Ales Hemsky Rumors

I’m thinking that Kindl and a mid-round pick might be enough to get him.

The Oilers are in bad need of an NHL-caliber defenseman. Hemsky is obviously worth quite a bit more than Ponikarovsky, but when you think that all it took to land him was a mid-to-high-level prospect and a 4th rounder, I think Kindl and a 3rd/4th makes up the difference.

If if is with Dats, Kindle and a mid round pick for him will be a steal because if dats can make bert look good what can he do with Hemsky …. this guy is incredibly talented and extremely tough. I hear everywhere that he is soft and often injured but the reason he is often injured is because he is willing to do the dirty work an with his body size he really shouldn’t….. can’t hate on the effort.

I don’t see the Wings trading for someone who will play on the Third line.

Franzen – Datsyuk – Bert
Has been a good line and recently they have the highest points for a Wings line. And have been red hot recently.

Hudler – Zetternurg – Filppula
Are right behind the first line in combined points.

Is he really an upgrade over those guys? I am not sure he is and that is why I have to say no for him. I would still be looking at Parise or Ryan.

Yeah the Oilers want some value in return, but I only want Kindl traded if it means a bigger name is coming back.

If he could stay healthy, he’d be one of the best offensive players in the league. 2009: 22 points in 22 games. 2010: 42 in 47 (this year, 17 in 33). The problem is he’s been injured far too much recently which makes trading for him (especially offering Kindl) a big risk. I’d rather we try and trade a late round draft pick for Smyth

But I really like Kindl. I like the idea of him and Smith being the basis for our future on the blue lines.

Plus, maybe it’s just the kid in me, but I really want to see us make a big splash and go after Parise. At the very least I’d rather us just save the cash for the offseason to go after Weber/Suter/Parise/etc considering it could be a big summer for us considering TPH might retire, Homer probably will, etc.

That said, I trust Kenny H to know infinitely better than I do.

especially for someone like Hemsky. Hemsky has a pass first mentality much like a lot of the top-six forwards we have in detroit. He VERY rarely shoots and can be seen like a Filppula type of player, who can carry the puck and make passes. I do not think Hemsky is the type of player that we need. We need someone that can finish plays with a shot and that goes to the dirty areas to score some goals. I know it’s a limited market but I just don’t see us succeed without a legit goal scorer.
What I’ve seen, Kindl looks very physical in his own zone and can make good first passes to start the rush up. I am well aware of some of the breakdowns in defensive positioning but he is still young and does not have a full-season under his belt yet.
Moving Kindl means if there is an injury at the back-end, our next go to guys will be Janik or Smith. I think it’s more likely we see Detroit keep Kindl (remember, a very rare detroit first round pick) and see us deal prospects/picks instead.

Gives me chills.
Franzen – Datsyuk – Bert (I would potentially like to push one of the two down a line, but it’s hard to argue with their chemistry right now)

Parise – Zetternurg – Filppula (puts a big scoring forward with Hank and Flip so they have someone to go do the dirty work)

Suddenly we have a third line of Happy-Helm-Cleary and a fourth with Homer-Abby-and whichever forwards we still had after the trade if we make Emmerton, Mursak, Miller or Eaves part of the deal. We have young pieces here that we could part with.

Every time I look at our lineup, it strikes me that we are one winger away from being unbelievably, maybe unmatchably, deep.

Tear it apart as you will, but I’ve wanted to write this down for a while, and this seemed like the place to put it, as long as we’re discussing what to give up in exchange for what.