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[Merguson]

Wonder if the Leafs found any takers for Connolly at the last minute.

 

[Quick]

Bishop for Conacher? Uhh...what?

Yeah, I know.

Congrats, Cake Boss, though.

 

[Acid08]

TRADE A FUCKING FAN FAVORITE TO NEW YORK AND THEN TRADE FOR THIS PIECE OF SHIT???????????

FUCK.

 

[Fei]

Wonder if the Leafs found any takers for Connolly at the last minute.

:lol

 

[T.M. MacReady]

No action for the Isles. Disappointing. Pominville would have been such a good fit.

 

[kassatsu]

Jay Onrait:
TRADECENRE 2013: IT STARTED SLOWLY, BUT IF YOU STUCK WITH IT, IT WAS PRETTY REWARDING, KIND OF LKE 'TREME'

I like this guy.

 

[SpectreFire]

What a fucking shitty trade deadline.

 

[Red_Man]

Curios to see if Bergevin has a press conference. I'm glad he didn't make a move, but a lot of people felt he needed to, to counter Pittsburgh and Boston.

 

[Stasis]

The downside with Dorsett is that he's apparently out for the season. :/

I'm pretty ambivalent on this trade right now. It's a huge shake up and it will really depend on how these guys pan out. Gaborik in top form is a special class of player, so he's tough to replace. He just hasn't been in anything remotely resembling top form this season.

That's a HUGE chunk of salary gone, though, which is great news. Hags, McD, and Step need their fat contracts this summer.

You know, I think there's more to this than just salary for next year. Gabby accepted a trade to Columbus, which doesn't seem like something he'd normally do. I think he perhaps wasn't that happy in NYC anymore, either the system, Torts, or maybe he just wanted a change of scene. Nothing necessarily dramatic, but if that's even slightly the case than it definitely weighed into whether he was getting moved and for what. UFA at the end of next year. Maybe they knew he wouldn't re-sign.

I dunno.

 

[Tabris]

If Lu isn't traded today then LOL Gillis is a fucking idiot, Canuck's wont get shit for him in the summer. Good idea to wait it out so long.

They weren't getting shit at the deadline, so why trade him for nothing when they can still use him for the next couple of months?

 

[Leeroy3101]

The city of Columbus can thank Sergei Bobrovsky for letting the club become buyers at the trade deadline.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Got rid of Santorelli, traded Smithson, and signed motherfucking Nick Bjugstad. Today was a good day.

 

[Red_Man]

They weren't getting shit at the deadline, so why trade him for nothing when they can still use him for the next couple of months?

Because his value is only getting worst and now he's going to want to kill himself because he's going to be a bench warmer? You think he's enjoying playing second fiddle this whole time? Gillis is an idiot. Like they said on TSN if Miller goes to market which he probably will, Lu's value will be 0. Have fun buying him out.

 

[Quick]

Pierre McGuire seems more reserved this year.

 

[Acid08]

ugh so fucking mad right now

 

[Zod the Bear]

So the Flyers are out Leighton, Harry Z, and a 3rd for Mason and Rosehill.

Not happy about the third. Probably'll be a high one.

Should probably just be happy we walked away with our 1st and 2nd...

 

[Smiley90]

Pierre LeBrun ‏@Real_ESPNLeBrun 38s
Habs made an offer to Phoenix for Raffi Torres, but he went to San Jose

 

[Red_Man]

ugh so fucking mad right now

Habs made an offer for Torres, thank Christ San Jose beat us to him.

 

[Tabris]

Because his value is only getting worst and now he's going to want to kill himself because he's going to be a bench warmer? You think he's enjoying playing second fiddle this whole time? Gillis is an idiot.

Getting worse? His value is 0 right now on the market except for a super low pick or taking back some contract.

The only negative to Luongo not being traded for a bag of pucks is potentially Schneider's mind set, but they are professionals.

I rather go into the playoffs with 2 #1's incase anything goes wrong. Then we can buy out the contract or trade for a low pick next season.

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Why would they? Koivu is the captain.

I was being facetious, I wouldn't imagine them ever naming him captain.

 

[Cake Boss]

Raffi Torres gete you a 3rd rounder?

The 1st bad trade for Wilson this year.

 

[demosthenes]

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=663851&navid=nhl:topheads

Only mentions prospects, no mention of picks

 

[Red_Man]

Getting worse? His value is 0 right now on the market except for a super low pick or taking back some contract.

The only negative to Luongo not being traded for a bag of pucks is potentially Schneider's mind set, but they are professionals.

If his value is 0 now, then why did Gillis wait this long to trade him?

 

[Revenant]

Bob McKenzie ‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 11s
Roberto Luongo has not been traded. He remains a Canuck. #tradecentre

Well, shit.

 

[Acid08]

Raffi Torres gete you a 3rd rounder?

The 1st bad trade for Wilson this year.

tanned piece of shit

 

[Red_Man]

Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced Wednesday the signing of forward Danny Kristo to a two-year contract (2012-13 and 2013-14). He will report to the AHL’s Hamilton Bulldogs

Woooooooooo! Trade Deadline was a success! Hopefully they bring him up to Montreal for a few games.

 

[Tabris]

If his value is 0 now, then why did Gillis wait this long to trade him?

Because he thinks Robert Luongo's value should be higher. Why trade him when you're not currently in a salary cap issue and can't improve your team in any way with the trade? Infact, it hurts your team as you now have a shitty backup to Schneider.

The cap issue only starts next year. This season there was no one we could have signed in that 5.3m cap room Luongo frees up.

 

[Trey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEpr8moQBPs

Thanks for everything Pominville.

 

[Plinko]

Holland keeps Filppula. Ugh.

I'm still waiting for the team to win with guys that Scotty Bowman didn't have influence in acquiring/drafting.

 

[KernelPanic]

Wilson looks like he's got some high gloss suncreen on there.

 

[Marvie_3]

But I remember Canucks fans saying that there would be plenty of options to trade him when teams needed goaltending.

 

[Merguson]

Ryan O'Byrne to Toronto for a 4th rounder. #tradecentre

more D?

yay?

 

[TUSR]

Darren Dreger ‏@DarrenDreger 12s
Ryan O'Byrne to Toronto for a 4th rounder. #tradecentre

not bad but meh

 

[BigJonsson]

Who?

 

[Spl1nter]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM FLEECED

 

[Smiley90]

more D?

yay?

I remember 19&21 yelling TRADE O'BYRNE a couple days back.

 

[equippedwithtowel]

The Luongo mess is going to only going to get worse for Vancouver if they cant sort it out over the summer. You can't pay your backup ~6mil a year.

 

[Razorskin]

Who?

He's really bad, scored on his own empty net

 

[Crazymoogle]

Demand != value

Value = high
Demand = low

Makes sense; if nobody wants to pay now, use Luongo as a good asset into the playoffs and see how desperate teams are in the summer.

 

[DopeyFish]

So we got a D that we don't need and could have used our other D for luongo?

Wat

 

[TUSR]

Who?

Bottom 8 RH D man

 

[Red_Man]

But I remember Canucks fans saying that there would be plenty of options to trade him when teams needed goaltending.

Just you wait, come the draft he's going to return 3 1st round picks.

He's really bad, scored on his own empty net

:lol :lol :lol

Right after they get rid of Komisarek they pick up another waste of a Habs D.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

I remember 19&21 yelling TRADE O'BYRNE a couple days back.

lol

 

[Tabris]

Demand != value

Value = high
Demand = low

Makes sense; if nobody wants to pay now, use Luongo as a good asset into the playoffs and see how desperate teams are in the summer.

Yep agreed. Change my terminology to demand.

 

[Marvie_3]

Who?

The piece of shit that's injured both Sharp and Hossa on hits

 

[Revenant]

Demand != value

Value = high
Demand = low

Makes sense; if nobody wants to pay now, use Luongo as a good asset into the playoffs and see how desperate teams are in the summer.

probably not as desperate as teams who see themselves as playoffs/stanley cup contenders with less than a month left in the season!

 

[Razorskin]

Just you wait, come the draft he's going to return 3 1st round picks.

Yep, because for some reason his value is going to shoot up in the summer when theyll have to trade him...

 

[Red_Man]

Demand != value

Value = high
Demand = low

Makes sense; if nobody wants to pay now, use Luongo as a good asset into the playoffs and see how desperate teams are in the summer.

Chances are his value is only going to get worse, then what?

 

[Tabris]

The piece of shit that's injured both Sharp and Hossa on hits

So he's like Duncan Keith?

 

[RC]

Glad I didn't wake up early for this shit.