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Interesting Rumor
4 Caps:
DC thanks for your input. Always such positive comments.
canadiancapman:
--- Quote from: 4 Caps on Saturday January 05, 2019, 02:40:46 PM Eastern ---Just saw on twitter that the Oilers are looking to trade Jesse Puljujarvi who was the 4th overall pick in the 2016 draft and that the Caps have expressed interest and have offered Burakovsky in return. Last sason Puljujarvi had 12 goals and 8 assists in 60 some games. This year in 29 games he only has 3 goals and 2 assists. He is listed as 6’4” and 203 lbs. I have no idea whether there is any merit to this rumor but one thing to consider is that Burakovsky was a teammate of McDavid’s on the Erie Otters in the OHL in 2013-14. I don’t know if they were linemates but Burakovsky scored 41 goals and had 46 assists so I suspect they were.
While Burakovsky has played pretty well the last couple of games, this may be a case where a change in scenery may benefit both players. Also this would free up some cap space because Puljujarvi is still on his entry level contract.
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Bura didn't play on McDavid's line, I use to go watch them play whenever they played in Kitchener and in the playoffs against Guelph. They were only together on the PP
DC_1908:
--- Quote from: 4 Caps on Sunday January 06, 2019, 10:25:06 AM Eastern ---DC thanks for your input. Always such positive comments.
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Just bein objective and logical.
It is very unlikely, almost certain his market value is as high as this thread is saying. Who is gonna give the caliber of player we need for a mid twenties head asr’s with a 3mil contract regardless of his “skill”? Then factor in other teams know the position were in and what we need, so they will assuredly want us to take a big contract even with our current space.
To get a Dman we expect and the contract we need, we should expect that we will need to pay out the ass for it: ie Varana, Bowery, Orlov, Colpey, or maybe even Oshie.
Now we know Monumental will not trade more starters than Bura, IF they’ll do that. And without throwing more in, were not gonna get an instant fix for the D.
DC_1908:
A top D, even a young D, a good contract l, particularly a right handed D is gonna be costly. It’s unlikely Bura alone withh ce enough
Going for a forward that can help the D is another option. This would address our horrendous faceoffs,disgracefull PK, and pathetic backchecking.
The first that comes to mind, or at least the tape is Sam Bennett out of Calgary
http://forecaster.thehockeynews.com/player/9634
This is probably doable, but the cost will be high.
Mickstix:
Those horrendous, disgraceful, pathetic Stanley Cup Champion, Division Leading losers!! :huh: Yea, I know.. Long shot to repeat.. I still love pointing it out.. :snicker:
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