Comments on: Kings goalie search continues ?

By: Asquaredx2

Asquaredx2 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:37:39 +0000

Noooooooooo thank you. LA's 1st rdp wouldn't be very high this year. I'd much rather just keep Gerber and trade him in the offseason. These are absolute rip-offs for LA.

If Ottawa trades Gerber, it's going to be for a top-6 forward.

By: senators101

senators101 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:03:26 +0000

Brian Lee – Entry level contract. He'll take reddens spot and save us like 6 million bucks.

By: Jenkinstein

Jenkinstein — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 13:48:24 +0000

my comment of Ottawa being up against the cap was as long as Gerber was with the team. They have right now about 2.5 million in available cap space before resigning Spezza. The reason the trades I made make sense are to act as a salary dump, possibly to afford Forsberg this season, but it's not possible after 07-08. Frolov is not going anywhere and Brown is too valuable to LA, it would be like Ottawa proposing to trade Chris Neil or even Mike Fisher (whose cap hit will go up to 4.2 mil next season, plus an extra 3 mil for Heatley). If Ottawa wants to survive as a competitive team, they need Reddens salary to pay for Vermette, Meszaros, Kelley, Eaves and Donovan. After that, they need a defenseman to replace Redden, where does the money come from? The players I suggested are UFAs at the end of the year, so Ottawa will have over three million to spend on D with Gerber gone and Wilsie/Ivanans gone too. It makes sense, plus they can get some decent choices from LA for the first round pick. That's why I proposed what I did.

By: A-Train24

A-Train24 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:46:13 +0000

If Ottawa gets rid of Gerber's 3.7 mil a year, how are they up against the cap? And they don't NEED to find a replacement for Redden, if Redden walks, they'll have 6.5 million dollars to find a replacement in the Free Agent pool. Anyway, no way any of the trades you are suggesting happen, the Sens are gearing for a cup run, they need secondary scoring. Two possible trades:

Frolov for Gerber, 2-3rd rnd pick
Brown, Labarbera for Gerber

By: Lord

Lord — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 08:59:57 +0000

What about bringing back Huet ?
If youngs Montreal's goalies do the job (Price, Halak and Danis), why not?

I see:
To Montreal: Frolov, Brown
To Los Angeles: Huet, Ryder, Dandenaut

But I don't see a GM getting back (for high price) a goalie that he let go.

Cause that means (overall):
Garon, Ryder, Dandenaut VS Frolov, Brown, Bonk
.....
hum, not fair !!! ... but who knows.

But I really think the kings only need to wait Bernier to be ready and Johnson becoming a real 1st defenseman. That can happen sooner then later.

By: malkin_71

malkin_71 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:12:00 +0000

I'd like to start of by saying the Kings you be Idiots to let go of Brown! The guys a beast. About the goaltending, there really is only Bryz that looks to be on the block but… Two divison rivals pulling of a deal like that? I really can't see it. Is Tim Thomas avalible in Boston? Gerber could be a good fit, no? but imagine the Flames out of the playoffs (not likely though) Kipper get dealt to LA, I wonder what they would get in return, just a few thoughts.

By: MR40

MR40 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:43:28 +0000

HAHAHAH

Your quote is so true too.

By: senators101

senators101 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:36:08 +0000

Do you honestly think a goalie would be traded for so little? You gotta look at what Fernandez and Toskala were traded for (And toskala had no contract with his).
1. Dallman: Too small (we have corvo)
2. Willsie: -20 last year, -19 the year before. Doesn't warrant a trade for Gerber, I'd keep if that's all i was offered.
3. Ivanans - just a fighter. We have Mcgrattan doing nothin right now and we have Yablonski in the minors. As much as I like Ivanans' size, he doesn't offer much else.

4. Preissing, good deal haha...but add Corvo as well. now THAT would be ironic. Corvo going back to LA, Preissing going back to OTT.

By: 68north

68north — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:09:48 +0000

I don't know about you, but I've been watching Huet play-he looks pretty good to me- 3-1-2, 1.96 GA, 9.34 save %. Hes worth 2 of your toskalas and five raycraps also allstar last year. No he aint good at all…

By: Jenkinstein

Jenkinstein — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 17:04:28 +0000

It's unlikely that any of the well known LA forwards will make their way to Ottawa anytime soon. After Spezza signs they're right up against the cap (especially if this rumour about Forsberg ends up being true) and will need to find a quality defenseman to replace Redden next year. Gerber has been great, but Emery should regain his form in the next few weeks, and Elliot is a good, cheap backup, so Gerber is the only real option to trade away. I see a depth move by Ottawa for another gritty forward or defenseman and a draft pick. Here are some possible trades between Ottawa and LA:

Ott: Gerber
LA: Brian Wilsie, 1st rnd dp

Ott: Gerber
LA: Raitis Ivanans, Kevin Dallman, 2nd rd dp

Ott: Gerber
LA: Ivanans, 1st rnd dp

and this, which would be my personal favorite just for the irony:
Ott: Gerber
LA: Preissing