Gaborik for Nash???????

You should really write your posts in Microsoft Word before you post them.

Both players have NTC.

Rick Nash has a complete NTC until, I think, 2014-2015 season.

Rick Nash has stated several times that he wants to play in Columbus and make that team into a winner. They also very recently went out and got him one of the best centers in the league to finally help him. Most of the talent on that team is under 30 years old and although Steve Mason is getting destroyed this year he is a young, promising goaltender.

Furthermore, why would Columbus trade the face of their entire franchise for a player who is two years older, injury-prone, and arguably less talented than Nash? It makes absolutely no sense.

If we are in a fantasy world, like NHL 12’s trading system, and if you are asking me if I would do the trade then? I would probably do it. Nash is a big body and a tremendously gifted player who has shown a great resilience to injuries throughout his career. He is also under contract for a longer period of time (though his cap hit is greater than Gaborik’s).

So I doubt that it would happen in the first place.

. . . end this discussion?

Oy, vey.

Why trade him? He’s leading our team and scoring, and has been flying lately. No reason to trade him.

Why can’t people ever be happy with what we have……Gabby is playing out of his mind right now and you want to see if you can get something better? dude right now no one can play better than Gabby.

Why is everyone obsessed with Rick Nash? Enough already he’s grossly over-paid.

There has been talk about when the Blue Jackets might consider trying to start over rather then build around Nash. I don’t see a Nash for Gabby straight up deal happening though. The purpose of moving Nash would be to get as much as possible to build for the future, and Gabby wouldn’t be around for that future. We DO have some of the pieces they might be interested in (future draft picks, and young, cheap, players and prospects). After last season, I would have said make the move, and make them take back Gabby’s contract to make space, but at this moment, I think you get a decent return for Gabby on his own.

Gabby seems to be climbing back into “untouchable” status with alot of fans on here (and not just because he has a full NTC). I don’t know if I, personally, will ever trust Gabby to keep up this level, or even play at an elite level consistently. If there was a way to move him (and there’s not really), I’d be fine with selling high, and looking to get out from his contract and bring in players (a defenseman maybe) who can help this team. As great as the GAS line looks NOW, I’m not sure that they don’t sputter like the Zherdev-Dubi-Voros line did after there hot start in 2008.