On rumour saying that Sens targeting Ruutu of Hurricanes

by HJJEON on Feb 6, 2012 1:30 PM EST

I am hoping this does not happen for real. Ruutu is 28yrs old and have been involved in NHL playoff games in only one year. In that year, he was 25 yrs old and produce 1 goal and 3assists in 16 games.. Although some may say it is because he was on rebuliding Hawks at early part of his career. But, carolina was not a rebuilding team during his tenure. They were experienced team that had many players from 06 cup winning team. Plus, this guy will be UFA at the end of this season and very well likely demand more than what other available power forwards like Malone or Penner will get paid over next 3 years. Not to mention that cost to aquire him would be higher than whatever we have to pays to get either Malone or Penner. As I stated previously, value of power forwards has been significantly raised ever since ducks won the cup in 07 with likes of Corey Perry, Dustin Penner, and Ryan Getzlaf. Bruins win over Canucks last year only help the cause more. So, if you are to pay the price, and unless it is for Bobboy Ryan, Sens should look at relatively cheaper and more proven at the playoff level type player. Also, I believe Foligno is Ruutu in making with arguably with more upside. But we can all agree that Foligno will never have size of Malone or Penner with skill. It seems like Ruutu has better offensive touch than Malone but, he has not shown his touch at the playoff level and with likes of what senators have this year, I do not believe he will perform much better than what he did in 09'playoff. Whatever move senators will make this trade deadline should not only target this year playoff but for future as well.

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I don't think it's going to happen

Apparently the asking price is ridiculously high for him.

by I Still Miss Hossa!!! on Feb 6, 2012 3:57 PM EST reply actions

If we really want Ruutu...

…then we should sign him in the offseason. We aren’t winning the cup this year. We simply aren’t good enough. Giving up valuable assets for a rental like this, especially with how high a price Carolina is rumoured to be asking, doesn’t make sense for us right now.

by spez_dispenser on Feb 6, 2012 11:17 PM EST reply actions

As much as we think it's Cup or bust...

NHL teams probably don’t operate that way. Making a trade even just to get into the playoffs pays off for an NHL squad with at least two home games; if that trade gets you into the second round, you’re even better off.

Obviously, the team has to weigh the benefits of one or two rounds this year with potentially more than that next year (assuming the rebuild goes according to plan), but there are some assets that aren’t hard to come by around the league.

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by Peter Raaymakers on Feb 7, 2012 10:04 AM EST up reply actions

I'm not saying Cup or Bust

But the rumour is that Carolina wants a high draft pick AND a top end prospect. What is the point of that kind of trade if you’re not even going to be a contender?

by spez_dispenser on Feb 8, 2012 9:47 PM EST up reply actions

Bidding wars are ridiculous

Any team can ask for the moon and the stars when they are selling. In the end this competition bidding war is what makes these potential deals ridiculous.

We’d end up paying three times as much for Foligno-like scoring without the physical aspect Foligno brings. i.e. another underperforming top six hopeful who will not lead us to the promised land, and will move on in the summer to the highest bidder.

The only problem with Foligno is that we overestimated his potential… but he still is pretty close to a 20 goal scorer for 4th line salary which is pretty damned good… up until now anyways.

We should be concentrating on shoring up the defence, and then that would ignite the offence we already have.

As the Oilers are finding out, you can add forwards until the end of the world, but if the defence sucks, the team doesn’t win enough.

by Marvellous on Feb 7, 2012 7:53 AM EST reply actions