Proposal Challenge

Cap'n' Clutch wrote:

504Heater wrote:

jamvan wrote:[
Actually it's not a bad scenario and wouldn't it be ironic he joins the team the year after Ringo gets turfed? Question I would have is; do you think he'd come here?

He could fit perfectly on the last pairing and be inserted into te PP.

I don't know. I would assume he's grown up a bit and will play in Canada now, but I'll always hold that against him (franker). He would be a nice stop-gap though...

As rooneypoo has said on many occassions and he's converted me LOL, I want Boucher if we can make it happen he'd be a solid pickup and we could keep Mesz in the fold and it would allow us a good Cap cushion.

BTW Heater 2 more and you reach 200 posts!!!

rooneypoo wrote:

Cap'n' Clutch wrote:I don't mind leaving some room for injuries and trade deadline deals but I don't think we should leave more than 1.5M in cushion for that.

I think it's very likely now that we don't spend much, if anything at all, after Meszaros signs. I'm betting that we'll have about $3.5 mil in cap space to start the season, give or take a few hundred thousand depending on how things play out with Nycholat/Schubert, Bass, and Winchester. We've already got more players than roster spots, after all, and this time of year is not exactly remarkable for its trades and player movement.

Lots of cap space is a really handy thing, actually. It gives us lots of money to try out younger guys -- and my guess is that we'll see a little bit from Elliott and Zubov in particular this season -- and it gives us the option of a big deadline deal. I look at what Murray did last year in bringing in Stillman/Commodore and I start to think that he may well do something similar if the team needs it and the opportunity presents itself. If they become available, for instance, we might be able to use that space to go after Bouwmeester or Lehtonen. I'd much rather hold out for that option of acquiring long-term talent than spend the money on one-year fixes just for the sake of spending it.

Sensational Spezza wrote:Trade Meszaros and Schubert to Tampa Bay for Jokinen, Helenius, and a 2nd round pick

Trade the 4th round pick to Anaheim for Schneider

Trade Neil and a 3rd in 2010 for Niklas Hjalmarsson

Trade Dean McAmmond for a 4th/5th/6th/7th round pick

Heatley - Spezza - Alfredsson
Vermette - Fisher - Jokinen
Winchester - Kelly - Nikulin
Ruutu - Bass - Donovan

Phillips - Schneider
Volchenkov - Lee
Smith - Hjalmarsson

Gerber
Auld
Elliott