Tuesday, March 3, 2009

TRADE PREDICTIONS

There's a number of players "in-play" as some other "anonymous" hockey bloggers might say.  Here's a list of the players I think will move tomorrow, and (in brackets) an idea of where they might end up.  No guarantees, but hey, I can pull ideas out my you know what better than that other guy.  

- The Top 10 Trade Candidates

1. Nik Antropov (CLB, CGY, DAL, MIN)
2. Chris Neil (BOS, ANH, MTL, MIN)
3. Marian Gaborik (PIT, LA, FLA)
4. Dominic Moore (CHI, NSH)
5. Derek Morris (BOS, SJ, WSH)
6. Mathieu Dandenault (EDM, NSH, DAL)
7. Mark Recchi (CAR, EDM, DAL, CGY)
8. Bill Guerin (BOS, MTL)
9. Maxim Afinogenov (EDM, LA, FLA)
10. Jordan Leopold (WSH, BOS, CGY, DAL)

Other candidates to go: Michael Nylander, Ian Laperriere, Filip Kuba, Matt Stajan, Ken Klee, Sean O'Donnell, Christoph Schubert, Marty Reasoner, Doug Weight, Scott Clemmensen, Erik Ersberg, Nikolai Khabibulan.

Team needs (all of which WILL be addressed)

WSH: top four d-man, goalie
CHI: 2nd line centre
EDM: top six forward
DAL: top six forward, top four d-man
PIT: top line winger
CGY: checking forward, top six forward, depth d-man
LA: top six forward
MTL: checking forward
NYR: scoring winger
NSH: scoring winger  

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Trade perdictions all seem very smart and well thought out. I see logic in all of your predicitions. Look for whatever team picks up Pronger at the deadline to be the new favourite for the stanley cup. He'll play 30 minutes a game in the playoffs, wont be a minus player and can gurantee that he'll pick up the occasional or often powerplay goal. All factors are crucial in winning a stanley cup. I like to think that mad max will make a difference wherever he goes but i cant see that happening UNLESS he ends up in edmonton. Some what of a radek dvorak like appearance in edmonton. Any skilled guy can do well there. Look forward to seeing how many of these predicitions come true!!!

Anonymous said...

What about Jokinnen? A lot of speculation Mtl will be interested in him...

The Slink said...

While I would love nothing more than to see Olli Jokinen finally play in an NHL playoff game, I hope the Coyotes hang on to him. He makes a reasonable salary ($5.25 million per) considering all the intangibles he brings to the table. For whatever reason, his offensive output has been lacking this year, but I think Phoenix is a team on the rise and will need him next year, when they can make an impact in an aging Pacific Division.

Anonymous said...

"Look for whatever team picks up Pronger at the deadline to be the new favourite for the stanley cup. He'll play 30 minutes a game in the playoffs, wont be a minus player and can gurantee that he'll pick up the occasional or often powerplay goal"

We all read HF boards too, no need to copy and paste direct threads and try to pawn them off as your own.....

The Slink said...

Anonymous 2, way to give it to anonymous 1.