I had to check the date on this story to make sure it wasn't from last year

Quisp, forgive my lack of acronym recognition (not much of a text-er), but does the “S” in STFU stand for “shut”? If so, I think I get it.

i don’t text either, but that’s one of the handy ones

So am I correct in thinking you are anti-Vinny as a King? If so, is that a hard “no”, or a “not unless the price is right—no”?

Also, the contract is so deadly. I really don’t know what they could possibly give us to make that right. Stamkos and Hedman. Oh, Ohhhhh-kay…

So, I guess, sure, I would go with “not unless the price is right.”

Okay, now you’ve got me thinking about it. Here you go:

Vinny and…this year’s first and next year’s second…for Stoll.

Lol! Yeah, I’d rather avoid that monster deal…but what is Vinny’s actual cap hit per year? 7.7 million?

Pass the dutchie to the left hand side!

Excuse the pun, but where there is smoke there is fire, right? Think about it:
1) Vinny is a DL-type player (big, strong, center, winner, etc.)
2) DL has acknowledged being at the point of making a ‘splash’ kind of deal
3) Tampa is clearly looking to shed salary…be it with the owners that couldn’t make payroll
     for February or with the pirate hedge-fund manager
4) The Kings are one of the few teams in the league with a) the cap space and
     b) the combination of players/prospects/picks

I’m not in favor of the (highly hypothetical) deal, but you must admit a 1-2 center rotation of Kopitar/Lacavalier is mighty tempting, especially considering that Vinny is only 29.

VL, Tampa’s 2010 1st and 2011 2nd for Stoll.

Stoll, a bag of chips and a sixer (conditional domestic/foreign)

Simmer down there, falmer! I clearly stated I’m not in favor of any deal for Vinny, and exactly for the reasons you so eloquently laid out…let’s avoid any friendly fire here!

Don’t we already have Vinny Lecavalier? His name is Anze Kopitar.

It’s all love, falmer! They need to come up with a ‘sarcasm’ button one day…I could really use it.