[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by Dogbert

- We're going to get bent over in any goalie trade, as teams realize how big a need it is for us; on the free-agent market, Reimer will get a big fat contract from someone that could easily turn into a boat anchor, and there really isn't anyone better out there. Ramo seemed to figure it out after that bad start, and was playing fine up until he got hurt. Why not give him another shot, punt the goalie issue another year, and bring in a more long-term solution when we have the cap space to do it comfortably?

- What are you expecting Monahan's contract to look like? Ryan Johansen got a three-year, $12 million bridge contract after a single 60-point year, and Monahan's put up two in a row.

- Nobody is trading for Raymond, Bollig, Wideman, Smid, or Engelland, unless we take back a contract that's just as bad. Might as well play the lot of them, see if they can show something, trade them at the deadline if they do, or let them walk next summer if they don't.

I expect Monahan's contract to be 8 years, 56 million.