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Sopel for Picks?


An article in TSN http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=299097 suggests that the Chicago Blackhawks might offer draft picks for any team that agreed to take on the salary of former Islander Brent Sopel. Are you having any of it? I know how we all felt about the Sopel tenure on the Island, but we do need a depth defenseman and the picks would be nice. After the jump, a link to a photo of Brent that is just wrong!!!

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Yikes, that photo

If it came to it, I’d accept Sopel’s cap hit for picks (the right picks). Particularly if they can flip Sutton at the deadline.

But I’m still suspicious whether Chicago will go that desperate route vs. just burying him in the minors. Also, given their tight purse strings, I doubt Wang/Snow agree to pay a guy who doesn’t, uh, “fit the program.”

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by Dominik on Nov 20, 2009 5:32 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

the question...

would Chicago rather pay Sopel several million to play AHL hockey or would they rather surrender a few picks (don’t know what would be appropriate) and have someone else pay him?

Would Garth be willing to pay Sopel to be a reserve defender if that got him some draft picks he would nee in June and gave him some depth? Perhaps Chicago might also hint at potential deadline and summer trades that might be beneficial to the Isles if this deal were done.

by BCISLEMAN on Nov 20, 2009 6:12 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Toronto in this picture?

Shoalts at the Globe & Mail has Burke offering to accept Sopel along with a 2nd-round pick:

Burke is offering to take Sopel, who played for him when he ran the Vancouver Canucks, plus, say, a second-round draft pick to solve the Blackhawks’ problem. But Sopel is a decent player, so Hawks GM Stan Bowman is getting a lot of calls and may get a better offer.

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by Dominik on Nov 23, 2009 12:35 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Who is saying Sopel is a decent player?

He is no better than a reserve defender on any decent team and is getting paid at least twice what he should be getting paid. Hillen and Gervais are both better and are getting paid about a third or less what he is. Any GM who gives Bowman a better offer than that is a moron. Also what other teams have the cap space to take on Sopel. I am not even sure that Burke does. In fact, according to NHL Numbers, he has virtually no space and would have to move a big salary to take on Sopel. He’d be an even bigger moron than we already think he is if he did that.

http://www.nhlnumbers.com/overview.php?team=TOR

by BCISLEMAN on Nov 23, 2009 1:06 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Sim is so bad...

thats really it, just wanted to let it out before i explode watching this clown play vs toronto

by 1940forever on Nov 23, 2009 7:18 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

I think being bad was a team effort tonight

save for Roly and for a few minutes in the 2nd and OT periods.

by BCISLEMAN on Nov 23, 2009 11:04 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

Yeah def one of the worste third periods ive seen in a while… Not Sim’s fault, i was just putting that out there. Nothing to do with the game tonight… Great win, hopefully they realize when they stop skating with the lead they tend to get dominated. One day better…

by 1940forever on Nov 24, 2009 1:24 AM EST reply actions   0 recs

Sim gets his share of abuse...

I just hope that he impresses enough GMs to rate a third round pick.

by BCISLEMAN on Nov 24, 2009 3:45 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

hopefully they realize when they stop skating with the lead they tend to get dominated. One day better…

Some day … some day. I think they’ve been better about it this year, closing out some wins over Edmonton and Boston. For me, one of the issues last night is they weren’t playing well to begin with, so the 3-0 lead was almost an accident rather than the result of sustainable work.

I thought that would be the chance: Okay, you don’t deserve this lead, but you’ve taken everything the Leafs have and come out with a lead, so the 30th-place team should be deflated and ripe for the kill. No such luck.

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by Dominik on Nov 24, 2009 11:38 AM EST up reply actions   0 recs

our counterparts were taking consolation in JT being a non-factor...also,

I noted MM being psyched by saying to himself that he’d just scored a goal in the ACC. Hopefully this team develops into a champion and some newly minted prospect is saying wow, I just scored a goal in the Lighthouse!

by BCISLEMAN on Nov 24, 2009 12:13 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

I’ll say this much about Sopel. The man can block a shot like nobody’s business.

SHOOOOOOOT IT!!!! Anon

by burpchelischili on Dec 10, 2009 2:36 PM EST reply actions   0 recs

Everyone needs to find the role they’re best suited to!

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by Dominik on Dec 10, 2009 3:23 PM EST up reply actions   0 recs

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