Just minutes after Michael Leighton let in a weak goal to Patrick Kane to lose the Stanley Cup, an anonymous commenter posted "I'll give u Carter for Thomas" on this post from February. Let's face it, Philly may have been a goaltender away from hoisting the Stanley Cup this year. Leighton was underwhelming on the Sharp goal that tied the game at two in the 2nd period as well. Philadelphia will be clamoring for goaltending in the offseason (they only have Boucher under contract for $925K). As I noted in that post, a Carter for Thomas swap makes sense because of the equal cap hits. Philly's fans are probably upset with Carter right now (should have buried that one in the waning moments of the 3rd period and didn't do much after coming back), but like Marc Savard for the Bruins, he probably wasn't ready to come back when he did for the Flyers.
We'll take him here in Boston. That would be the sniper the Bruins don't have.
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I posted something about this at SCOC, and people told me that this will never happen, but Gagne for Thomas might.
ReplyDeleteit's worth considering - Gagne is a $5.25M cap hit (Carter is a $5.5M cap hit; Thomas is a $5.0M cap hit). I'm just not thrilled with unloading Thomas - yet.
ReplyDeleteGagne is old and past his prime. Shop around, look around the western conference.
ReplyDeleteGagne looked fine against us
ReplyDeleteWe have the world in our hands with draft picks and vezina goalie to shop around. Gagne would be a huge disappointment given these factors. We need star power. Patty M. from the sharks?
ReplyDeleteMarleau? Dream on, no change. There is a salary cap, you know. Think more along the lines of Teeny Selanne or Thomas Plekanic or Bill Guerin.
ReplyDeleteold, blah, and older. This has to be the Bruin's season to make a big move. Get rid of Thomas and the 2nd first round pick and lets bring in some one that makes us go wow!
ReplyDeleteWell, who do you want to trade for Thomas? Philly and Dallas seem to be good options.
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