stevkrause

And he's barely even an AHL caliber defenseman, so, Ericsson, who is an NHL caliber player (bottom pairing, but still NHL level), is not going to do us in, even if someone doesn't have faith in him...

He'll be their new starter as soon as Vokoun jets...

It's not some crazy coincidence that E cracked the top 30 available UFA's on TFP and has been talked about on NHL network, TSN, etc as a target in FA, nor is it a mistake that minds like Holland, Bowman and Babcock all saw enough in him to praise him, but some people only see the mistakes... Too many people on this board want our bottom pairing d-men to be elite top two players and don't realize, or accept the fact that it just isn't, and won't be, the case... Can't please all the people, all the time.

fair enough and I can definitely see your argument and if he can be had for around 3m, then I'm all for that, I just suspect he is going to want more and don't know if I'm comfortable with that... If our only off season signings (other than retaining our own) are White and Montador, I could live with that... but with that said, I still want Wiz above all else... I also can not stress enough how great I think Montador would be here for the bottom pairing...

I could see him making a trade and taking on someone else's questionable contract, who is still a viable player in the final year of their deal in that case... no names come to mind, but forward or D, there are always these guys out there and I can't see Kenny sitting on capspace, when the option to make the team better is available...

I think White is a little overrated and don't care for his game that much, but can recognize his upside and you may very well be right about him flourishing here... I wouldn't HATE the signing if we brought on White, I just wouldn't be happy about it either... I'm with you 100% on your second part - I also don't want them sitting on capspace, when they could make a good move, but I don't want them overpaying for guys, that I don't thunk fit here, just because the pool is thin and they're all that's available... it's almost Wiz or bust for me at this point and if we can't get him, I'd rather they sign the second tier guys and roll with it...

I think White is overrated and even Wiz scares me a little, as he's really only had one good year, but his playing style makes me more comfortable, because I think he'd fit in well here and this would be a good system for him... I wouldn't go after White though... I know a lot of people wouldn't be, but to be honest, even if we can't hit a home run, I'd be fine with re-signing E, singing Montador and then signing a less flashy, complimentary top 4 type guy to fill out the D like Anton Babchuk... Lidstrom, Kronwall, Stuart, Babchuk, Montador, Ericsson and Kindl... looks good enough to me to compete at a high level... Then next year when the unspeakable happens, you go out and make a MAJOR splash and sign someone like Brent Burns or Ryan Sutter

BEYOND ridiculous, this needs to be squashed immediately...

oh silly Panthers(Tallon), you're starting to make the Islanders look like they know what they're doing...

No kidding, that's what I was thinking... what a waste of a pic, I think there is a less than 5% chance they sign him, unless they're going to throw a Brian Campbell contract at him, that he's not worth...

For me, it's got to be Patrick Eaves, I really think he found a nice niche here and want him to be a Wing long term... I would feel a lot better if we just locked him up already...

Agreed... I want them both back, but I'll be majorly bummed if Eaves isn't, whereas, I would have understood if Ericsson wasn't brought back

Even with as negative and generally sour as you normally are, in this case, you could not be more correct with your points. Agreed 100%

English Baxter!

As if there wasn't reason enough to hate that talking penis

I will make no promises!

you dirty bastard! haha

Can we please avoid turning this into a D line thread...

See I could care less about Ericsson coming back, but I couldn't care less about Salei coming back.

don't make me regret defending you on your first post and welcoming you... you sound like a fool here, both in context and composition...

Regardless of how he ends up here, via re-entry waivers or FA, if the tag is about 1.5m, I'd take that flier in a heartbeat... it's just when the price tag goes higher that I have hesitations...

I would go as far as to say I'd rather have Wisnieksi at even money... Ehrhoff is a very good defenseman, but I don't think he fills the needs we have as much as Wiz does... With that said, if Holland can't land Wiz, I wouldn't be surprised at all if he signs a couple mid-tier players and makes his real splash via trade...

just for his rights? No way... you don't trade a roster player for rights, regardless how you feel about him... I'm not crazy about Ehrhoff in the first place...

I'd take Wiz between the 2 of them...