General manager Brian Burke had two deals cooking with the Chicago Blackhawks on the weekend, but they were believed to focus on defenceman Brent Sopel and were dead by Sunday.
The Sun's Lance Hornby is reporting that the deal may be dead due to Burke's asking price.
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I’m sure Burke will keep at it. Chicago or any other trading partner isn’t desperate enough yet. With time and persistence I’m hopeful that if Burke decides to make a trade that it will be a good one.
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we can’t get so desperate for picks that we’ll make any deal just to get them. It’s gotta be a hockey deal first and foremost, and desperation deals never turn out well.
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by Karina on Nov 25, 2009 11:34 AM EST up reply actions
i’ve always thought Sopel was a pretty solid D-man from what i’ve seen. by no means a fantasy stud, but responsible in the back end (giggity) no?
Is that the kid you want?
not really
he’s OK, I guess… a bit better than XLB, but I have no idea how he got a $2.3mill/year contract. He’s fine for a depth defenseman, which I guess is what we’d be looking at him being, but for picking up that salary (he’s on their books for next year as well) we’d better be getting something sweet.
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by Karina on Nov 25, 2009 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
yah, im pretty sure burke has an asking price, be it a 2nd for a straight up exelby for sopel or a 1st /prospect and sopel for exebly + whatever.
Chicago knows what it will cost and now need to test the waters for something better before giving up more than they are prepared for
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 25, 2009 11:59 AM EST up reply actions
… So, basically, he’s Jeff Finger? Nah, seriously, I’d probably rate Finger slightly higher than that.
actually thats a pretty accurate assessment. I’d say sopel is a bit more fleet of foot and better offensively (only because during his career he has actually been given time to explore that part of his game) but FInger is better defensively
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 25, 2009 12:22 PM EST up reply actions
I’d say Finger is much better than Sopel. He’s a bit faster, maybe, but Finger’s smarter.
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by Karina on Nov 25, 2009 12:38 PM EST up reply actions
yah, finger has better hockey sense
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 25, 2009 12:42 PM EST up reply actions
jeff finger..
if finger had the same hairdresser as Brendan Witt

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by AkiSchennberg on Nov 25, 2009 12:24 PM EST up reply actions
he looks like Chet from Weird Science!
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by blindfolded tank driver on Nov 25, 2009 1:29 PM EST up reply actions
i dont see it

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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 25, 2009 1:34 PM EST up reply actions
lol, the ears are the same but thats about it.
sopel looks like smigel from LOTR
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by Matt_Roberts on Nov 25, 2009 1:48 PM EST up reply actions
he did almsot have 50 points a few years ago witht he nucks, thats probably how he got his 2,3 mil or whatever
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Nov 25, 2009 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
actually
the Hawks signed him off of a Training Camp invite that the Wings gave him…
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by Karina on Nov 25, 2009 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
wow, he got 2.3 mil off a training camp invite?
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Nov 25, 2009 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
and not even their own training camp…..
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by Karina on Nov 25, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
ya, right up there with jason blake , aka: ratfrog-horse
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "M" and an "E"
by Matt_Roberts on Nov 25, 2009 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Welll
The sheer ugliness of Blake and Sopel combined can win us the cup: Everyone will melt in fear of their horrid looks.
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by Kevin Sellathamby on Nov 25, 2009 6:10 PM EST up reply actions
sens fans arguing Fisher is better than Kessel, there is no word for that degree of stupid
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 25, 2009 3:43 PM EST reply actions
whaaaaaaat?
Though Fisher has been having a good year this year, he is no way in the same stratosphere as Kessel.
Kill them.
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by Karina on Nov 25, 2009 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
indeed, they must be removed from the gene pool
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 25, 2009 3:48 PM EST up reply actions
BAHHAHAHAHA
oh man… that’s a good one…
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by Karina on Nov 25, 2009 4:38 PM EST up reply actions
as if the world needed further proof greg millen was a moron, there it is
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by JaredFromLondon on Nov 25, 2009 4:41 PM EST up reply actions
Make what for Team Canada? The beds? The dinner plans? Country music entertainment stuff?
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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Nov 25, 2009 4:42 PM EST up reply actions
ill buy a ticket for that
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by Matt_Roberts on Nov 25, 2009 4:47 PM EST up reply actions
actually
the phrase “Sens fans” is precisely what you’re looking for to explain that degree of stupid
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by stucky on Nov 25, 2009 4:52 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
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