Noseforthenet

So right, here. Bo hasn't reached his peak, here. I do really like how JT Miller plays, but I'm not exactly convinced he's THE leader of this team. Bo is a Bergeron type player. They don't grow on trees.

$8 mil × 8 for Miller or tell him "Make us pay you more with another great season and we'll gladly open up Aqualini's wallet for you." Otherwise...be a good time to trade him for the right package. Even on his worst day, I still view Miller better than Kadri. Let's hope it plays out the way the team needs it to.

So I mean...you don't really trade JT Miller unless it makes the team better, right? There are really only a handful of ideas that would be worth seeing through to the end. Quinn Hughes' future #2 guy on the right side...and probably another top 6 forward. Anything else, I'd just pass on and re-sign Millsy.

Exactly.... The new brass said they want more foot speed. Petey, Miller, and Bo aren't likely going anywhere, so who does that leave? Either make yourself fit in the long term plans or you'll be on the outside looking in. And I like Brock too. I think he could score 40 in this league!!! What happened to him after that 1st season?! He has one of the best seeing eye writers in the league. Why would you not use it...?

I can see Brock going for a shorter term deal at a lower cap hit than what he has now. Right now his comparable on the team is Conor Garland. To me, the smartest thing is another show me deal. I can't see him getting or doing a long term deal. Maybe 1 or 2 years tops. Maybe 5-5.5 and then getting a money deal on the next go around. They both know that qualifying offer contract will affect his trade ability as well as put more pressure on him to perform. Can't be making that much money and not break 50 points. They'll get it done and we will be pleasantly surprised.

It's gonna be a no from me. We can't win faceoffs. Bo is pretty much the only one who can do that right now. None of the core pieces can or should really be traded before firing Travis Green, to see if it changes anything.

Alright guys, if we're gonna talk about what ifs? How about what if Forsling wasn't traded. Could his development made it so we drafted Tkachuk instead of Juolevi?

Any relation to the organ donor kid from the Humboldt Broncos, Logan Boulet?

Reminds me of Alexander Semin.

That's worth its weight in gold in the 'Peg. He better play his a$$ off then, if he plans on being worth THAT contract.

Phew! I thought I was gonna come in here and see a $6×5 at the rate dmen are getting paid!!!

So...seeing this...I really wonder what Morgan Rielly is thinking right now?! Toronto is so damn screwed....

Laughing all the way to the bank on this one!!!! Not worth anything over 4m. He's an up-and-down the line-up tweener. A good one, but that's not worth a pile of money and term.

We have a winner

Or a true number 1 center. Looks like they're going after Eichel, TBH

In all honesty, you look at the Aho thing from last season and it seems like a no brainer to see if he gets one. That could be the money he gets and that's it. It could be possible Petey's agent said this to Benning and that's why Benning came out and said we match any offersheet to Petey. I mean, why else would he not be signed yet. You would think you'd want this done before the start of free agency. Something is holding up the line.

Seattle still has a full off season to go before icing their team. The expansion draft was nothing. They basically just got 30 assets. We don't even know what it will look like come puck drop.

Or Seattle for that matter. TBH, I'm more concerned about that. They left a suspicious amount of cap space for themselves, while not having a 1st line center or there not being a 1st line center in the UFA market. Any RFA who is that kind of top flight center right now could get an offer from Seattle.

If ifs and buts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a Merry Christmas. You can't live just expecting that. Even if we HAVE been through the bulk of it (in theory.)

If after a tough season and not really being able to make many friends on the team, then finding out your one buddy you DID have will not be on the team next season, how would it make you feel? Professional or not, I am not sure how happy I'd be if I were still around next season.

I find it odd that of all places, Schmidt rejected Winnipeg. Minnesota is just a hop, skip and a jump away. He doesn't wanna be near home?

I very much agree here. I'm hoping very much so that at least Petey is signed here in the next few days. What if...let's say Seattle slaps a tough, but doable offer sheet to match. That could handicap Vancouver SO badly. When Benning said he would match any offer sheet for Petey, it indicated to me that he didn't have any intention to get a deal done prior to free agency. That is a baaaaad move, IMO. I know I'll be breathing a sigh of relief when that deal is done.

Well...one could hope...but that's not what the market says, Stawns

Honestly, I think this makes 7.5×5 the number. The hierarchy is out of whack here. It's Heiskanen, Makar, then Hughes. 9 per is a bit of an over payment by about a mil, but whatever. If they weren't gonna re-sign Landeskog, why not?!

Gonna be our next Burrows.