22 Dec 2017 14:07:44
Here's one for you. ottawa over pays to offload Phaneuf contract so they can have the cap needed to sign their big guns.

Ott
Phaneuf, Hoffman, Ceci, white,

Nyi
Tavares


Ottawa gets its star center and cap space it desperately needs and isles land a solid package for a guy who doesn't seem to want to stay anyway in that the get a top 4 defence pair, a top 6 / top 3 forward, and an elite prospect. sure they take on a huge over payed contract but considering the rest of the pieces the make put great plus ottawa can rest easy knowing they'll have some cap to work with for resigning big names.

Duchene Tavares Ryan
Brown Brassard Stone
Dzingle Pageau Pyatt
Burrows Thompson Didiemenco

Oduya Karlsson
Chabot Wideman
Claeson Borvievski Harpur.

1.) 22 Dec 2017
22 Dec 2017 17:08:11
Not a chance.
And a lot of Phaneufs contract is still with Toronto i'm pretty sure.

2.) 22 Dec 2017
22 Dec 2017 17:43:03
Not at chance? Lmfao there's more than a chance dude. ottawa is having a fire sale because of Dorian and Phaneuf would be at the top of the list to be moved and Hoffman's name has come up most likely the 2 will be a package.

Meanwhile Tavares still won't sign in New York and they will want to remain competitive and this kind of deal allows them to do so and get a big piece for the future at the same time in white.

So yeah definitely a chance.

3.) 22 Dec 2017
22 Dec 2017 17:45:12
i wouldn't give up ceci.

4.) 22 Dec 2017
22 Dec 2017 18:48:16
Why does islanders do that tho? They barely get better imo you’re losing a star franchise player.

5.) 22 Dec 2017
22 Dec 2017 19:56:49
The islanders would take hoffman, ceci, white and a first or whatever to take phaneuf, i get that. But why the hell would NYI throw in tavares the other way? Lol not a chance.
Also phaneuf has a NMC and already refused to waive it for vegas, so why bother with him in trade rumors.

6.) 22 Dec 2017
22 Dec 2017 21:20:30
Karlson
Add from here.

7.) 22 Dec 2017
22 Dec 2017 22:16:09
Ya. Don’t see it happening but for thunderTurkey, sens pay all of phaneuf. Leafs never retained anything on him, they just took back bad contracts in michalek, greening and Cowan on shorter term which have all expired now.

8.) 23 Dec 2017
23 Dec 2017 01:30:17
The leafs retained zero of dions contract in the trade. Good effort though! Ottawa is stuck with that plug and will eventually have to buy him out. Ottawa is such a sad market, your fans don’t show and your owner is cheap. Bye bye karlson!

9.) 23 Dec 2017
23 Dec 2017 02:23:26
Not a chance Tavares would resign with Ottawa if they're starting a rebuild, really bad actually for both teams.

10.) 23 Dec 2017
23 Dec 2017 15:27:41
Between starting a rebuild and Melnyk, Tavares will not be going there. They already have a superstar, who may be the 3rd best player in the league, a top 5-6 for sure, that the owner is going to low ball and lose as it is. You think he’s going to lose good cheap players to bring in someone else’s superstar and pay him? No way. Better hang on to phaneuf, May be their best Dman in a year lol.

11.) 23 Dec 2017
23 Dec 2017 19:52:37
Facelift39 the isles would have to throw Tavares the other way when they are getting a top 4 experienced dman though over payed in Phaneuf, a top 4 young dman with loads of potential that is still untapped in Ceci, an elite level young prospect center in white, and a top 6 / top 3 winger at prime age in Hoffman.

You don't get a package like that for an average player. that's the type of package that lands you an elite player like tavares.

And unbiasedjim if ottawa landed Tavares like this they wouldn't need a total rebuild just wait till the trade deadline to pull it off.

Then trade brassard, burrows, and dzingle, for the highest possible draft picks you can get for them which brassard could fetch a 1st from a bubble team that could turn top 10 if the other team struggles after the deal, burrows could get a 2nd from a contendor like the pens, and dzingle could fetch a low 1st/ high 2nd, if ottawa finishes in the lottery picks they protect the pick from the Duchene deal and use it on another future asset. rebuild complete and cap space freed up to sign the likes of karlsson and Tavares,