Bringing in Kovy

by jMoneyBrah on Feb 4, 2010 12:59 PM PST

I know we need better D, but who can't dream about this deal:

Clowe - Pickles - Huskins - 2nd round pick for Kovy - Christoph Schubert

I mean who needs better D when you could have a top six of:

Marleau - Thornton - Heatley

Kovalchuk - Pavelski - Seto/Malholtra

I did all the numbers on capgeek and it works. We would have just enough room to bring up McLaren and McGinn if we wanted to.

I'm probably crazy but that would be awesome!

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As I mentioned here, I’ll take a look at it tomorrow.

Kovy is enticing, but I think shoring up our blueline takes precedence. And I doubt Kovy could be had for that package, especially with Vlasic injured right now. You’d at least need Setoguchi in there and a first.

Schubert is not someone I’m a fan of.

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by Mr. Plank on Feb 4, 2010 1:17 PM PST reply actions

We would definitely be taking a step backwards defensively losing Vlasic, and Schubert is thrown in for cap reasons. Our bottom two D pairings start looking questionable as well:

Murray-Boyle
Blake-Demers (slowsky w/ error magnet)
Leach-Joslin-Schubert (who knows how this would work out – I imagine not well)

Still – to have 3 of the top 6 goal scorers would be exciting

by jMoneyBrah on Feb 4, 2010 1:34 PM PST reply actions

Defense wins championships.

Isn’t that the phrase uttered every year?

"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
Mr. K. 5/5/2009

by Morti on Feb 4, 2010 2:04 PM PST reply actions

I’d say that really consistant, deep scoring wins championships in hockey (have we seen Lemaire or Tippet win a Cup recently? But we have seen Crosby/Malkin, Datsyuk/Zetterberg win). But only to a point. I mean, when your defense is so bad it is giving up 6 goals a game, I’m not even sure having Kovy, Marleau, and Heatley on the team will be able to make up for that…

"I want people to be afraid of how much they love me." ~Michael Scott

by ZeroIndulgence on Feb 4, 2010 2:24 PM PST up reply actions

With nabby in there, I dont see us giving up more than 3 or 4 a game no matter what on any average night…

Still. I say we go for a good, solid, defenseman. We shore up that 2nd defensive line, and we can toy with line 3 a little bit more till we find a good pairing going into the playoffs.

We have all the offense we need. let some 6th-8th seed east coast team get Kovy… we’ll stick with what we have and go for the championship with as balanced a team as we can have…

Sidney Crosby is my Cousin

by SeanCrosby87 on Feb 4, 2010 2:31 PM PST up reply actions

OK, so defense and third line scoring contributions

win championships.

Not quite as succinct, but true all the same.

"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
Mr. K. 5/5/2009

by Morti on Feb 4, 2010 3:15 PM PST up reply actions

Sounds great :)

Then trade Shelley and Seto to Cgy for one of their good D and we got ourselves a deal :)

Go Sharks!

by Dmitriy on Feb 4, 2010 3:06 PM PST reply actions

Shelley’s trade value is basically nonexistent.

"I think people were ready to watch some hockey. We took up enough of everyone’s time."
-Jody Shelley after an 87 second hockey fight against Cam Janssen

by idunno723 on Feb 4, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions

Lolz

by jMoneyBrah on Feb 4, 2010 3:20 PM PST up reply actions

Sad but true… sad but true.

"I think people were ready to watch some hockey. We took up enough of everyone’s time."
-Jody Shelley after an 87 second hockey fight against Cam Janssen

by idunno723 on Feb 4, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions

After looking at salaries the only players that I think the Sharks would put in play are Clowe, Vlasic, or Huskins – anyone else has a great cap hit are would not open enough salary to bring a significant piece in.

Then again what do I know

by jMoneyBrah on Feb 4, 2010 3:23 PM PST up reply actions

i really don't think we can spare any of our D...

unless we get someone in return. Kovy is pure gold, but he isn’t going to be helping our D much.

And on trade speculation… how does team morale play into it (Dmitriy’s post above gave me the idea about this)? If we end up trading like 6 regulars for 1 or 2 new faces, would team morale take a blow? I know it’s about winning, but it’s about chemistry too? Just an idea.

I’m not seeing much room to maneuver here, unless we give up a first round draft pick.

"I hope he arouses the fire that's dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul." - Ichiro on Matsuzaka

by ConditionOakland on Feb 4, 2010 3:09 PM PST reply actions

Good point...

We want a few new guys but most people must stay so the team has chemistry left..I say trade away only the really needed pieces for good ones in return, but Condition’s right…

Go Sharks!

by Dmitriy on Feb 4, 2010 3:31 PM PST up reply actions

Kovy is a Jersey Devil

ESPN

"Sorry guys, I’m not going to try and hit (Douglas) Murray anymore. It doesn’t work." - Steve Ott, Dallas Stars.

by SwisherThresher on Feb 4, 2010 4:36 PM PST reply actions

Well that settles it :D

by jMoneyBrah on Feb 4, 2010 4:45 PM PST up reply actions

OOH! Exciting!

I wonder who went the other way.

"iaT"S FUCKINGE LIEK CONICO DO MAYO!!!!!111"
Mr. K. 5/5/2009

by Morti on Feb 4, 2010 4:46 PM PST up reply actions

All right guys

We need to make fanposts about getting other superstars. They clearly induce GMs to trade the subjects of such fanposts out of fear of being fleeced by Doug Wilson. How about a Bringing in Keith and Seabrook post, or perhaps Bringing in Lidstrom.

by tarlinian on Feb 4, 2010 10:32 PM PST reply actions