Murray insists on...Picard

504Heater wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:
My guess is we still have a few small moves to go before the start of the seasom. If Schubert plays D and Picard moves ahead of Nycholat on our depth chart, I have to think that that means Nycholat will ask for a trade and we will accommodate. It's possible that we move 1 forward at the same time too -- McAmmond? -- because it seems to me like we need to open up a spot for Bass. Could we package Nycholat and McAmmond (or another forward) for a prospect / pick? Maybe. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see something like that happen in the next few weeks.

How many players do we usually carry? 21 or 22?

rooneypoo wrote:

504Heater wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:
My guess is we still have a few small moves to go before the start of the seasom. If Schubert plays D and Picard moves ahead of Nycholat on our depth chart, I have to think that that means Nycholat will ask for a trade and we will accommodate. It's possible that we move 1 forward at the same time too -- McAmmond? -- because it seems to me like we need to open up a spot for Bass. Could we package Nycholat and McAmmond (or another forward) for a prospect / pick? Maybe. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see something like that happen in the next few weeks.

How many players do we usually carry? 21 or 22?

21 at most, I think. We don't seem to be big fans of having guys sit in the press box on a regular basis. Who knows, tho', things might change this year.

504Heater wrote:

There goes Bell's NHL career IMO. Winchester and Bass will probably have to alternate being in the box. Interesting times here in Sensland.

504Heater wrote:I've heard this was a 3-way with Chicago involved as well. Don't know what happened, but you have to assume it was Barker Murray was after. Maybe there's something brewing with us and Chicago now to round out the roster?

Phoenix30 wrote:

I am curious what was being proposed if Chicago was involved.

rooneypoo wrote:

Phoenix30 wrote:

I am curious what was being proposed if Chicago was involved.

Here's one theory/version of the story, if you're interested:

http://www.sensjunkie.com/my_weblog/2008/08/the-three-team-deal-that-didnt-happen.html

I don't really buy this, to be honest, but there it is.

504Heater wrote:I've heard this was a 3-way with Chicago involved as well. Don't know what happened, but you have to assume it was Barker Murray was after. Maybe there's something brewing with us and Chicago now to round out the roster?

TheAvatar wrote:

504Heater wrote:I've heard this was a 3-way with Chicago involved as well. Don't know what happened, but you have to assume it was Barker Murray was after. Maybe there's something brewing with us and Chicago now to round out the roster?

NO KHABIBULIN Please!

rooneypoo wrote:We have waaaay too many forwards now to start thinking about having Zubov or Nikulin cracking the line up, or picking up another winger like Glenn Murray. As it is right now, in fact, unless we shed a forward (McAmmond?), it looks like Bass might not make the club:

Heatley - Spezza - Alfie
Vermette - Fisher - Winchester / Foligno
Winchester / Foligno - Kelly - Neil
Ruutu - McAmmond - Donovan

Bass

All the comments I keep hearing from Murray about Winchester suggest to me that he's going to make the team out of training camp. Jamvan (I think?) and a few other posters have said that he's pretty much penciled in to skate with Fisher this year. He's on a 1-way deal, too, and that gives him a serious advantage over Bass, Zubov, etc. Don't underestimate the role of economics in all this.

My guess is we still have a few small moves to go before the start of the seasom. If Schubert plays D and Picard moves ahead of Nycholat on our depth chart, I have to think that that means Nycholat will ask for a trade and we will accommodate. It's possible that we move 1 forward at the same time too -- McAmmond? -- because it seems to me like we need to open up a spot for Bass. Could we package Nycholat and McAmmond (or another forward) for a prospect / pick? Maybe. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see something like that happen in the next few weeks.

PKC wrote:Even if we could afford Khabibulin, I'd hope we'd just pass on that scenario.

rooneypoo wrote:
Here's one theory/version of the story, if you're interested:

http://www.sensjunkie.com/my_weblog/2008/08/the-three-team-deal-that-didnt-happen.html

I don't really buy this, to be honest, but there it is.

504Heater wrote:

rooneypoo wrote:
Here's one theory/version of the story, if you're interested:

http://www.sensjunkie.com/my_weblog/2008/08/the-three-team-deal-that-didnt-happen.html

I don't really buy this, to be honest, but there it is.

Oh frank me, that's a nice package, I won't lie.

cash wrote:
I proposed a similar package earlier in the summer and again earlier this week, so I should be for it, but I really like those lines above. That 4th line is unquestionably the best and most well-rounded in the NHL and shows how extreme our depth is.

I wonder if we could send Nycholat, McAmmond, and SJ's 1st to a team like Atlanta in exchange for their 1st and maybe a mid-level prospect?

PKC wrote:Why do you want this 35 year old goalie with like 2 winning seasons in the last 8 years so much? Especially when he's making almost 7 million a year. Khabibulin is at the bottom of the list of goalies I'd want in Ottawa and that list includes Gerber. We should look for someone young if we are going to trade for a goalie, assuming Elliott doesn't pan out.

cash wrote:
I proposed a similar package earlier in the summer and again earlier this week, so I should be for it, but I really like those lines above. That 4th line is unquestionably the best and most well-rounded in the NHL and shows how extreme our depth is.

I wonder if we could send Nycholat, McAmmond, and SJ's 1st to a team like Atlanta in exchange for their 1st and maybe a mid-level prospect?