Sundin a Canuck?

[johnnybluenose]

not true, sadly I feel they may have learned their lesson with the Raptors, and I bet you anything they have a Brian Burke or someone of that ilk get the full reins of the team much like Bryan Colangelo gets with the Raps, and not overnight, but shortly they are back in some form of success...

 

[The Franchise]

Fukc Burke...We want Quinn

 

[Matthew]

Funny, Wolfgang (posts in the bundesliga thread) and I were talking at a local coffee shop and he had an idea that I was going to post up here, but thought I would take abuse for it...

He thinks this trade would make sense and would be doable/service both teams needs...John ferguson Jr's status probably would hold this up, and well, I guess hypotheticals are fun, it's really pissing into the wind until something happens.

To Toronto:
Corey Schneider (services T.O's future goalie needs as farm depth and future competition for Justin pogge)
Luc Bourdon (Leafs will need serviceable defensemen once they figure out how to get out from underneath those stupid contract JFJ handed out) (His potential as a Canuck doesn't concern me as Edler's emergence has left me thinking that a Bourdon emergence would be icing on the cake, meaning if the window is here and now the Nucks should make him trade bait)
A first rounder
& Matt Cooke (Has a cap hit of 1.525 and is a UFA at end of year, is a Toronto suburb native, TO has until July 1 to resign before he is a UFA)

for Mats Sundin. (who is a UFA at end of year)

thinking being that Canucks need to make the run now, and have a good shot at Resigning Sundin as Morrison & Naslund will have to take salary cuts to stay.

Naslund at 6 mil and Mo at 3.2 equals 9.2mill. Linden retires and opens up .950 putting the pool of money at somewhere around 10.

Sundin 2 years at 5 mil per
Naslund 2 years at 2.5 per
Morrison 2 Years at 2. per

Now you look at the line up and depth

Sedin Sedin Pyatt
Naslund Sundin Raymond?
Burrows Kesler Isbister
Linden Morrison Beech?
extras: Cowna, Ritchie, Brown, Jaffray, Rypien (Farm hands in rotation)

Ohlund Bieksa
Salo Mitchell
Edler Krajicek
Miller, Weaver, McIver
Goals
Luongo, Sanford.

Money is a wash...

Cooke has got to go for the money he is making...and frees up enough to get Sundin even now with Mo's money banked as he is on the IR.

The only kicker that I think would totally isolate the Canucks up with Detroit for Western Conference domination would be signing Forsberg...

He may or may not come, but how attractive is the team to forsberg!? with Nazzy, Sundin, the Sedins and the deepest Defense and the best goalie in the league combined with a hostile home crowd the Canucks would be a force for sure....

Keep in mind that the Maple laughs are not going to give Sundin up for nothing, the Canucks have prospects that are deemed by most fans in the know as surplus to requirements...I say overpay if you have to...the time is now and next year...Lu only has 2 years left on his contract, we need to give him a reason to re sign as well as a shot at a cup or two in his remaining 2 and 1/3 years left on his deal.

thoughts?

Naslund and morrison are gone next year....They are flying down to cali to become ducks and reunite the WSE, lol...(sounds far fetched but think about it)....Ducks wont resign Perry....they offered him 4 mil year? thats a slap in the face for a guy of his caliber. So he'll be outy. If burkey stays in cali...then i bet he'll take an offer on naslund to replace perry/salane (bert, nazzy, getzlaf - doesnt sound to bad.) And as for sundin coming to here? That would never happen...he is MR toronto. The new GM in charge....first thing is to get rid of there franchise player? The fans would Fawking looose it. Yes its do or die for us to make a run....but if he does come to vancouver....i'll be sure that after this season his ass is back in toronto with all draft picks we sent over and our players.

 

[The Franchise]

For the love of god Sundin please don't make me buy a Ranger or Philly jersey