Chris wrote:
> On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 13:34:43 -0400, Thomas <wharry RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Chris wrote:
>>> Matching Edmonton's $7M+ per year offer for Vanek? Or should they
>>> have given him up and taken Edmonton's next 4 1st round draft picks?
>> Depends. If they wanted to exist ten years from now, then they did the
>> right thing. If they aren't too concerned with staying in Buffalo, and
>> were interested in completely scrapping the team, then they should have
>> let Vanek go and take the picks.
>>
>> The more interesting question is if Edmonton did the right thing.
>
> I don't think either of them did the right thing. Vanek is certainly
> a very good looking young scorer. But, to make him the 3rd highest
> paid forward in the NHL after one good season? As of the end of this
> week, neither team is going to content with what they've got, plus
> Vanek. He's simply not worth the money, IMO. This isn't Ovechkin
> we're talking about.
If he continues to improve the way he has, he's worth the money. He,
along with Miller, is now the face of the franchise.
>
> Buffalo still has a few decent young forwards on their team, and if
> they picked up a couple of UFAs after losing Drury and Briere, they
> could have still been decent, even after losing Vanek. It would have
> been tough, yes. But, they could have gone into next season, bought
> a few UFAs after the season, and had Edmonton's next 4 1st round
> picks, next year's of which is almost certain to be a top 10 pick. I
> don't think they're going to content either way.
>
> Edmonton is simply lost. They let Smyth go after last season because
> they didn't want to spend $5.5M,
The difference was $100k. They let him walk over $100k. The face of
their franchise, the fan favorite, the one guy on Edmonton that even
Calgary and Vancouver fans liked. He was their Steve Yzerman, their Joe
Sakic (albeit a different type of player).
Stupid, stupid move. Hindsight is 20/20 though, and at least they got
something for him from the Isles, something the Isles can't say.
> so they instead offered $7M+ and 4
> 1st round picks 2 months later.
Well, if Vanek continues improving and ends up as a 60g player, that
offer looks quite good.
> I also don't think they got the
> better end of that Lupul trade last week.
Enh, I really like Lupul's potential, but he hasn't put it together yet.
I really like Pitkanen's potential, but he hasn't put it together yet,
either. Sanderson is useful but old. Smith is useful but old.
Seems like a wash to me.
> That is looking like a
> lottery team.
Sure is. Good. We need a couple cupcakes in our division.
>
> IMO, neither team should have done what they did.
Well, I was referring to whether or not they should have made an offer
to Vanek in the first place. People are throwing a hissy fit that the
Oilers did that in the first place, so I thought it might be nice to
read what a couple intelligent fans would have to say about it, as
opposed to the idiots who post on messageboards I frequent.
-Thomas
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