If Hank and Loods go...could we please have Campbell back? I think a Soupy Rivet, or a Soupy Myers combo would be...interesting

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Squanto 7/27/2010

$7.140M cap hit for the next four years? Good god, no thank you.

Ya know, I've been thinking about it - I miss having Campbell more than Briere or Drury.

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mechaphil

Yeah, I mean...we've got the cap space to pull the trigger on something like that to be honest. We dont have any "key" players coming up with huge contracts being demanded at this point. When Myers is due for a raise, Rivet, and Montador run out. Hecht too I think. Not to mention we will probably be rid of Connolly's shit contract, and Stafford as well.

It's manageable. Not practical but manageable.

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Squanto 7/27/2010

Watching Briere in the playoffs, I disagree with you.

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Um, no. Campbell is over paid and was way over rated here. I think the Hawks are really regretting ever signing him.

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Impossible Is Nothing.

$7M for a guy that has been 4th on his team's blueline this season?

No thanks.

I'd rather spend money like that on a guy that can be the Sabres best forward.

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I think both Sharp and Versteeg may be available. The Hawks are in cap hell. When they re-signed Kane, Keith and some others, there were rumblings about Sharp being available and i believe Darren Dreger mentioned Sharp to Toronto. I forget what kind of package it would be but it was early last year but if the Hawks floated his name before, i'd be shocked if they didn't again, because they need to clear cap space.

Kevin Allen of USA Today recently said the Hawks may have to trade Versteeg and Sopel, among others to just re-sign the guys they want and next summer they are in a bigger hole with Buff and Seabrook being free agents. Jim Mathesan suggests a 2nd round pick would land Versteeg. Obviously, it's the first pick of the 2nd round, but for a 24-year old with Cup experience?

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Impossible Is Nothing.

Here is likely to be the off-season approach the Blackhawks take in solving their cap issues:

1) Deal Huet. If they can't, then Bowman will beg ownership to allow him to send him to the AHL to free up the cap space.

2) Try and deal Campbell to one of the 8 teams that he will accept a trade to.

3) Deal Sopel for a pick or prospect

4) Deal Versteeg for a pick or prospect

5) Byfuglien, Bolland, and Sharp are going to be the last resort guys to move if they can't clear enough space with options 1 through 4.

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Sabres Hockey: Commitment to Mediocrity

Well, if Chicago buys out Campbell (which I think they will. They won't find a team that will take on his cap hit...lets face it, he isn't worth that type of money) maybe we can scoop him then for a more reasonable price.


I would love to get Patrick Sharp. I keep thinking maybe we can trade Stafford or Sekera to them, two players who I think need a change of scenery. I know it will take more than that, but I can dream right?

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"Oh honey, I would but...I don't want to" ~ Karen Walker

The Blackhawks would have to pay around $28.5M to buy out Campbell and he would still count $2.38M per year against the cap until 2022.

I would be surprised if the Blackhawks did that.

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This is exactly what will happen. I heard Burkie might take Huet if he geta a pick and one of Skill, Beach, and Bickell in return.

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Eh

Brian Burke?

Unless they plan on sticking Huet with the Marlies (or Huet goes to Europe) and eating the salary, I can't see how that happens.

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Yeah I dunno how he would make it work. But I was watching TSN the other day and heard that. I'd think Beach is the guy Burke would want if he had to eat that salary.

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Eh

Washington announced Joe Corvo is available....if both Hank and Toni cannot be resigned, I wouldn't mind throwing some coin Corvo's way

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"I can't really hear what Jeremy says, because I got my two Stanley Cup Rings plugging my ears...." -Patrick Roy in reference to Jeremy Roenick's trash talking

Corvo is a one trick pony and I wouldn't throw that much at him.

http://www.forecaster.ca/thestar/hockey/player.cgi?879

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Yea, Corvo isn't worth anything more than $2M, IMO

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mechaphil

Connolly and Stafford to NYR for Callahan? OK im just bored, leave me alone

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Patrick Sharp isn't coming to Buffalo folks even though most of us would love to see him in a sabres uniform.

He's not going anywhere. The Blackhawks were shopping Byfuglien, then Versteeg, then Sharp in that order.

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mechaphil

Actually, put Ladd, Huet, and Campbell in front of Sharp as well.