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[–]hawks27 6 points7 points ago


I think they trade Mesz, maybe not for much, but I think they'll trade him.

I also think they deal Briere instead of buying him out. I think they deal him to Phoenix who need a big cap hit to help them get to the cap floor, and since Briere isn't owed a lot of actual money he wont be a financial burden. If he doesn't go to Phoenix or like Ottawa then I think they'll buy him out.

I think they try to go after a star defenseman, but I don't think they get there guy this off-season.

Also I think we go after a guy who very well could be bought out this off season. Marian Hossa. Due to a rule in the new CBA that retroactively punishes cap circumventing contracts if a player retires while in the garbage years of the contract the team is punished and the cap compounds. Basically if Hossa retires on his current contract before he's 42 the Blackhawks could end up with an $18 million CAP HIT. That means a quarter of there cap would be used up by somebody not playing. The only way out of that contract is to buy Hossa out. And while they could buy him out next season, it's more likely they buy him out this season because if he's hurt next year they can't buy him out (and Hossa isn't the most durable player in the world). I don't know if they get him, but I'm sure if he's bought out they go after him.

[–]mkinetic 0 points1 point ago


As far as Briere... he has a no movement clause currently, do you think he'll want to go back to a team that waived him years ago? The Flyers have no leverage trying to trade Briere, he wants to stay, if we threaten to buy him out he stands firm and then he ends up moving somewhere else and probably making more money in the long run w/ the buy out.

[–]hawks27 0 points1 point ago


He wants to stay but I also think he wants to be part of the organization going forward (like Lappy, Hatcher, Neil Little) which makes me thinks he is willing to waive his no movement clause. If he helps the organization out he will be welcomed back with open arms; they might even resign him after his contract is up.

But I think if they have a deal in place and Briere refuses to waive his NMC and forces the Flyers to buy him out they wouldn't be so welcoming.

And that's only if they have a deal in place, if the Flyers decide to just buy him out on there own he'll probably be back with the team when his career is over.