TRADE DEADLINE BONANZA!

SeawaySensFan wrote:This is pretty nuts. According to this article, Ottawa is among the teams interested in Andy Sutton and... Roloson!

[url=http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2010/02/interest-intensifies-in-sutton-rolosonnyi-could-benefit-from-bidding-war-before-deadline/

http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2010/02/interest-intensifies-in-sutton-rolosonnyi-could-benefit-from-bidding-war-before-deadline/[/quote[/url]]

Pass on both.

[quote="M_Christopher"]

SeawaySensFan wrote:This is pretty nuts. According to this article, Ottawa is among the teams interested in Andy Sutton and... Roloson!

http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2010/02/interest-intensifies-in-sutton-rolosonnyi-could-benefit-from-bidding-war-before-deadline/[/quote]

Pass on both.

Sure. But don't you wonder why this team would consider adding a goalie?

[quote="SeawaySensFan"]

M_Christopher wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:This is pretty nuts. According to this article, Ottawa is among the teams interested in Andy Sutton and... Roloson!

http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2010/02/interest-intensifies-in-sutton-rolosonnyi-could-benefit-from-bidding-war-before-deadline/[/quote]

Pass on both.

Sure. But don't you wonder why this team would consider adding a goalie?

Oh, it's easy to see why they would be interested in an insurance policy, but we need a rental not Rolo for an additional year

Sutton would be a really solid addition if he were to fit in, in the 6 role with Carkner. What a mean pairing.

14 days to the deadline. BO-NAN-ZA!

SpezDispenser wrote:14 days to the deadline. BO-NAN-ZA!

That long?????

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:14 days to the deadline. BO-NAN-ZA!

That long?????

Consider that talks are already at an all-time high (no source) and we should all be prepped for some good bonanza-ing.

N4L wrote:Sutton would be a really solid addition if he were to fit in, in the 6 role with Carkner. What a mean pairing.

Yeah, those two would be crazy together. Come to the front of the net and pester Elliott, we dare you!

SpezDispenser wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:14 days to the deadline. BO-NAN-ZA!

That long?????

Consider that talks are already at an all-time high (no source) and we should all be prepped for some good bonanza-ing.

According to "Spector" there will be NO DEALS because no one is willing to waive their no-trade clauses, the asking price is too high, such deals only happen in the summer, teams are only a few points out of a playoff spot...

[quote="SeawaySensFan"]This is pretty nuts. According to this article, Ottawa is among the teams interested in Andy Sutton and... Roloson!

http://www.islanderspointblank.com/2010/02/interest-intensifies-in-sutton-rolosonnyi-could-benefit-from-bidding-war-before-deadline/[/quote]

Sutton is horrendous. his down low coverage is brutal and he takes the worst penalties at the worst times. Roloson on the other hand would be a good mentor for Elliott and is the quintessential team player.

SeawaySensFan wrote:
According to "Spector" there will be NO DEALS because no one is willing to waive their no-trade clauses, the asking price is too high, such deals only happen in the summer, teams are only a few points out of a playoff spot...

I told you not to listen to that guy, he's full of rhetoric like that. There will be a TON of deals on March 2nd and more on March 3rd. Perhaps not the block-busters we used to have, but there'll be a couple of mighty ones.

For example:

If you were the Flyers, would you leave the goaltending unattended?

If you were the Caps would you leave the D exactly how it is? How about the goaltending?

If you were the Devils and your team started to suck, what would you do?

What about the Sabres?

The Pens?

And so on and so forth. Even Spector's beloved Canadiens might have something to do on or around the deadline.

SpezDispenser wrote:

SeawaySensFan wrote:
According to "Spector" there will be NO DEALS because no one is willing to waive their no-trade clauses, the asking price is too high, such deals only happen in the summer, teams are only a few points out of a playoff spot...

I told you not to listen to that guy, he's full of rhetoric like that. There will be a TON of deals on March 2nd and more on March 3rd. Perhaps not the block-busters we used to have, but there'll be a couple of mighty ones.

For example:

If you were the Flyers, would you leave the goaltending unattended?

If you were the Caps would you leave the D exactly how it is? How about the goaltending?

If you were the Devils and your team started to suck, what would you do?

What about the Sabres?

The Pens?

And so on and so forth. Even Spector's beloved Canadiens might have something to do on or around the deadline.

Those are all logical questions that "Spector" would answer with the usual "nothing will happen until the summer, if at all" answer.

actually, i just logged in twitter and sutton seems to be a popular topic of conversation right now.

@JaspersRink - Stay away from Sutton unless you enjoy watching guys score back door on your goalie.
@BenThrashers - The thing about Sutton is he can tell you exactly how many hits and blocked shots he has. he chases them over good D play

so like i said, no thanks to sutton. Robidas is the guy we want bar none. He is a mini version of Volchenkov but with offensive instincts as well. Robidas would make this team so much better and harder to play against. He has a friendly cap hit, but i fear would take to much to get out of dallas.

cloverleaf wrote:actually, i just logged in twitter and sutton seems to be a popular topic of conversation right now.

@JaspersRink - Stay away from Sutton unless you enjoy watching guys score back door on your goalie.
@BenThrashers - The thing about Sutton is he can tell you exactly how many hits and blocked shots he has. he chases them over good D play

so like i said, no thanks to sutton. Robidas is the guy we want bar none. He is a mini version of Volchenkov but with offensive instincts as well. Robidas would make this team so much better and harder to play against. He has a friendly cap hit, but i fear would take to much to get out of dallas.

The Stars are (going) bankrupt though, they might not be adverse to trading him and his $$ contract for Foligno + Lee + 2nd for example.

SpezDispenser wrote:For example:

If you were the Flyers, would you leave the goaltending unattended?

I would offer Carter, Giroux and Rathje for Vokoun and Horton and not even blink.

SpezDispenser wrote:If you were the Caps would you leave the D exactly how it is? How about the goaltending?

With Theodore in his final year, I either deal him to the NYI for Roloson or to DAL for Turco. DAL would probably like to save the few hundred grand.

SpezDispenser wrote:If you were the Devils and your team started to suck, what would you do?

I think we all know what I would do. Depends on why they would suck, I guess. But they really gave up a lot of marketable pieces for Kovalchuk.

SpezDispenser wrote:What about the Sabres?

I wouldn't bother. They can never quite get it right.

SpezDispenser wrote:The Pens?

I would have made the big deal for Kovalchuk involving Malkin that I suggested awhile ago.

OMG, we can multi-quote here?

SpezDispenser wrote:

cloverleaf wrote:actually, i just logged in twitter and sutton seems to be a popular topic of conversation right now.

@JaspersRink - Stay away from Sutton unless you enjoy watching guys score back door on your goalie.
@BenThrashers - The thing about Sutton is he can tell you exactly how many hits and blocked shots he has. he chases them over good D play

so like i said, no thanks to sutton. Robidas is the guy we want bar none. He is a mini version of Volchenkov but with offensive instincts as well. Robidas would make this team so much better and harder to play against. He has a friendly cap hit, but i fear would take to much to get out of dallas.

The Stars are (going) bankrupt though, they might not be adverse to trading him and his $$ contract for Foligno + Lee + 2nd for example.

But the two of Lee and Foligno would cost the Stars the same or more than what they are paying Robidas, and not re-signing them leaves them with a 2nd round pick for essentially a salary dump.

There's a bunch of teams out that have issues/weaknesses when it comes to a postseason push.

Even so, they still have to find a willing trade partner and if they can't make a trade work for one reason or another then nothing will happen.

At least a couple of teams that people expect to make a deal will go into the playoffs as is, simply because they couldn't find a deal to their liking and the salary cap does complicate things.