leafplasma
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BlueWhiteBlood said:leafplasma said:I was beheaded when I suggested this two years ago.BlueWhiteBlood said:Joe S. said:I'm telling you, I would take on Lecavalier before Luongo.
I would also....
I'm glad you recovered! But I don't remember discussing Lecavalier over Luongo before...
Sorry Luongo was never brought up. Before Brad Richards was signed as a UFA by the Rags and many had pushed for Burke to go after Richards I had questioned that route. I simply had pushed for a Lecavalier for Komi deal thinking that we may be able to trade one bad contract for an even longer horrible contract in Lecavaliers. Komisarek's salary in the fourth year was dropping below the cap hit of 4.5 mil so I thought the Lightning may jump at the savings. They would only have to pay Komi 3.5 mil in the final two years as opposed to Vinnies 10 mil until 2015 on a 7.7 mil cap hit until 2019. I thought Vinny could rebound if thrust back into the top centre role. I was decapitated immediately, Richards was thought to be far and away the better option and I was crazy for suggesting the Vinny slant. In looking at both the Richards and Lecavalier deals today I think we can safely say it is a good thing either option didn't pan out.