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Originally posted by Alex116

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Originally posted by Leafs81

They are both young, already been or potentially top five in their respected positions, they both struggle, they are both injured, and they are both overshadowed by another great player who plays at the same position on their team.

I mean if New Jersey gives Parise, Zubrus and a draft pick\prospect to compensate the salary dump of Zubrus. This way Pittsburgh get a first line center to play with Crosby, a third line player to give depth once Staal goes on the second line and something else to compensate.

New Jersey gets a first line center to play with Kovalchuk.

But New Jersey's salary cap issues are a big issue here. Maybe they can get rid of Rolston, Arnot or Elias somehow.

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Leafs81....a couple things, first, i agree with the guest who said Parise is not overshadowed by Kovalchuk, if that was your reference? Certainly not yet anyway. Until Kovalchuk actually performs in NJ, he's second fiddle to Parise. Second, Parise isn't a center, nor is Crosby a winger? Did you mean that Pittsburgh would get a top tier winger to play with Crosby???

Other than that, it's a very interesting trade and aside from the usual "it's unlikely" you'll hear, it's not really far fetched by any means? I wonder if Malkin could spark Kovalchuk, cuz he didn't seem to find any chemistry with Parise in the short time they played together?

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Originally posted by Guest5958

I don't agree that parise is overshadowed by kovi at all. They are two very comparable players, and if i had to choose one I would choose parise because he is a far better all-around player than Kovi, who, while one of the elite snipers in the game, has shown his inability to be a team player.

I doubt very seriously that NJ would ever trade parise,

How about kovi for malkin ;)

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