“He’s got all the tools to be a dominant No. 1 defenceman,” Linden said Tuesday from Ottawa where he addressed a Canadian Men’s Health Foundation national launch of a fitness initiative.
“He’d be the first to admit he didn’t have a good year, and part of our job is to recapture the Alex Edler that we all know he can be. He has the skill-set that every team wants and we just have to get him back where he should be.
“There isn’t a team in the league that wouldn’t have its hand up for the opportunity to have an Alex Edler. It’s not in our consideration. We want to work with Alex; we have to get his game back, and I know he’s committed to doing that.”
I think Edler can be reclaimed to be a good top 4 dman and possibly better at a good value AAV. I do think one of the 30s something D men with NTC has to go, and of the three Garrison would be my first choice even though he has the least trade value of the three.RoyalDude wrote:Did you really think that Edler forgot permanently how to be a top quality first defenseman?
Garrison sucks though, he has to go. Even an off Edler is still better than Garrison.
What the hell is he going to say? "Edler sucks we're actively trying to trade him" ? Although to be honest, I cannot possibly imagine him having a worst season next year, and for that reason alone now is probably not the right time to deal him (trade deadline might be another story though, depending on the situation).Betamax wrote:So, scratch Edler off the list of players' being shipped off. The article speculates that Garrison might be the one D man with an NTC to be asked to waive, or if he can't be traded, then CBO'ed ... that seems a bit ridiculous to me.
Agree, people put way too much into what other say.Topper wrote:smoke and mirrors
The guys may have put up points, but he's been a disaster defensively, and a complete choke job in key situations in almost every season other than 2010-11.RoyalDude wrote:
Did you really think that Edler forgot permanently how to be a top quality first defenseman?
Garrison sucks though, he has to go. Even an off Edler is still better than Garrison.
the 6ft8 season ticket holder from Terrace wrote: blah blah blah blah blah
RoyalDude wrote:
Garrison sucks though
One has nothing to do with the other.Betamax wrote: But if Edler stays, it has to mean Kesler goes.
Well, TEAM Radio's Rintoul reported yesterday on his radio show from a source he trusts that Edler is not willing to waive his NTC ... so it seems to me that Linden is spinning this as a reclamation project.Topper wrote:smoke and mirrors
