As an Oilers fan, I'd much rather Spezza than Dion, although I'm not a big fan of either. Doesn't Dion have a NTC? He's said on a couple of occasions that he has no interest in playing in his hometown, so I don't really see it happening.
https://mobile.twitter.com/RealKyper...25158351196161
He says that both Spezza and Phaneuf are being shopped to west teams
Take it for what you want but could make sense.
Perhaps a deal with Edmonton for dion?
Phaneuf for Gagner and something?? Just thinking outloud
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G - Mrazek, Campbell, Brossoit, Greiss
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As an Oilers fan, I'd much rather Spezza than Dion, although I'm not a big fan of either. Doesn't Dion have a NTC? He's said on a couple of occasions that he has no interest in playing in his hometown, so I don't really see it happening.
10 team, head-to-head, multi-cat, keep-12 keeper league. CATS: G,A,+/-,PPP,PIM,SOG,HITS BS,SHP, W,SV,SV%,GAA,SO Daily rosters of 6F, 4D, 2 Flex, 2G
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D: Karlsson, Hedman, Muzzin, Savard, Streit (IR)
G: Lundqvist, Quick, Condon
I don't think phaneuf's ntc applies until his extension kicks in which would be July 1.
Like many players before him, I imagine he would be pissed signing a big extension with a ntc only to be traded before the extension kicked in.
Wouldn't mind spezza. Gagner and something for him would be alright. It would an upgrade for centers. But not sure.
Maybe Edmonton is in on both? Haha
Yakupov for Phaneuf lol
14 team Fantrax H2H keeper league
G, A, P, SOG, Hits, Blocks, FOW, - W, Gaa, Sv%, Svs
C - Crosby, Tavares, Kopitar, Toews
LW - Hall, Giroux(C), Vrana, Gaudreau
RW - Pastrnak, Kane, Stamkos(C), Kubalik
D - Burns, Murphy, Morrisey, Cernak, Whitecloud, Chiarot
G - Mrazek, Campbell, Brossoit, Greiss
Bench - Middlestat, Wennberg, Perron, Olofsson, Schwartz, Atkinson, Yama
Wouldn't be surprised to see Spezza to VAN for Edler....
Please say it's so... I've love to see Phaneuf go
spezza for phaneuf? meh whatever i just want them out of here, these guys aren't winners. can't say much for spezza but you can't have a guy like phaneuf leading your team when he's a terrible role model on the ice. i would have been fine keeping him at 5M and stripping captaincy, but with that stupid ass contract he just got, he can be traded for a bag of dicks for all i care.
Lots of Spezza talk in the Ottawa thread from just prior to the season ending. Spezza is as good as gone in my opinion as a Sens follower.
But I don't like talking about non-playoff teams during the playoffs so I will stick to my morals in this case.
I wouldn't mind seeing Spezza for Phaneuf...
10 team, head-to-head, multi-cat, keep-12 keeper league. CATS: G,A,+/-,PPP,PIM,SOG,HITS BS,SHP, W,SV,SV%,GAA,SO Daily rosters of 6F, 4D, 2 Flex, 2G
F: Crosby, Hall, Pacioretty, Hartnell, Neal, Nugent-Hopkins, Callahan, Dubinsky, Hossa, Huberdeau, Abdelkader, Bjugstad (IR)
D: Karlsson, Hedman, Muzzin, Savard, Streit (IR)
G: Lundqvist, Quick, Condon
Phaneuf is the best D the Leafs have right now. Toronto fans have a history of blaiming all the teams problems on key D. Fans drove Larry Murphy out of town so he could get all star awards and Stanley cups elsewhere but was suposedly the reason Toronto was losing games. Bryan Mcabe was also driven out of town to have a number of solid seasons for Florida as there captain.
Now I would agree that Phaneuf is no Drew Doughty or Shea Weber but he is the best all round D in the Toronto system. Perhaps in a few years Rielly will surpase him but for now we should be trying to add support for Phaneuf rather than forcing him out of town.
Bob McKenzie just said on TSN that Spezza is probably being shopped and Spezza said he wouldn't mind.
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He's no doubt tired of being the scapegoat...a role he's played, undeservedly, for years. I can't think of another high-skilled, "soft" player that takes anywhere near the amount of heat Spezza does.
There will be a lot of Spezza-haters in Ottawa who will be in for a rude awakening next season.
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G - Murray, Quick, Koskinen, Blackwood, Georgiev
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