Comments on: Ottawa Senators goalie Ben Bishop returns to his backup role

By: Steven_Leafs0

Steven_Leafs0 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:54:39 +0000

agreed, unless Bishop somehow passes Lehner sometime between now and when one of the goalies need to be moved then Bishop will be the one to go.

Ottawa should package Bishop with a young potential top 6 forward or top 4 d-man for a current top 6 or top 4.

By: mapleleafsfan

mapleleafsfan — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 20:35:12 +0000

I don’t think Ottawa will be trading Lehner; I’d put him last on their available goalie list. If a goalie goes it will probably be Bishop. Lehner is one of the best goalie prospects in the league.

By: JoelLeafs

JoelLeafs — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:56:14 +0000

I sort of disagree with the premise here. I think that the Longer that Lu isn’t traded the more they could potentially get for Lehner. Frankly if it gets close to the deadline and Lu is still in a ‘Nucks jersey it becomes evident that he’s staying for the year, driving up the cost of other available tenders.

Lenher is in a similar situation as Bernier, both of which, I think, are lent more value by the Luongo situation… his contract and the fact that he still hasn’t been dealt makes these two much more attractive to the marker, especially if a starting keeper goes down at some point.