Kuba signs!! (Bumped thread from 2009)

Cronie wrote:Kuba's signing may strike a few (myself included when I first heard it) as brutal or unimaginable; but when one considers that Murray would have been competing with 29 other teams in June for a PMD, the move makes more and more sense. And the NMC for the first year is a respect thing I think, since Kuba himself has stated he's sick of moving, so Murray gives him the respect and comfort of knowing he'll be ottawa-bound for another 364 days; after that, who knows?..

I personally wish he would raise his physical game (or START one for that matter) and try to stop over-thinking and hesitating and just go with his gut and/or the flow of the game. If he can accomplish that, I assure you, we will be happy with him.

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Sens4thecup wrote:Sens Chrip is reporting that the Kuba deal may be the sign and trade variety.

Fact: Senschirp knows nothing and today proved it. He has no legitimate inside information and is nothing more than a glorified blogger.

I'd say he has legit information. He broke the Smith signing, off the top of my head. Yeah, he's been caught off-guard by a few things, but unless you're Bryan Murray, that's probably not surprising.

Neely4Life wrote:I never thought he did have any inside info, and I said a long time back that Sens chirp is basically no one but a Sens fan with minimal hockey knowledge.

SeawaySensFan wrote:I have to say that I like that Kuba signed for less than market value. Which is more than we can say for recent "hometowners" and media darilings in Ottawa.

SensFan71 wrote:

Neely4Life wrote:I never thought he did have any inside info, and I said a long time back that Sens chirp is basically no one but a Sens fan with minimal hockey knowledge.

well I know people are saying he has minimal hockey knowledge, but hell, I don't believe (and I could be wrong, only been reading Chirp for about a year now), but he doesn't flaunt his rumours like say an Eklund does, now I know there was the whole fiasco with thinking Jason Williams I believe it was that signed last July, but it didn't happen, he went to Atlanta instead, but instead of Ek saying, well, this cause that or something, Chirp came out and said he messed up instead of covering or making excuses, which spews integrity in my book.

The Guy With The Mustache wrote:even a blind rat will find cheese eventually.

The Guy With The Mustache wrote:even a blind rat will find cheese eventually.

Straight Shooter wrote:this is a good bump with dash and captain fairly accurate and wprager not so much.

In summary, I don't like the moves up to now, but Murray has left himself in a position that offers quite a bit of flexibility.

wprager wrote:Crap! Leclaire has another *2* years???! Strike what I said above. I hate this deal now, no questions.

Straight Shooter wrote:this is a good bump with dash and captain fairly accurate and wprager not so much.

wprager wrote:What can I say, once again the new season will start in Ottawa with a great big question mark in goal. Is he injury prone or were the last couple of years just a fluke? Were his numbers helped by the team's style of play or is he really a great goalie?

Carolina didn't resign Gerber after he had a great (regular) season for them. We did and were left holding a very stinky bag. For whatever reason Columbus decided to go in another direction as well.

Those are potential signs of trouble. If Leclaire came in at $2.5, or if he only had 1 year left on that contract, then I'd say it was a gamble worth taking. As it stands, though, I think it is a gamble worth avoiding.

I could be wrong, and I know I could have gone All In holding 2-3 if I only knew in advance that the flop would come down A-4-5. Sure, this could turn out to be a great trade, but it's not one I would be making with confidence.

As for Kuba, I'm OK with it. Like I said earlier, we thought he was looking for $4+, so at $3.7M we should be able to move him if necessary.