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Jyrki21
Rebel Sell + Moneyball = Life
Joined: 18 Oct 2007
Posts: 1368
Location: Ottawa, ON
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| Of course it looks dumb for the Ducks to have give up Beauchemin. I'm saying that Burke has neatly painted himself into a corner of his own making and nobody else much feels like helping him out of it. He's the guy who signed Schieder and Bertuzzi to big contracts last summer. Why would any other NHL team want to take over his salary problems? Who's going to want to help Burke out of his self made problems by taking a higher priced player? I certainly don't think anyone's going to be beating down the door to take Schieder off his hands at $5.5 mil. Why solve Burke's problems so that he lay the beatdown on you later with Niedermayer and Perry? If I was an NHL exec I'd be looking at bending Burke and the Ducks over the table and giving it to them without KY jelly. |
A team will take on one of the heavier-salaried players if they also get something for their troubles, à la Malakhov, or the Fedorov/Marchant debacle. I could see Schneider going with a decent prospect or draft pick for some no-name so as to free up cap space.
Moving Beauchemin, as mentioned by others, doesn't really help Burke out, so he has no incentive to do it.
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monsieur parafect
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Joined: 18 Oct 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Jyrki21 wrote: |
| RW wrote: |
| Of course it looks dumb for the Ducks to have give up Beauchemin. I'm saying that Burke has neatly painted himself into a corner of his own making and nobody else much feels like helping him out of it. He's the guy who signed Schieder and Bertuzzi to big contracts last summer. Why would any other NHL team want to take over his salary problems? Who's going to want to help Burke out of his self made problems by taking a higher priced player? I certainly don't think anyone's going to be beating down the door to take Schieder off his hands at $5.5 mil. Why solve Burke's problems so that he lay the beatdown on you later with Niedermayer and Perry? If I was an NHL exec I'd be looking at bending Burke and the Ducks over the table and giving it to them without KY jelly. |
A team will take on one of the heavier-salaried players if they also get something for their troubles, à la Malakhov, or the Fedorov/Marchant debacle. I could see Schneider going with a decent prospect or draft pick for some no-name so as to free up cap space.
Moving Beauchemin, as mentioned by others, doesn't really help Burke out, so he has no incentive to do it. |
Since the Ducks have the Oilers' 1st round pick in the upcoming draft, Burke could dangle their own 1st rounder to take a D-man and his salary off their hands as per Jyrki's idea. He used to like moving 2nd rounders when he was Canucks GM. I understand it could be Sean O'Donnell being moved to get the team under the cap. Then there's always the possibility Burke could buy out Nieds at the end of this season if he needs cap space to re-sign Perry. Buying Niedermayer's contract out at 2/3 spread over 2X the lifetime of the contract with the possible increase of the cap will give Burke room to maneuvre. I'm sure Scott would prolong filing his retirement papers if he was given a whole wack of cash to not play. |
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saskhab
Morally Bankrupt Scum
Joined: 17 Oct 2007
Posts: 2479
Location: Saskatoon!
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 10:56 pm Post subject: |
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Since the Ducks have the Oilers' 1st round pick in the upcoming draft, Burke could dangle their own 1st rounder to take a D-man and his salary off their hands as per Jyrki's idea. He used to like moving 2nd rounders when he was Canucks GM. I understand it could be Sean O'Donnell being moved to get the team under the cap. Then there's always the possibility Burke could buy out Nieds at the end of this season if he needs cap space to re-sign Perry. Buying Niedermayer's contract out at 2/3 spread over 2X the lifetime of the contract with the possible increase of the cap will give Burke room to maneuvre. I'm sure Scott would prolong filing his retirement papers if he was given a whole wack of cash to not play. |
The Ducks don't have their first rounder, Edmonton does (Pronger). 
The Ducks do have Edmonton's 2nd and their own 2nd, though, as possible trade bait.
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