Posted by Masterplan:

yeah if the best pro-2010 deal was to dump nate with jeffries, then walsh did the right thing. we'll have this summer and another trade deadline to find a taker for jeffries or curry.

Posted by Cosmic:

Posted by Masterplan:

yeah if the best pro-2010 deal was to dump nate with jeffries, then walsh did the right thing. we'll have this summer and another trade deadline to find a taker for jeffries or curry.

We have four really: 09 draft, 09 summer, 10 deadline, and if we get a pick somewhere along the line in a side deal the 10 draft.

As to Jeffries, as long as he does not go down in a heap of toothpicks as he's prone to, we will probably have another shot to move him. I'm guessing if the Kings gave up a 1st round draft pick the deal goes through. I'm guessing they didn't and if not it was a steep price to pay to dump Jeffries.

As long as it's not a hindsight of doom in the end. Gotta remember, it's not just holding Jeffries, it's also then maybe paying Nate. So the 2010 implication could be as much as ~13M depending if/what we keep Nate for - not just Jeffries ~7M.

And one other thing: If we have the cap space a team can S&T us their player, we can absorb the majority of the contract with our cap space, and throw in Jeffries to finish the deal (2011 expiring at 7M), and that team gets a huge trade exemption by doing this.

So, it's not an end all, but it does raise questions how it will be handled.