SwedeLundin77

While I really like the idea of a Nyquist - Datsyuk - Brunner line... there needs to be some size.... I know Datsyuk can hold his own, but the other two still need about a season of conditioning before they're strong enough for it, and even then,  you probably want Franzen or Bert on that line to provide some space.  I hope in the off-season we had some size, as always.  Nothing crazy, but somebody like Clowe would be nice.

While I don't see much happening, I also wouldn't be surprised if Holland traded for Campbell....  Seems like a likely backup plan to Bouwmeester (if that was indeed someone he was gunning for).

Yeah... Ovi is slated to make $9,538,462 annually through 2020-21. 

Somehow I don't see Holland trying to make that deal, since we've never been about super-bloated contracts.  And I'm completely fine with that.  

What irritates me the most is that standing pat is fine if you've got a good team, but when your team has been woefully inadequate for the last four years, how do you justify doing nothing?  Holland says "we like our team".  I respond...why?  They've continuously gotten worse and proved nothing when it matters. 

 

What's to like?  They aren't as bad as Calgary or Columbus? 

 

Aren't we supposed to aim a little higher than that in "Hockeytown"?

I think it's been rebranded to "Little Caesartown"

Andy McDonald... 

i dont care anymore about trading for other teams players but i wanna see us get rid of guys we know arent coming back  i dont expect holland to have the guts to trade filppula but keeping white who will be a heathy scratch rather than getting a 2nd or 3rd round pick is just stupid

White is our only right handed shot on the back end.... it's tough to trade something you have no other resources of.  Having said, that, I wouldn't mind him being sent off for picks or in a package for something we need (Glencross comes to mind).