Does Strachan deal signify major move on horizon for Panthers blueline?

Can’t they just buy out Jovo?

The Strachan signing comes completely out of left field. There is simply nothing out there that warrants this contract unless someone else is on the way out. I feel a team ot teams have reached out to Florida regarding one of our D men…and lets face it, I think we can all agree no one is beating down the door for Ellerby. Garry or Kuli will not be here two weeks from now. A lot of teams are looking for D help and if it can bring a legitimate top six forward or package deal for a stud, then I too would make a move. Still have petrovic in red deer coming up through the system as well. There is plenty of depth.

I cant see Tallon having any interest in dealing Kulikov

Unlikely but really Rick Nash?

my guess is either garrison is asking too much just because he’s scoring some goals, if he’s asking for more than what he’s worth perhaps theyll trade him. but i think this may signal an ellerby trade, and then strachan would take the role as the 7th dman for next season. if we make a deadline trade i think it would either be ellerby and/or santorelli involved considering that garrison and jovo should be back just before the deadline (and kulikov is already off his crutches and hopefully will get back to skating sometime this week).

To be honest, I’m not sure what to think here. Unlike many of you, I really like ellerby and would NOT trade him under any circumstances. Why trade a young and already very good D-man? No, thanks.

I’m not sure what to think of this. Strachan has been good, but nothing that I like better than Ellerby.

Campbell, Gudbranson, Ellerby and Kulikov are my personal untouchables in D. The rest can be moved, even though Garrison and Weaver would hurt.

i like ellerby too but theres no way he’s an untouchable, the only ones who are would be campbell, kulikov, and gudbranson, those are the core guys that we will build our D around for a long time (unless of course we got some superstar forward that you just couldnt say no to, but for the most part we wont shop any of those guys and will take a lotttt to move any of them). i would like to resign garrison, but to something reasonable. jovo is pretty much stuck here considering his contract and age, but i would trade him if i could (makes too much and is under contract for too long). and weaver is great, love the guy, veryyy important to our D at the moment and under contract for the next 2 seasons at just 1.1per? thats incredible and would have no interest moving him, especially no team will give us whats he’s worth, hes very underrated.
in other words, campbell, kulikov, and gudbranson are the untouchables. i would like to resign garrison if he’s not asking for something too much (if hes asking for over 4 id trade him, we already have a lot invested in campbell, jovo is making a good amount, guds from his bonuses, kulikov will get a good contract, we can only pay so much for him.) . keep weaver, no reason to get rid of him, cheap, great player, and will never get the return we deserve for him. but i would move jovo if i could, but he’s stuck here most likely.

Now we need to trade Garrison while his stock is still high. I actually like Strachan more than Garrison given the money that Garrison is going to demand. Garrison is just too one dimensional. What else does he do well other than shoot? We should be able to get a decent forward for him given what little attention other GMs pay to the Cats. Calgary was pretty gullible last time…

As most here agree…. Someone is going to be gone.
There is a very, very slight chance that it is Kulikov. That leaves: Campbell, Kulikov, Gudbranson, Weaver, Jovo, Garrison, Ellerby and Strachan.

I am pretty confident that Garrison, and only Garrison, WILL BE MOVED AT THE DEADLINE. He should be healthy in a week, with a game or two before the deadline.

Someone above mentioned the Hawks…. I think that is a very strong possibility. It is well known that they are looking for a top 6 D man, and we all know the relationship between FLA and CHI. The theory was ruined when Sharp was mentioned though.

A realistic trade would be involving Stalberg and Garrison.