Sourgeray

by Scott Reynolds on Feb 2, 2010 1:01 PM MST

Last night Pat Quinn told the media that Sheldon Souray will be having surgery to repair three fractures in the hand that he injured on Saturday night in a fight against Jarome Iginla. Sweet revenge, Sheldon, sweet revenge.

Quinn suggested that Souray will be out "indefinitely" which doesn't sound good, though he did say that he wouldn't rule out a return this season. The "out indefinitely" lanuage is also being used by TSN, though yesterday they had his recovery time set at about six weeks (the "Ice Chips" feature changes every day). SBNation's own Brandon Worley also suggested that Souray will be out four to six weeks. This timeline is similar to that of Teemu Selanne's who recovered from a similar injury earlier this year.

So what are the chances of Souray getting traded? Less than they were before the injury but they're certainly not zero either. There's no reason to believe he wouldn't be ready for the playoffs and likely by mid-March. That said, there shouldn't be any hurry to move Souray by this year's trade deadline. He hasn't had a particularly good season statistically (4-9-13 in 37 GP with a -19 and no PP goals) and injured players don't often go for full value. If there isn't a good offer on the table, there's no harm in waiting until the summer to see if the market improves or even to next year's trade deadline.

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He’ll get moved especially if Dallas and Atlanta can hang in the race…

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by Derek Zona on Feb 2, 2010 6:06 PM MST reply actions

Do you mean the race for a playoff spot? I think they’ll both be able to stay within five points of eighth but those are the kinds of teams that may offer less for Souray’s services now that he’s been injured. It’s an awful lot for a bubble team to gamble if he’s not back until just before the playoffs. They’re probably looking at acquiring the player just to get into the playoffs. If the offers are depressed because of the injury the Oilers may be better off to wait, maybe even until next season’s trade deadline when his NMC has expired.

by Scott Reynolds on Feb 2, 2010 6:28 PM MST up reply actions

You know my opinion on Dallas, but Atlanta is even more interesting.

Atlanta is about to lose more than $20,000,000 to free agency, so they have all kinds of room.

With Kovalchuk about to go to the Kings…could be an interesting match.

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by Derek Zona on Feb 2, 2010 7:19 PM MST up reply actions

I just think Souray would need to recover quickly for either of them to be interested at this point. I imagine part of the reason a club wants him at the deadline is so that he can help this year, so those teams will need him pronto.

The problem for Atlanta is that they’re a budget team as opposed to a cap team and they’ve already got a couple of big contracts on D and Bogosian will need a new deal before Souray comes off the books at which point they’ll have a huge amount of money tied up in D. The other problem is that if they move Kovalchuk I assume they’re going to be building around a younger core of players (Bogosian, Enstrom, Kane) and wouldn’t want to part with much “future.” What are you thinking of getting in terms of assets from the Thrashers?

by Scott Reynolds on Feb 2, 2010 7:30 PM MST up reply actions

The problem for Atlanta is that they’re a budget team as opposed to a cap team and they’ve already got a couple of big contracts on D and Bogosian will need a new deal before Souray comes off the books at which point they’ll have a huge amount of money tied up in D.

Maybe, but Kubina is off this year and they’re going to be getting back a ton of non-roster players, one would think.

What are you thinking of getting in terms of assets from the Thrashers?

Reasoner!

Editor of The Copper & Blue, and leader of The Cult Of Hartikainen.

by Derek Zona on Feb 2, 2010 9:05 PM MST up reply actions

Yeah, they could replace Kubina’s salary with Souray but their forwards would end up awfully thin when it comes time to sign Bogosian, at least for one season (unless they move either Hainsey or Souray when the time comes).

The Reasoner quip is amusing! But seriously, if they move Kovalchuk they’re not likely to move any good young assets. So what would we be after?

by Scott Reynolds on Feb 2, 2010 11:36 PM MST up reply actions

Sourgeray is not to be confused with scourvay, which is what Sheldon gets when he doesn’t eat any fresh food for a few months.

Also, Marc Pouliot gets it when he flies for two hours.

by Benjamin Massey on Feb 2, 2010 6:39 PM MST reply actions

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