interesting trade proposal...

Cronenbergfan wrote:I came across a post on HFboards from "Sens fan in Toronto" where he posted this possible trade scenario.

what do you all think?


If I was BM, I would offer

Gerber + SJ's 1st

for

Col's 1st + Brandon Yip (or another boom or bust prospect)

Bring Elliott up, it upgrades our 1st rounder and if the prospect develops well it could look like a steal.

smash88 wrote:

Cronenbergfan wrote:I came across a post on HFboards from "Sens fan in Toronto" where he posted this possible trade scenario.

what do you all think?


If I was BM, I would offer

Gerber + SJ's 1st

for

Col's 1st + Brandon Yip (or another boom or bust prospect)

Bring Elliott up, it upgrades our 1st rounder and if the prospect develops well it could look like a steal.

No, not at all. You're certainly not the first to be leary about going with Auld and/or Elliott.
However, the gambler in me thinks since most 'grounded' Sens fans don't expect us to ACTUALLY hoist Lord Stanley this year (don't get me wrong, it COULD happen and would be freakin' awesome if it did, but I'm not thinking for a second we're a LOCK to do so) why not take a gamble and see what happens? Thing is, we would have Gerber off the books in July regardless of what happens this season anyway (at least I'm fairly confident that will happen as Gerber is officially the last player or signing with Muckler's fingerprints) so why not get his salary off our books and keep a nice amount of cap space available for anything Murray feels the Sens may need come deadline day and just go for it.

Thoughts?

I'm not so sure I'd feel comfortable with Auld/Elliott as our backstoppers... I don't know but is it just me?

mattbond wrote:I say we have a better chance of making a run with Elliot than with Gerber.

With Gerber we know for sure he won't get hot and will let in some softies. With Elliot, maybe he will, maybe he won't.

We're dumping Gerbs in the summer anyways, so why wouldn't we drop his salary and take an upgrade in draft pick to do it sooner. In my opinion he's not helping the team by being here.

It's a no brainer to me.

Cronenbergfan wrote:Kind of my thoughts exactly.
Now, it may be completely moot as it appears Hartsburg and Murray want to run with Gerbs for a while anyway and see what happens (at least that's what they are openly conveying to the public and thus far, none of my friends or insiders can provide any insight on the goalie thing as of today) so I'll give Gerbs my support and loyalty, but I'll go on the record and say he always makes me nervous and yet I will defend him if unfairly targeted. Having said that, if a sweet trade were to arise (like the one mentioned in the into to this thread IMO) I would pounce some quick!

mattbond wrote:Gerbs trade value has always been low, but then, any team who tries to move a goalie recently has had low returns. Look at Mike Smith, Huet, or Al Montoya (coming to mind), none netted significant return. Gerbers value has to be lower than any of those. I think we'd have to pay to get rid of the guy at this point.

Cap'n' Clutch wrote:I still think it's a bad move. Elliot can't shoulder the load, I'm not confidant enough in Auld for more than a 10 to 15 game stop gap and there's not really an option out there that is readily available and a significant upgrade to Gerber is there?

mattbond wrote:

Cap'n' Clutch wrote:I still think it's a bad move. Elliot can't shoulder the load, I'm not confidant enough in Auld for more than a 10 to 15 game stop gap and there's not really an option out there that is readily available and a significant upgrade to Gerber is there?

I know it's early, but I've lost all confidence in Gerber.

We're not going anywhere with him, and if we made this trade we'd be in a better position to deal for another goalie (wouldn't have to send Gerber the other way).

Toskala is an interesting option, as with Pogge in the wings and the rebuild, he could become expendable. Whether TOR would trade with us is another issue, but if we took on Mark Bell's contract and sent a propsect and a pick the other way, it could get it done (as discussed in the other thread).

I think at this point I just want Gerber gone. For every big save he makes, he makes 10 saves where he looks shaky, and I don't know how much longer I can handle the CONSTANT softies.