The latest Sens rumor that I have heard involves "Sugar" Ray Emery. He is the "bad boy" of the Ottawa Senators and it will be interesting to see if the Sens do actually move him.
The rumor shakes down to Anze Kopitar and Jason Labarbera coming to the Senators in exchange for Emery, Josh Hennessey, Ilya Zubov, and Patrick Eaves going to the Los Angeles Kings.
I doubt that this deal will develop as I cannot see the Kings willing to move Kopitar. Kopitar has good size and excellent hands that is a rare find in today's NHL. The Kings seem desperate for a goaltender and "Sugar" Ray may be the goalie that they covet the most of available goaltenders, so who knows?
The Sens would be giving up some quality prospects in Hennessey and Zubov. Zubov has the offensive capabilities to be a top 6 forward in the NHL, but his avoidance of getting dirty along the boards may not sit too well with Sens GM Bryan Murray. Hennessey is a Bryan Murray type of guy, but if Murray can get Kopitar, he should probably make the deal.
I see this deal working too well in favour of the Senators. That being said, I am unsure of the contract situations of all of these players except for Emery. Emery, who signed a big deal this past summer, has made himself expendable by getting injured and getting into the news for all of the wrong reasons. Unfortunately, Ottawa is a hockey town and the margin for error is slim at best, so the fact that Gerber has been playing so well has made trading Emery an option.
The Sens have Brian Elliot and will have Jason Labarbera to backup Gerber. Further down the depth chart is Jeff Glass, a goaltender that led Canada to a Gold medal in the World Junior Championships, not bad for the 4th guy in your depth chart. If I was the Sens, I would pull the trigger on this deal. It appears though that it is the LA Kings that would be the ones that would be pulling the trigger. I just hope that they do decide that they are desperate for some goaltending.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Trade rumors
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