CAR - MTL

[Vik (Habs)]

To Carolina Hurricanes:
C Fabian Gunnarsson (76)

To Montreal Canadiens:
R Nicolas Roy (64)


Haven't been able to find the minutes to properly develop Gunnarsson and it doesn't look like that's about to change so figured I ought to move on. Roy gives me a more physical option that should be able to fit in on any kind of line.

[DaveG-Canes]

Canes confirm

[SharksGM]

Canes confirm

We need some (brief) reasoning.

[flyergp21]

Indeed, what an awful deal.

[DevilsGM]

Bump for the mods. Roy is kind of in limbo similar to Demko if this trade is rejected.

[SharksGM]

Well, since it's lopsided and we never got any reasoning, this trade is rejected. As with Demko, DaveG has until Monday to re-work it or give Roy a QO, otherwise he's going UFA.

[Vik (Habs)]

Well, since it's lopsided and we never got any reasoning, this trade is rejected. As with Demko, DaveG has until Monday to re-work it or give Roy a QO, otherwise he's going UFA.

If he doesn't re-work it/make a QO, wouldn't it make more sense to allow the deal? How is getting nothing for Roy better than Gunnarsson?

[DevilsGM]

Whether or not he works out another deal or chooses to qualify him is a separate matter entirely and should have no barring on whether this trade should be accepted.

[Vik (Habs)]

Whether or not he works out another deal or chooses to qualify him is a separate matter entirely and should have no barring on whether this trade should be accepted.

Choosing whether or not to qualify him should absolutely not be a separate matter. The reason I approached Dave about this in the first place was because I noticed he hadn't given Roy an offer. If he doesn't qualify Roy, that's really all the reasoning he ought to've needed to give for this to go through.

[Calgary.Flames]

Here:

There’s no good reason to not qualify a former 1st round pick who’s got a good trade value.
Especially when the team is bringing back a guy like Penner who’s even more expensive.

Trade cancelled.

And, Carolina is handing out a QO to Roy.

Sorry about that, Vik.

[flyergp21]

100% agreed Julien.