Lots and lots of talk on this thread regarding trading Russell and lots of talk about signing him. I have heard some figures being proposed for resigning him but I don't think I have heard one person suggest a team and a return? I mean do we let him go for a 4th rounder instead of signing him for a 3 year, $9 mil deal if possible?
I don't know what kind of return Russell gets us at the trade deadline and who would be interested in him as well. The trade market and rental market have been quite dry the last little while.
I just don't see a team throwing us a 2nd and 3rd ala Glencross style for Russell. It seems like all these NHL teams keep doing the same thing over and over again and from my vantage point its looking like a Chicago/LA West Final potentially. I am not sure if Russell is anybody's answer to those teams in the west if he isn't really helping his current team get a solid footing in the pathetic Pacific.
I am not for or against either position with him and I think at his current deal with the team has been good for us. His play the last few years has been decent enough that the contract was good for both sides.
Just my 2 cents
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