If all these teams are SELLERS... then I am BUYING - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

droopydrew19 · 02-14-2008, 08:54 PM

Tampa has an abundance of youth and prospects available for the GMs that are now just starting to jump off cliffs.

Shoot me PM if you have any ideas.

simmer2 · 02-14-2008, 09:10 PM

Sorry Drew for piggy-backing but I have some draft picks and prospects available for teams looking to sell as well. Feel free to send a PM; I am also on MSN a fair bit.

Prototype · 02-14-2008, 09:18 PM

I don't know what I have to move, but I'm buying if you're selling!

Young Guns · 02-14-2008, 09:26 PM

I too have no idea what direction im going. I could be selling and I could also be buying. Who knows, am I a couple players away from having a team that can compete this year? Probley not. So do I cut some players loose and look to next year? Shoot, stupid game!

flambers · 02-14-2008, 09:57 PM

Frig....the Rangers will be buyers as well...............

Plus we are Sellers............. basically will look at any trade!!!

JiriHrdina · 02-15-2008, 12:26 AM

Wild are buyers but hope to be smart buyers. We are looking for a 72/73ish type forward as well as a 71/72ish dman.

Willing to trade pick/prospect type stuff to do it. But not 1sts or elite prospects. Looking more like 2nds/2nd tier type prospects.

Mango · 02-15-2008, 12:45 AM

Canucks will be sellers. I'll have a list up pretty soon.

droopydrew19 · 02-15-2008, 07:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Mango

Canucks will be sellers. I'll have a list up pretty soon.

Sandra the Sellers are in the other thread..... Move along

HalifaxDrunk · 02-15-2008, 07:31 AM

I'll be buying, not sure what I really have to sell though.

Knut · 02-15-2008, 07:32 AM

Caps are buying for sure.

flambers · 02-15-2008, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

Wild are buyers but hope to be smart buyers. We are looking for a 72/73ish type forward as well as a 71/72ish dman.

Willing to trade pick/prospect type stuff to do it. But not 1sts or elite prospects. Looking more like 2nds/2nd tier type prospects.

Well I think the Rangers have a few of those..... yah might want to give me a shout....

Sylvanfan · 02-15-2008, 08:39 AM

I'll buy if the price is cheap and I can win a one sided rape type deal. Something like what the Kings used to do to the Panthers earlier this season. I'd love to make a couple of those trades.

nyrcrisfer · 02-15-2008, 08:51 AM

When's the trade deadline anyway? It's not on the main page anymore.

Mango · 02-15-2008, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by droopydrew19

Sandra the Sellers are in the other thread..... Move along

Hey! I like this thread better!

Slava · 02-15-2008, 09:37 AM

I'm selling....I think that has been well announced!

flambers · 02-15-2008, 09:41 AM

Its been a weird year..... lots of sellers but there doesn't seem to be to many folks wanting to add players....

Trades have been really slow the last little while...

Sylvanfan · 02-15-2008, 09:45 AM

It's the Cheese rule. The teams who want to buy can't take on any more salary due to the limit. I have two veteran guys I'd love to move for any type of return but likely won't because I traded off all my money.

As I discussed with a GM one evening on MSN. We now have more than enough fail safe mechanism's to help with parity in this league that the Cheese rule can go the way of the dodo bird. Let the teams who have the assets and want to improve keep pushing the bar and maybe some other teams will be forced to follow them. I used to like the Cheese rule, but now that we have the UFA grid in place of agents and a few other things I think it could go.

Sorry to derail the thread.

Slava · 02-15-2008, 09:45 AM

^ I noticed the same thing. No one really seems to think that they have what it takes, but no one wants to add the guys to try to make a run.

simmer2 · 02-15-2008, 10:24 AM

Victor, I've noticed the same thing as well. It seems people want to buy but are hesitant due to salary cap issues next year or Cheese cap limits. That's the biggest blockade I've come up against in my attempts to trade over the last couple of weeks.

Knut · 02-15-2008, 10:34 AM

I am willing to max out my cheese rule, but i am not going to take downgrades on anything. For instance, Derek Roy is making 3.2 million for this season and next, and then is an RFA... i do not see the point in moving him for a more expensive veteran that is gone next season... especially since his LD and EX is just as good as many of the older Vets out there.

And people you say that they will just sign UFA's next year, so they dont want to take on salary, need to think about things a bit. If you are going to send me a UFA worth 7.5 this season.. i am going to want to send back a player with a big salary.... if you get a player back that makes 6.0 for this year and next and some other assets, it should be enough to get the deal done... fact is... that 6.0 million dollar player that is signed for next year, will be cheaper than you signing a similarly rated UFA in the offseason. PLus that guy now becomes a veteran asset that you can move at the deadline to a team with injury problems.

What i am finding is that GM's feel that players like Derek Roy is a fair return for an aging Vet that makes more money..... if i move Roy it is for a top flight player that is signed for at least 2 years. Roy's ratings will be similar to most of the Vets next year anyways.