Panthers' Dale Tallon at the NHL Trade Deadline: a brief history
by Craig Fischer on Feb 20, 2011 7:00 PM EST
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Often when assessing possible future outcomes it's useful to glance back and see what moves architects of the past performed in order to gauge which direction they may travel. As Tallon noted when arriving in Sunrise almost a year ago, there were several similarities between the situations in Chicago and Florida, perhaps culminating in a similar trade strategy on February 28th. The following is a compilation of all of Dale's player transactions in and around (within a month's period) the NHL Trade Deadline.
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Amazing there were so few moves while re-tooling CHI. All the action was in the draft(s).
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And free agency of course.
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by Donny Rivette on Feb 20, 2011 7:21 PM EST up reply actions
Don’t forget the mid-season deals like getting Patrick Sharp from the Flyers. I was annoyed about that for years.
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I didn’t like that either, but it was understandable. That was letting a UFA go because of the cap. I don’t know why the hell they traded Sharp.
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Seems like Tallon has a lot more to work with in Florida
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by Chris S Roberts on Feb 20, 2011 8:36 PM EST reply actions
That was his assessment as well last summer.
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by Donny Rivette on Feb 20, 2011 8:43 PM EST up reply actions
That’s why I don’t think we’re going to see guys like Weiss or Kulikov move. He’s likely identified a core that he wants to build around and he’s going to trade veterans at the ends of their deals for more draft picks.
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The biggest problem for a high salary guy going to a playoff team is that most of the playoff teams are at /near the cap. I still dont see many good destinations for Vokoun or McCabe.
I still see the panthers shedding forwards over goaltending/dmen. I could be wrong but to me, the Panthers goaltending and defensemen are their strength, why shoot yourself in the foot and lose veterans training kids. While the forwards have been nothing but inconsistent. To me, it seems like a win win to shed forwards from the roster and roll the dice with new blood.
Don’t forget that the cap hits are pro-rated for guys at the end of their deals. (Well, technically, I think they’re pro-rated for this year period; so it Weiss was traded it would be a pro-rated hit this year and his full hit next year). McCabe’s pro-rated hit isn’t that bad unless a team is right at the cap with no room. Also keep in mind that a several of the teams looking for help have extra cap room because of guys on long-term IR.
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^ Was just going to type that!
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by Donny Rivette on Feb 20, 2011 8:58 PM EST up reply actions
Great minds and all.
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Which is exactly why a team like Vancouver makes tremendous sense as a landing place for McCabe specifically – because his contract expires. The teams with injury problems value those expiring contracts more because they do expire. That’s why guys like Stillman and McCabe are going to move before someone like Wideman.
Vancouver’s getting healthy awfully quick, which reduces Gillis’ chances of going bizonkers on a rental.
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by Donny Rivette on Feb 21, 2011 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
Wideman’s also leading the league in power play goals by defensemen with 8 (Dustin Byfuglien has 7) and is tied for 16th in overall scoring with 32 points. The next Panther (McCabe) is in 50th with 22 points. They can’t afford to trade Wideman if they want to win any games this season.
Then again, if they want to tank, trading Wideman is a good idea.
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by John Beatty on Feb 21, 2011 10:54 AM EST up reply actions
Would be a very transparent move, yes.
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by Donny Rivette on Feb 21, 2011 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
Agreed. I don’t know why the Panthers would trade Wideman, but others have suggested it – though I don’t agree.
I don’t think Vancouver would have gone crazy trying to get a D-man anyway, but McCabe would be a nice addition and another veteran with playoff experience. I think a low first round pick would be a reasonable price for McCabe.
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