[News] Upd: Drouin decides to sit out until trade is completed. Lightning suspend him.

[killer_carlson]

Think he'd be interested in Russell if we did a sign and trade?

Although I think our offer would include Backlund plus a defence prospect.

[sureLoss]

McKenzie thinks Wild have some other pieces beside Dumba and Brodin that might interest Yzerman:

http://www.todaysslapshot.com/from-t...rs-for-drouin/

“If they’re talking to Minnesota, that’s more interesting because people would assume that maybe it’s Dumba or Jonas Brodin, young defensemen that Tampa would be after. But I think they would be maybe interested in – and again, not singularly or whatever – but they’d want to try to get Charlie Coyle out of there. They’d want to try to get Jason Zucker or Nino Niederreiter or some of those players.

“So I think in the case of Minnesota that some package involving some of those different names are all possibilities. But I don’t know how eager Minnesota is to give up any of those guys. So it’s maybe not as good a fit as we would think it might be.

[YYC in LAX]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

Think he'd be interested in Russell if we did a sign and trade?

Uhhh no, no I don't.

[IgiTang]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

McKenzie thinks Wild have some other pieces beside Dumba and Brodin that might interest Yzerman:

http://www.todaysslapshot.com/from-t...rs-for-drouin/

So he says Minnesota looks like a place for Yzerman to look for a decent return and then names names and then goes onto say that may not be a the place to look because Minni may not be willing to part with said players?...

Good job Bob.. I can do it too.

Yzerman should look at... (picks random team out of thin air) the New York Islanders because they have some nice young pieces in Strome or Nelson or De Haan...

Or maybe even Detroit with Tatar, Nyquist, Larkin or Pulkinnen...

Give me a break.. That isnt Journalism.. Poke your head back out of your hole when you actually have some information Bob..

/rant

Sorry.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by killer_carlson

Think he'd be interested in Russell if we did a sign and trade?

Originally Posted by YYC in LAX

Uhhh no, no I don't.

Actually, that is a possible framework of just the sort of deal that I think Yzerman will end up settling on to move Drouin.

I don't think he will be overwhelmed by any of the offers, and will likely end up settling on something that would include a player like Russell: a serviceable, NHL defenceman who can play in the top four, is either entering or in his prime playing years, and is signed to a manageable term. Of course, such a deal would have to include other pieces (prospect + pick[s]), but I don't think Drouin is going to command a lot more than this.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

So he says Minnesota looks like a place for Yzerman to look for a decent return and then names names and then goes onto say that may not be a the place to look because Minni may not be willing to part with said players?...

*sigh*

No, that is not really what MacKenzie tweeted AT ALL. He prefaced his speculation with this rather fundamental qualifier:

Originally Posted by Bob MacKenzie

"If they’re talking to Minnesota..."

The whole tweet is grounded on the report that Minnesota is ACTUALLY in the process of negotiating a deal. You're rant is completely unnecessary.

[IgiTang]

Im really liking Backlund's game right now. I would prefer to move someone else unless he was part of bringing back a bonafide top 6 winger.

[IgiTang]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

*sigh*

No, that is not really what MacKenzie tweeted AT ALL. He prefaced his speculation with this rather fundamental qualifier:


The whole tweet is grounded on the report that Minnesota is ACTUALLY in the process of negotiating a deal. You're rant is completely unnecessary.

Your.

And I disagree. Even though he qualifies his speculation.. its merely that. Which I can do the same thing.

I appreciate what you're saying though about his speculation being based on the report. So lets leave it at that if we shall?

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

Your.

I feel shame.

[Jacks]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

Your.

Normally I'd roll my eyes at this but since you are replying to a guy named Textcritic haha.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

Your.

And I disagree. Even though he qualifies his speculation.. its merely that. Which I can do the same thing.

No, you cannot.

Have the Islanders and the Red Wings expressed some interest in making a deal with TB for Drouin? Are you hearing any of this from reliable sources?

Unlike MacKenzie, there is NO foundation upon which to construct your speculation. MacKenzie is speculating about possible returns from team who has been reported to him by sources to be involved in this.

I can't fathom how you cannot see the difference here from your total fabrications out of thin air. Were MacKenzie just spitballing without any basis for making these suggestions, then I would agree with you. But he's not. He is conjecturing from a presumably reliable report.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by Jacks

Normally I'd roll my eyes at this but since you are replying to a guy named Textcritic haha.

Boooooooo!!!!

Quiet, you.

[IgiTang]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

No, you cannot.

Have the Islanders and the Red Wings expressed some interest in making a deal with TB for Drouin? Are you hearing any of this from reliable sources?

Unlike MacKenzie, there is NO foundation upon which to construct your speculation. MacKenzie is speculating about possible returns from team who has been reported to him by sources to be involved in this.

I can't fathom how you cannot see the difference here from your total fabrications out of thin air. Were MacKenzie just spitballing without any basis for making these suggestions, then I would agree with you. But he's not. He is conjecturing from a presumably reliable report.

But I can.. From McKenzie himself in fact. The article from McKenzie himself that I believe Sureloss posted.. "13 teams interested".

All im saying is that the optics of his remarks come across as more "click bait" than actual reporting.

[JonDuke]

Not sure how credible, but on Tim & Sid, they just showed this:

On TVA, Renaud Lavoie reported there's a good chance Jonathan Drouin gets traded within the next 24 hours. The rumour implicates the Blues as a possible destination.

[handgroen]

Originally Posted by JonDuke

Not sure how credible, but on Tim & Sid, they just showed this:

that's been rumoured for the last week or so, where there's smoke there's fire?

[Split98]

Originally Posted by JonDuke

Not sure how credible, but on Tim & Sid, they just showed this:

So it's almost over?!

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[Calgary4LIfe]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I feel shame.

I don't know what to think any longer. My entire world has suddenly imploded. I thought Gods were infallible.

Let me sit here in my chair wrapped in a blanket and rocking furiously back and forth while I contemplate the meaning of life.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by IgiTang

Your.

And I disagree. Even though he qualifies his speculation.. its merely that. Which I can do the same thing.

I appreciate what you're saying though about his speculation being based on the report. So lets leave it at that if we shall?

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I feel shame.

Just hit him right back with it's and let's.

In the Game of Grammar you win or you die.

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by Badgers Nose

Just hit him right back with "it's" and "let's".

In the Game of Grammar, you win or you die.

fyp

Punctuation really separates men from boys here.

[Strange Brew]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

Actually, that is a possible framework of just the sort of deal that I think Yzerman will end up settling on to move Drouin.

I don't think he will be overwhelmed by any of the offers, and will likely end up settling on something that would include a player like Russell: a serviceable, NHL defenceman who can play in the top four, is either entering or in his prime playing years, and is signed to a manageable term. Of course, such a deal would have to include other pieces (prospect + pick[s]), but I don't think Drouin is going to command a lot more than this.

If you're saying Russell plus prospects and picks gets you Drouin I suppose you're right. Kind of depends on the prospects and picks doesn't it? Russell alone doesn't get Yzerman to answer the phone.