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Old 06-12-2014, 12:08 PM   #21
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Old 06-12-2014, 12:09 PM   #22
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Spezza claims he's tired of being blamed for losses. Well, don't be a good player then.

What a whiner. Do not want. Go play in Phoenix and fade into obscurity if that's what you want.
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Old 06-12-2014, 12:28 PM   #23
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I could see the Preds all over this. They desperately need offensive talent.

Anaheim will be getting someone this summer be it Kesler, Spezza, or Joe so he might go there

Arizona makes sense as well
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Old 06-12-2014, 12:29 PM   #24
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Which teams could afford to not only give up assets and afford to pay him as well, I would think there is a very small group of teams that could do that?
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Old 06-12-2014, 12:30 PM   #25
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Spezza claims he's tired of being blamed for losses. Well, don't be a good player then.

What a whiner. Do not want. Go play in Phoenix and fade into obscurity if that's what you want.
To be fair, I do think Sens fans treat him like crap.
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Old 06-12-2014, 12:30 PM   #26
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Didn't the Ducks trade Bobby Ryan because of cap reasons? can they afford Spezza? I guess with the cap going up that helps.
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Old 06-12-2014, 12:35 PM   #27
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If Koivu calls it quits or moves on that clears up a roster spot and 2.5 mill, also Selanne is more than likely done at this point. So that is 4.5 total towards Spezza's 7 million. With the cap going up that would make enough room for him.

Cogliano, Bonino and Fistric are all going to see a slight pay raise, but total probably around 2 mill or so. Perreault and Silfverberg are both RFA's though. I also imagine that at least one of their young roster players would be heading back to Ottawa as well and getting replaced by a younger ELC type guy.
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Old 06-12-2014, 12:38 PM   #28
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I think the Ducks traded Bobby Ryan because they are cheap.

I can see Bryan asking Bob...so can I get the stuff back that I gave you for Bobby in exchange for Spezza?

Bob....Nope

Bryan....Son of a
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If he hates being blamed for losses he should go to edmonton none of their players are held accountable for anything
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Having Spezza, Monahan, Backlund, and Stajan would arguably give us one of the best and deepest centre collections in the league.
Yep, that should slot us somewhere around the 10th best centre group in the West.
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Old 06-12-2014, 12:55 PM   #31
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I think St.Louis makes most sense. Anaheim also does and likely has more motivation to make that move.
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Old 06-12-2014, 12:58 PM   #32
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If Koivu calls it quits or moves on that clears up a roster spot and 2.5 mill, also Selanne is more than likely done at this point. So that is 4.5 total towards Spezza's 7 million. With the cap going up that would make enough room for him.

Cogliano, Bonino and Fistric are all going to see a slight pay raise, but total probably around 2 mill or so. Perreault and Silfverberg are both RFA's though. I also imagine that at least one of their young roster players would be heading back to Ottawa as well and getting replaced by a younger ELC type guy.
Selanne retired. He is working for Finnish TV now. He is off the books for sure.
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I think St.Louis makes most sense.Anaheim also does and likely has more motivation to make that move.

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St. Louis - Berglund, Rattie, 21st overall
Anaheim - Bonino, Friberg, 24th overall
Washington - Johansson, Burakowski, 42nd overall
Dallas - Eakin, Chaisson, 14th overall
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I think St.Louis makes most sense. Anaheim also does and likely has more motivation to make that move.
They already paid way too much for Miller, and that didn't work out too well. I don't think St. Louis wants to pay more assets for someone that might not even work out either.
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Old 06-12-2014, 01:19 PM   #36
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Blues makes sense if he was a UFA I could see them signing him. not sure about a trade thought.
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I could see something between SJ and OTT with Thornton and Spezza being the center pieces.
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Old 06-12-2014, 01:59 PM   #38
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His NMC clause is a list of 10 teams. Rumour has it, he wants to play in the US, so you can rule out the 5 other Canadian clubs. That would leave room for 5 American teams to be on the list, assuming that he uses all 10 spots in the clause.

I would bet the Islanders are on the list too, but if not, I could see them being interest. Florida is another team that seems to want players that can play now.
There are six other Canadian teams, I know you just forgot about The Jets since everyone has already.
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There are six other Canadian teams, I know you just forgot about The Jets since everyone has already.
I would have assumed they didn't include the Oilers because they aren't actually an NHL team.
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His NMC clause is a list of 10 teams. Rumour has it, he wants to play in the US, so you can rule out the 5 other Canadian clubs. That would leave room for 5 American teams to be on the list, assuming that he uses all 10 spots in the clause.

I would bet the Islanders are on the list too, but if not, I could see them being interest. Florida is another team that seems to want players that can play now.
If he wanted to maximize his "no trade" list, he wouldn't bother putting Montreal or Toronto on it because you know Murray would never consider trading him to either of those teams.
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