Comments on: Laraque to be dealt very soon?

By: rmg185

rmg185 — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 19:53:29 +0000

Ok, I seriously have to question this logic Leafy… These are grown men who play the most physically demanding sport in the world (next to soccer of course, lol). They take checks constantly, lose teeth every couple months, do you seriously think they'll change their game due to the fear of Laraques getting a couple punches in on them? I'm sorry, but he's not intimidating middle schoolers, Colin White, Zdeno Chara, Hal Gill, Darian Hatcher, and the lot are going to hit Sidney just as hard whether its Ryan Malone trying to throw down with them afterwards or Laraques.

By: OldGoalie

OldGoalie — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:30:03 +0000

Basically what I was going to say. Laraque may not drop the gloves often because he simply doesn't have to. Would be interesting to see the first Pens-Flyers game after he was acquired, though, particularly if Philly doesn't find anyone to take their Hatcher problem off their hands.

By: OldGoalie

OldGoalie — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:27:05 +0000

If the Yotes are asking a prospect and a first rounder for Laraque and a second or third rounder, as is being reported, you can change your suspicion about the asking price for Boynton (or, for that matter, probably any player able to add something besides his fists) to absolute certainty.

By: OldGoalie

OldGoalie — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:23:50 +0000

I might be tempted to agree about Foote...depending on the asking price.
With regard to Malone, my gripe about him is not that his numbers are bad, if you just look at them on the scoresheet. My gripe is that he virtually completely disappears for weeks at a time. Heck, this season, if you throw out the two Islanders games in which he had hat tricks, he has 6 goals and 9 assists in 40 games. Come on. He has ability, definitely. But if he insists on only showing it in about 10 games a year, what good does it do you? He's almost like Morozov, Part II in that respect...

By: OldGoalie

OldGoalie — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 12:17:30 +0000

Personally, if I were Shero, I would make any deal that gets Melichar out of Pittsburgh in a second.

By: robster11

robster11 — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:53:52 +0000

I smell a blockbuster a brewin'

Georges Laraque
Nick Boynton

1st round pick
Joe Melichar
Alex Goligoski
3rd round pick

By: cementhead

cementhead — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:17:27 +0000

I think we are making a mistake if we compare George's trade value to that of Nagy or Carter. I could be wrong here but I believe that George has another year on his contract. That is a big difference than trading for someone that can walk away from your team in just a couple of months.

By: cementhead

cementhead — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:15:51 +0000

Thanks. I'm glad someone mentioned the deterrent factor. I recently read a quote by Tony Twist in "the Code" where he said that by the end of his career he could have been replaced by a cardboard cutout of himself. He felt he had 'intimidated' himself out of ice time. Because everyoneone knew he was there and would be able to defeat most of them, no one would do anything as long as they saw his face on the bench. This happens. It s a deterrent. I too would like to see George drop them more but the fact remains that whether he does OR doesn't, he still scares people.

By: CrosbyMalkin66

CrosbyMalkin66 — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:45:49 +0000

I think if you go to youtube.com and type in Laraque fights you will see Laraque definitely fights and doesnt just go after anybody… he fights the guys people are scared of.

By: BruMagnus

BruMagnus — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:03:50 +0000

I was thinking about Foote and Rob Blake myself. Both from sh*t teams in the West.