James17930
10-24-2008, 09:39 PM
In looking over various suggestions about whom and whom not to protect in the expansion draft, it becomes clear that there will be either a good, young guy that we'd have to leave unprotected (like JoSmith or Nana or Ibee), or else a higher-paid veteran (Robbo or Dichio) and then hope Seattle would balk at the salary and not pick him.
But, as we saw Mo do so cunningly during our expansion draft, Seattle could end up picking someone from us, especially one of the young guys, that they know we want to keep and either plan to use him for their team or else demand something in a trade for that player's return.
Seems like we could possibly get kind of screwed, except . . .
. . . we have the #1 pick in the Super Draft (assuming San Jose finish last in the standings, which seems likely, as of course we're going to pound the crap out of them this weekend :D). I think we might be able to use this to get someone back from Seattle if need be.
Only question is, should we? Should we give up the #1 pick to get a guy like JoSmith or Ibee back?
Discuss.
But, as we saw Mo do so cunningly during our expansion draft, Seattle could end up picking someone from us, especially one of the young guys, that they know we want to keep and either plan to use him for their team or else demand something in a trade for that player's return.
Seems like we could possibly get kind of screwed, except . . .
. . . we have the #1 pick in the Super Draft (assuming San Jose finish last in the standings, which seems likely, as of course we're going to pound the crap out of them this weekend :D). I think we might be able to use this to get someone back from Seattle if need be.
Only question is, should we? Should we give up the #1 pick to get a guy like JoSmith or Ibee back?
Discuss.