NHL Trade Rumors: Jay Bouwmeester Trade Highly Possible At NHL Draft

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Written by Ryan McFadden

Wednesday, 17 June 2009 19:44

JayBo is a goner, and the move likely will happen at next week’s NHL draft in Montreal.

That was the candid opinion of Flyers’ general manager Paul Holmgren, Wednesday, as he met with reporters to talk about the upcoming draft in Montreal.

“I’d say there’s probably a good chance of that happening,” Holmgren said at Skate Zone, when asked whether Florida will deal defenseman Jay Bouwmeester’s rights next week.

Just as they were in the hunt during the March trade deadline, the Flyers are one of several clubs expected to make a strong pitch for the 25-year-old blue liner.

Scary. The leagues best division will be made even stronger if Jay-Bo is signed by the Flyers. The last piece of the puzzle (if Ray Emery performs) for the Flyers is a dominate defenseman. They already have one of the best offensive cores in the league with Mike Richards, Jeff Carter, Claude Giroux, and Simon Gagne. Even without Jay-Bo the Flyers defense is pretty strong with emerging talents Braydon Coburn and Ryan Parent.

In order for the Flyers to sign Jay-Bo though a big contract needs to be moved and Danny Briere is the odd man out. With Richards and Carter, Briere no longer has a spot at center in the top two lines. I'm not sure if he has a NTC in contract (don't believe he does) but he might want to get used to the idea of The Sunshine State.

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written by PuckCentral.net, June 18, 2009

He's about to join the $7M defenseman club

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written by PuckCentral.net, June 18, 2009

that did say $ seven million. not sure why the comment just says 'm'

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written by TMR, June 18, 2009

good possibility he does since hes the best ufa defenseman this year

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written by The Dark Ranger, June 18, 2009

Philly must be shopping Briere to get rid of that massive contract -- with the multiple injuries and recent eye surgery --- he wasn't the same in the latter part of the season, so they'll dump him to free up a lot of salary cap space....Bo would thrive in Philly. I'd then have to hate him. smilies/wink.gif

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written by TMR, June 18, 2009

Hey nice to see you over here,

I really don't understand the Briere signing, they knew they have Richards and Carter about ready to make the jump when they signed him. Then again the Rangers did draft Montoya 6th overall when they already had Lundqvist..

Theres been rumors that he prefers the WC or one of the western canada teams. Philly would love him. Man I hate Phily sports fans..

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written by PuckCentral.net, June 18, 2009

Philly has major cap issues & no one, I repeat no one is taking Briere off Philly's hands.

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written by TMR, June 18, 2009

IDK I wouldn't definitively say nobody will take him. The Panthers are going to need some kind of player they can market. Sort of part of the reason the Flyers signed him after the miserable season they had the year before. They have the cap space and they get a very good player for pretty much nothing.