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At this rate Stempniak will play for half the teams in the NHL

Pirri has AHL written all over him as for the Oilers if they get the first pick over all i draft Mathews then call Arizona and ask for OEL and their first.

Lots of moving parts until draft day the only thing that is certain is that Mathews goes no.1. Anybody drafting top 5 will get a really good player for the future.

If we are drafting 5 or later it's between Tkachuk and Sergachev for me, both have pro's and con's but if baby Tkachuk can be like papa look out. The back end can be taken care with some sort of trade and or development .

This team will sputter along till the end of the season, maybe Chevy makes some trades to get rid of some bottom 6 players that don't fit into the long term plans. Dano gonna need some time to get used to the team,but without Little and trading Ladd this is what to expect for the rest of the year.

Once Buff was signed Ladd was probably told he would not be giving him time to get certain affairs in order.

Most teams are set in goal so i think Pavelic remains a Jet unless Calgary takes a flyer on him.

Pretty sure that he will rejoin the defensive backs this year and will solidify that group, great resigning and a real good team guy.

I would say the chances of Ladd resigning here would be slim and none, many veteran free agents will see a soft market this year if the cap goes down. Teams are going younger and the money goes to the select few superstars Ladd does not fall in that category. Ladd has moved on and so should we as Chevy has some major challenges in the future, by the way i also believe that Stafford will be gone next year as will Perreault, and Little the following year. After Buffs contract is done i think there will no players that came from Atlanta with the team.

Even if we don't get Mathews we will draft a very good player to add to the prospects hopefully they will have the right mix to be a playoff contender in a few years.

Looks like just Wheeler wearing a A

A very good haul for Ladd good job Chevy

Yeah , pick will correspond with the Hawks playoffs

At least we didn't have to take Bickel in return really interested to see what theconditional pick will be guess will have to wait till after the Hawks win the cup, can't see Ladd resigning with Chicago

Lots of banter that the Hawks are looking at Enstrom

Sometimes the best deal you gonna get happens early, some teams will give it there best shot if rejected set there sights on another player. If Chevy is asking for the moon the trade deadline may come and he won't have a dance partner.

If this many teams have interest in Ladd, Chevy has a lot of work ahead of him playing one team against the other, this is the best possible scenario as one team might over over pay so another team does not get Ladd. Playoffs are big business the farther you go the more dough you make oh and you have a chance to win the cup

I may be wrong but i think that 1 of the panelist's on TSN said that Ladd's starting point was 7.2 million, if this is true then Ladd had no intention of signing with the Jets because he knew they would never give him anything close to that. The end game for Ladd from the beginning was to become a free agent, of course he has said all the politically correct answers about the city and team but in reality he wants to win another cup and that's not gonna happen here in the next 5 years. This could become a big problem for the Jets if they don't put together a playoff contender quick as the impending UFA's will look to get out.

Again if Pavelec is here next year and yes i know he is signed he will be the starting goalie because of salary only and we will be in the bottom 5 again.

Pavs next stop is the KHL

Ladd can say all the right things about the city and about the team but in the end he is 30 years old and this is his last contract so he wants max dollars and truthfully i don't think he cares where he plays as long as he gets the money he is looking for, will he get it as a free agent, does he even become a free agent we will see.

If there have been no contract discussions since December and the Jets are dead set at trading Ladd, why is he playing tonight if he gets injured nothing happens at the deadline and Ladd will hold all the power you will have to give him what he wants or he will walk and the Jets get nothing. Since he is playing i believe the Jets have not closed the door yet and there is a possibility that he will be signed soon.

Calgary will need a goalie for next year as all their's are free agent's next year and frankly are not very good, we already have next years tender playing for the Moose so it makes sense the Jets try to move Pavs. Micheal Ferland would be a good payment from Calgary, not interested in any of there goalie's As for Ladd it sure looks like it's Florida and Chicago but we need another team to really get the bidding up.

Blue Jays problems aren't going to be easy with the low loonie and Bautista going loco and if rumours are true 30mil for 5 is just that.

Lets hope that Chevy can squeeze a little more out of his old employer.