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now with markov , who we could play with kronwall on second pairing , we could afford to trade schneider . and knubble would work perfect on pavels wing giving us a rugged power forward to score down low . im just not sure if this makes sense for philly . but for me we need a power guy to score down low in crucial situations more than we need schneiders shot from the blue line and his nuetral zone skating , and kronwall could possibly replace schneiders numbers this year

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now with markov , who we could play with kronwall on second pairing , we could afford to trade schneider . and knubble would work perfect on pavels wing giving us a rugged power forward to score down low . im just not sure if this makes sense for philly . but for me we need a power guy to score down low in crucial situations more than we need schneiders shot from the blue line and his nuetral zone skating , and kronwall could possibly replace schneiders numbers this year

I like Mike Knuble. But this trade doesn't work for a couple reasons.

Philadelphia is already committed to nine million for their current top four defensemen. Keith Primeau might not be able to play this season.

Trading Knuble for Schneider would increase the Flyers' payroll by almost 2m, while taking another solid forward away. Philly doesn't really need Schneider as they have Pitkanen and Rathje. They currently have about 13m committed to seven defensemen. Without Knuble, they will only have Gagne as a solid scoring winger, with Kapanen and Sanderson as decent options. The Flyers, like the Wings, are center heavy and like will be playing guys like Richards, carter, and Nedved out of position to fill holes. They don't need to give up their second best winger to add an offensive defenseman.

By the same token, the Wings are better off with Schneider than Knuble. While Knuble would give a solid option up front, the Wings have enough scoring with the roster as is, and have added plenty of grit in the moves that have been made. And perhaps most importantly..if Schneider is traded for a forward, Williams will be on the point on the PP.

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Paul, make up your mind, Knuble or Nabokov?

I was always thinking we could benefit with the new and improved Knuble coming back, but Philly loves the guy for the reasons you stated. He'd be our missing link to be honest.

It's hard to say if Philly would want/need an offensive defenseman in Schneider. Realistically, they do have Pitkanen who does the job, and Freddy Meyer on the horizon.

I'd love to get Knuble, but I can honestly say that Philly likes him too much.

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