Trade Rumors, Trade Rumors, Trade Rumors- Talks Heat Up as Audience Laments Blog's Recent Lack of Humor

It's this time of the season when I feel like a kid in a candy store- I love trades and signings. So let's cut through the shit, and talk about some trades that I would love to see happen. They won't happen. But I'd like to see them go down nonetheless. Players involved are ones either openly on the trading block, or have had rumors spread about their being on the trading block. Here we go:


Idea #1: Jason Spezza to the Oilers

Apparently, the Oilers once offered a package to the Sens for Spezza involving the likes of Dustin Penner, Andrew Cogliano, and possibly Sam Ganger. Luckily for Edmonton, Spezza's now worth about Dustin Penner. The trade makes a ton of sense for Edmonton- they need a first line center to play with Taylor Hall, and they're deep at the wing. However, it doesn't make a ton of sense for Ottowa. Then again nothing will make a ton of sense for Ottowa, the best thing for them now is to hit the reset button on the whole roster. If I were Ottowa, I would charge a higher price than just Penner. In fact, I would most likely demand Cogliano in a trade anyway in the hopes of getting a future first line center to play with Penner and whichever prehistoric winger plays on the first line (probably Alfredsson). Will this trade happen? Not for this price. Ottowa will demand a lot more than Spezza's worth for him, and people will pay that price. Still, from a pure value stand point, Penner and a second rounder would do the trick.

Idea #2: Crazy Three Way Trade Between Oilers, Senators, and Penguins

Here are the basics of the deal- Spezza to the Oilers, Penner and a second rounder to the Sens, Malkin to the Sens, a myriad of draft picks and Erik Karlsson to the Penguins, and Alexander Frolov (or Kovalchuk, if there's cap room) signs to play on Crosby's line. This deal gives the Sens the first line center to replace Spezza, gives the Oilers a center for Hall, and gives the Pens draft picks, a great young blue liner (which they need badly), and cap space to pay Staal and sign Frolov. This will never ever happen. There is nothing to substantiate that this would ever happen. Still, it's a cool idea though.


Idea# 3: Bergeron to the Panthers and Horton to the Bruins

Bruins are deep already down the middle, with Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, and Marc Savard all in the mix. Add in Tyler Seguin and the situation is an absolute nightmare. Dave Tallon wants to rebuild this Panthers team, starting by getting rid of some players that are most associated with the team's failures. Horton had 57 points on an awful team, and could probably be a fairly productive right winger on a better team. Plus, he's only 25. Bergeron is an outstandingly talented center who played his way onto Canada's Olympic roster, and would revitalize that team immensely. Bergeron would probably fetch a bit more than just Horton alone due to his potential upside- but a one for one trade wouldn't be the worst thing for Boston, as they really need to dump a center.

More to come later. Stick around.