[Trade] Bouwmeester to Blues for conditional 2013 1st, Cundari and goaltender Reto Berra

[freakinsaprikin]

What colleges are these new guys from?

[$ven27]

I wanted Schwartz/a prospect I've heard of! Feaster is horrible. I could see Feaster leaving after all this is over, be the guy that trades everyone off, take all the heat, then bring in someone else, (BURKE?!). Although Cudari is suppose to be good, apparently.

[rhino]

I think people need to wait and see what is done with the picks and cap space. With the cap coming down buy outs are possible and players being available that normally would not be. Maybe the firsts are used to move up in the draft, or moved for players other teams need to dump for salary reasons...... Lets just see how this plays out.

[Matty81]

Ya the Flames ownership eating 2 mil and making the trade better would have been nice but they showed with the Kotalik deal that they are unwilling to do that.

[Badger Bob]

Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy

Haha. Ya, right. Old, broken Regehr gets 2x 2nds and Bouwmeester with another year (non-rental) goes for a protected 1st and a couple of 'Feaster specials'.

Feaster, god dammit.

Regehr's contract is only until the end of this season. Bouw's contract was an albatross. Who cares about the prospects? You couldn't have expected more with the Blues taking on all that salary?

With the payroll space and a stocked farm system, the organization can turn things around a lot sooner. Sam Pollock could've come back from the dead and not made a better deal here.

[Pierre "Monster" McGuire]

Originally Posted by TheREDarmY

Wow. After how bad feaster has done with these trades, I'm not so confident that he will do well with our 3 first picks...

Oh c'mon...

Because Baertschi and Jankowski are complete busts right?

[Yanda]

Guess were all cheering for STL to make the playoffs

[Stanley]

Originally Posted by SofaProfessor

I feel like everyone here is so shortsighted. We have 3 first round picks in an upcoming deep draft. We have unloaded a ton of salary for either; UFA's or bought out players. As far as I'm concerned, the Flames are in a great rebuilding position moving forward. Lots of money to spend and lots of first round picks.

Unfortunately there's not enough people that understand this...

[atb]

Pierre Lebrun mentioned on TSN that the Blues wanted the Flames to eat some of Bouwmeester's salary. Probably why the return was lower than even the media types expected.

[Ezio]

Originally Posted by dino7c

you guys are idiots, the Flames dropped 6.8 million off the cap and added another first, how is this less than Iggy? the pick is far better. The only people upset are the ones with ridiculous expectations that we were getting a 1st and a top end prospect for a guy that everyone has hated 90% of the time he has been on the Flames

They dropped 6.8 on the cap but also lost a #1 all around defenseman who was dominant this year.

What will they use the capspace on?

[FlamesAddiction]

Not a terrible deal. The fact we aren't retaining any salary is pretty big. I would have preferred it if we did though, if it would have netted a better prospect.

Cundari looks like a decent player to take a flyer on though. His numbers in junior and the minors have been good. He is short, but being 180lbs at 5'9" suggests he might have some power.

Looking at his youtube highlights, it looks like he plays with a bit of a chip on his shoulder.

[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by photon

Isn't a 1st round pick > 2 2nd round picks?

But I thought Reggie was an over the hill over paid dud? Two seconds is pretty impressive value... What did we get? Exactly? Byron and butler?! Not to mention us giving up a second and kotalik as part of that trade

[flamesfan6]

I can't wait until the draft, and the reaction on the board when we draft projected 3rd and 4th round players with our 3 1st round picks

[calgARI]

Well if this draft is like 03, then any three first round picks will be good for at least a couple of good players.

[Bertuzzied]

Terrible trade. FIRE FEASTER!!!!!!!!!

[Ro]

Didn't Bouwmeester have a no-movement or no-trade clause? I'm sure that's been mentioned in the other thread but I didn't wade in there too thoroughly.

If he did, then that's another obstacle Feaster had to contend with.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by Ezio

They dropped 6.8 on the cap but also lost a #1 all around defenseman who was dominant this year.

What will they use the capspace on?

Bouwmeester was really good in the first 20 games or so but he never dominated. He played great hockey for 20 of his 250 games as a Flame.

bye Jay!

[JiriHrdina]

The pick is interesting because if the Blues get in - they likely will be one of the lowest seeds - so it will be a high lottery pick. That's as good as you can do, because teams looking to add at this time of year don't have high picks.

At 16th pick in this draft is probably value wise similar to a pick in the 9-12 range last year.

[The Swedish Flame]

FIRESALE!

Come get your hockey-players now before they're gone! Selling fast!

Already dealt one piece Iginla to Penguins and a unique Bouwmeester to Blues.

One of these can be yours: Stempniak, Kipper, Tanguay! Buy before they're gone!

[sun]

Obviously don't know anything about the prospects, but my initial reaction to the return is one of disappointment. On one hand, Jbo was a plug for 90% of his time here. On the other hand, it's trade deadline and he's been playing like a boss so far this season...