2016/2017 Trade Speculation and Rumors

[Anduril]

https://twitter.com/tsnscottcullen/s...68571149189120

Originally Posted by Scott Cullen

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How would it make any sense to use an asset to acquire Curtis Lazar, only to have to protect him in the expansion draft? I don't get this.

Am curious if they are any teams that have open spots for player protection in the expansion draft.

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Yah, the only guy he seems to have a hate on is Babcock, which is understandable. Babcock totally looks like a ######-nozzle who thinks his crap doesn't stink.

he acts like it too

so shrewd to coach his team to last overall and a lottery win...

[sureLoss]

@CraigCustance: Oilers among the interested in Jaroslav Halak. Could see Flames & Bruins in there too. Islanders would have to retain salary though.

[dino7c]

If they go out and get Halak after what Bishop went for I won't be too happy

I'm fine with sticking with our guys who have earned it of late but if they were gonna make a move they should have targeted the vezina finalist that went for next to nothing

[Ashasx]

Halak passed through waivers not a month ago. Why would he have value.

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

Halak passed through waivers not a month ago. Why would he have value.

Salary retention.

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

Halak passed through waivers not a month ago. Why would he have value.

Retained salary could make a difference.

Halak at $4.5M is no good, Halak at $2.25M is really good.

IMO he is notoriously underrated. Has a .916 career save percentage and outside of a bad start to the season has been a good goalie at every stop.

[bax]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

Halak passed through waivers not a month ago. Why would he have value.

He ripped up the AHL. Has some solid playoff success. I'm assuming if he is traded, a significant portion of his salary will be retained

[ComixZone]

Originally Posted by dino7c

If they go out and get Halak after what Bishop went for I won't be too happy

I'm fine with sticking with our guys who have earned it of late but if they were gonna make a move they should have targeted the vezina finalist that went for next to nothing

Agreed. I want no part of Halak. If we were going to get a goalie, Bishop was the goalie to get.

[Backlunds_socks]

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[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by dino7c

If they go out and get Halak after what Bishop went for I won't be too happy

I'm fine with sticking with our guys who have earned it of late but if they were gonna make a move they should have targeted the vezina finalist that went for next to nothing

For me if we are taking on Halak I want salary retention and I want a player like Strome coming back as well

[kukkudo]

Originally Posted by Backlunds_socks

Commodore on Sharpe

Yup the team thats out of the playoffs is going after a rental!

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Backlunds_socks

Commodore on Sharpe

When he can't even spell Sharp properly...... #notaninsider

[Lanny'sDaMan]

Originally Posted by Backlunds_socks

Commodore on Sharpe

Commy's #PackYour$%$# hashtag had me bloody rolling last year. I hope he does this every year

[Muta]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

When he can't even spell Sharp properly...... #notaninsider

Trump can't spell properly and he's President

[Vinny01]

Originally Posted by Backlunds_socks

Commodore on Sharpe

Doubt it. Winnipeg is not in a position to buy

[PepsiFree]

It makes me smile that Commodore tweets re-posted here are still getting serious responses

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Muta

Trump can't spell properly and he's President

Be that as it may, it's been repeated many times here that he's just spewing. Not sure why his tweets keep getting posted on here.

[SuperMatt18]

Halak has really good stats, I do sometimes wonder what is going on the behind the scenes that makes teams sour on him.

Regular Season

Bishop- GP: 263 SV PCT: .919
Halak- GP: 388 SV PCT: .916

Playoffs:

Bishop: GP: 36 SV PCT: .927 (4th among active goalies)
Halak: GP: 30 SV PCT: .924 (5th among active goalies)

If you can get the Islanders to cover a chunk of that Salary going through the end of the season with Elliot and Halak would be an improvement, and Halak at $2.5M -$3.0M next year wouldn't be much of an issue IMO.

It's actually pretty crazy when you think about it, look at Career NHL Save Percentage leaders (active goalies):

Schneider: .923
Rask: .923
Holtby: .922
Lundqvist: .920
Price: .920
Bishop: .919
Luongo: .919
Bobrovsky: .918
Crawford: .918
Rinne: .917
Dubnyk: .917
Halak: .916
Varlamov: .916
Quick: .916

Considering the rest of those guys are all considered as bonafide #1 elite goalies, it kind of feels like a "One of these things is not like the other" situation. For me though one more year of Halak looks way more appealing than 2 more years of MA Fleury.

[dammage79]

Do we bring back Hudler from the big D before the deadline tomorrow? super cheap.....