BOTTOM SIX FORWARDS
Mair, Adam Malhotra, Manny Mccormick, Cody Prust, Brandon
Higgins, Chris Ott, Steve Torres, Raffi Cooke, Matt
Boogaard, Derek Tootoo, Jordin Steckel, David Fraser, Colin
Stuart, Colin
TOP SIX FORWARDS
Armstrong, Derek Marleau, Patrick Bourque, Rene Savard
RFA
Clarkson, David (he is from the Toronto Area I think)
GOALTENDERS
Hiller, Jonas Ellis, Dan Mason, Chris Hedberg, Johan Rinne,
Johnson, Brent
DEF
Volchenkov, Anton Colaiacovo, Carlo Martin, Paul
OUR FA SEE YA LATER WAY TO SOFT IF WE CAN MAKE SOME TRADES DO IT
Lee Stempniak Alexei Ponikarovsky Matt Stajan Wayne Primeau Mayers Wallin Mitchell Van Ryn Exelby Vesa Toskala
OUR RFA
White Gustavsson
MARLIES HAVE FUN
Blake
TRADES THAT WE SHOULD GET A GOOD RETURN
Kaberle Grabovski
THIS IS WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE OUR TEAM LOOK LIKE IN 2010
I think this would be better
Sign Kulvachuk, Armstrong,
Trade for Sharp(since chicago needs to git rid of him to make room for others) and trade or sign for clarkson
I think this would be better
Sign Kulvachuk, Armstrong,
Trade for Sharp(since chicago needs to git rid of him to make room for others) and trade or sign for clarkson
lol, had to have a double take before I realized it was LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. Rene Savard? Derek Marleau?
I admittedly don't follow Nashville as much as I should, but has Dan Hamhuis really declined so much that no one thinks he'd be a good UFA signing? But I like your picks otherwise. Bourque for sure.
lol, had to have a double take before I realized it was LAST NAME, FIRST NAME. Rene Savard? Derek Marleau?
I admittedly don't follow Nashville as much as I should, but has Dan Hamhuis really declined so much that no one thinks he'd be a good UFA signing? But I like your picks otherwise. Bourque for sure.
If we trade Kabs we need a puck moving D man
ya he would be a good one as well replaces Martin
Also Prust is from London
Clarkson from Toronto I think
If I am Brain Burke, I would first re-sign our RFAs Kulemin, Mitchell, Tlusty, Hanson, White, Gustavsson. Combined, they all should re-sign at about $7-7.5 million. Assuming the salary cap for the 2010-2011 season stays the same, we would have about $11 milion to spend in FA. But we can't go all in, as we will have to re-sign Stalberg, Schenn afterwards.
Our defense would be set with Kaberle, Komisarek, Schenn, Beauchemin, White, and Finger. Our forward core would be Kessel, Blake, Hagman, Grabo, Tlusty, Kulemin, Mitchell, HAnson, Orr, Stalberg, Rosehill, and in net we would have Gustavsson and Reimer. Again, if I am Brian Burke I would go hard after a top end forward such as Savard, but only if the price is right. There are some decent forwards available in Savard, Jokinen, Kovulchuk (he will be re-signed by ATL), Marleau and Frolov. And the RFA market will be huge, headed by Semin, Backstrom, Toews, Kane, Ryan, Wheeler, Wolski, Mueller, Kesler, Setoguchi, Perron, Little, etc, so Burke may look into it as well.
If Steve Ott hits the market, I hope Burke signs him. Clarkson would be awesome too, but I suspect he'll stay in NJ.
We won't have cap space for all of the signings that people are proposing. Putting Finger and Blake in the minors would free up some room, but not enough for Kovalchuk, Clarkson, Armstrong, and Sharp. He should be able to make enough room for the #1 centre and gritty player that can score (i.e., Ott).
If Steve Ott hits the market, I hope Burke signs him. Clarkson would be awesome too, but I suspect he'll stay in NJ.
We won't have cap space for all of the signings that people are proposing. Putting Finger and Blake in the minors would free up some room, but not enough for Kovalchuk, Clarkson, Armstrong, and Sharp. He should be able to make enough room for the #1 centre and gritty player that can score (i.e., Ott).
If I am Brain Burke, I would first re-sign our RFAs Kulemin, Mitchell, Tlusty, Hanson, White, Gustavsson. Combined, they all should re-sign at about $7-7.5 million. Assuming the salary cap for the 2010-2011 season stays the same, we would have about $11 milion to spend in FA. But we can't go all in, as we will have to re-sign Stalberg, Schenn afterwards.
Our defense would be set with Kaberle, Komisarek, Schenn, Beauchemin, White, and Finger. Our forward core would be Kessel, Blake, Hagman, Grabo, Tlusty, Kulemin, Mitchell, HAnson, Orr, Stalberg, Rosehill, and in net we would have Gustavsson and Reimer. Again, if I am Brian Burke I would go hard after a top end forward such as Savard, but only if the price is right. There are some decent forwards available in Savard, Jokinen, Kovulchuk (he will be re-signed by ATL), Marleau and Frolov. And the RFA market will be huge, headed by Semin, Backstrom, Toews, Kane, Ryan, Wheeler, Wolski, Mueller, Kesler, Setoguchi, Perron, Little, etc, so Burke may look into it as well.
It is going to be interesting for sure.
We cant sign any top end RFA's we dont have any pics left remember the Kessel deal
Jokinen to soft
Frolov he can always leave for Russia even if signed
Kully dont think he is that good
Reimer dont think so maybe in a couple of yrs
Goalies: Josh Harding from Minnesota would be great to have on the team competing with Gustavsson for a couple of years until one of them hopefully establish them self as a #1. Hiller from Anaheim is also a player we should try to sign, even better do he is UFA but this was about the RFA´s so...
D-man: Parent and/or Coburn from Philly. They have a lot of big contracts and might perhaps not be able to resign both, dream scenario would be to sign both. Cody Franson facing some real competition in Nashville. He could probably be resigned by them seeing as he is RFA and is now getting some games. But Nashville is always in trouble with their own cap and perhaps a deal could be made signing him as well.
If Stralman makes it to the free market then we should try to bring him back. Letting him go was a mistake.
Forwards: James Sheppard, big centre who is still to young to be labelled anything yet but he have not lived up to potential in Minnesota and they might part with him freely or perhaps not ask for more then we can offer. Peter Mueller is another player who would be a nice addition to the team but he will most likely be resigned. But if he isnt not resigned and hits the restricted market and we would offer him $3m a year then we would only pay Phx a 2nd rounder (that we dont own today but could trade for). Best scenario would be to make a deal with them straight up but I highly doubt they will let him go.
His team mate Upshall would however be a good 3rd liner for us. He got some grit and some offensive potential even do it is limited. Not sure they will resign him. Pavelski, nice little play maker. Like a mini Savard??? From Colombus both Blunden and Boll looks interesting for bottom 6 roles. Andrew Ladd is one of my little favourites. Sure he have not blossomed in to a high scoring power forward but he got offensive skills and is a big gritty player. If Chicago does not resign then we should. Downie is hated by most is seem like. I however rate him and would not mind if we would go for him in the off season if Tamba does not. Tough agitator who can handle the puck. Another of those bottom 6 players who I like is Cam Janssen, would be a nice addition as a 4th liner.
I dont know if a team is still allowed to sign only one RFA even if they are signed cheaply (less then $1m) so no compensation is going to the other team.
OFFER COMPENSATION
$994,433 or below None
Over $994,433 to $1,506,716 Third-round choice
Over $1,506,716 to $3,013,434 Second-round choice
Over $3,013,434 to $4,520,150 First-round and third-round choice
Over $4,520,150 to $6,026,867 First-round, second-round and third-round choice
Over $6,026,867 to $7,533,584 Two first-round choices, one second- and one third-round choice
Over $7,533,584 Four first-round choices
Byfuglien is signed for next yr at 3000 million and why would chicago want to get rid of him WOULD YOU for that package 2 fa and one rfa plus 2 other prospects dont think so
Ilya Kovalchuk. Burke's a salesman. Make it happen. At any cost. This team desperately needs a game breaker, especially with our missing first round picks these next two years. Yea he's a russian, but he's the best player by far if he makes it to free agency.
I think a legitimate top 6 centerman (or two) would be a good addition as well, but not at the usual UFA prices. We just have to be patient and let players go (not Ilya) if their dollar amount stops making sense.
I'm not going to talk about the bottom six forwards because it's obvious we have an entire team full of them.
Patience is key here. Yea we lost our next two first rounders, so this might take longer than it should, but rush jobs are never good enough.
Byfuglien is signed for next yr at 3000 million and why would chicago want to get rid of him WOULD YOU for that package 2 fa and one rfa plus 2 other prospects dont think so
It isnt a value deal.It's a deal so that Chicago can clear up some cap space for next year.
i for one sir like your thinking! That lineup acctually looks half decent. The key is gettin Savard or Marleu. If we dont Kadri will have to play first line.
