kelownabomberfan

yeah I remember that. I was just told that Washington would also just be renting him. What I am trying to get to is there any team out there that would take him now with the intent of a playoff run AND also re-signing him next year. Or would he just come back here for 2016-2017?

I don't even think Toews and Kane are worth that. Yikes, with those two guys sucking down $20 million of the cap how can they afford Ladd?

who would have the cap space to re-sign him though? Chicago always seems up against the cap, not sure about Anaheim or Florida.

yeah I guess I can agree with that. What kind of money is he demanding?

I still remember when he got his bell rung (the old timey phrase for "concussion") and instead of getting on the Jets bench he climbed into the Kings bench and sat down.

The appeal of Washington for me, my man-crush on Bowey aside, is that Ladd would be traded out of the division. I still respect him as a player enough to not want to face him more than twice a year.

Because they will be tired out from all of the Stanley Cup parades they have to plan?

I try and spend my sporting dollars on the Bombers vs. the Jets just because the Bombers need it far more than the Jets do.

and because you had owners like Larry Ryckman and Bruce McNall.

You really have a short memory. The Jets were hemorrhaging money and couldn't sustain a team in Winnipeg in an era pre salary cap and without the current system in place to protect against the low dollar. They also needed a new building. There was too much stacked against the Jets at that time. They had to go or fold, there was no "stay" option. Remember, Quebec left too, under the same exact circumstances. St. Louis is not in that same boat as the Jets or Nordiques circa 1996. Their team left not because they were losing money, but because the owners could make even more money somewhere else. Greed vs viability.

Morrissey and Bowie - great duo!!

Myers to Nashville for Weber. Or Chicago for Keith. Or Colorado for Tyson Barrie. Yes, I will only accept a trade for Myers if it is for another former Rockets D man. I didn't include Josh Gorges on the list as that would mean Myers would have to go back to Buffalo and I just couldn't be that cruel.

so aha! I've proved my point! I will admit I am a bit biased towards former Rockets so to see three Rockets D-men on the Jets would make me very proud.

LOL - there's a "similar" LHD to Myers in the NHL currently? Really?

Wheeler - Schiefle - Ehlers Stafford - Little - Perreault Connor - Lowry - Armia Sanford - Copp - Lemieux Trouba - Buff Myers - Hamonic Morrissey - Bowey G: Helle/Hutch Gone - Pavs, Burmi, Thorbs, Ladd, Enstrom Somehow in exchange we get Hamonic, Sanford, Bowey. KBF's wishlist/dream team for 2016-17. And yes, with this line-up we won't make the playoffs, but we'll be fun to watch, and the future will be so bright we'll have to go to all of the games wearing sun glasses.

Trouba - Buff Myers - Hamonic (who cares if both are LHD/RHD - this is the NHL, not Senior Rec hockey) Morrissey - Bowey Done and done

I wonder what Phil Sykes is doing these days...

Sigh...

I concur, but it seems to be the biggest rule that Americans just can't seem to understand.

Yes the CFL was definitely in dire straits at that time.

Well I'd be going after Bowey purely to play with Morrissey. I don't know which of those guys is the LHD and which is the RHD and I don't really care.

I don't get the fixation with RHD vs LHD. In my day the coach just said "get out there and play defence" and away we went, no matter which way we shot the puck. I'd be going after Bowey because he's big and tough, and because he has a history of good chemistry with Morrissey.

yeah that's what I am thinking too. Two decent prospects and a draft pick in the top two rounds (even if its Chicago or Washington) and away you go. I like Bowey because I've already seen what he and Morrissey can do in the WHL and in the WJHC together, they seem to be a Keith/Seabrook type combo that would anchor our D for years to come.

The only concession I'd potentially make to the rules is the "no yards" rule being changed to American rules, just because it is so arbitrary and confusing. But we need the rouge, as the end zones are different. If the ratio could be kept in place and the rules not changed substantially (no we are not adding another down) then I would look at opening an exploratory committee, into some markets. Perhaps the Argo franchise could be moved to St, Louis, purely because it couldn't do any worse anywhere else? I kid...I kid...

I did some more research on the Capitals prospects and I also really like Zach Sanford. http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/zach-sanford/ He was taken in the second round by the Capitals in 2013 soon after they took Madison Bowey, also in the second round. How did Washington have two second round picks in 2013? Because they traded for Winnipeg's second round pick in that draft. Bazinga! Sanford could have been ours if we hadn't traded that pick in the first place. So how about this from Washington for Ladd? Bowey+Sanford and a second rounder in 2016. Too much? Not enough?