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to be honest. at first I said absolutely not. people are pissed at cheechoos minus 6 or 7. Brind’Amour is something like minus 17, and last year was one of the leagues WORST in plus minus. not to mention that he is a center, and with
spezza, fisher, kelly, winchester, regin, and occasionally shannon
We have a few of those. However the ONLY benefit I see is his face-off ability, which we struggle with.
But he also is NOT an expiring contract and we take on salary (his cap hit is 3.6, cheechoos is 3)
Brind’Amour can’t bring anything to this team that Cheechoo doesn’t already except for a good face-off percentage. He may be a decent deadline pick up for a playoff team looking for a depth forward with loads of experience.
Although Cheechoo isn’t scoring much, he is consistantly one of the hardest working players in Ottawa and I hope he will still be a Senator for a few more years (after taking the necessary pay cut).
I am not a great fan of Cheechoo although I respect his work ethic and his basic decency. However, I don’t think you will be getting an appreciable upgrade for him with Brindamour. I know Cheechoo’s salary is an albatross but he will have an expiring contract new year and will actually improve in value as an asset. I say bite the bullet – don’t trade him now – and play him with Spezza so that he can get 20 goals (OK – that last part is pure fantasy)
i agree with kerry – they need to boost cheechoo’s value before trading him (although the kings’ fans seem to really like cheechoo, must be a hangover from cheechoo scoring most of those 56 goals against them)
If it was Brind’Amour from 3 years ago (against Cheechoo today), then absolutely. He’s regressed too much to be effective and at a greater cap hit, I’m not sure why anyone would consider this move.
Although Carolina or Ottawa might make this trade I doubt Brindamour would want to come to Ottawa at his age & uproot his family, same for Whitney. My guess is if he is moved he would want to stay rather close to his family, maybe back to Philly or Pittsburgh or Washington.
I would much rather pry Cole out of Carolina, is he available? Cole has more of the tangibles that Ottawa needs now, that Brindamour used to have. A big tough powerforward with an edge who could re-find his scoring touch & make some room for our scoring forwards. But then again why would Carolina want Cheechoo? I would think they would prefer Kelly & maybe Picard or Campolli for Cole.
SenSay 
December 9, 2009 at 1:18 pm
to be honest. at first I said absolutely not. people are pissed at cheechoos minus 6 or 7. Brind’Amour is something like minus 17, and last year was one of the leagues WORST in plus minus. not to mention that he is a center, and with
spezza, fisher, kelly, winchester, regin, and occasionally shannon
We have a few of those. However the ONLY benefit I see is his face-off ability, which we struggle with.
But he also is NOT an expiring contract and we take on salary (his cap hit is 3.6, cheechoos is 3)
So no.
December 9, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Absolutely. In a heartbeat. Which is what he would bring to this anonymous group of players – heart.
Cheechoo isn’t an expiring contract either, and we’ve needed a solid veteran leader to take some pressure off Alfredsson for a long time.
December 9, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Agreed, I wouldn’t do the deal, especially as Brindy can’t be bought out.
GN
December 9, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Not a chance.
Brind’Amour can’t bring anything to this team that Cheechoo doesn’t already except for a good face-off percentage. He may be a decent deadline pick up for a playoff team looking for a depth forward with loads of experience.
Although Cheechoo isn’t scoring much, he is consistantly one of the hardest working players in Ottawa and I hope he will still be a Senator for a few more years (after taking the necessary pay cut).
December 9, 2009 at 3:28 pm
I am not a great fan of Cheechoo although I respect his work ethic and his basic decency. However, I don’t think you will be getting an appreciable upgrade for him with Brindamour. I know Cheechoo’s salary is an albatross but he will have an expiring contract new year and will actually improve in value as an asset. I say bite the bullet – don’t trade him now – and play him with Spezza so that he can get 20 goals (OK – that last part is pure fantasy)
December 9, 2009 at 4:32 pm
i agree with kerry – they need to boost cheechoo’s value before trading him (although the kings’ fans seem to really like cheechoo, must be a hangover from cheechoo scoring most of those 56 goals against them)
December 9, 2009 at 4:33 pm
actually a cole for cheechoo deal is pretty close! check out cole’s point decline! reminds me of chhech
December 9, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Cole for Cheechoo + Picard?
December 9, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Absolutely. We desperately need someone to take faceoffs. Not sure why Carolina would do this trade…
December 9, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Absolutely.
What about Spezza+ for Lecavalier.
December 9, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Never
December 10, 2009 at 9:45 am
I’d rather trade for Andrew Brunette
December 10, 2009 at 9:48 am
If it was Brind’Amour from 3 years ago (against Cheechoo today), then absolutely. He’s regressed too much to be effective and at a greater cap hit, I’m not sure why anyone would consider this move.
December 10, 2009 at 4:05 pm
Souray & Penner for Kovie & Kuba
December 11, 2009 at 1:09 pm
Although Carolina or Ottawa might make this trade I doubt Brindamour would want to come to Ottawa at his age & uproot his family, same for Whitney. My guess is if he is moved he would want to stay rather close to his family, maybe back to Philly or Pittsburgh or Washington.
I would much rather pry Cole out of Carolina, is he available? Cole has more of the tangibles that Ottawa needs now, that Brindamour used to have. A big tough powerforward with an edge who could re-find his scoring touch & make some room for our scoring forwards. But then again why would Carolina want Cheechoo? I would think they would prefer Kelly & maybe Picard or Campolli for Cole.