Quoting: buffbry
He was mean first, I was responding to him being rude way before me bud.
The other part is, if we don't receive that then we aren't taking JJ, pretty simple philosophy. On reverse, just cause pens fans think we will take JJ for a 3rd doesn't make it true also
Oh if he was being mean then that makes it ok... wait no, that's not how that works
if it took a first to trade JJ they would just keep him, which I don't think you understand
if he gets moved, it will be for less than that, so the premise you're arguing from an organizational standpoint makes no sense
No team is moving their best defensive prospect to clear 3M in cap, and even less in actual dollars. JJ's total buyout against the cap is only 1M more than Staal makes against the cap for just this year, even less if whatever team were to take him on waits a year.
also, don't understand the "we," Yzerman could trade Larkin tomorrow without giving you a heads up