Numbers Game: NHL Trade Value, Top 25

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Trade theory, part 2
Published 8/21/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... --made the second half of his list (at #46, #28, and #27, respectively). Only one Red Wing cracks the top half of Cullen's list, but the choice is an obvious one, and he ranks highly: August 21, TSN : #5 Player: Pavel Datsyuk Position: C Team: Detroit Red Wings Age: 30 Contract Expires: 2014 Salary Cap Hit: $6.7M Comment: More than just a magician with the puck, Datsyuk has proven he can get the job done in the playoffs and he's improved dramatically as an all-around player.

Trade Value Of The Top Players
Published 8/21/2008 by Paul at KK Hockey
from Scott Cullen of TSN, In Tuesday’s column, I set out the parameters for ranking the Top 50 NHL players in terms of trade value. After listing numbers 50 through 26 in the first installment, there’s little need for more preamble before getting right into the top 25. #25 Player: Miikka Kiprusoff Position: G Team: Calgary Flames Age: 31 Contract Expires: 2014 Salary Cap Hit: $5.833M Comment: His numbers have declined every year he’s been in Calgary, but Kiprusoff has won 121 games over the last three seasons and is still in the upper echelon of NHL goaltenders. ...

Another Way to be the Most Valuable Player
Published 8/22/2008 by Joe Dumas at Off Wing Opinion
Another Way to be the Most Valuable Player "...which NHL players are worth the most in a one-for-one swap?" As most will agree, Scott Cullen thinks it's Ovie . The guidelines of the exercise was such: 1. Contract - It's better to have a long-term deal, if the price is right for the production, because the team knows that they have that asset for a definite period of time. The cap hit of the contract is obviously important as well. After all, getting a player to provide similar production to another player at a fraction of the price provides significant value to the franchise. On the other hand, players that are closing in on free agency aren't as valuable ...