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nash is a loser. just sayin'
whoever gets him will never win a cup. FACT
This was a well thought out, intelligent post, that was backed up with a plethora of facts. If more people on this board would follow this example, the conversations would be much better!
Philly has B.Schenn who will be a very good center for them for years. I would think Holmgren would move Couterier in a deal for Nash. Nash in Philly would be scary, imagine a Giroux-Nash combo,, yikes!
Detroit: doesnt have the forward pieces to make this work.
Boston: has the forward pieces to make deal, but looking at their upcoming rfa's, they dont have cap space to carry Nash.
NYR: best fit for a trade w/ Columbus. Between Stepan, Kreider, Hagelin etc.. they have some very intriguing pieces,, but thus far refuse to include them in a trade. Is Howson expecting too much?
Howson looking for young, inexpensive future stars (McDonagh, Stepan, Kreider, Seguin, Hamilton, etc..) However I feel that these teams are looking for more of a player for player swap,, ex.. Krejci, P.Kane,..ofcourse w/ a few ++ added.
You know who benefits most from this whole thing? Aaron ****ing Portzline and the columbus dispatch. I had heard of neither since this saga began and now they're pretty much household names among hockey fans. The guy should send howson and nach a gift pack.
i just want to know what entails a "hell of an offer" from detroit...i just don't see them offering up a lot of what's avail...
Franzen and Filppula are the 2 mentioned in the story, but it goes on to contradict itself later by saying "Its hard to believe they (Detroit) would be willing to part with both".
Either way, Columbus has basically told them to eat shyt.
Philly has B.Schenn who will be a very good center for them for years. I would think Holmgren would move Couterier in a deal for Nash. Nash in Philly would be scary, imagine a Giroux-Nash combo,, yikes!
That would be hilarious if the main piece coming back in the deal was Couturier seeing as he (in the form of a 1st round pick) was the main piece in the Carter deal, Carter who only lasted half a season in Columbus.
Let's try and work out the net trade...
Columbus trades:
Nash + Voracek
For
Johnson, LAs 1st, and Couturier (Columbus' own 2011 1st round pick) + obviously a few other pieces from Philly.
Is there sort of a domino effect in play while Doan & Semin remain unsigned as well as Ryan untraded?
Semin has short-term offers but is waiting until Doan gets signed so maybe a team will give him a long term offer & teams are waiting on seeing if they can get Doan or Semin before they trade assets to Nash or Ryan.
Detroit: doesnt have the forward pieces to make this work.
Boston: has the forward pieces to make deal, but looking at their upcoming rfa's, they dont have cap space to carry Nash.
NYR: best fit for a trade w/ Columbus. Between Stepan, Kreider, Hagelin etc.. they have some very intriguing pieces,, but thus far refuse to include them in a trade. Is Howson expecting too much?
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Might want to do a little research before making that assuption. Detroit's extremely rich with forwards, both farm and playing. its ok though, you must not follow hockey too closely.
Might want to do a little research before making that assuption. Detroit's extremely rich with forwards, both farm and playing. its ok though, you must not follow hockey too closely.
Pretty sure Philly would have no interest in giving up Couturier in any deal. It's been said many times that Holmgren is very, very reluctant in giving up Couts or Schenn even for Rick Nash or Bobby Ryan.
Pretty sure Philly would have no interest in giving up Couturier in any deal. It's been said many times that Holmgren is very, very reluctant in giving up Couts or Schenn even for Rick Nash or Bobby Ryan.
Schenn, I could see (although it's a lot less likely with Luke also on the team). Couturier, you'd be nuts to give up, period.
EDIT: I think that's something a lot of people miss in all these thread. Philly, New York, San Jose . . . each one of them COULD put together a great package for Nash. They could do it today. They could do it tomorrow. And, they could have done it six months ago. The fact that they haven't should be telling.
Why, because people on HF boards assume that teams have in fact really offered the names being thrown around by their teams?
All the teams have untouchables in the eyes of their fans and more importantly management.
How do you know what value these players have? You don't.
I may be a Detroit Native, but I am a hockey fan first and how some of you speak is comical.
Do I think it's a good trade for the jackets? NO.
But some of you think you're rel GM's and just because it works in EA NHL games you assume you know how trades work.
You're not a scout, but clearly you know all the value.
But clearly like you say: if that's the asking price for Nash he would've been dealt a dozen times already.
or.. wait.. no he wouldn't have been because maybe just maybe there hasn't been legit offers and BPO is what it's going to come down to.
Enjoy NHL 13 GM connected as you know all the value of players..
Actually, my point wasn't to belittle the value but instead to suggest that's not what Howson will accept. If it were, then Nash would have been traded a half dozen times already.
What Howson wants is the type of package New York or Philly or San Jose COULD offer (in the abstract). What Howson is getting are offers along the lines of what you suggested.
The second Howson lowers his price, he'll have an offer from New York, Philly, San Jose, and probably every other team on the Nash 'I'll accept a trade' list of comparable value to what you suggested from Detroit.
So, how precisely does that belittle the value of the offer you suggested?
