Anyone heard of this rumor yet???
Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 8:43 am
To Washington: Cooke, King
To Vancouver: Boyd Gordon, Brent Johnson, 2007 4th Round Pick
To Vancouver: Boyd Gordon, Brent Johnson, 2007 4th Round Pick
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My thoughts exactly ...mattola wrote:source?
Even this "anti-cooke" part of the faction wouldn't trade an overpaid Matt Cooke for essentially nothing. Unless, the trade made room for a UFA signing that in the end upgraded the team.MinnesotaCanuck wrote:Why would the Canucks do this trade? They would be getting virtually no return on Cooke. I know the anti-Cooke faction will be happy to see the team part ways with his salary, but Nonis should be able to acquire more than that for him.
(According to sportsnet.ca)
King $450k
Cooke $1.5M
Gordon undisclosed ($901k last season)
Johnson $525k
I could see unloading Cooke's salary if it made room for Anson Carter or some comparable scoring RW...but this trade doesn't accomplish that. Unless Gordon took a pay decrease, this trade does not create any cap space. In reality, the net change would be negative:tantalum wrote:Even this "anti-cooke" part of the faction wouldn't trade an overpaid Matt Cooke for essentially nothing. Unless, the trade made room for a UFA signing that in the end upgraded the team.MinnesotaCanuck wrote:Why would the Canucks do this trade? They would be getting virtually no return on Cooke. I know the anti-Cooke faction will be happy to see the team part ways with his salary, but Nonis should be able to acquire more than that for him.
(According to sportsnet.ca)
King $450k
Cooke $1.5M
Gordon undisclosed ($901k last season)
Johnson $525k
I bumped around this site for about three minutes and it looked hokey to me. I wouldn't put a lot of stock in it. One of the past topics discusses how the Sedins could very well be traded to Anaheim for a package of 4-5 players and some draft picks.littlebert wrote:http://vancouvercanucksrumors.blogspot.com/
The question becomes what UFA's are really out there to upgrade to?tantalum wrote: Even this "anti-cooke" part of the faction wouldn't trade an overpaid Matt Cooke for essentially nothing. Unless, the trade made room for a UFA signing that in the end upgraded the team.
Ahh. Zero credibility right there.littlebert wrote:http://vancouvercanucksrumors.blogspot.com/