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Sabres/Canucks deal - KAssian involved.

BuffaloSabres: Sabres trade Zack Kassian to Vancouver for Cody Hodgson; ALSO - M-A Gragnani to Vancouver for Alexander Sulzer

If that's it, fail for Vancouver.
 
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
If it is Kassian for Hodgson it is an epic fail for Vancouver.
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I wouldn't go that far... There aren't too many guys like Kassian out there. Having said that, I do have to think there's a small piece going back to Vancouver.
 
I don't quite see it as being that bad for the Nucks.  Kassian is an element the Nucks have been missing.  Gives them a physical player, dangerous guy who keeps the other team looking over their shoulder on every shift he is out there, etc etc. 

Overpaid? Well maybe, but they had a lot of skill up front and were in desperate need of a big physical winger who also has upside.
 
Corn Flake said:
I don't quite see it as being that bad for the Nucks.  Kassian is an element the Nucks have been missing.  Gives them a physical player, dangerous guy who keeps the other team looking over their shoulder on every shift he is out there, etc etc. 

Overpaid? Well maybe, but they had a lot of skill up front and were in desperate need of a big physical winger who also has upside.
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That's how I see it, CF.
 
Veryyyy strange deal, and veryyyy reactionary and short term thinking from Vancouver.  I don't hate it from either teams perspective, I get what Vancouver is trying to do, but I think Buffalo certainly wins this one (for now anyways).
 
Yeah, I mean, it's not a great deal value wise for the Canucks but it is them dealing from a position of strength to address an issue everyone agreed was a major reason they didn't beat Boston last year.
 
Sarge said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
If it is Kassian for Hodgson it is an epic fail for Vancouver.
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I wouldn't go that far... There aren't too many guys like Kassian out there. Having said that, I do have to think there's a small piece going back to Vancouver.
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True. You would think Hodgson would hold more value than Kassian, but Kassian has a rare kind of skillset. Big, skilled and bat sh*t crazy.

I believe Burke mentioned him as the next guy they were going to take if Kadri was gone, in that behind the 09 draft documentary.
 
It addresses a need for Vancouver, for sure, but, I'm not convinced Kassian is going to be much more than a Steve Ott type guy - and, that's a lot to give up for that type of guy.
 
Saint Nik said:
Yeah, I mean, it's not a great deal value wise for the Canucks but it is them dealing from a position of strength to address an issue everyone agreed was a major reason they didn't beat Boston last year.
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I just hate that line of thinking.

They went to a game 7! 

When Ottawa lost to the Ducks, that series was over in 5, and they were man handled.  THAT'S when I could have seen areactionary move from the Stanley Cup runners up. The Canucks-Bruins wasn't like that at all.
 
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