Keep hearing that Marleau is on the block. Still not sure I believe it but if this is true then what can we offer for him. I'm figuring the package starts with Prucha. Maybe something like Prucha & Dubinsky or Prucha + Sanguinetti. Not sure it thats enough or not. With Marleau centering the 1st or 2nd line this team would be primed for a run for the cup this year.
If it takes Staal then I'd have to say no thanks. Staal will be anchoring this d for the next decade. You don't trade a player like that. In my book Marleau is a very good pivot; maybe even in the top 10. However, he will be a UFA at the end of the season and due for a very, very big raise. Any offer has to start with Prucha, but I'm not sure where you go from there. It might take Bourett, or some combination of Callahan, Girardi, Sauer and the likes. Just guessing! Whoever trades for him is going to be giving up a lot. Still this team would be scary with Marleau at center!
If it takes Staal then I'd have to say no thanks. Staal will be anchoring this d for the next decade. You don't trade a player like that. In my book Marleau is a very good pivot; maybe even in the top 10. However, he will be a UFA at the end of the season and due for a very, very big raise. Any offer has to start with Prucha, but I'm not sure where you go from there. It might take Bourett, or some combination of Callahan, Girardi, Sauer and the likes. Just guessing! Whoever trades for him is going to be giving up a lot. Still this team would be scary with Marleau at center!
I agree. Whatever it takes to get it done will be too much imo.
why so quick to get rid of prucha? i've read lots of this prucha going just about evrywhere and personally i'd hate to see him go----looks like the rangers may undergo some major changes and i dont like the idea of a shakeup---perhaps just a touch up.
why so quick to get rid of prucha? i've read lots of this prucha going just about evrywhere and personally i'd hate to see him go----looks like the rangers may undergo some major changes and i dont like the idea of a shakeup---perhaps just a touch up.
It is always difficult to part way with the "known", especially when the known is a home grown version of David. However, if the known could bring in the unkown who will be more productive to the club then I am all for it... It's called a calculated gamble...
What if they asked for Tyutin and no Staal? Not saying that would be enough but hypothetically. I would be willing to part with Tyutin, given Girardi's emergence.
I'd only trade for him if he agreed to re-up his contract as a condition... No sense in trading some of our best prospects for a player who might become a UFA at the end of the season...
I think any package would have to start with Staal.
I thought SJ was already stacked with D prospects? I don't think they're interested in trading for prospects. It would have to be some roster player. Probably a high - scoring forward. I think they might be looking for a D man too (I heard rumors of Redden I'm not sure if it's from the boards or TSN). Basically the want guys who can help them win now.
No thanks ....I say stay the course. Once most of our prospects have 3-4 years NHL experience then we'll need a player "like" Marleau. Right now he might give us a better chance of winning but that window will close fast(salary cap), then we'll be set back much further in the future(key prospects will be gone).
It would give away much of what we acclimated the last few years.
Keep hearing that Marleau is on the block. Still not sure I believe it but if this is true then what can we offer for him. I'm figuring the package starts with Prucha. Maybe something like Prucha & Dubinsky or Prucha + Sanguinetti. Not sure it thats enough or not. With Marleau centering the 1st or 2nd line this team would be primed for a run for the cup this year.
yea lets trade for other superstars cause we cant develop our own. I say we develop our own superstar instead of trading for someone elses. Maybe we can develop a player that can be good as Marleau down the line. With all this prospect depth, I say we keep it.
We don't have what San Jose wants. Well... we do but his name is Staal and the franchise has too much invested in him to give up for almost anyone at this point.
Really San Jose wants a Norris blue liner for Marleau. At least the SJ Fans do.
We don't have what San Jose wants. Well... we do but his name is Staal and the franchise has too much invested in him to give up for almost anyone at this point.
Really San Jose wants a Norris blue liner for Marleau. At least the SJ Fans do.
Staal probably wouldn't get it done......
We just don't have a good trade for Marleau
You honestly think that SJ turns down a straight up offer of Staal for Marleau? Staal is more valuable than a pair of 1st and 2nd round draft picks at this point. Do you really think SJ could have a reasonable expectation of getting much more than that back for a one year rental?
yea lets trade for other superstars cause we cant develop our own. I say we develop our own superstar instead of trading for someone elses. Maybe we can develop a player that can be good as Marleau down the line. With all this prospect depth, I say we keep it.
The possibility that the Rangers are going to have a problem with top line centers this year has been made worse by the Nylander situation. If he signs somewhere else we will have neither a first line center or a second line center. They don't grow on trees and there's not one readily available in our system right now. Dubinsky may project into a 2nd line NHL center 3-4 years from now. What to do in the meantime while Jagr is still here and while management believes they have a legit chance to compete for the Stanley Cup? This is why speculation about someone like Marleau-- because who knows?--maybe Gomez, Drury etc. won't sign with us--maybe Nylander won't either--and then we'll have Cullen as our best center going into next year--would you like that? And please don't bring up Robert Lang. He sucks.
yea lets trade for other superstars cause we cant develop our own. I say we develop our own superstar instead of trading for someone elses. Maybe we can develop a player that can be good as Marleau down the line. With all this prospect depth, I say we keep it.
Oh great now we have RCallahan (aka JOrts), the master of the ridiculous trade offer, talking about not making a trade! Guess what we don't have anyone in our system right now that projects to be anything close to Marleau. You've got Jagr for two more years and if you don't think that Sather and Co. are gearing up for a run at the cup this season you really are as clueless as some of your trade offers, free agent signing, etc. would seem to indicate. At 28 years old Marleau is exactly the kind of guy that you would want to trade for -- a top center in this league with alot of good hockey in front of him. He's certainly better than any of Drury, Gomez or Briere. Marleau is the kind of guy you trade for then lock him up for the next 3 or 4 years for $8 million per. The only question in my mind is whether we have what the Sharks would want for a player like Marleau.
He had a great season too, SOme people in San Jose want to run him out of town in favor Of signing Dury.
Id love to have Marleau he is only 27 & is a 30 goal scorer.
Oh great now we have RCallahan (aka JOrts), the master of the ridiculous trade offer, talking about not making a trade! Guess what we don't have anyone in our system right now that projects to be anything close to Marleau. You've got Jagr for two more years and if you don't think that Sather and Co. are gearing up for a run at the cup this season you really are as clueless as some of your trade offers, free agent signing, etc. would seem to indicate. At 28 years old Marleau is exactly the kind of guy that you would want to trade for -- a top center in this league with alot of good hockey in front of him. He's certainly better than any of Drury, Gomez or Briere. Marleau is the kind of guy you trade for then lock him up for the next 3 or 4 years for $8 million per. The only question in my mind is whether we have what the Sharks would want for a player like Marleau.
Too many people on this board give Prucha no respect! the guy is a legitimate offensive player who just finished his second season....playing a majority of the time on the third line with inferior linemates. If Prucha ever gets extended playing time and better quality linemates he will score even more...yet to most here he is a throw in on just about every trade and all trades seem to start and hinge on STAAL! Staal isn't going anywhere....and i hope Prucha goes nowhere.
I say we develop our own superstar instead of trading for someone elses. Maybe we can develop a player that can be good as Marleau down the line. With all this prospect depth, I say we keep it.
Guess what we don't have anyone in our system right now that projects to be anything close to Marleau. You've got Jagr for two more years and if you don't think that Sather and Co. are gearing up for a run at the cup this season you really are as clueless as some of your trade offers, free agent signing, etc. would seem to indicate. At 28 years old Marleau is exactly the kind of guy that you would want to trade for -- a top center in this league with alot of good hockey in front of him. He's certainly better than any of Drury, Gomez or Briere. Marleau is the kind of guy you trade for then lock him up for the next 3 or 4 years for $8 million per. The only question in my mind is whether we have what the Sharks would want for a player like Marleau.
