Trade Speculation Thread.

Not unless someone claims him or the assign him to the AHL or Europe of something. He stays on the cap until then.

I’m pretty sure the fact that the org. put Niitty on waivers means they will be sticking with Greiss. I’m gonna go ahead and say there’s less than a 1% chance he’ll be moved.

If they want to trade for a pending UFA, I really don’t think Braun or Demers would be included in a trade.

Need to stay…They are already good NHL D-Men…They will continue to blossom..I don’t want the Sharks to pull another Brad Stuart/Sandis Oze…

I’ve seen a couple of rumours regarding Nash… My favourite of which is Nash to Florida. :D

Nashville will definitely be making moves but I don’t think they’ll trade Nash.

I highly doubt Braun or Demers gets moved, unless you’re getting a D-man in that trade (prospect, or otherwise). I find it much more likely that White and Vandermeer do not get re-signed, if DW is indeed after Stuart.

He’s looked great in the time he’s played. Demers, despite his great work ethic outside of game, is expendable. He’s just making too many mistakes. But the return would have to be right: Maybe Demers and pick for a legitimate top six winger?

“Another team may be interested in Niittymaki, but cannot claim him due to cap issues. So that would mean making a trade to match salaries.”

Christian Ehrhoff hopes to lead a more defensive Sabres squad.

Good luck with that, bud.

He said in his weekly article that there are “people” who think the Sharks should be interested in Gaustad and another “person” who said the Sharks should be interested in Zidlicky.

Not sure if those are the same rumors or not…Gaustad would make sense, Zicklicky does not.

Pending UFA. He kills penalties, he’s big, he scores, he plays center…he immediately upgrades our third line and could play on our second line until Havlat comes back.

I don’t think Minnesota would want to part with him, but I’ve wished the Sharks would get him for a couple years now.

People said the same thing about Brent Burns and voila. And Wilson & Fletcher are all BFFs now.

You forgot Irwin for Gretzky

Is that Marleau for Nash and the 1st overall pick?

If not, then no thanks.

Torrey Mitchell will not seduce them.

I feel like this has potential as a meme.

I was just looking for info on this
my twitter-ma-dealie said this:

#SJSharks acquire forward Tim Kennedy from FLA in exchange for defenseman Sean Sullivan.

His rookie season was in 2009-2010 with Buffalo and he scored ten goals and sixteen assists while averaging ~13 minutes a game. He was in the minors most of last season. He’s 25 years old and pretty small (5-10 173 lbs.) He plays LW.

http://www.fearthefin.com/2012/1/26/2748043/nhl-draft

Washington’s looking to dump salary, and we have cap space.

Some pretty solid players (probably UFAs, though) can be had for 2nd round picks, though Wilson seems to overpay at times—like Wallin for a 2nd? Not so sure that was great value. Ian White for a 2nd was certainly better value, though, and Ben Eager for a 5th seemed appropriate.

Plus there’s some pretty appealing defensive prospects down in Worcester—I’m sure some teams would certainly be interested in guys like Petrecki and Doherty.

Leafs eyeing big deal? Significant move could be on the way — very shortly.

No, he doesn’t have a NTC…Bruce Garrioch is not a good source for rumors, he seems to like to think of players Canadian teams would want (and who wouldn’t want Clowe?) and then make up a rumor to go w/ it, and I just can’t think of a trade between the Leafs & Sharks that would make it worth it to move Clowe.

@PollakOnSharks 10:17am via Web #Sjshark source advises “zero chance” Ryane Clowe is available before trade deadline no matter what appeared in today’s Ottawa Sun.

Shrug off an impending UFA and inconsistent defenceman for two developing stars? Hell yeah!

We really don’t need another defenseman, we need another forward, possibly one who can play in the top 6. And the Red Wings need 1) a defenseman who can take over for Lidstrom & 2) another forward who can play top 6 minutes, like we do. Whoever wrote that article is smoking something funny.

Corey Perry headed to Vancouver could make the sheer douche-osity of that team reach critical mass and explode.

I wouldn’t want to touch our 4th line since they’ve been playing well, and Desi is a big part of that.

I agree with your assessment on Mitchey, Ferriero and Niitty as our candidates for most likely to be wearing something other than teal by the time February is over. Heck, I wouldn’t be too surprised if they were packaged together to get us a winger to swing between the 2nd and 3rd lines along with a prospect or draft pick. I’m a bit sad to see these guys go. Mitchey has played better since he was benched, and he is the bringer of free tacos. Ferriero has scored some big goals, and I wish he didn’t have to be waived. Then again, even with more development, who would he be replacing? Pavs isn’t going anywhere, and we have Marty Havlat for years. Niitty was big for us in the play-offs, and I think we should’ve used him more, definitely in relief of Nemo during that horrible game against the ’Nucks. You know the one.

Hm…. thinking about Havlat coming back, what are people’s thoughts on this kind of forward line up?

Marleau – Thornton – Pavelski
Clowe – Couture – Ferriero
McGinn – Handzus – Havlat
Winchester – Desi – A.Murray

It gives us 3 lines capable of scoring, though our 2nd line is lacking a fast skater. The lines probably won’t look like this, since Doug Wilson, His Tannedness Himself, has said that this team won’t be finished until the trade-deadline, and forward is where we need more depth, but this gives us a line-up that won’t cost us anything, and we can even get a draft pick for Mitchey.

great on the fourth line, and still has a bit of upside. Never gonna be an offensive beast, but he could really evolve into an excellent shutdown center.

Why would Detroit move Stuart, surely they feel they would need him for their inevitable playoff run.

As long as we are in deamland, I would love to have Nash, but the Salary Cap makes that pretty much impossible unless we are moving one of our top players – in which case are we really gaining more than we are losing, especially considering team chemistry going in to the second half of the season. Plus… Clowe isn’t going anywhere.

Mitchell and Nitty have little value to teams that are looking to move roster players, as they are both UFAs after the season. Nitty probably gets traded to a team for a bag of pucks, simply to give him an opportunity to play, and free up cap room. While Mitchell is what he is, he probably has more value on this team than others. He also seems to me to be the type of player that just comes out of nowhere chip in a timely goal somewhere in the playoffs.

The trading chips that are probably in play IMHO are: Ferriero, Wingles, Griess, Demers, and Braun. Maybe McGinn as well, but I hope the team doesn’t move him as he has really started to play to his potential this season.

If I’m DW the deal I’m trying to make is:
Ferriero and our 2nd round pick to CAR for Ruutu.

It seems to be a fair price for a rental, and Ruutu is a very solid top 9 forward giving us the depth. Plus Carolina seems to really like our 2nd round draft picks.

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Ya we kno, lol.

Not much of a difference between them if I remember right, they mean the player’s contract includes specific terms for the clauses, usually allowing the player to specify a no-trade list of undesireable teams or a trade list of desireable teams.

Ruutu would be my first choice, can play any forward position, can skate, hit and put the puck in the net.

Morrow would be good but considering he’s signed through next season and is their captain, I’m pretty sure the cost would be something that I wouldn’t want the Sharks to part with.

I’m guessing the Sharks won’t end up with any of the bigger names, the asking prices are going to be pretty rediculous considering how many teams want to add a top 6 forward.

Ruutu is obviously the best option, but I understand his asking price is a young top six forward and a first. That’s WAY too much for a rental.

Morrow is an interesting piece, but they’re probably asking for a top four d-man and/or a goalie in return.

Brassard, on the other hand, is an intriguing option. Mitchell being traded seems somewhat likely, and I don’t know that he’ll be re-signed. Brassard is a solid alternative.

I think Wolski might be a little overrated, and he isn’t rated all that high either really lol. As far as i remember, he’s always played with very good linemates that have carried him a bit. I don’t think he’s the kind of player we want.

But seems to be a 3rd/4th line center. We probably are set in that area, IMO what the team really needs is a winger that can score 20-30 goals.

There’s not a single player (or a combo of players) on the San Jose Sharks worth nearly enough for the Lightning to actually trade Stamkos. To be honest, there are very few players in the entire league that Stamkos should get traded for. He is the best goal scorer in the entire league; why would they trade him? Especially considering that he’s only 22…

If Captain America was going to be traded for another “star player”, I’d assume it would have to be a veteran. I’d like to believe he’s regarded rather highly around the league, but I do wonder if there’s a deal out there that’s worth making. He is comparatively cheap for a player of his talents, and he’s one of the Sharks’ best performers in the playoffs.

Pavelski’s contract is really team friendly. We need players like him and Couture that can produce without costing a fortune.

would be a great fit