a post of Nighthawk had me thinking of this.
Right now, would you take Drury back? Would you take Briere back? Now as I understand it, Drury makes about the same amount each season, so his cost would be about 7 mil a year. Would I give up Pomminville and Hecht for him? Yes, but I would really like to get that salary down a bit. Maybe if Drury were placed on waivers like Avery was, I would do it. I would have been happy with Drury at the 5.25 million that he would have been making the last couple of years if Quinn didn't screw that up.
As for Briere, I don't know how the salary cap works. As far as I know, a large portion of his contract was paid out in the first three years, two of which he already played (or not played). The last few years are at a much lower rate. If we traded for him, would we take a similar cap hit that Philly took because it is contract based or would we take a smaller hit since we wouldn't be paying as much for him. I know Briere is a small player and doesn't hit like the rest of the team, but he was at least a leader and would get his nose dirty to get the puck.
I only bring that up because I doubt Philly will want him after this year. He wasn't the superstar that they thought he would be, their young guys are playing good making him and his big salary expendable. As for Drury, I only think they might be willing to part with him because he isn't making them a winner, is making a lot of money for a guy with little scoring, and because I have a friend who is a Ranger's fan that would love for the guy to be off his team.
So, all depending on salary and the cap, I would still take them both back in a heartbeat.
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