O Frabjous Day! Callooh! Callay! Ethan Moreau is Claimed!
By the Blue Jackets. Scott Howson is a professional moron. That is all.
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Scott Reynolds
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Well, it’s not so much all as my original sentiment. I should also say that I’m happy for Moreau and I sincerely hope he does well there. Further, a solid thank you to him for his contribution to Edmonton as a community over the last ten years. I’m sure Moreau himself is pretty excited too.
by Scott Reynolds on Jun 30, 2010 11:19 AM MDT reply actions
Howson just felt like he owed us for the Hejda thing.
by Benjamin Massey on Jun 30, 2010 11:20 AM MDT reply actions
I’m also pleased that Ethan found a home without the buyout embarrassment. Thanks Howson…
Any thoughts on the supposed POS for Vandermeer deal?
I think the Yotes just bought O’Sullivan out.
Very good move by the Coyotes (in terms of getting out of the Vandemeer contract). O’Sullivan’s buyout was 1/3rd his salary instead of 2/3rds. Probably saved about 400k.
Not a fan of getting Vandemeer, at least not at $2.3 mil.
I think you need to discount Vandermeer’s salary by whatever POS’s buyout hit would have been. MC79 came up with a net cost of $1.5 MM which seems closer to value. Slightly pricey for a third pairing D, but barely half of what Steve Staios was making for a similar role. IOne thing’s for sure, we needed third pairing defenders and we still need at least one. Trading an underperforming smurf to fill a need and cap relief is not a bad trade at all IMO.
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by Bruce McCurdy on Jun 30, 2010 4:53 PM MDT up reply actions
For 2.5 million dollars its somewhat possible we would have gotten a player whose ability exceeds that of Vandermeer. On the other hand its a one year pact which is difficult to obtain, it commits us to nothing long term and we could do worse than having Jim Vandermeer as our 5th or sixth defenseman.
I hope they think he’s a sixth defenseman. There are going to be some real bargains out there, I think.
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I don’t think it’s difficult to get a bottom pairing defender for less money than Vandermeer on a one year term. A guy like Shane Hnidy would seem to be similar and he signed for one year at $0.8M a year ago. There will be guys like that available again this season. That said, Vandermeer is a good enough bottom pairing guy and the Oilers don’t spend any of 2011-12’s cap space with the deal so I’m okay with it, especially since this kind of player tends to have a bit of value around the deadline.
by Scott Reynolds on Jun 30, 2010 11:55 PM MDT up reply actions
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