NHL 2009-10 Regular Season Thread
03-23-2010
, 07:05 PM
Tonight's game is gonna be huge, too bad I won't be there 
03-23-2010
, 07:14 PM
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lol, I might not actually. Are we assuming that after this trade the team has to still fit under the cap? Burrows will be $5.5m cheaper than Jumbo for the next 3 seasons, and the Canucks don't really need another center anyway. It'd force them to move Kesler either to the 3rd line, or back to RW (which might not be so bad, but...).
Burrows has proved to be a great fit and has shown a lot of chemistry playing with either the Sedins or Kesler, and actually he could probably play with just about anyone. I think he still doesn't get enough credit for what he does on the ice, more talented than most think probably. Burrows for Jumbo would make this team more like Pittsburgh, with great centers playing with not-so-good wingers, especially if they have to dump $5m more in salary.
How many big money players can a team have anyway? Adding Jumbo would give the Canucks 5 players (3 of them centers) making about $5m/year or more (with 4 D-men at over $3m). Something would have to give...
Burrows has proved to be a great fit and has shown a lot of chemistry playing with either the Sedins or Kesler, and actually he could probably play with just about anyone. I think he still doesn't get enough credit for what he does on the ice, more talented than most think probably. Burrows for Jumbo would make this team more like Pittsburgh, with great centers playing with not-so-good wingers, especially if they have to dump $5m more in salary.
How many big money players can a team have anyway? Adding Jumbo would give the Canucks 5 players (3 of them centers) making about $5m/year or more (with 4 D-men at over $3m). Something would have to give...
Wouldn't trade either Sedin, Loungo or Kes for Joe.
You could make an argument that Burr is more valuable because of his contract but if you get Jumbo for a year you might have a decent shot if Kesler can scare him into playing better when it counts.
Also, care to guess what he's going to get as a UFA if they don't win anything again this year or next?
I'd say he'd be lucky to get $5.5m.
03-23-2010
, 07:32 PM
03-23-2010
, 07:50 PM
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03-23-2010
, 07:57 PM
03-23-2010
, 07:58 PM
If I remember to get a cameraphone-to-laptop hookup, I'm in. Not sure how old the SE peoples are but I'll set a side-contest on gray hair amount within the beard also 
03-23-2010
, 08:03 PM
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, 08:30 PM
03-23-2010
, 08:36 PM