Zetts/Bouwmeester+ vs E.Staal/Coburn+

[Karhgath]

Who do you like more and why?

Zetts/Bouwmeester/4th round 2009 (entry draft only)
vs
E.Staal/Coburn/Eberle/Gaustad

Dobber has Staal and Coburn rated higher than Zetts and Bouwmeester. What do you guys think?

[rexie_boy]

i\'m a huge zata fan...and despite having a ton of respect for eric staal, i\'d have to say zetterberg is top-10 in the league. staal...not yet anyway.

i think j-bouw\'s set for a big year. went to arbitration to have a 1-season shot at a huge campaign to attract massive UFA offers. the tandem of those two appeals to me.

by the way, ran into braydon coburn in a beer garden at the calgary stampede last weekend. stopped and chatted for a couple of minutes. talked about how philly dipping into team canada\'s recent WJC success for core players seems to have worked. the guy\'s built like a house, and is a dude in person.

[Enapai]

I guess Im on the other side of the fence. I really like Coburns progression this season and see him taking over the reins here soon on a stacked Philly team. J-Bo could explode, but he has been a slow starter the last couple seasons and Florida really is in disarray right now.

Zetts may be a smidge better than Staal, but he has the injury factor. Staal really put the team on his back down the strech last season. That being said, IF Zetts can play a whole season, that top line of Zetts-Datsuyk-Hossa is just downright sick.

[Sleemans]

Both sides are strong, but I\'d give edge to Zetts/Bouwmeester.

I think both are going to have big years coming up.

BTW ..Which side are you in this trade?

[Karhgath]

I\'d get the zetts side. I love Bouwmeester, and Zetts, but zetts is an injury risk (60 to 75 GP) so I dunno since I must also give up Eberle.

It\'s really really close. My team is one I took over after a GM destroyed it so I\'m trying to rebuild more than wins.

Forwards
Alex Tanguay, Eric Staal, Martin St. Louis
Brian Rolston, Michael Nylander, Shane Doan
Ben Eager, Keith Tkachuk, Mike Knuble
Maxime Talbot, Paul Gaustad, Gilbert Brule

Defensemen
Niklas Lidstrom, Kevin Bieksa
Adrian Aucoin, Pavel Kubina
Braydon Coburn, Karl Alzner

Goaltenders
Marc-Andre Fleury, Olaf Kolzig

Reserve
Teemu Selanne, Georges Laraque, Fredrik Modin, Mark Recchi

[Crazynuck]

Zetts/Bouwmeester/4th round 2009 (entry draft only)
vs
E.Staal/Coburn/Eberle/Gaustad

Not sure what the categories are and if its a salary cap league.
I\'ll assume pts only with no positional requirements.

Zetterberg > E.Staal: Z will put up 90+ and can break 100 pts next season with Hossa and Datsyuk. I\'m not a fan of Staal but he is starting to prove me wrong. But I still have him as a 80-85 pt guy until he can put up a 90+ season.

Bouwmeester > Coburn: J-Bo is gonna breakout offensively with Ballard and Boynton now on the team to play some D. Also J-Bo looks to be on the way out of Fla in the near future so his value will go up at that time.

Eberle/Gaustad > 4th round entry pick: not sure how great teh 4th rounder is but I don\'t think it will be better than Eberle.

All in all I like the Zetterberg end of the trade.

[smack]

Crazynuck wrote:

Zetts/Bouwmeester/4th round 2009 (entry draft only)
vs
E.Staal/Coburn/Eberle/Gaustad

Not sure what the categories are and if its a salary cap league.
I\'ll assume pts only with no positional requirements.

Zetterberg > E.Staal: Z will put up 90+ and can break 100 pts next season with Hossa and Datsyuk. I\'m not a fan of Staal but he is starting to prove me wrong. But I still have him as a 80-85 pt guy until he can put up a 90+ season.

Bouwmeester > Coburn: J-Bo is gonna breakout offensively with Ballard and Boynton now on the team to play some D. Also J-Bo looks to be on the way out of Fla in the near future so his value will go up at that time.

Eberle/Gaustad > 4th round entry pick: not sure how great teh 4th rounder is but I don\'t think it will be better than Eberle.

All in all I like the Zetterberg end of the trade.

Other than the J-Bo-Coburn comment I agree with Crazynuck. Coburn is a beast and J Bo hasn\'t done anything to show me that he\'s gonna break out. Especially on this Panthers team. Also, I see Staal having at least 90 points but I also see Zetts going over 100. Either way I\'d still go with the Zetts side of this.