2015/2016 Trade Speculation and Rumors

[The Original FFIV]

Originally Posted by JJ1532

Of the 13, I would say only Buffalo, Winnipeg and Edmonton are firmly out of the play off picture. The rest are either in the play offs or are in the hunt for them. Those that are in the hunt would probably look to grab a rental and make a run for the play offs.

Appears to be lots of regular folks there. Henderson from Detroit, Sather from NYR, etc. Normal scouts doing their jobs. When you see more than one scout there the antenna goes up but most of them are probably pro scouts pro scouting, nothing more than that.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

Most of those teams are not playoff teams. I wonder which kind of players they would be looking at

they could be scouting for future games or are looking at someone with term left on their deal (or team controlled years left).

[Heavy Jack]

I know its Eklund fluff and I dont think Ive seen it posted here but he gave BS3 (E3) rating that before the suspension the Flames were lining up a trade package that included Wideman for one of Malcom Subban or Loui Eriksson.

What do you guys think a trade with beantown would look like for one or both of these guys??
Eriksson scares me a bit because his stats have exploded in a contract year AND he's 30, will be 31 or close to it by the time he signs his newest contract.

Wideman
Poirier
Macdonald
2nd

For

Eriksson
Subban

???

Ive never been good at the armchair gming thing lol

[Lanny_McDonald]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

Wideman
Poirier
Macdonald
2nd

For

Eriksson
Subban

???

Ive never been good at the armchair gming thing lol

After seeing this, that is an understatement.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by Heavy Jack

I know its Eklund fluff and I dont think Ive seen it posted here but he gave BS3 (E3) rating that before the suspension the Flames were lining up a trade package that included Wideman for one of Malcom Subban or Loui Eriksson.

What do you guys think a trade with beantown would look like for one or both of these guys??
Eriksson scares me a bit because his stats have exploded in a contract year AND he's 30, will be 31 or close to it by the time he signs his newest contract.

Wideman
Poirier
Macdonald
2nd

For

Eriksson
Subban

???

Ive never been good at the armchair gming thing lol

I wouldn't give up anything for Eriksson as he's only a rental and we don't need rentals. Maybe sign him when he's a UFA come July but otherwise he has no value for us.

I'd be happy to get Subban for Wideman. He could compete for our backup job next season and he also has a year left of not needing to go through waivers.

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by New Era

After seeing this, that is an understatement.

It's not that bad.

Eriksson = Poirier+McDonald

Subban = Wideman+2nd

Pretty fair for both sides. I'd do it if we could re-sign Loui, that would be key obviously. The Flames might have to retain on Wideman though.

Your post didn't indicate who you thought the trade was bad for, just that it was bad. If anything, Calgary is overpaying IMO.

[AcGold]

Lol

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix

Subban = Wideman+2nd

...

Pretty fair for both sides.

...

If anything, Calgary is overpaying IMO.

haha wow

[Machiavelli]

Wideman probably has negative trade value.

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by nik-

haha wow

Nice contribution. Since I'm so obviously wrong, why don't you add something substantive to the discussion, or is a snarky one-liner all you're capable of?

[Weitz]

is Malcolm Subban really worth a lot? I mean I wouldn't trade him for Wideman and a 2nd. But what would his value be?

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Weitz

is Malcolm Subban really worth a lot? I mean I wouldn't trade him for Wideman and a 2nd. But what would his value be?

I doubt he's worth a 1st, but he's probably worth more than a 2nd. I don't think Wideman has as little value as some are suggesting though. Apparently it's an insane notion that someone might want to trade for a top 4 D who is a veteran of over 800 games. The biggest obstacle would be his NMC but players waive those all the time, even if some here would suggest that it's an insurmountable obstacle.

[Poe969]

The only reason it would make sense for the Flames to get Eriksson is to flip him at the deadline. I don't think he's the kind of player that the Flames need moving forward and he's going to be asking for more than he's worth for his next contract. Suban would be a decent pick up and if the B's actually have interest in Wideman I'd take....well just about anything they'd give up for him.

I do still think that if the Flames keep Wideman, he'll be a big trade chip at next years deadline.

[The Original FFIV]

Jim Benning on tsn1040 this am says he's waiting for one team to get back to him on Prust. If he is assigned this am, then We know the deal fell through.

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix

Nice contribution. Since I'm so obviously wrong, why don't you add something substantive to the discussion, or is a snarky one-liner all you're capable of?

haha, what happened is it's early, and I thought that Subban was referring to PK.



Carry on, I'm going to go get a coffee.

[Weitz]

Originally Posted by nik-

haha, what happened is it's early, and I thought that Subban was referring to PK.



Carry on, I'm going to go get a coffee.

I sort of thought that haha

[getbak]

I'm sure the Bruins would love to trade PK Subban for Wideman. The Habs might have a problem with it though.

[Vinny01]

Eriksson would be a great add to the team this year but not long term. Subban would be a nice option as a backup next year so if we could do Wideman for him that would be a huge win for Calgary answering one of the 2 goalies needed for next year and dumping the huge Wideman cap hit to free up money to chase a top 6 forward this summer

[MarkGio]

Originally Posted by 1qqaaz

Most of those teams are not playoff teams. I wonder which kind of players they would be looking at

Probably scouting for free agency, not the trade deadline

[Vulcan]

The thing about Wideman is that he isn't that valuable to us anymore as Hamilton and Brodie can fill his spot as an offensive specialist. Other teams may need just the skills he has though so to say he has negative value is shortsighted.